Speakers
This year we have a great line up of speakers such as Dr Joanna White, who is the Roads Development Divisional Director (Acting) at National Highways, David Webb, Head of Innovation at the CCAV where they are responsible for delivering the UK Government’s investment towards supporting the development, deployment and commercialisation of safe and secure CAV technologies, systems and services and David Skipp, Director of Autonomous Vehicle & Mobility Strategy, Ford Mobility at Ford Motor Company.
Opening Speakers

Paul Jarvie, AESIN Director
Paul Jarvie received the BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of the West of Scotland in 1985. He had 16 Years experience with NEC Semiconductors in Product Engineering for DRAM Memory devices followed by 3 Years with NXP Semiconductors TV Systems Innovation Centre in Southampton. He joined Techworks in 2005 and led the Electronic Product/Test and Power Electronics Networks for over 7 Years and is currently the AESIN (Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network) Director engaging across the electronics supply chain of Automotive. He is also co-Chair of the SEMI GAAC (Global Automotive Advisory Council).
Paul Jarvie
AESIN Director

Dr Stephen Lambert
AESIN Chairman
Dr Stephen Lambert, AESIN Chairman

Alan Banks
TechWorks CEO
Alan Banks, TechWorks CEO
Alan started his career at British Telecom where he trained as a Telecommunications Electronics engineer. He joined Ford Motor Company in 1985 where he held a number of management positions within the IT Department delivering Telecommunications and Product Development systems developing Ford products in Europe.
After completing an International Service Assignment in the United States in the early 2000’s he returned to Visteon in the UK where he was the European IT Manager.
He held a number of senior positions within Visteon delivering Vehicle Cockpit Electronic Programs and after 35years completed his career at Visteon as the Engineering Director responsible for delivering cockpit electronics for Ford and Jaguar Land Rover.
Alan is a member of the Automotive Council’s Intelligent Connected Vehicle Working Group and is the lead for Power Electronics at the Automotive Council.
He is passionate about growing Electronics capability in the UK and believes strongly that connected communities and collaboration are the key to exploiting successful partnerships enabling the exploration of the wealth of opportunity it brings with new and exciting emerging technology markets.
Alan was awarded the Techworks ‘Lifetime Contribution to Industry’ award in 2017.
Keynote Speakers
Ian Constance, CEO, Advanced Propulsion Centre
A graduate master engineer with powertrain and advanced propulsion experience working in Germany and the UK, Ian has worked with joint venture partners in Asia to develop new products, achieving significant sales growth, leading to global responsibility for the development of new products.

Ian Constance
Advanced Propulsion Centre
Dr Joanna White, National Highways

Dr Joanna White
National Highways
David Skipp, Ford Motor Company
David Skipp is Director, Autonomous Vehicle & Mobility Strategy, Ford Mobility at Ford Motor Company. In this role since May 2020, David leads European strategy development for Autonomous Vehicles (AV) and Mobility Solutions. David also works closely with a number of industry bodies, and is currently Chair of the Intelligent Connected Autonomous Mobility (ICAM) working group of UK Automotive Council.
In his previous role, David was Director, Partnerships & Innovation, Ford Mobility, responsible for working with external partners to build a portfolio of opportunities to grow Mobility business solutions.
Since graduating from Brunel University with a multi-discipline engineering degree, David has held a number of Powertrain Development, Vehicle Development, Research and Strategic Planning roles in over 30 years at Ford Motor Company.

David Skipp
FORD Motor Company
Venn Chesterton, UKRI
This Challenge will grow the UK’s Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) supply chains across all sectors from energy to rail, automotive to marine and industrial to aerospace through co-investment with industry in collaborative research and development projects, cohesion of the community and capital investment in research equipment for process, production.
Venn joined UKRI from TRL (the UKs Transport Research Labs) where he was ULEV and Energy lead. Prior to this he led and worked on low emissions vehicle projects at Transport for London.

Venn Chesterton
UKRI
David Webb, CCAV
David is an engineer by education and has spent the last decade working in the MOD, most recently within the cyber domain.
Seeking new challenges and opportunities David joined CCAV in August 2018 and has developed effective relationships across the CAV ecosystem.

David Webb
CCAV
Technical Tracks
Electrification Track
11:00 – 12:30
Chaired by Rob Millar, Williams Advanced Engineering
Mike Bell, Ricardo plc
Mike Bell is Group Strategy & Transformation Director at Ricardo plc. He is a commercially-focused technology leader with over 25 years’ business, product and transformation experience. He has held director positions within Laird plc, Canonical Ltd and Jaguar Land Rover prior to joining Ricardo. His experience includes leading sales & marketing, technology, engineering and programme delivery within North America, China, Europe, Russia and Asia Pacific in multiple industry verticals.
Mike has a background in connected vehicles and mobility services – specifically, in the foundation of the connected vehicle business unit at Jaguar Land Rover where he launched connected services across 26 countries. He has advised multiple companies in the mobility and automotive data monetisation space. He has previously chaired the SMMT Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Forum in the UK and represented ACEA in Europe on connected vehicles. He has a BSc and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool, UK.

Mike Bell
Ricardo plc
Rachel Chambers, DER
Chief Operating Officer, DER Industrialisation Centre – North East, Newcastle University.
Rachel has extensive experience of working at board level within a range of sectors/markets, including automotive, manufacturing and technology/distribution etc, working across all sizes of organisation from large corporates, to SMEs and has also both operated in and set up a business. Rachels experience spans across working with industry, regional and national government bodies, academia and RTO’s to develop innovative technologies, processes and products. Rachel has also set up the innovation centre for advanced manufacturing in the North East and is the COO for the DER Industrialisation Centre which supports industry to develop and scale-up new power electronics machines and drives technologies and manufacturing processes. Rachel also has a wealth of experience operating as a Global HR Director responsible for driving innovation, commercial value, and cultural change with a big focus on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. Rachel left her global role to focus on bringing up her 2 children which has enabled her to focus on driving impact in the UK, focusing on net zero and developing supply chains for the future of electrification.

