The Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) is an R&D&I centre of 165 professionals, where they study the behaviour of the human body and its relationship with the products, environments and services that people use. At IBV they develop and transfer scientific knowledge and technologies to improve people’s health, well-being and quality of life, adding value to companies and the social and economic environment, leaning on human human-centred approach.

Always people-centred, they organize their scientific knowledge through 5 areas: 3D Anthropometry, Human Factors, Biomedical Engineering, Digital Health, and User Experience.

Applying the knowledge in multiple sectors generates R&D&I in response to the challenges of each area. HAV, the dynamic Human Autonomous Vehicle simulator, will be used to provide immersive experiences to get in-depth on the internal mechanisms that determine driving actions and the personal and cultural factors that impact driving decisions.

Created in February 2014, VEDECOM is an Institute for Energy Transition (ITE), dedicated to individual, carbon-free and sustainable mobility, established as part of the French governmental plan ‘Investment for the future'. It contributes to the 'Autonomous vehicle plan', which was recently incorporated into the Solution for Future Industry Programme Alongside Eco-mobility; both of which are part of ‘Nouvelle France Industrielle', the government's plan to invigorate the country's industry.

As a public-private partnership-based foundation, VEDECOM is based on an unprecedented collaboration between industries of the automotive and aerospace sectors, infrastructure and services operators in the mobility eco-system, academic research institutions and local authorities.

VEDECOM aims at becoming a European innovation leader in the fields of electrified vehicles, autonomous and connected cars and new infrastructure and services for shared mobility and energy. VEDECOM’s research is focused on three areas: Vehicle electrification, connected and automated driving, and shared mobility and energy. Also, VEDECOM acts as an approved training institution by offering expert training and raising public awareness surrounding innovative mobility solutions.

PSA Group, Groupe Renault, Valeo, Université Gustave Eiffel (ex: Ifsttar), Transdev, the Paris-Saclay development authority and the engineering school ESTACA are some of VEDECOM’s members.

University Gustave Eiffel is a French public university working on innovations for smart cities, future transportation systems and road safety.

The LESCOT Laboratory, involved in the BERTHA project, specialises in Ergonomics and Cognitive Sciences and works on different topics related to mobility and road safety, including Human Driver Modelling (cf. COSMODRIVE model) and the Virtual Human-Centred Design (V-HCD) of future driving aids and autonomous vehicles.

The German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) was founded in 1988 as a non-profit public-private partnership. In the field of innovative commercial software technology using Artificial Intelligence, DFKI is the leading research centre in Germany.

Based on application-oriented basic research, DFKI develops product functions, prototypes and patentable solutions in the field of information and communication technology. Research and development projects are conducted in 28 research departments, nine competence centres and eight living labs.

DFKI conducts research on "human-centric AI" in the major groundbreaking areas of AI research and applications with a focus on socially relevant topics and scientific excellence. The DFKI Augmented Vision department located in Kaiserslautern specializes in computer vision AI for applications in robotic perception, autonomous driving and human understanding.

CVC is a non-profit institution founded in 1995 by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). CVC is also a CERCA centre. Its mission is to conduct research of renowned quality and international impact in the field of computer vision, transfer knowledge to companies and society, and train high-level scientists.

CVC is actively involved in both high-quality research and development, contributing to increased knowledge, innovation, and industrial competitiveness. The centre collaborates with companies and undertakes technological projects in various areas, such as autonomous driving, personalized medicine, industry 4.0, human-computer interaction, and intelligent document analysis.

As world leaders in Engineering and R&D services, Capgemini Engineering help its clients accelerate their journey towards the intelligent industry. It brings them global expertise and capabilities, cutting-edge technologies in digital and software, agile engineering platforms, and an industrialized delivery model.

With more than 60,000 engineers and scientists across the globe, Capgemini Engineering unleashes the potential of R&D and innovation to help companies engineer smart products, optimized operations, new customer experiences, and new sources of value.

VORTEX-CoLab is a collaborative laboratory in cyberphysical systems and cybersecurity whose vision is to create outstanding innovations that have a meaningful impact in industry and society. VORTEX-CoLab’s innovation model thrives on combining academic insights and business mindsets to build acceleration programs with focus on raising the level of technological maturity of new research coming from our scientific partners and demonstrating their applicability in the automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, medical devices and energy sectors.

Using collaboration and diversity of knowledge as cornerstones, VORTEX-CoLab fosters a creative and open-minded culture to produce original combinations of innovative solutions and cutting-edge proof-of-concepts to create products that go far beyond just meeting customers’ expectation.

