Marc Perez is an R&D Engineer at Applus+ IDIADA and a PhD candidate in robotics at IRI, CSIC-UPC. He has participated in multiple European projects related to autonomous driving such as ENSEMBLE, HEADSTART or SAFE-UP. Marc has been leading the perception team at Applus+ IDIADA for the past 6 years, focusing on object detection from cameras, radars and lidars; as well as tracking multiple objects in different modalities. 

Marcus is Head of Hydrogen Technologies at the National Composites Centre, and Leads the Foresighting activity for the Hydrogen Innovation Initiative SEED Programme. With an initial focus on composites for the hydrogen economy, Marcus has since built a broad knowledge base of the wider hydrogen ecosystem and challenges.

Maria is a Partner and Head of North America at Alexa Capital.

She brings over fifteen years of investment banking experience in public and private capital markets, project finance, M&A and corporate finance advisory transactions, across the energy and infrastructure sectors. 

Prior to Alexa Capital, Maria developed her diverse transaction expertise and deep market relationships through her key roles at Credit Suisse, MUFG Securities and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

Maria is a CFA charter holder and holds a BBA from the University of Texas in Austin. 

Mark is a technical leader with 20 years’ experience in aerospace, EV automotive & infrastructure businesses. He joined 3ti as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) in 2021 to maintain 3ti’s position as the UK’s leading solar car park company through innovative, scalable, market-leading & globally applicable technologies that use solar, battery & EV charge points to optimise existing site grid connections.

Graduating in 2003 with a Masters in Electronic Engineering with Computing Science, Mark joined BAE Systems Defence Avionics, where he worked on numerous military & civil aerospace contracts.

Moving into the automotive industry in 2008, Mark joined start-up Protean Electric, introducing in-wheel electric motors to the then, emerging EV sector. He gained technical expertise across battery, charging & control systems, international mains standards, safety design & global homologation.

Today, Mark is heading up the exciting new Papilio3 V2X FastHub project, to demonstrate how electric vehicle batteries can be used to smooth out peaks in supply and demand to balance the UK's electricity grid. He remains passionately committed to sustainability and the environment, with customers at the heart of everything he does

Martina joined Climate Essentials in 2019 to build and manage the engineering of our software, Climate Essentials. She has a background in engineering, renewable energy, and sustainable development. She has worked in a variety of projects across R&D and consulting, ranging from biofuel implementation at a country level to energy efficiency and climate change impact measurement. As a supporter of broadening the roles of engineers to solve today’s most pressing problems, Martina is passionate about the inclusion of sustainability as a practice to promote systemic change.

Talented, committed entrepreneurial executive design engineer with practical project management skills. Experienced commercial innovator, project work from concept to completion, innovation training in Human-Centred-Design and passion for ‘Cradle-to-Cradle’ implementation. Matt was project manager with the successful British Landspeed World record team where many of the team connections where established. Worked on a range of projects covering a breadth of industry sectors and recently involved in rail industry plant equipment projects as well as consultancy and start-ups covering aircraft seating, race car and bike design, rail technology. Successfully raised multi-millions in start-up grant and equity funding

Matt Cutler has been UKBIC’s Head of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) since 2020, having first joined the company in 2019 from Rotometrics.

An experienced HSE practitioner, he has worked in health and safety for more than two decades. During his career, he has worked with companies specialising in laboratories, hospitals, automotive and the manufacturing sectors.

Matt is responsible at UKBIC for all aspects of health, safety and environment across the Coventry-based site.

We will explore some of the key enabling technologies for ADAS & CAM, which include:

1. Credible simulations of full vehicles, their sensors and the detailed world around them

2. Hugely diversified testing scenarios

3. Highly scalable data generation platforms

Combined together - OEMs, Tier 1s and ADAS system providers have the chance to complete wide ranging safety cases for how their vehicles and system will perform in real world by being able to employ simulations rather than a reliance on real-world testing alone.

Matt Silver is Innovation Lead - Investors & International, for the £610 million Faraday Battery Challenge; working to transform the UK to be the go-to place for Electric Vehicle Batteries as part of the UK’s Net Zero target. His work cuts across our engagement with other countries and UK regions, our skills projects, and our business support programmes.

Matt has had roles in both the private and public sector, working with businesses to help them grow with business support, funding, and skills provision across the South West for Innovate UK, Cornwall Council and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership.

Matteo has over 10 years’ experience in consulting for the transport sector, is the Programme Lead for BSI’s CAM standards programme. The programme, supported by CCAV, is aimed at accelerating the safe deployment of Autonomous Mobility in the UK, developing standards and good practices to support the transition to commercial deployment alongside the AV Bill, and informing international standards.

As Services & Technologies Lead in the Innovation Team, Matthew has been at the forefront of the ground-breaking CAM program at TfWM. Collaborating closely with a diverse range of industry experts, academic institutions, and national organizations, Matthew has consistently fostered innovative partnerships that drive progress in the future of transportation.

Aside for successfully delivering the CAM schemes he has also managed the commercialisation of the assets for the organisation working with SMEs, local authorities and government bodies. Matthew was also part of the team that was successful in being named preferred host city for the ITS World Congress in 2027 as well as working on several successful bids from UK institutions and the Horizon Europe programme.

Matthew has also led the In-Vehicle Messaging Service programme and continues working on newer iterations of the system which will be utilised not only by TfWM but local authorities and organisations across the country.

As Head of Marketing at Cellcycle Ltd, Max is helping drive change within the battery recycling industry, helping deliver on global goals for environmental sustainability. With a strong focus on transparency and thought leadership Max aims to help shine a light on what it means to be a battery recycling company and the new innovations that are coming out of the UK’s battery sector.

I worked for the civil service for 8 years before becoming a cyber security consultant, working in the transport sector. In 2023 I transitioned to being a contractor, delivering the Cyber Futures capability for National Highways.

Mike Hawes became SMMT Chief Executive on 2 September 2013, having spent the majority of his career in the automotive industry.

Mike has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate and public affairs, initially in Government and then consultancy, before joining Toyota in the late 1990s.  He worked in both the UK and Europe for the company, managing both manufacturing and market issues before joining Bentley Motors in a global communications role.

Before joining the SMMT he managed both the Bentley role as well as corporate affairs support for Volkswagen AG, where he developed the broader European and global expertise needed for this challenging role.

His tenure at SMMT has seen him manage a succession of challenging issues affecting the industry, from Brexit to Covid, dieselgate to decarbonisation. He is also a Board Member of The Motor Ombudsman, Industry Forum and sits on the Department for Transport’s Motorist’s Forum. 

Michael is Ford’s UK Manufacturing Innovation Manager, leveraging his extensive experience in various manufacturing roles across Ford and his passion for innovation. Bringing together key collaborators, Ford's experts, and world-class facilities across Europe, Michael guides his team through the generation and development of novel ideas, through to delivery. His focus is to continually develop and institutionalise new technologies such that they are replicated at scale across Ford's global operations. Michael holds an MBA in Leadership Practice (2023), a Master of Philosophy (2014), and a BSc in Mathematics and Physics (2011).

Mike Bassett is the Engineering Director at MAHLE Powertrain, responsible for leading a team of highly skilled engineers engaged in developing technologies to enhance electrified mobility, as well as advanced combustion systems for renewable and zero carbon fuels.

Mike studied Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University and a PhD at Manchester University, focusing on thermodynamic modelling of internal combustion engines. Mike has worked within powertrain consultancy for 25 years and has considerable experience gained from many challenging powertrain projects to develop cutting-edge technology for customers across the globe. His experience spans fuels cells, electric propulsion systems and internal combustion engines.