Emmanuel Follin is a Senior Product Manager for Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Solutions at Ansys Inc., the world’s largest, independent Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software company (NASDAQ: ANSS). With over 20 years of experience in system simulation covering Automotive and Aeronautic, Emmanuel plays a pivotal role in leading Ansys’ efforts in the ADAS and Autonomous Vehicle simulation domain, managing the AVxcelerate product.

Dr. Jakub Jelinek holds a Ph.D. in Mechatronics and Statistical Engineering and brings over 15 years of cross-sector experience in simulation, spanning the automotive, aerospace, and nuclear industries. Currently serving as Global Simulation Platform Manager at Valeo, he leads global technical initiatives in simulation, with a strong focus on coordination, education, quality assurance, method standardization, toolchain validation, and strategic innovation. His role supports the digitization of simulation workflows, including the adoption of cloud-based simulations, KPI tracking, and simulation strategy development.

Hector-Ruben Prada s an Electrical Engineer specialized in Digital Systems and Communications, with extensive experience in the automotive industry supporting Tier 1 OEMs. He currently works at Valeo as an R&D Technical Project Manager, where he leads Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) simulation activities as part of the system validation strategy for ADAS front cameras.

At Valeo, Hector plays a key role in New Product Introduction (NPI), defining validation strategies in close collaboration with R&D, engineering, and manufacturing teams. He also leads the development and deployment of test automation systems, overseeing validation, implementation, and change request (CR) management post-Start of Production (SOP). His work ensures robust and scalable validation processes for next-generation driver assistance technologies.