The decision made by the Board of Trustees was based on the great applicability of their research and their expected contribution to the world of renewable energy and transportation. their creative thinking, Scientific in theire practical world, vision, idea, and tremendous ambition will allow them to break through in the international race of this important field.
Prof. Amnon Shashua is a world-renowned expert in AI, computer vision, natural language processing, and more. He is a 2020 Dan David Prize laureate in
Asa Hutchinson is the 46th governor of the State of Arkansas. In 2018, he was re-elected with 65% of the vote, having received more votes
Date of birth: 29.06.1967 Education: September 1987 to June 1989 Apprenticeship as a bank clerk at Dresdner Bank AG in Düsseldorf Studies: October 1989
Martin Jahn was born in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1970. In 1994, he received a master’s degree in Foreign Trade and International Relations from the
Naoki “Nick” Sugimoto serves as chief executive for Honda Innovations, the US-based open innovation and corporate venturing arm for Japan-headquartered mobility company Honda. In this
Dr. Hwang is the Head of the Open Innovation Investment Group at Hyundai Motor Group, where he oversees the strategic direction of open innovation activities.
Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland directs MIT Connection Science, an MIT-wide initiative, and has helped lead the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Mobility Initiative. He is one of the most-cited
Tiffany Chu is a designer and a planner. She is the former CEO & Co-founder of Remix (remix.com) and now SVP at Via (ridewithvia.com). Remix
Menno is currently working as CIO for VDL Groep, driving digital and IT transformation for the 105 companies in VDL Groep. This includes Industry 4.0,
Johan Lundén Senior Vice President Projects and Product Strategy Office (PPSO) for Volvo Group Truck Technology As the SVP PPSO, Lundén is responsible for Strategic
Esti Peshin is General Manager of the Cyber Division at the Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. At the beginning of 2017, under Ms. Peshin’s management IAI’s
Professor Reimund Neugebauer was born on June 27, 1953 in Thuringia, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), where he obtained his
As of 2016 Daniella serves as the Deputy Managing Director of the Smart Mobility Initiative at the Prime Minister’s Office, working to promote the implementation
Arkady Volozh is a technology entrepreneur, investor, computer scientist, and philanthropist, best known as the founder and CEO of Yandex, one of Europe’s largest Internet
Gil Laser joined GoTo Global in 2015 when the company was operating its single round trip car-sharing service in Tel-Aviv. By 2017, GoTo added to
Mr. Unna previously served as Chief Executive Director of the Directorate’s Cyber Technologies Unit in the INCD. Mr. Unna has three decades of experience in
Uri Levine is a passionate entrepreneur and disruptor, a two-time ‘unicorn’ builder (Duocorn). He is co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based driving traffic
Dr. Shliselberg is a urban planner with many years of experience in sustainable transport, with special interest in social-sustainability and inclusivity. Rebecca holds related degrees
Dr Vassilis AGOURIDAS is Head of the EU Public Co-Creation & Ecosystem Outreach activities at AIRBUS (Urban Mobility). Vassilis is Chairman of the UAM Committee of ASD
Hagai has spent over 20 years driving cutting edge technologies from definition to profitable business. Before joining Autotalks, Hagai served as VP R&D at EZchip.