Rachel Chambers
DER
Prof. Matt Boyle OBE, DER
Until November 30, 2017 Matt Boyle was President and CEO of Sevcon; a Nasdaq listed, Global, North East England Headquartered company which is at the forefront of the global electrification. During Matt’s Presidency Sevcon grew from a $20M industrial business in 1997 to a Company acquired by BorgWarner for $200M in September 2017 which was predominately automotive focused. Matt consults for German, Italian, US, Chinese and UK companies M&A, strategic planning and UK inward investment, all associated with electrification.
Matt is a member of the IET Industrial skills policy group, is the Independent Board member of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) and Chairs the North East Skills chairs group a group dedicated to dissemination of best practice in Engineering Skills generation. Matt was one of the authors of the successful Stephenson Challenge bid to the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Matt is currently Chair of Driving Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centers. Matt was awarded an OBE for services to Engineering and Skills in the 2018 New Year honours list.

Prof. Matt Boyle OBE
DER

Nigel Jakeman
Turbo Power Systems
Dr. Nigel Jakeman, Turbo Power Systems
Dr Nigel Jakeman is Engineering and Business Development Director at Turbo Power Systems. Holding PhD from University of Sheffield and Design for Six Sigma Black Belt, he is an IET Chartered Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in new product delivery and exploitation for large corporate and SME companies. He is focussed on delivering solutions to enable Smart Grid power distribution and Rapid EV charging, addressing constraints to future widespread adoption of Electric Vehicles using new innovative approaches to overcome constraints applied by the grid.
Presentation: TBC
Abstract: With businesses and casual travellers alike looking to meet the governments net zero plan for carbon emission by 2050, making the Electric Vehicle revolution a reality will require a rethink in how we manage our electricity distribution networks. Only through this will they have the confidence to replace their internal combustion engines, which take only a few minutes to refuel, to an Electric Vehicle. The challenge is massive, with investment levels reflecting the scale of change if we proceed on the current ‘Business as Usual’ path to deliver the necessary widespread capacity. Micro grids present an alternative to traditional re-enforcement that build capacity closer to the point of consumption. DC micro grids provide an even more flexible and efficient solution for connection of the Low Carbon Technologies that will facilitate a more viable alternative. Turbo Power Systems have developed state of the art charging approaches that use the DC micro network principle and will demonstrate how, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) funded project ESCAPE, we are using Silicon Carbide technology to bring these solutions to market.

David Clark
Cla-SiC
David Clark, Cla-SiC
Technology & Customer Relations Manager
David has a strong background in process engineering and process development, with more than 24 years of silicon process integration, device engineering, process development and yield engineering experience at Raytheon Systems. David moved into Silicon Carbide process integration and device engineering in 2004 and has experience across many SiC device technologies including Schottky diodes, PiN diodes, MOSFET’s, JFET’s,BJT’s, CLD’s and MESFET’s. During David’s tenure at Raytheon, he worked on a number of successful SiC process developments leading to successful manufacture of 1000’s of SiC device wafers.
David has a first class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Silicon Processing and Manufacturing Technologies. He has authored or co-authored more than 10 SiC processing papers, is joint inventor of one SiC related patent and has 3 other SiC related patent submissions pending. David joined Clas-SiC in 2017 as Principal Technologist, with oversight of Clas-SiC’s technology roadmap and technical direction.
Presentation: Clas-SiC: the UK’s only Commercial Power SiC Wafer Fab
Abstract: Clas-SiC Wafer is UK’s only Commercial Wafer Fab manufacturing power SiC diodes and MOSFET’s on 150mm wafers. Clas-SiC is positioned in the supply chain to provide fast prototyping cycle times for SiC wafer fabrication to accelerate R&D and time to market for new device designs through process design kits (PDK) and a library of “off the shelf” Process Module IP which have been created to minimise technical risk, minimise NRE/cost and optimise both R&D cycles and manufacturability. Clas-SiC continue to develop their own planar SiC diode and MOSFET devices and are currently working on a mix of programs which are either fully funded internally or partially supported by APC or DER funding. APC funding includes the ESCAPE and Celeritas programs while DER funding includes the SiCMAP program.
Dan Hayes, Zemo Partnership
Dan manages the work programme of Zemo Partnership’s Bus Working Group, overseeing the delivery of projects such as defining an Zero Emission Bus and BSOG reform of behalf of the Department for Transport, a Euro VI diesel buses test programme, evaluating the Opportunities for Decarbonising Coaches in the UK and delivering the Zero Emission Bus Workshop series across the UK.
The main focus of his work to date has been aimed at encouraging the uptake of ultra-low and zero emission buses and low carbon fuels through publications such as Low Emission Bus Guide and the Greener Journey’s Trilogy.

Dan Hayes
ZEMO Partnership
Cyber Resilience
13:30 – 15:00
Chaired by Peter Davies, THALES

Lee Harrison
Siemens
Lee Harrison, Siemens
Lee Harrison is Automotive IC Test Solutions Manager, at Siemens EDA. He has over 20 years of industry experience with Tessent DFT products and has been involved in the specification of new test features and methodologies for Siemens customers, delivering high quality DFT solutions. With a focus on automotive, Lee is working to ensure that current and future DFT requirements of Siemens’s automotive customers are understood and met. Lee received his BEng in MicroElectronic Engineering from Brunel University London in 1996.
Presentation: Cybersecurity Threat Modelling and Mitigation using the Digital Twin
Abstract: As we continue to strive towards level 5 autonomy, vehicles are becoming more connected and their systems more complex. With this brings the increased risk of real-life cyber-attacks both physical and remote. Many suppliers and OEM’s within the Automotive supply chain are constantly working on solutions to mitigate and prevent these attacks at different levels but modelling and testing these can a challenge especially at the system level, as complex dynamic test rigs are required. We explore how the innovateUK Secure-CAV project addresses this need and look at how we can move to a completely digital domain with the Siemens PAVE 360 Platform.
Electrification
15:30 – 17:00
Chaired by Dr Alastair McGibbon (CSA Catapult) and Jillian Hughes (NMI)

