Daniel Tyrkas is the director of automotive solutions at the regional headquarter EMEA of Mitsubishi Chemical. He drives collaboration, innovation, and solutions across all business units of Mitsubishi Chemical EMEA to meet customers’ needs across multiple automotive segments and material classes. Daniel received his master’s in mechanical engineering/Dipl.-Ing. from the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. His studies focused on plastics, composites, processing, manufacturing, and design engineering. Previously, Daniel worked as business development manager automotive at the carbon fiber and composites division of Mitsubishi Chemical, focussing on materials and processes that enable high volume manufacturing of CFRP-composite parts. Before joining Mitsubishi Chemical, Daniel has held various technical and commercial positions within the plastics/composites/automotive industry ranging from technology consulting to sales and marketing director, engineering, application, and business development, contributing to the success of companies like Altran, General Electric Plastics and SABIC. Daniel has gathered more than 19 years of experience in composites and other high-performance materials and components, mainly in the automotive industry.

Dr. Nett, Reiner is a Managing Director at Kegelmann Technik GmbH, with a specialization in 3D-printing technologies, automated manufacturing, tooling, and injection-molding. Dr. Reiner has gained extensive automotive passive safety knowledge through study, research, and on-job (Structure, Occupant, Biomechanics). He conducted various safety-related projects (Research and Industry). Skilled at planning, preparation, conduction, and analysis of full-scale crash tests and component sled testing. He also has very good knowledge of test-dummy-, sensor- and measurement technology. Throughout the years, Dr. Rainer got various patents granted and authored multiple publications. 

Lasse Staal is co-founder of Danish startup AddiFab, is a passionate believer in the transformative potential of additive manufacturing (AM). He is equally passionate about removing the key limitations that prevent AM from becoming a cornerstone in medical device manufacturing. The AddiFab key focus – to merge the most important benefits from AM and injection molding to create the ultimate manufacturing platform – reflects this passion.

Nicolas Dufaure has obtained an Engineer Diploma in chemical & process engineering from ENSIC Nancy (France). He has then done an M.Sc in rheology at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada) and obtained a Ph.D. in polymer physical chemistry from ESPCI Paris. Nicolas Dufaure started working for Arkema in 2007 as a scientist. He occupied several positions as an R&D engineer and is now in charge of the global business development of Arkema High-Performance Polymers for automotive applications. He is the author of more than 20 patents.

Dr. Christof Kujat studied chemistry at the University of Hannover (Germany) and Stanford University (California, USA). He received his PhD in organic chemistry in March 2007, title: “Studies towards the total synthesis of Ripostatin A & B.” Since June 2007, Dr. Kujat has worked for BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The first 5 years of his career at BASF, he worked in the field of nanotechnology, focusing on surface modification and compounding of nanoparticles, later on focusing on printed electronics. Afterwards, he was responsible for global pigment development for industrial and decorative coatings. As of April 2018, Dr. Kujat began his current position as New Business Development Manager, Pigments for Plastics within BASF Colors and Effects.

Giacomo Parisi works as a Global Marketing Leader in Auto E&E Segment at DuPont, focusing on Power Train electrification, Autonomous & Connected car. Previously, he worked in different marketing and application development functions for specialty materials in auto and electrical sector. He received his MBA degree in 2011 from SDA Bocconi in Italy and Master’s Degree in Material Engineering in 2004 from Politecnico of Milan.

Luca graduated in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Turin joined the Plastic Materials Engineering team in 2015 with a Master Thesis in Green materials and technologies. Today, inside Stellantis Plastics Materials Engineering in EMEA Region, he manages materials engineering and innovation activities for aesthetic and high-performance plastics with a focus on Bio and Recycled materials. Luca is also managing activities within EU-funded Projects.

From 2001-07, Dr. Timo Huber studied mechanical engineering with the main focus on motor vehicle technology and polymer science at the University of Stuttgart. In 2007, he started at Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Pfinztal, Germany, in the field of polymer engineering, where he initially worked as principal investigator (PI). In 2009, he headed the working group on injection moulding and extrusion. In 2011, he headed the research group thermoplastic processing focusing on high-volume production processes for thermoplastic composite parts. In 2014, he finished his PhD at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT. In 2015, he worked as deputy director of the department polymer engineering at the Fraunhofer ICT. Since 2019, Timo has been working for Hengrui Corporation HRC as vice president heading the Advanced Composite Technology Center ACTC, which focusses on collaboration with national and international partners from industry and R&D for high-volume composite lightweight solutions.