DAY 1 – MONDAY, 18 NOVEMBER

Lidar Applications; Ecosystem

• • REGISTRATION AND LIGHT WELCOME LUNCH

    TEST Democars:
    Robosense, Seyond, Valeo, Vueron, Cepton

    11:20-12:45

• • OPENING the Conference (Eric Amiot – Head of DVN Lidar)

    Introduction of the exhibitors

    KEYNOTE 1: FORD – Peter Zegelaar / LiDAR’s essential role in highway automated driving

    KEYNOTE 2: VALEO – Antoine Lafay / AV Sensors & AI for a safe L2+/L3 driving

    12:45-14:10

• • SESSION 1 • LIDAR APPLICATIONS 1

    MERCEDES/VALEO – Konstantin Fichtner/Clement Nouvel
    Insight Mercedes-Benz: Drive Pilot

    HYUNDAI MOTORS – Youhoon Park / K.C.Kweon
    A Research on Lidar behind the Windshield in Autonomous Mobilities & Need for Reliability: Verification of Opto-electronic Semiconductor Devices for LiDAR sensors

    Wideye by AGC – Raed El Makhour
    Lidar integration scenarios and challenges: Way beyond a “Plug & Play” approach

    Q&A

    14:10-15:00

• • COFFEE BREAK-1 + TEST DEMOCARS

    15:00-15:20

• • SESSION 2 • LIDAR APPLICATIONS 2

    CONTINENTAL – Wolfgang Schultz
    Multi-Modal Rare Events Detection for SAE L2+ to L4

    FRAUNHOFER ILT – Arnold Gillner
    Integrated Headlight with LiDAR and Radar Sensors

    CEPTON/KOITO – Henri Haefner, Sakurai Kazutoschi
    Safe and autonomous transportation for everyone – Upcoming regulation & consumer ratings as driver for lidar adoption

    GRVA/UNECE – Francois Guichard
    Update on international regulatory activities for ADAS/ADS and outlook

    Q&A

    15:20-16:25

• • COFFEE BREAK-2

    16:25-16:40

• • SESSION 3 • LIDAR ECOSYSTEM

    SCHOTT – Maximilian Glanzer, Sandra von Fintel
    Schott BOROFLOAT® – Pioneering the future of autonomous driving

    DEXERIALS – Ryosuke Endo
    Nanotechnology-Enhanced Anti-fogging and Anti-Reflection Solution

    YOLE Group – Pierrick Boulay
    The LiDAR Frontier: Exploring Supply Chain, Market, and Trends

    Fka GmbH – Amogh Sapkal
    Overview of Lidar standardization Activities

    Q&A

    16:40-17:45

• • DISCUSSION PANEL I

    A safe L2+/L3 driving and an affordable Lidar as key factors for Lidar Growth

    17:45-18:10

• • SOCIAL COCKTAIL + TEST DEMOCARS

    18:10-20:00

• • WELCOME DINNER

    Conference Room

    20:00

DAY 2 – TUESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER

Lidar Technology; AV Sensors & Fusion

• • OPENING DAY 2

    08:25

• • KEYNOTE 3:

    ROBOSENSE – Felix Yang
    Driving into the Future: Innovations and Prospects in Automotive LiDAR Technology

    08:30-09:00

• • SESSION 4 • LIDAR TECHNOLOGY 1 / SENSORS

    SEYOND – Leilei Shinohara
    High-Performance Mid-Range Near-Field LiDAR Sensors for ADAS & AD

    HESAI – Tilman Gasche
    Size Matters: Improving Lidar Integration and Scaling Mass Production

    INNOVIZ – Nir Goren
    Beyond the Basics: Lidar Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

    Q&A

    09:00-10:10

• • COFFEE BREAK 1 + TEST DEMOCARS

    10:10-10:50

• • SESSION 5 • LIDAR TECHNOLOGY 2 / MEASUREMENT & PROCESS

    TRIOPTICS – Dirk Seebaum
    Tailor-made optical alignment solutions: Bridging the gap from custom LiDAR design to mass production

    SCRAMBLUX – Mirvais Yousefi
    Dynamic 4D LiDAR testing to accomplish comprehensive sensor fusion qualification

    KONRAD – Urban Claus
    (title tbc)

    DEKRA – Uwe Burkhardt
    Tool Chain for ADAS/AD Validation

    Q&A

    10:50-12:00

• • LUNCH & NETWORKING + TEST DEMOCARS

    12:00-13:45

• • SESSION 6 • LIDAR COMPONENTS

    ams OSRAM – Clemens Hofmann
    Next Gen EEL: improving efficiency and heat management in LiDAR Sensors using 5-junction technology

    SUNA Optec – Laurent Lengignon
    Silicon cap solutions to achieve low loop ESL for high performance & miniaturized Lidar application

    RENESAS – Leonard Germic
    Rethinking LiDAR Technology: Cost-Effective System Integration with enhanced Safety Features

    ANSYS-OnSemi – David Auger, Colin Barry
    Simulating LiDAR receiver SPAD response using Speos workflow

    Q&A

    13:45-14:50

• • SESSION 7 • NEW TECHNOLOGIES

    PERSIVAL – Christoph Popp
    Towards Credible Lidar Sensor Simulation in Challenging Environmental Conditions

    VOYANT – Chris Phare
    FMCW Lidar using photonic integrated circuits

    SCANTINEL – Stanislav Aksarin
    FMCW LiDAR detection performance in adverse weather conditions enables SAE L5

    VANJEE – Zhai Zhao
    How will VanJee LiDAR+C-V2X Solution Create Vehicles with Utmost Safety?

    Q&A

    14:50-15:55

• • DISCUSSION PANEL II

    Key factors for low cost lidars (specs, sensors, components), competition with HD Radars

    16:05-16:30

• • CLOSURE (PROGRAM DVN 2025)

    16:30-16:40

• TEST DEMOCARS

  16:40-17:40