It prototypes and scales products and services all the way from concept to market. It partners with organisations using co-creation to accelerate technology transfer. It collaborates with academic experts to conduct applied research that drives the field forward.

Founded in 2006, Continental Engineering Services (CES) has evolved into a leading engineering and production partner for the automotive industry and other industrial sectors. With around 2,800 employees worldwide, it can reach its customers through the German headquarter in Frankfurt am Main and 21 other facilities throughout Europe, North America, and Asia.

As fully owned subsidiary of Continental, the company provides customized solutions for technologically challenging tasks or adaptions from Continental’s proven mass technologies, thus reducing the development costs in small series, niche and special vehicles as well as for industrial applications.

With comprehensive knowhow in the fields of brake technology and advanced driver assistance, interior electronics, connectivity & big data, electric drives, vehicle acoustics, mobility as a service and manufacturing services - it makes mobility user-friendly, efficient, safe and comfortable.

Fundación CIDAUT is a research and development centre whose objective is research, development, and innovation of new technologies in the industrial sector, especially in the field of transport and energy and the environment.

The activities carried out from the centre are intended to cover the needs of companies and enhance their competitiveness and industrial development.

The centre carries out R&D projects that can be framed within the following areas: sustainable, intelligent and integrated transport; advanced materials and new processes- circular economy; mobility and security; energy and environment; technology of the information and communication; and industry 4.0.

The Fundación CIDAUT work methodology, consisting of addressing all the stages associated with the development of a new product, from the conception of the idea to pre-industrialization, going through the characterization of materials, the simulation of their behaviour and processing, the conception and design of prototypes and, finally, the validation.

The AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) is Austria's largest research and technology organisation and represents Austria’s commitment to more research and to secure Austria’s position as a hotbed of innovation. Despite being deeply rooted in Austria, the AIT is also a major player internationally.

According to its mission, AIT is strategically positioned as a key player in the European innovation system by performing applied research for and enabling the market exploitation of innovative infrastructure related solutions.

The Digital Resilient Cities team within AIT's Centre for Energy develops urban management and planning solutions for the sustainable, smart, liveable, and resilient living spaces of tomorrow. The team consists of experienced experts with a wide range of technical and professional backgrounds, including urban planners, architects, transport experts, energy experts, spatial planners, statisticians, geoscientists, and information scientists, who develop innovative solutions in an interdisciplinary approach.

Today’s Universitat de València is the outcome of more than five centuries of history that have led to the accumulation of knowledge and unique documentary treasures, making it one of the top Spanish universities. Initially dedicated to the studies of medicine, humanities, theology and law, the university has witnessed over the past decades an accelerated process of transformation and growth.

This significant effort has turned the Universitat de Valencia into a modern, global university. It has become a leader when it comes to the application of new technologies, connected to important international scientific and teaching networks. It has become one to the top five scientific centres in Spain thanks to its commitment to excellence and to the wide range of teaching and research activities offered in all areas of knowledge (basic sciences and engineering, health sciences, educational sciences, humanities and social sciences, economics, and law).

Europcar Mobility Group is a global mobility services provider, with a leading position in Europe. In the coming years, the Group's ambition is to become a leader in sustainable mobility services, driven by data, technology, and people.

Europcar Mobility Group offers to individuals and businesses a wide range of car and van rental services, be it for a few hours, a few days, a week, a month or more, on-demand or on subscription, relying on a fleet of more than 250,000 vehicles, equipped with the latest engines including more and more electric vehicles.

Its brands address differentiated needs, use cases and expectations: Europcar® - a global leader of car rental and light commercial vehicle rental, Goldcar® - a frontrunner at providing low-cost car rental services in Europe, Fox-Rent-A-Car®, one of the main players in the car rental market in the US, with a "value for money" positioning, and Ubeeqo® – one of the European leaders of car-sharing (BtoB, BtoC).

Customers’ satisfaction is at the heart of the Group’s ambition and that of its more than 8,000 employees, everywhere Europcar Mobility Group delivers its mobility solutions, thanks to a strong network in 140 countries (including 16 wholly owned subsidiaries completed by franchisees and alliance partners).

FI Group advises companies on the management of their R&D&I financing, through the design and implementation of actions aimed at boosting their technological and economic development. These actions focus on the integral treatment of R&D&I tax incentives and the management of calls for public grants and subsidies at the national and European levels, resulting in an improvement of the companies' profit and loss accounts.

Its commitment to achieving excellence in all its services has led FI Group to assume the leadership of the sector, both at the national and European levels, thus promoting an ambitious internationalisation plan with a clear objective: to help its clients in the generation of value.