Dr. Smadar Itzkovich, Co-Founder and CEO of the Israel Smart Mobility Living Lab Consortium. Dr. Itskovich has a professional background in the fields of science,
Prof. Nick Reed has worked at the cutting edge of transportation research for more than fifteen years. From early studies using driving simulators to examine
NoTraffic real-time, plug-and-play autonomous traffic management platform uses AI to reinvent how cities run their transport networks, by identifying, categorizing, and tracking all road users
Tal Cohen is a visionary entrepreneur and investor. For the past few years, he has been considered one of the leading innovation experts in smart
Ronen Smoly is CEO of Argus Cyber Security since December 2020. In his previous role Ronen served as VP of Sales at Argus for 3
Sagiv Elad is leading the Business Development activities of Waycare in EMEA and APAC regions. Prior to joining Waycare, Sagiv worked as a Sales Director at CyberX,
Professor Shiller is the founding Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at Ariel University and the director of the Laboratory for Robotics and Autonomous
Oren has spent over 17 years in development, management and advisory roles in the Technology field. Oren spent 7 years in the elite technological unit
Pedro Nuno Santos was born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro, in 1977. He graduated in Economics from ISEG-UTL, an institution in which he was
Yossi Matias is Vice President, Engineering & Research, at Google, and the founding Managing Director of Google Center in Israel. He is a world-renowned expert
Ehud leads Cognata in various consortiums and other innovative activities. Over recent years, Ehud focused on the ADAS/Autonomous Car markets, taking part in the challenges
Oren is a seasoned technological leader with over 14 years of experience in designing complex systems and managing large scale R&D projects. Prior to co-founding
In 2013, Oren Ezer together with Hanan Rumbak established ElectReon with a mission to reduce pollution by developing wireless charging technology and accelerating the adoption
Andrew Grant leads BloombergNEF’s global Intelligent Mobility research team, which produces research, datasets and long-term outlooks on shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles. Andrew is
Giovanna D’Esposito is the Regional General Manager for Southern Europe, overseeing one of Uber’s largest and most diverse regions. During her 30 years of professional experience,
Dr. Luc JULIA, Chief Scientific Officer for Renault, was CTO and Senior Vice President of Innovation for Samsung Electronics, directed Siri at Apple, was Chief
Tracey Zhen is president of Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, where she oversees all facets of the business. Tracey is focused on innovation
Dr. Shawn Wilson was appointed Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) by Governor John Bel Edwards on January 11, 2016 after
Dr. Yaniv Altshuler is an expert on Artificial Intelligence and network theory. He published over 70 scientific papers, 15 patents and 3 books. His research
Johann Jungwirth, in short JJ, is Mobileye’s VP Mobility-as-a-Service, leading this new business based on self-driving vehicles. As an automotive industry veteran, JJ is particularly excited about
Currently leading the Radar development for retail-autonomy programs at GM, spanning teams in Israel and the united-states. At this role, Gonen is responsible for all
Born in Israel in 1971, Adi Ofek Studied Business Administration & Finance at Tel Aviv University and graduated her MBA in 1998. Adi Ofek served
Dr. Ofer David received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Technion Haifa, Israel. PhD in electro-optics from Ben Gurion University. He was the head of
Shadie is leading IRP’s sales department, with a strong emphasis on leading and emerging markets and various segments of the electric vehicle world. Before Joining
Mr. Eran Shir is co-founder and CEO at Nexar. Previous to founding Nexar, Eran was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Aleph Ventures in Tel Aviv.
As head of product management for Qualcomm’s Smart Cities initiatives, Tipirneni helps product partners, enterprises, and cities build and execute turnkey IoT, ML/AI strategies that help
Shomrat Shurtz is the Senior Director- Business Development, at the Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA). She brings over 25 years of experience in business strategy,
Michael Granoff is founder and Managing Director of Maniv Mobility, a venture capital fund based in Tel Aviv which invests globally in startup companies at
Christian Senger (born in 1974) has previously been the Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand with responsibility for ‘Digital
Avi Bakal, CEO and Co-Founder of TriEye has achieved a revolutionary technological breakthrough in record time, enabling the mass adoption of Short-Wave Infrared sensors. Avi
Tsahi is a senior director of R&D Programs at Elbit Systems, and is the chairman of the Israeli consortium AVATAR. AVATAR – funded by the
Dr. Nikolai Ardey is the Executive Director of Group Innovation at Volkswagen Group. After 18 years at BMW in several positions in the Powertrain department,
Marco has been working in CNH Industrial – IVECO for almost 20 years. He spent most of his career in Research & Development covering leadership
Nick Albanese leads BloombergNEF’s global Intelligent Mobility team, which produces research, data, and forecasts on shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles. Based in Washington D.C.,
Gael Escribe (Franco-Dutch, 51) joined the automotive aftermarket world in 1997 at Valeo becoming general manager of Valeo Service Eastern Europe in 1999, followed by
Prof. Joseph Tabrikian received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, in 1986, 1992, and 1997, respectively.
