José Solaz

PhD. in Mechanical Engineering, Head of Innovation in Mobility and Smart Cities since 2007 in IBV (Instituto de Biomecánica). His activity has been closely related with the transport sector, involved in EU initiatives like UPPER or USER-CHI. The main focus of its work is the analisys of the interaction between the citizen and the new forms of transportation, its impact and how technology can bring solutions that improve the quality of life of all the actors in the mobility, from drivers to any kind of pedestrian. The last initiatives in which he has been involved are the leadership of the Spanish national initivative MEDUSA (Technology network applied to the development of intelligent solutions for human-centered autonomous driving) and the deployment of the Virtual Reality Laboratory of urban environments IMOLAB.