Yangang Wang
Dynex Semiconductors
Yangang Wang, Dynex Semiconductors
Director of R&D Centre, Dynex Semiconductor, CRRC Times Electric co., Ltd.
Received PhD degree in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from Peking University in 2007. He joined the R&D Centre of Dynex as a Principal Engineer in 2012, and is currently leading the department responsible for development of advanced Si and WBG power semiconductor products.
Dr Wang is a senior member of IEEE, member of IET and a Chartered Engineer of the UK. He has 20 years research and development work experience in University and Industry on Microelectronics and Power Electronics. His currently research and development activities are design/simulation, packaging, test/characterization, application, failure analysis, reliability and lifetime prediction etc for Si and WBG power semiconductor devices.
Presentation: LEO satellites augmentation of PNT and 5G terrestrial services for future connected autonomous vehicles
Abstract: Connected autonomous vehicles are here. We are experiencing a revolution in mobile capability driven by the ability to exchange data across networks instantly while on the move. This enables the deployment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) which, when coupled with accurate positioning, can share data with the cloud for enhanced benefits. New business models enabling monetization of data from vehicles will emerge, as well as direct sales of services to those on the move.
The number of satellite launches has grown significantly recently with constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, operating in the mmWave spectrum, being commissioned by companies like SpaceX Starlink (US), OneWeb (UK), Amazon Kuiper (US), Telesat (Canada), as well as car maker Geely (China). Thousands of LEO satellites will ensure continuous availability anywhere on the earth’s surface. Many of those satellites will be used to deliver internet connectivity to under- and un-served areas to a very small aperture terminal (<20cm) while providing enhanced GNSS for highly accurate (<20cm) and highly resilient positioning.
The CASSIS programme will utilise those LEO satellite constellations, to enable enhanced Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), and high-capacity, low-latency, low-cost connectivity for mobile applications globally. It will connect via 5G terrestrial networks where capacity is sufficient, switching to LEO satellite instantly when needed (increased coverage or mitigating congestions). The highly accurate PNT will enable the vehicle to be located very precisely in absolute terms, and in relation to other road users and objects, and this will be critical to the development and operation of future ADAS, enabling functions that would otherwise not be possible.
Our consortium will deliver a terminal that, for a small initial investment, enables accurate PNT, and connects users on the move, with data for multiple applications from ADAS to personal device operation, health monitoring and vehicle autonomy via a low-cost data package.
Daniel Murphy, ST Microelectronics
Daniel joined STMicroelectronics in 1999, after graduating from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Solid State Electronics. He is working in ST’s automotive marketing and applications team, focussing on EV powertrain business in the EMEA region. Working on strategic programs relating to wide bandgap technology, he is closely aligned with several OEMs and vehicle manufacturers. As a member of Technical Staff, he is also leading internal initiatives to address new product introduction and online marketing for ST.

Daniel Murphy
STMicroelectronics

Xiaoyun Rong, Ruizhu Wu & Phil Mawby
Warwick University
Xiaoyun Rong, Ruizhu Wu and Phil Mawby, Warwick University
Xiaoyun Rong received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., in 2013 and 2019, respectively. From 2019-2021, she is a Research Fellow with the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, U.K. working on the reliability and applications of silicon carbide power electronics.
Ruizhu Wu received the B.Sc. degree in telecommunication engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2010, the M.Sc. degree in engineering from Xihua University, Chengdu, China, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., in 2019. He is currently a Research Fellow with the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, U.K. working on reliability and applications of silicon carbide power electronics.
Philip A. Mawby received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 1983 and 1987, respectively. His Ph.D. degree was focused on GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors for high-power radio frequency applications with the GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, U.K. In 2005, he was with the University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., as the Chair of power electronics. He was also with the University of Wales, Swansea, U.K., for 19 years and held the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair for power electronics, where he established the Power Electronics Design Center. He has been internationally recognized in the area of power electronics and power device research. He was also involved in the development of device simulation algorithms, as well as optoelectronic and quantum-based device structures. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 journal and conference papers. His current research interests include materials for new power devices, modeling of power devices and circuits. Prof. Mawby is a fellow of the IET and a fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Presentation: Overview of a packaged converter module utilising SiC MOSFETs
Abstract: The latest generation of Silicon Carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs being utilised in current generation of EVs. This is a core technology that is driving the efficiency and performance of these vehicles. In order to get optimised performance from SiC technology, it is essential that the packaging technology is able to delivery high performance to the vehicle system.
In this presentation, an overview of the design and implementation current state of the art is reviewed and discussed. We will focus on the entire package procedure of a SiC based converter module, which is specific to the automotive markets. A few testing results will be shown as well, and this will highlight the essential assembly techniques. Following the presentation, the audience will have a thorough understanding of the entire manufacture process.
Wenlong Ming, CSA Catapult
Wenlong Ming received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. Degrees in Automation from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2007 and 2010, respectively.
He received the Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K., in 2015. He is the winner of the prestigious IET Control & Automation Doctoral Dissertation Prize in 2017.
He has been a Senior Lecturer of Power Electronics at Cardiff University, U.K., since August 2020 and a Senior Research Fellow funded by Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult, U.K., for 5 years since April 2020.
He was with the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA in 2012 as an academic visiting scholar. He has (co-)authored more than 60 papers published in leading journals or refereed IEEE conferences. His research interests focus on packaging, characterisation, modelling and applications of wide-bandgap compound semiconductor power devices.
Presentation: Multi-objective design optimisation of automotive power electronics
Abstract: The growth of global electric powertrain market is projected to be around US$ 200 billion by 2027. Within this market, there is a huge demand on high performance Silicon Carbide (SiC)-based automotive power electronics. To fulfil this demand, CSA Catapult has been working with other UK partners under the £20m ESCAPE project to build a supply chain of SiC MOSFETs.
As outcomes of the project, this presentation will demonstrate a multi-objective design methodology for compact, highly-efficient and cost-effective SiC-based automotive power electronics. To achieve these, the key challenges are electrical/thermal characterisation, modelling of SiC devices and system-level optimisation of trade-offs among multiple performance indexes such as power density, efficiency, and cost. A systematic design process will be presented with four stages in total, namely characterisation, modelling, optimisation, and validation.
As the first stage, how to accurately characterise SiC MOSFETs will be presented, considering different operating conditions. In the second stage, the outcomes of the first stage are used to develop accurate and fast transient models of SiC MOSFETs. The developed models are then used in the third stage to balance trade-offs of power density, efficiency, and cost of SiC-based power electronics systems. At the end of the presentation, a 3 kW battery charger will be presented as a demonstration to validate the effectiveness of the multi-objective design optimisation.

