An exclusive conference panel discussion at this year’s ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe (June 4, 5 and 6, 2024), in Stuttgart, Germany, will see Volvo Cars, Volkswagen, ASAM, Automotive Solution Center for Simulation, KÜS Bundesgeschäftsstelle and IRT SystemX provide expert advice on ‘Building an integrated toolchain for safe & confident deployment of autonomous vehicle and ADAS technologies’, as part of the Standards, regulations, homologation and collaboration session on Tuesday June 4, 2024.
Panellists include Ali Nouri, senior system safety engineer in autonomous driving, Volvo Cars; Phil Durston, technical manager, Volkswagen vehicle development: proving grounds AD strategy, Volkswagen; Benjamin Engel, chief technology officer, ASAM eV; Alexander F Walser, managing director, Automotive Solution Center for Simulation e.V.; Thomas Tentrup, director of R&D, KÜS Bundesgeschäftsstelle; and Karla Quintero, research engineer/research and technology coordinator, IRT SystemX.
More new speakers
Alongside the panel discussion, new speakers also continue to join the conference program. These include Dr Andreas Wohlfarth, head of safety (SOTIF) and cybersecurity in the mobility solutions unit at ZF Friedrichshafen, where his responsibilities include developing and consulting on Virtual Driver to shuttles and the entire transportation system, with a keen focus on safety and security. Dr Wohlfarth will deliver a presentation titled, ‘Operational safety: ZF Mobility safety case study’, which will highlight how, in the world of highly automated vehicles, overall safety during operation is a key challenge.
“Everyone talks about safety as the top priority but whether it is done at ground level is yet to be proved,” says Wohlfarth. “There is ambiguity in the information exchange between an AV’s behavior with surrounding users, occupants, VRUs and emergency service providers because this is done in bits and pieces. This presentation will address overall safety during the operation of real-world case studies of the actual implementation of unmanned shuttle programs in the Netherlands and Germany.”
Wohlfarth will be joined by Roman Krzemien, head of safety and cybersecurity in ZF’s mobility solutions division. Krzemien is highly specialized in IEC 61508, ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 for various automotive safety critical systems in the areas of autonomous driving, hybrid powertrain, ADAS and high-performance computing. Krzemien is a former member of the Autosar safety working group, and co-author of the ZF internal global group directive for functional safety and a working group member of ISO TS 5083.
Mohamed ElSobky, software testing & simulation senior expert and software discipline product technical manager, Valeo, is another new addition to the conference speaker list. With 14 years experience in the embedded software testing field, ElSobky is a certified ISTQB advanced level technical test analyst, test analyst and test automation engineer from the American Software Testing Qualification Board.
During a presentation titled, ‘Real-time lidar point cloud synthesis for L3 autonomous driving testing‘, ElSobky will explore how generating synthetic lidar point clouds in real time aids the rigorous testing of L3 autonomous vehicles. He’ll cover the importance of comprehensive testing for safe self-driving systems and why real-world data collection can be limiting, before delving into techniques for realistic point cloud synthesis and its potential to streamline testing processes, ensuring robust performance before real-world deployment of autonomous vehicles.
With presentations from over 80 expert speakers at organizations including Volvo, BMW, Stellantis, ASAM, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and many more, this year’s ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe conference is one of the year’s best educational and networking opportunities – see the full program, speaker list and register for your conference pass (rates apply) now, to secure your place.
