Speakers

Pierre Baqué - Keynote

Pierre Baqué is the co-founder and CEO of Neural Concept, the company pioneering Engineering Intelligence to transform how physical products are designed. With a background in applied mathematics from École Polytechnique and a PhD from EPFL in deep learning for engineering simulation, Pierre founded Neural Concept in 2018 to bring AI natively into the engineering workflow. Under his leadership, the company enables engineers to design faster, explore more, and make better decisions by embedding physics-aware AI directly into CAD-native engineering workflows. Neural Concept works with global leaders across automotive, aerospace, and electronics to industrialize AI-driven engineering at scale. 

Ryan Qi

Ryan has 21 years of experience in multiphysics modeling and simulation, strategy, and business development across both industrial and digital domains. At AWS, Ryan is a Principal Worldwide BD/GTM Leader focusing on emerging technologies such as Agentic AI, GenAI, and AI for Simulation. He received his PhD from Texas A&M University and worked for Baker Hughes and GE Global Research before joining AWS.

Dr. Marc-Florian Uth

Dr. Jakob Lohse

Dr. Jakob Lohse completed his PhD at the Technical University of Berlin in 2017. He subsequently joined NAVASTO, where he specialized in method and process development for CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations. His work in integrating Machine Learning into industrial optimization processes marked his entry into the AI/ML field, which has increasingly become his primary focus. As Product Manager at Autodesk, Dr. Lohse bridges the gap between internal method development and customer needs.

Bruno Finco

Rachael Pasini - Moderation