Wenlong Ming
CSA Catapult
ADAS & HAV Track
11:00 – 12:30
Chaired by Tim Edwards, HORIBA MIRA

Ashish Naik, National Instruments

With over 10 years of Automotive & Technology industry experience, within his current capacity, Naik focuses on the distributive market trend of ADAS and Autonomous Driving. Collaborating with our global customers to find new methods and tools to deliver safer vehicles to market effectively through the lens of test. Naik holds a degree in physics from Loughborough University and an MBA from the University of Birmingham.
Presentation: Testing Against Infinite Scenarios – Maximizing your ADAS & AD Validation Workflow through Collaboration
Abstract: As we transition from ADAS to Autonomous Vehicles, you are working towards replacing the human driver. A rewarding ambition that promises more productivity, comfort and most importantly safety to society’s mobility. But it is a complex challenge as we are testing against infinite scenarios. Learn how connecting people, ideas and technology of experts in testing, simulation, cloud computing and IT infrastructure can overcome this. Trough the collaboration of experts the best solutions to enable your ADAS & AD validation workflow can be achieved, covering Data Record, Data Replay, Digital Twins, SIL, HIL, Sensor Fusion and other XIL or V&V applications
Ashish Naik
National Instruments

Ken Horne, Keysight Technologies
Ken graduated in 1985 with an M.Eng. in Electronics & Electrical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. A member of the IET and a Chartered Engineer, Ken has fulfilled a variety of roles in R&D and Marketing in wireless/RF engineering and test equipment, joining Hewlett Packard in 1994. He has represented Keysight at IEEE802, Wi-Fi Alliance, SAE, OmniAir, and C2C Forum.
Presentation: Strategic Planning Manager for Automotive and Energy Solutions
Abstract: The automotive industry is facing tremendous change and multiple technology disruptions. Unlike the mechanical age, testing can no longer be performed on the road alone. Despite the progress in scenario and vehicle dynamics modelling to stimulate the visual sensors (cameras), radar, lidar, and V2X emulation are still far behind. Besides the technical limitations of the various sensor emulation implementations, their integration into a complete and comprehensive environment is extremely complex. Attend this session to learn about Keysight’s approach to autonomous drive emulation.
Ken Horne
Keysight Technologies

Dr. Siddartha Khastgir
Warwick University
Dr Siddartha Khastgir, Warwick University
Alan Walker, AVL
Dr Siddartha Khastgir is the Head of Verification & Validation of CAV at WMG, University of Warwick, UK, leading various collaborative R&D projects with industrial & academic partners. His research areas in the CAV domain include test scenario generation, safety, simulation-based testing, Safe AI among many others. Currently, he represents the UK on various ISO Technical Committees and is the lead author for new ISO standards for Low-Speed Automated Driving (LSAD) systems (ISO 22737) and Taxonomy for ODD (ISO 34503). He is also the project leader for ASAM standardisation project – OpenODD, and an active participant at ASAM, SAE, ISO and UNECE discussions.
He has received numerous national and international awards for his research contributions, including the prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, a seven-year Fellowship focused on safety evaluation of CAVs, and is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list maker.
Presentation: Understanding Rules of the Road for Automated Driving
Abstract: Proposed content will cover a scalable approach to machine-readable rules of the road for automated driving, inspired from the UK Highway Code, along with views about assuring that automated driving complies with the rules of the road.

Mark Cracknell
Zenzic
Mark Cracknell, Zenzic

Mark is a Chartered Engineer and began his career at Transport for London after graduating from Southbank University with a first-class degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Since joining Zenzic as Head of Technology and currently Head of Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM), Mark has continued to support the CAM Testbeds and provide technical oversight. Mark led the creation of the UK CAM roadmap to 2030, which established a UK wide view of the future for CAM.
With expertise in the areas of infrastructure, communications, systems and innovation, Mark has contributed to national standards, spoken at numerous conferences and been interviewed on national TV.
ADAS
& HAV Track
13:30 – 15:00
Chaired by Gunny Dhadyalla, WMG
Juan Espineira, WMG
Juan P. Espineira was born in Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1991. He received the MEng degree in mechanical engineering from Coventry University, Coventry, in 2018.
From 2017 to 2018, he was a Teaching Assistant with the Control Engineering Department of Coventry University. Since 2019, he has been a Project Engineer with WMG, University of Warwick. He is developing simulation systems for the 3xD Simulator using Unreal Engine and interfacing to multiple systems on Autonomous Vehicles. He has background in manufacturing, structural analysis, electronics and control systems. He has worked on projects involving CAV Safety Standards and the use of Simulation to develop reliable and robust test cases for CAV technology.
Presentation: Testing of Autonomous Control System (ACS) using synthetic environment
Abstract: The AI systems that power self-driving vehicles must be road tested for several billion miles and in an almost infinite range of situations to be considered safe. Ideally, testing would take place in the real world to achieve the most accurate results—but this can be extremely dangerous. On the other hand, testing in a simulation using interactive 3D technology is controllable, repeatable, and safer as well as cost-effective and time efficient. At WMG, as part of our capability development we connected an Autonomous Vehicle to our synthetic environment in a close loop to prove the feasibility of using simulation for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing.
The Autonomous Control System (ACS) used in the test uses lidar to position itself by first generating a map from a preliminary scan. In the real world, trials on the vehicle that uses this ACS had problems in localizing itself in certain locations where map features aren’t distinguishable. The ACS was connected to our synthetic environment and fed lidar and positional data. The control demand from the ACS was then fed back to the ego vehicle in the synthetic environment.
The ACS was able to generate a map, localize successfully and navigate the ego vehicle along the route, but it had some locations where the positioning was lost like the real world. This shows that it is perfectly possible to use synthetic lidar data to test and validate a real-world ACS and as the test illustrates, the same quirks that the system has in the real world appear when using the synthetic environment and thus it could be used to identify the problems and edge cases in a safer and faster way. This talk will go through the architecture of the testing rig, the interfaces used to flow the data, the challenges faced and the end result.