Avi, a seasoned Incubation & VC executive and the Founding & Managing Partner of Mobilion Ventures has over 20 years of experience in venture capital,
Peter is a Partner at Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of the Maersk Group, and has spent more than 22 years within the shipping and
John served for over 4 years as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. During his tenure he was responsible for implementing projects, including
Angel is Policy Director, Autonomous Vehicles and IOT at Intel Corporation. Prior to joining Intel, as a Director of Safety at the Alliance for Automotive
Dr. Igal Bilik received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, in
Tchiya joined the Technion 2 years ago, to establish and manage the Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center (ISTRC). The Center is designed to promote cutting
Erez Nur (born 1968) is a technological manager, engaged in computer vision and perception techniques. Erez is hold s a computer science degree, as well
Francois Guichard leads a small unit of three engineers and supervises the activities on legal aspects and technical regulations related to vehicle automation and vehicle
Professors Grader and Rothschild share the prize for inventing a novel water splitting technology that provides hydrogen at unprecedented efficiency, turning the global green hydrogen
Oren Shoval is the co-founder and CTO of Via, a fully dynamic, on-demand transit network currently operational in the US, Europe and Okinawa. He is
Prof. Dr. László Palkovics was appointed as Minister of the Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology in May 2018. After serving as Minister of State
Bob Rolfe was sworn in on January 19, 2019 by Governor Bill Lee to serve as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community
Carl-Magnus Norden is Founder and Executive Chairman of Volta Trucks, a company that he started in 2019 having previously worked in the electrification of existing
Philip Scarth has been with the FPT / IVECO family for over thirty years performing a wide range of functions manly in the field of
For his original and fundamental breakthroughs in microbial synthesis of fuel and chemicals from renewable resources and CO2. The decision made by the Board of
Loan My Descourvieres is the StartUp & Technology Incubator director at Valeo, an automotive technology provider for electrification, autonomous driving and mobility solutions. Previously she
Andreas Perotti is Chief Marketing Officer, Europe for EHang. The Nasdaq listed company is the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company. EHang
Dror Bin is the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, an independent public entity that operates for the benefit of the Israeli innovation ecosystem and
24 years of CEO experience in hyper-growth startups and public companies in Silicon Valley and Israel Serial entrepreneur and enterprise sales veteran Gett is his
The decision made by the Board of Trustees was based on the great applicability of their research and their expected contribution to the world of
As Co-founder and CEO of Moovit,an Intel-owned leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions provider and maker of the #1 urban mobility app, Nir Erez
Dr.-Ing. Juergen Dickmann is head of Radar sensors and radar based perception for highly automated/autonomous driving, Mercedes-Benz AG. In this role he is responsible for
Simon Fürst studied Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. From 1993 till 2001 he was a research assistant at the institute of System
Dr. Anat Lea Bonshtien is the Former Chairwoman and Director of the Smart Mobility Initiative at Israel’s Prime Minister Office. The initiatives coordinated the activities
Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo for Transportation, Construction and Infrastructure
Mikel Lorente has studied Industrial/Mechanical Engineering at the University of Navarra in Spain and holds a MBA. He has 21 years of working experience in
Youval Nehmadi has over 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry, algorithms, computer vison, deep neural networks, and business development in both large enterprises
Yona Coscas is head of AI at Elbit systems. He has a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Technion and is currently working on his
Jyh-Ching Juang is a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He received the B. S. and M. S. degrees
Brandon Branham, chief technology officer (CTO) and assistant city manager, leads the City of Peachtree Corners’ groundbreaking smart city and Internet of Things (IoT) programs.
Asaf Kagan is leading the R&D work at SAIPS (acquired by Ford in 2016) since 2019, working on cutting edge deep learning solutions for autonomous
Arnon has spent over twenty years driving cutting edge technologies from mere ideas to profitable businesses. Arnon is the Co-Founder and CEO at RadSee Technology
Jessica is the lead lawyer for the Law Commissions’ automated vehicles review, working with the UK Government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to
