The 23rd DVN Workshop was held in Novi, Michigan, on 21-22 September 2021, with DVN Chief Editor Daniel Stern serving as Keynote Speaker and Master of Ceremonies. It was a sparkling show at the capacious Suburban Showplace venue, even though American Covid-related travel bans kept out DVN CEO Hector Fratty and all other Europeans and Britons.
Their absence was keenly felt, but technology was put to work to try to bring their participation, at least virtually, to panel discussions and Q&A sessions interspersed with a wide array of lectures. Two dozen expo booths glittered with the latest lights, lamps, components, light sources, and test equipment. Outside, just steps away from the booths and conference room, two VSI demo cars bristled with ADAS and AD technology on display. Lunch on both days, a cocktail hour, and a gala dinner buffet gave ample time for networking, socialising, and in-depth perusal of the booths and demo cars. This report brings you key summaries of the lecture sessions and a photo montage of the expo booths.
Presentations
KEYNOTE – Daniel Stern
SESSION 1: Status of Safety Situation on the roads-Chaired by Daniel Stern
UMTRI, Michael Flannagan, Research Associate Professor Human Factors Division
IIHS, Matthew Brumbelow, Regulator,Mount Sinai-Icahn School of Medicine, John Bullough
SESSION 2: OEM contribution to safety improvement
Audi, Michael Hamm, Manager Development Headlamps,
Volvo, Paul-Henri Matha, Technical Leader Exterior Lighting,
GM, Michael Larsen, Exterior Lighting Technical Lead
Ford Motors, Luciano Lukacs, Global Core Exterior Lighting Supervisor,
Jaguar Land Rover, Shammika Vickramasinghe, Group Leader
SESSION 3: Set Makers Technology Achievements to increase Safety
Marelli-AL, Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Head of Lighting Innovation
Valeo, John Orisich, Manager – Advanced Development and Simulations
Varroc, L.Brisson, SiLC, R. Muenster, and BlueSpace Pazhayampallil
Hella, Pavel Ondryska,
Koito-NAL, Viren Merchant, Assistant General Manager – New Technology
SESSION 4 : Enhanced Safety by Driver Monitoring Systems
Ansys: Sen ZHANG, Application Engineer
Radiant Vision Systems, Matt Scholz, Automotive Business Leader,
Grupo Antolin, E. Jiméne, B. D.– Electr., B. Chevallier. NA Innov. manager
Xperi, Petronel Bigioi, CTO of Products
Eyeris, Modar Alaoui, CEO
SESSION 5: Regulations : Harmonisation of technical requirements for ALS
GTB, David Puglisi, Secretary of GRE IWG-SLR
Sapphire Technical Systems, Michael Piscitelli,
SMVIC/SAC/TC114/SC21, Ms. Wang Wei,
Varroc, R. Neumann, Chair GTB Scientific Group/Co-Chair GTB Strategy Group
Mount Sinai Icahn, John Bullough, UMTRI Michael Flannagan
SESSION 6 – Light source innovation- Chairman Bart Potter, Valeo
Lumileds, Michel Zwanenburg, Regional VP NAFTA Automotive,
Samsung, Will Chung, Principal Engineer, Automotive LED Marketing
ams Osram, Michael Godwin, NA Director, Visible LED Products
Kyocera SLD Laser, Paul Rudy, SVP BD, CMO & cofounder MKT and BD,
TI, Brandon Seizer, Product Marketing Engineer
SESSION 7 – Technology Enablers- Chairman Laurent Meister
AML Systems, Ludovic Toulisse, R&D Director
Docter Optics, Hagen Schweitzer, Manager Optical Design,
Covestro, Paul Platte, Senior Marketing Manager,
LMT, Stephen Dahle, Board member and Sales Director