Juan Espineira
WMG
Geoffroy Heurtier, Claytex
Geoffroy Heurtier is a project engineer for Claytex working on the development of radar sensors for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems and Autonomous Vehicles. He received a double Master’s degree in astronautics and space engineering at Cranfield University (2015) and in signal processing at École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (2016). After working a year in the space industry (at Observatoire de Paris and Centre National d’Études Spatiales), he completed a graduate program in Cobham working in various areas of the company such as simulation, software, R&D, and as a systems engineer and project manager.
Presentation: Multipath radar modelling for ADAS and AV simulation
Abstract: The ADAS & AV systems are based on a combination of sensors providing a detailed mapping of the environment. When cameras are susceptible to weather and sunlight, radars operate optimally in almost all external conditions. When radars provide limited resolution and blurry images, lidars provide the most detailed understanding possible of the surroundings of the car, and when lidars are expensive and fragile, cameras are cheap and mature technologies. Therefore all those sensors must be used in a complementary fashion to best model the world around the vehicle.
As part of a complete suite of simulation tools for ADAS and AV development, including a set of customisable physics based sensors and controllers, a simulation manager and a simulation environment, this presentation will focus on the development of a multipath radar sensor.
The radar is based on a Ray Tracing algorithm which is is a Computational Model solving Maxwell’s equations using an Asymptotic Method : high frequency approximation. This allows for the use of a simplified version of the Maxwell’s equation for high frequencies.
The algorithm consists of launching millions of rays from a located antenna and work out the interaction of each ray with the environment, until it returns to the receptor. For each interaction with a surface, reflection, both specular and diffuse, and diffraction are modelled and new rays are created. Each of these effect will depend on the nature of the material hit (permittivity, permeability, conductivity) ; it’s shape (surface roughness, sharp edges), and the incident wave (polarisation, grazing angle, frequency). The simulator mimics the raw data output of a real radar, with range Doppler map and images of the scene.
We will discuss some of the choices that have been made such as roughness modelling or scattering pattern. We will also compare the results with real life tests that have been performed as well as literature review, and discuss other future implementations.

Geoffroy Heurtier
Claytex
Alberto Venturi & Jonathan Robinson, Warwick University
Jonathan Bio: Jonathan graduated from his MSc in Smart, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles at University of Warwick, WMG and has since completed a graduate scheme within the intelligent vehicles group at WMG. Now he works as a project engineer within the intelligent vehicles group at WMG focussing on Sensors and Human Factors. Prior to his MSc, Jonathan completed a BSc in Mathematics.
Jonathan’s research interests lie within simulation & modelling of sensors, and he has recently been working on RADAR modelling, looking at divergence and interference. Previous experience involves simulation of LiDAR chip performance, validation of simulated LiDAR sensors and development of a rain model for LiDAR.
Alberto Bio: Alberto Venturi, is a project engineer with experience in developing data-driven models to capture key performance information of diverse sensors and complex energy systems, and link these models to continuous, dynamic optimization methods. He worked in UK and Germany in the automotive and energy sector, contributing to the development of innovative technologies; at the moment he works on developing testing methodology for verification and validation of autonomous driving systems.
Presentation: A change of perception: The challenges of perception sensors for Automated Vehicles
Abstract: The automotive sector is in transition from what we have been used to, namely Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles driven primarily by a human driver, to electrified vehicles where the vehicle itself takes control of large parts, or all, of the dynamic driving task. Honda have already released an SAE level 3 capable vehicle on the roads of Japan [1], [2]. However, for this transition to be successful, several challenges must be overcome. Reports from across the Atlantic will highlight the success of ‘self-driving’ technology in optimal weather conditions. Waymo have successfully introduced a fully autonomous taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona due to the dry conditions that are witnessed there [3]. However, as we know, the weather in Britain is far from optimal for large parts of the year, as is the case in many other countries across the world. Therefore, these ‘self-driving’ or automated technologies must be capable in the sunny and dry weather of Arizona but also the wet and drizzly conditions found common in places such as those in Great Britain. Furthermore, extreme weather conditions such as fog, haze, and snow provide more problems and once the sun sets for the day, the vehicle’s automated technologies performance must not suffer.
To drive safely under its own control, a vehicle must be able to sense and perceive the environment around it. Hence, all vehicles with automated driving capabilities must be fitted with a suite of sensors capable of accurately and robustly perceiving the external environment. A key enabler for automated driving in adverse weather conditions is RADAR. Automotive RADAR sensors are seen to be essential by numerous stakeholders to achieving the required perception in suboptimal conditions [4]. They are not affected by light levels so will work just as well at night, and they are reflected, refracted or absorbed less by rain than other perception sensors such as camera and LiDAR. These strengths make it a desired sensor to support safe vehicle navigation in these adverse weather conditions. However, RADAR does not come without drawbacks and several challenges need to be overcome for it to provide the benefits we envisage.
Firstly, the output from a RADAR sensor is fairly low resolution meaning it is not great at detecting vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. The performance is also often hampered by multipath interference, creating ‘ghost’ targets. This is where a RADAR beam will reflect off multiple objects and return to the sensor with enough power to be registered as a detection. RADAR interference can also represent a problem, particularly for Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) RADAR and will only get worse over time as we see more and more vehicles equipped with RADAR sensors. To provide the redundancy necessary for SAE level 3 vehicles and above, it is expected that each vehicle will be equipped with 5-8 RADAR. There is often no way of determining whether the signals returning to the FMCW RADAR sensor are reflected signals from said RADAR sensor or from another RADAR sensor entirely. The Intelligent Vehicles research group at WMG, University of Warwick are investigating these challenges for RADAR sensors in the future. Our research will inform mitigation strategies and future guidelines to determine how to best use multiple RADARs in the vehicles of the future.

Alberto Venturi & Jonathan Robinson
Warwick University
Software Track
15:30 – 17:00
Chaired by Rob Green
Andrew Patterson & Brendan Morris, SIEMENS
Andrew Patterson leads the Automotive Embedded Software business channel at Siemens Digital Industries (formerly part of Mentor Graphics). The business specializes in embedded software solutions addressing the latest trends in automotive electronics, covering ADAS, Digital Cockpit, Electric Vehicle and Autonomous Driving applications. Prior to Mentor, Andrew spent over 20 years in the design automation business, specializing in automotive technologies including wire harness design, automotive simulation model development, virtual prototyping, and mechatronics. He is currently heavily involved in AUTOSAR, vehicle architectures, and the industry standardization of automotive enabling technologies. Andrew holds a master’s degree in Engineering and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University, UK.
Brendan spent his early career working in Tier 1 suppliers into the Automotive Industry, focusing primarily on software development in powertrain electronics, however spending some time working in a diverse range of technologies for on and off highway vehicles. He spent the next 10yrs working for several vehicle OEM’s at all stages of vehicle development programs. Several of these years leading research projects at Jaguar Land Rover introducing new network technologies into their latest and future E/E Architectures, also represented the company in AUTOSAR WP-A2 Com Work Package. He has also lead several aspects of development and launch of low volume vehicles, including E/E Architecture, and start-up vehicle OEM’s as diverse as McLaren Automotive and Rivian. Brendan holds an M.Eng degree in Automotive Engineering from Loughborough University and although he is based in the UK can often be found in several of the major Automotive development hubs around the globe.
Presentation: Transition to Service Oriented Architectures, and the need for AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform
Abstract: Drivers and passengers are increasingly demanding more digital content in vehicles relating to information inside and outside the vehicle. Vehicle network architectures and hosting ECUs are adapting to address the driver/passenger demands, and the traditional domain-based vehicle architectures will no longer scale to meet the need.
Designers are today able to take advantage of a dramatic increase in silicon performance, with complex multi-core SOCs (System on Chip) being available to meet the needs of complex ADAS/AD/Digital Cockpit projects. These SOCs support implementation of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) : Services needed at different times and for different purposes can be made available from different providers/sources on the vehicle network, to balance load, and increase performance and service availability.
This presentation will examine trends in vehicle networks, technologies supporting them, and the need for Adaptive AUTOSAR in the automotive industry. The paper will also cover the differences between AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive and how they are being used in the Automotive industry. The technologies are applicable to all vehicle types, and will be a big part of the future automotive industry.

