Moderator, speakers and panelists of the part 1

Bastiaan KROSSE Research Manager TNO, The Netherlands	Bastiaan Krosse is a research manager at the department of IVS (Integrated Vehicle Safety) at TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research), which has a strong focus on development and deployment of Connected and Automated Driving systems. In his previous position as Program Manager Connected and Automated Driving, he initiated and coordinated several major business and research initiatives in this domain. He is an active member within EARPA (taskforce secretary Electronics and Communication Systems) and ERTRAC (CAD).
Richard BISHOP Bishop Consulting, USA	Richard Bishop has over 25 years of experience in the domain of intelligent, connected, and automated vehicles and how these interact with our transportation system and society, including automated cars, trucks, and robotaxis. He provides strategic consulting to automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and tech firms, as well as advising federal and state government agencies, the National Academy of Sciences, and government agencies overseas. Mr. Bishop serves as 2nd Vice Chair of the American Trucking Association?s Automated Driving Study Group. He chairs the International Task Force on Vehicle Highway Automation, which will have its 22nd Annual Meeting this year. Prior to establishing Bishop Consulting in 1997, Mr. Bishop was Program Manager for Vehicle-Highway Automation at the USDOT Federal Highway Administration. He holds technical degrees from Auburn University and Johns Hopkins University, plus an M.A. Transformational Leadership and Social Change from Tai-Sophia Institute.
Eric CHAN Ricardo, UK	Eric Chan is the Technical Expert for connected and automated vehicles at Ricardo. He has been active in automated transport systems for the passenger car, robotaxi, heavy truck and rail markets for almost 10 years. He was Chief Engineer on the Sartre platooning project, and is currently involved in truck platooning activities in the UK and in Asia.
Marika HOEDEMAEKER ENSEMBLE project coordinator TNO, NL	Marika Hoedemaeker is a senior project manager at TNO, where she has been conducting human factors research in mobility since 1999. After finishing her study in experimental psychology, she went to the Delft University of Technology to work as a PhD student on the introduction of Automated Vehicle Guidance systems in personal road transport, especially the effects of Adaptive Cruise Control on individual driver behavior and the acceptance of driver support systems by individual drivers. She performed driving simulator experiments and conducted a large-scale questionnaire study. She received her PhD in 1999. At present her main activities are focused on managing complex research projects.
Mats ROSENQVIST Manager Volvo, Sweden	Mats Rosenqvist, is manager for external research collaboration advocacy at Volvo Group, CTO office, based in Gothenburg Sweden, with focus on developing research and innovation collaboration opportunities for sustainable transport solutions for commercial vehicles. Mats have more than 25 years? experience from the ITS, telematics, active safety, connectivity, electromobility and automation areas in different positions. He has been working in the US and in China for the Volvo Group initiating research and innovation activities. Mats is co-working group leader of the Connectivity and Automated Driving working group at the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC). Mats is also member of the Coordination Committee at the European Council of Automotive R&D (EUCAR). .
Steven SHLADOVER Professor University of California Berkeley, USA	Dr. Steven Shladover has been researching and developing driving automation systems for the past 45 years. He led PATH's pioneering research on driving automation, including its truck platooning research, from 1989 until his retirement last year and he continues to be active in development and evaluation of cooperative automation systems for heavy trucks, as well as applications for other types of vehicle platforms. His research at PATH has shown the technical feasibility of achieving smooth vehicle control and good energy savings from CACC and platooning of heavy trucks, while also demonstrating good driver acceptance in field tests and demonstrations.
Peter SWEATMAN CAVita LLC, USA	Peter Sweatman...