Dr Andrew Vickers has 30 years of experience in leading edge international engineering.  Building on a solid technical grounding in systems and software engineering in safety-critical environments, he has held a broad range of leadership roles at small team, country, and international scope across a broad range of functions.  He is currently the Chief Technical Officer with responsibility for the application of Artificial Intelligence as applied to Engineering Research and Development.  He holds Masters and Doctoral degrees from the University of York, is a Chartered and European Engineer, and a Fellow of both the British Computer Society and the Institute of Engineering and Technology.