Andrew Patterson & Brendan Morris
SIEMENS
Chris Tubbs, Green Hill Software
Chris Tubbs is an industry veteran with 46 years’ experience in the Avionics, Simulation, Medical, Automotive and Software Industries.
After 15 years in the Aerospace industry managing safety critical systems, he co- founded companies in the Simulation and Medical Imaging markets in the roles of Commercial and Managing Director.
He then spent eight Years in the Automotive industry in Germany and Holland as a Development and Business Development Manager after which he joined Green Hills Software in 2008.
Chris was promoted to Director of Business Development EMEA in 2012 since when he has specialized in Safety and Security. Chris is also a published best-selling author.
Presentation: Developing for Safety and Security
Abstract: Automotive systems have exploded in complexity which has led to an enormous increase in the number of vulnerabilities that are available for exploitation by bad players. This also effects the safety of the vehicle as safety and security are inexorably linked.
Because of the rapid pace of development, cars today have one hundred million lines of code, but should we be proud of that of ashamed? Our ability to develop future systems that are both safe and secure will require a shift in thinking away from ‘big is beautiful’ to a minimalistic, component-based approach that enables components to be fully validated, tested, and minimises or eliminates vulnerabilities.
This talk examines where we have come from, where we are and where we need to go in terms of software development with Security and Safety as the main criteria.

Chris Tubbs
Green Hill Software
Dr Umut Genc, Eatron Technologies

Dr Umut Genc has 20 years of experience in automotive industry and powertrain engineering from working in the UK, Austria and Turkey. Dr Genc has a B.Sc. degree in Electrical-Electronics Engineering from METU, Ankara, M.Sc. from UMIST, Manchester and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK, in the area of Engine Electronics, Controls and Software. He worked for leading international technology and engineering companies like DSPACE and IAV, and AVL in technical leadership and management roles. In 2018 Dr Genc co-founded Eatron Technologies to provide intelligent software solutions to automotive industry for batteries and autonomy.
Presentation: Challenges of developing ADAS Software for series production
Abstract: ADAS and highly automated driving has captured attention and imagination of many with a lot of hype and big expectations in the last decade. Many OEMs promised imminent availability of sophisticated and capable driver assist as well as hands free, automated driving, but this turned out mostly to be an empty promise. This talk will provide a controls & software developer perspective on why it’s very tricky to bring to market safe and capable automated driving & ADAS features, and touch upon the challenges OEMs and Tier1s are facing today.

Dr Umut Genc
Eatron Technologies
Andrew Banks, LDRA
Andrew Banks is a Technical Specialist at LDRA with more than 30 years’ experience of high-integrity real-time/embedded software development.
A Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, he graduated from the University of Lancaster in 1989, and has spent most of his career within the aerospace, defence and automotive sectors.
Andrew is committed to standards development. He has been involved with MISRA since 2007, and has been Chairman of the MISRA C Working Group since early 2013. He is also the Chairman of the BSI “Software Testing” Working Group and an active participant in other BSI, ISO, IET and SCSC work, including the recent second edition of ISO 26262.

Andrew Banks
LDRA
Skills Track
11:00 – 12:30
Chaired by Kevin Vincent, Coventry University

Stewart Edmondson
UKESF
Stewart Edmondson, UKESF

Stewart served for over 20 years as an Engineering Officer in the Royal Air Force, specialising in operational communications-electronics systems prior to assuming senior positions responsible for ICT policy and training, maintenance regulations and information management. Subsequent to leaving the RAF, Stewart worked at QinetiQ before undertaking executive roles in HR Services at Xchanging and then BAE Systems, where he focused on early careers programmes for graduates and apprentices. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Stuart Jobbins
Sofintsys
Stuart Jobbins, Sofintsys
Stuart has over 40 years experience in engineering of electronic systems, strategic, programme and technical management. His experience covers automotive, industrial, defence, communications, aerospace, marine, nuclear and life-science backgrounds. He has held senior roles in highly respected international businesses, but now heads a consultancy business in Systems, Software and Safety Engineering.
Highly valued for his deep technical knowledge of Software and Electronic systems particularly in the Conceptualisation, Architecture and Design of real-world systems involving multi-physics solutions, he is frequently sought by his customers’ senior executives to articulate ideas, business opportunities or engineering strategies for electronics and control products whilst providing hands-on engineering support. Stuart is adept at assessing technology, opportunity and risk in the confluence of ideas, adapting and applying the best practices across industries, pragmatically. He uses his high-integrity knowledge gained in aerospace and nuclear to advise, challenge and inform on robust, safe and predictable systems and software design for automated driving features. He has led large multi-national collaborative teams to produce world-leading products and is an acknowledged expert in engineering cost-effective product lines and variation management.
He provides mentorship and training on Systems and Software Architecture, Modelling and High level design, including control strategies for non-linear sensors and actuators. He has co-authored papers providing thought leadership in future engineering systems and engineered product with leading universities. His current concerns are the engineering skills needed to enable statistical techniques, including AI and ML into providing robust, safe automated driving systems, at both sensing and decisions (SOTIF) or actuation (FuSa) for connected and disconnected vehicles.
Presentation: Engineering the Road to Zero: Managing Complexity and Autonomy in Software
Abstract: The road to our future vehicle automation, improved traffic safety and environmental impact is enabled by software, a large proportion of it ‘in-vehicle’. With significant automation of vehicles, the solutions must be well-behaved, exhibiting well-defined, and repeatable, behaviour even in the advent of functional insufficiencies, failures or malicious attacks either internally or via connected systems. That behaviour is not accidental, but a product of engineering, balancing real-time response, resource constraints, in a demanding environment, whilst engineering, product, warranty and maintenance costs, power consumption, environmental impact and development time constrain the development.
Engineering requires us to consider and use our skills, experience and knowledge to pick the ’most appropriate’ solution, possibly a compromise, that best matches the market expectations from solution alternatives, we have evaluated and analysed. Many software development practices are available but, as the complexity grows, we must maintain the fundamental requirement of engineering; being able to understand, if not deterministically, then at least predictably, how the system solution will react.
Historically the majority of such solutions were ‘rule-based’, but increasingly we look to solutions that use probability, not certainty, which clouds understanding. Additional complexity is driven by a product’s individual adaptation, local learning or its security needs to have unique responses to common threats. As feature complexity rises, engineering costs will dominate vehicle costs, altering engineering companies’ commercial ability to innovate and compete in supplying affordable vehicle ‘components’ or ‘features’. We consider the implications for the future of automotive software development, software engineering and software engineers and the skills they need to acquire; the burden of validating functionally correct, acceptably safe and sufficiently secure system behaviour.

Gunwant Dhadyalla
Warwick University
Gunwant Dhadyalla, Warwick University
Gunwant graduated with honours with a Masters in engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. His track record includes working for OEMs including Rover Group, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and technology developers including Valeo Group, Germany.
He is currently Chief Engineer in the Energy and Electrical Systems group at WMG, University of Warwick leading the intelligent vehicles engineering function on projects including INTACT – accelerating the testing of low speed autonomous vehicles, with RDM Group, using the WMG 3xD simulator, SAVVY – Smart Verification & Validation methodologies for ADAS technology, UKCITE – test methods for testing cyber security of connected technology, and CAVinSE – feasibility study on the requirements for certifiable synthetic environments.

Deepak Farmah & James Shuttleworth
Coventry University
Deepak Farmah & James Shuttleworth, Coventry University
Deepak Farmah is the Head of Industrial Innovation at Coventry University.
Specialised in industrial solutions using emerging frontier technologies like AI, Data Science, IoT, Blockchain, Connected Systems and navigating the complex border between academia and industry, Deepak prides himself on being able to see the full set of factors that can be combined to create the conditions for innovation in multi-disciplinary, private and public organisations.
Deepak’s objective is to support businesses in their continued journey to grow, and to help them reimagine what their futures can become by guiding skills transformation, incubating innovation, and developing collaborations with expert minds in academic to deliver next generation solutions to business ecosystems.
Dr James has been working in teaching and training for over twenty years, and has developed courses for learners from short professional development engagements to level 6 and 7 degrees. His research and teaching background is in machine vision, cyber security, embedded computing and computer science.
As the Programme Director for the Institute of Coding at Coventry University and Theme Lead for the national IoC consortium’s work on digital skills and transformation, James has enjoyed many opportunities to work with industrial partners at all scales in fields such as manufacturing, construction, automotive engineering and logistics. Each engagement is a chance to help people learn new skills and create opportunities in the changing landscape of digitalisation, but also an opportunity to better understand the specific needs of organisations and the industries they operate in. The application of technology supported by this contextual understanding has led to many of the successes of the IoC team
Presentation: Skills acquisition and innovation in growing markets
Abstract: Evolving and nascent markets demand innovation in order to forge new eco systems. Two of the most critical factors that influence the speed with which any sector can scaffold its growth are people and their skills.
Coventry University has a long history of research and industrial partnerships around supporting the robust evaluation of skills, identifying roadmaps for workforce-wide development, and building environments in which innovation can take root. We look forward to sharing some of our work around skills required for transforming sectors and transformational technologies.
Connected Vehicle & Infastructure Track
13:30 – 15:00
Chaired by Paul Brookes, SIEMENS

Thomas Donnelly
SA Catapult
Thomas Donnelly, SA Catapult
With a background in automotive engineering, strategy and low-carbon technology development, Tom works with early-stage companies helping them to develop exciting new satellite-enabled products and services.
The Satellite Applications Catapult is a unique technology and innovation company, boosting UK productivity by helping organisations to harness the power of satellite-based services. We are accomplishing our mission through three core focus areas: Energising the Market; Empowering Technology and Enabling Business to succeed.
Presentation: LEO satellites augmentation of PNT and 5G terrestrial services for future connected autonomous vehicles
Abstract: Connected autonomous vehicles are here. We are experiencing a revolution in mobile capability driven by the ability to exchange data across networks instantly while on the move. This enables the deployment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) which, when coupled with accurate positioning, can share data with the cloud for enhanced benefits. New business models enabling monetization of data from vehicles will emerge, as well as direct sales of services to those on the move.
The number of satellite launches has grown significantly recently with constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, operating in the mmWave spectrum, being commissioned by companies like SpaceX Starlink (US), OneWeb (UK), Amazon Kuiper (US), Telesat (Canada), as well as car maker Geely (China). Thousands of LEO satellites will ensure continuous availability anywhere on the earth’s surface. Many of those satellites will be used to deliver internet connectivity to under- and un-served areas to a very small aperture terminal (<20cm) while providing enhanced GNSS for highly accurate (<20cm) and highly resilient positioning.
The CASSIS programme will utilise those LEO satellite constellations, to enable enhanced Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), and high-capacity, low-latency, low-cost connectivity for mobile applications globally. It will connect via 5G terrestrial networks where capacity is sufficient, switching to LEO satellite instantly when needed (increased coverage or mitigating congestions). The highly accurate PNT will enable the vehicle to be located very precisely in absolute terms, and in relation to other road users and objects, and this will be critical to the development and operation of future ADAS, enabling functions that would otherwise not be possible.
Our consortium will deliver a terminal that, for a small initial investment, enables accurate PNT, and connects users on the move, with data for multiple applications from ADAS to personal device operation, health monitoring and vehicle autonomy via a low-cost data package

Alan Peters
CP Catapult
Alan Peters, CP Catapult
Alan specialises in automation, connectivity and decarbonisation of mobility systems.
Currently leading technical programme shaping activities at the Connected Places Catapult. Working with government bodies and industry in accelerating successful deployment of new mobility concepts that deliver for society – including consideration of associated safety and regulation challenges.
Alan has an EngD in Systems Engineering, and MEng in Engineering Mathematics.
Presentation: Decarbonising HGVs – The Road to Zero-Emission Road Freight
Abstract: Outlining ongoing work towards UK HGV freight trials to pioneer hydrogen fuel cell, battery and electric road systems – all to support industry to develop cost-effective, zero-emission HGVs in the UK.

Prof. Nick Reed
Reed Mobility
Nick Reed, Reed Mobility
Prof. Nick Reed has worked at the cutting edge of transportation research for more than fifteen years with connected and automated vehicle projects in the UK to the value of more than £50m. Nick was Academy Director at TRL (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory) before becoming Head of Mobility R&D at Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier. He has since founded Reed Mobility – an independent expert consultancy on future mobility working across public, private and academic sectors to deliver transport systems that are safe, clean, efficient, ethical and equitable and including projects for the European Commission, DfT, TfL, BSI and RSSB.
Presentation: Data and safety assurance for automated vehicles.
Abstract: Automated vehicles (AVs) promise to deliver safer, more efficient and more inclusive transport. However, the operation of large machines at high speeds in public environments will require confidence that vehicles will reliably operate in a safe and predictable manner.
The European Commission funded an expert group to develop a set of twenty recommendations on the ethics of AVs. Published in 2020, these recommendations around safety depend on being able to characterise AV safety performance in data.
In 2021, Reed Mobility (on behalf of BSI) led the development of a proposal for Digital Commentary Driving, a technology agnostic approach to capturing data that could provide assurance around AV safety. This presentation will review these topics and discuss why recent incidents involving AVs would have benefitted from the Digital Commentary Driving concept.

Darren Capes
Dept. for Transport
Darren Capes, Dept. for Transport
Darren Capes FIET FIHE, has over 30 years’ experience working in Local and Central Government. A qualified civil engineer, Darren’s career has encompassed most areas of municipal engineering with particular emphasis on design, construction and evaluation; transport planning, and technology development and implementation.
Darren has a particular interest in emerging transport technologies and the readiness of local highway authorities for the challenges that new vehicle and data technologies will bring. His previous role as Transport Systems Manager for City of York Council focussed on this area as does his current role, leading local authority ITS policy at the Department for Transport.
Darren represents the interests of local authorities and highway engineering on the Institute of Engineering and technology (IET) Transport Policy Panel and Transport Sector Committee. He also manages the national Transport Technology Forum and speaks regularly at events in the UK and beyond, including to the House of Commons and Lords Select Committees on the subjects of Smart Cities, current and emerging transport technology.
Alan Walker (SysElek) & Pete Lockhart (ROKE)
Alan Walker, SysElek
Alan Walker is an experienced Director, with a history of multi-disciplinary business leadership in industry, specialised in advanced tech development. He has a PhD and MSc in Engineering, and post-doc research, focused on Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles. He has published widely and received numerous funding grants.
With twenty years’ experience in the area of applied electronic systems engineering, he has worked with many automotive industry companies (large, SMEs and start-ups); OEMs, suppliers and technology developers, with whom he has successfully applied analytical, engineering and design-for-manufacture skills to develop technology from academic research through advanced engineering into production. He has an MBA, focused on Strategy and Change Management and was involved in developing many corporate strategies to address tech markets. He has also implemented strategies to achieve rapid business growth, establishing new development sites, planning investments and resources, recruiting talent, managing operations and achieving targets. Alan has strong commercial negotiation skills and has led business development teams, closing many multi-million euro supplier development contracts.
Recognition as Fellow IET, recipient of numerous funding grants, regular speaker at industry conferences and member of several steering committees and industry body working groups. Alan is also a big supporter of STEM education.
Peter Lockhart, ROKE
Pete is a distinguished engineer and business leader, with over 35 years’ experience in leading-edge contract R&D. He has delivered solutions for a diverse range of clients from television production to government agencies. His career has combined communication and sensor research, developing turnkey systems for sports, transport, defence and national security applications.
As the Roke’s CTO Pete was responsible for driving the innovation programme, with a focus on developing the company’s cyber security and information-processing business by combining sensing expertise with machine learning to create novel sense-making and decision-support systems.
Pete’s current role is to develop new technology and propositions into automotive, aerospace and has created a new business units at Roke. Pete has been leading the commercialisation of Roke AI and digitalisation portfolio into these. Roke currently employs over 650 engineers and works across the whole of the systems engineering lifecycle.
Pete Lockhart was appointed as a Visiting Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton in 2018.

Alan Walker & Pete Lockhart
SysElek / ROKE
Closing Panel
17:00 – 17:25
Chaired by Dr Stephen Lambert (AESIN Chair). Panellists, Dr Joanne White (National Highways), Matt Boyle OBE (DER), Phillipa Oldham (APC), Mark Cracknell (Zenzic) and Siddartha Khastgir (Warwick University).

Dr. Steven Lambert
AESIN Chair

Dr. Joanna White
National Highways
Prof. Matt Boyle OBE
DER

Phillipa Oldham
APC
Mark Cracknell
Zenzic
Siddartha Khastgir
Warwick University
Dr. Umut Genc, Eatron Technologies

Dr. Umut Genc
Eatron Technologies

Darren Capes
Department for Transport
Darren Capes, ITS Policy Lead, Department for Transport
Darren Capes FIET FIHE, has over 30 years’ experience working in Local and Central Government. A qualified civil engineer, Darren’s career has encompassed most areas of municipal engineering with particular emphasis on design, construction and evaluation; transport planning, and technology development and implementation.
Darren has a particular interest in emerging transport technologies and the readiness of local highway authorities for the challenges that new vehicle and data technologies will bring. His previous role as Transport Systems Manager for City of York Council focussed on this area as does his current role, leading local authority ITS policy at the Department for Transport.
Darren is Chair of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Transport Policy Panel and is on the Council of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE). He also manages the national Transport Technology Forum and speaks regularly at events in the UK and beyond, including to the House of Commons and Lords Select Committees on the subjects of Smart Cities, current and emerging transport technology.

Prof. Nick Reed, Reed Mobility
From early studies using driving simulators to examine driver behaviour, he has since been instrumental in connected and automated vehicle projects in the UK to the value of more than £50m, including leadership of the GATEway project in Greenwich and the creation of London’s Smart Mobility Living Lab.
Nick was Academy Director at TRL (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory) before becoming Head of Mobility R&D at Bosch, the world’s largest automotive supplier. He has since founded Reed Mobility – an independent expert consultancy on future mobility topics working across the public, private and academic sectors.
Prof. Nick Reed
Reed Mobility

Dr. Nigel Jakeman, Turbo Power Systems
Dr. Nigel Jakeman
Turbo Power Systems