Keynotes and highlights
After a long break with no live events it was a special highlight for us this year to finally bring together our customers, partners and colleagues from our international locations and meet in person. Two intense conference days including an accompanying trade exhibition with numerous highlights are now behind us. Here is a brief glimpse of our highlights:
Keynote from Amazon Web Services on day 1
Conference day one started with a highlight: The keynote from Luke Harvey, Principal Partner Solutions Architect Automotive at Amazon Web Services, titled „Cars in Clouds – Enabling modern software development methods with large scale testing and simulation for ADAS/AV“. In his presentation he outlined the role of cloud in ADAS and AV software development, simulation and the validation as well as verification processes and exemplified the use of CarMaker in a cloud-native workflow.
NIO Europe keynote on day 2
On day two, the presentation program was completed by a closing keynote which rounded off the technology conference. The final presentation on September 21, 2022 was a video message from Hui Zhang, Vice President NIO Europe, that dealt with NIO’s aspirations to create a positive user experience and to keep customer satisfaction high at all times. It covered NIO’s innovative developments in the field of electric mobility as well as decisive USPs that help to set oneself apart from other manufacturers.
What is more
- 42 speakers with presentations on various projects involving virtual test driving
- 12 exhibitors with fascinating shared projects, new products and more
- Countless discussions and inspirations for potential future projects
- The highest attendance in the history of Apply & Innovate
- And much more
Complete presentation program 2022
08:00–09:00 a.m. Registration and breakfast |
09:00–09:15 a.m. Welcome and opening |
Keynote |
09:15–10:00 a.m.Large hall Cars in the Cloud – Enabling Modern Software Development Methods with Large Scale Testing and Simulation for ADAS/AV Luke Harvey, Principal Partner Solutions Architect, Automotive | Amazon Web Services Inc. |
Hybrid, EV and fuel cell - Development methods for various powertrain concepts |
10:30–11:00 a.m.Large hall Development and Optimization of Hypercar Performance Tajana Hrbud | Bugatti Rimac d.o.o. |
11:00–11:30 a.m.Large hall Battery-Related Testing for EV Simulation When Needed – A CarMaker Extension As-A-Service for Battery-Related Testing Dr. Matthias Meyer | Pass Testing Solutions GmbH |
11:30 a.m.–12:00Large hall A Novel Test Bed Setup for Method Verification on the Example of a Shiftable Electric Axis Dr. Felix Matthies | IAV GmbH, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH |
Scenario-based testing - Identify and generate relevant scenarios |
10:30–11:00 a.m.Small hall Evaluating the Actual Criticality of Safety-Critical Driving Situations – A Use Case for Neuro-Cognitive Traffic Models in Simulation Lukas Brostek | cogniBIT GmbH |
11:00–11:30 a.m.Small hall An Application of Scenario Exploration for Finding New Scenarios – Development and Testing of Automated Driving Systems in Urban Scenarios Barbara Schütt | FZI Research Center for Information Technology |
11:30 a.m.–12:00Small hall Risk Assessment in AD for the Generation of Virtual Testing Scenarios – An Innovative Tool for Sensor and Driving Function Validation Thomas Freudenmann | EDI GmbH |
CI/CT/CD - The path to software-defined vehicles |
01:30–02:00 p.m.Large hall Application of a CI/CT/CD Environment to Develop ADAS Functions Axel Schneider | Continental Engineering Services GmbH |
02:00–02:30 p.m.Large hall Modular Virtual Assembly and Integration for SIL and HIL – Supporting Testing during the Complete Development Cycle Mattias Eriksson | Volvo Car Corporation |
02:30–03:00 p.m.Large hall CarMaker for FDTech Digital Twin – How FDTech Utilizes CarMaker for Developing HAD Functions Andre Müller, Dirk Martin | FDTech GmbH |
Advanced driver assistance systems - Test and validate complex functions in simulation |
01:30–02:00 p.m.Small hall MeaSURe DriVe: Methods and Sensors to Understand and Regard Driver Attentiveness in Autonomous Vehicles Eva-Maria Knoch | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
02:00–02:30 p.m.Small hall waveBEE V2X/C-V2X Integration with CarMaker Niels Lichtblau | NORDSYS GmbH |
02:30–03:00 p.m.Small hall VIL Testing: Importance of Precise Reference Motion and Navigation Sensing Laurent Chalard | GeneSys Elektronik GmbH |
Development methods and test processes - Manage system complexity |
04:00–04:30 p.m.Large hall Simulation for All -Automated Tool Chain Liam Barry, Francisco Collado | Rivian United Kingdom Ltd. |
04:30–05:00 p.m.Large hall Enabling Development of Power Supply System, Management and Prediction to Validate Major and Minor Changes in Co-Simulation – Using Real World Drives and Situations in Virtual World for Power Supply System Stefan Kurtz | BMW Group |
Sensors - Integrate real and virtual sensors into simulation |
04:00–04:30 p.m.Small hall ADAS Cross-Domain Simulation Platform – Software-In-The-Loop Solution for ADAS Systems Irina Kaiser | Bosch Engineering GmbH |
04:30–05:00 p.m.Small hall Road to Lab – Validation of ADAS/AD Functions in Automotive with Real Sensors Henrik Liebau | Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH |
From 07:00 p.m.Palazzo Evening event |
08:45 a.m. Start |
Development methods and test processes - Manage system complexity |
09:00–09:30 a.m.Large hall Development of Chassis Software with Virtual Prototypes – Co-Simulation of CarMaker with Synopsys virtual ECU Andreas Schmidt | AUDI AG, e:fs TechHub GmbH |
HPC and cloud computing - Scale virtual test driving |
09:45–10:15 a.m.Large hall Scalable ADAS/AD Cloud Simulation for L2+ SOP Autonomous System Using Ontology-Based Testing Jianbo Tao | AVL List GmbH |
10:15–10:45 a.m.Large hall Sensor Modelling and Virtual Testing in Cloud Infrastructures Sören Böttger, Marcel Liebald | IAV GmbH |
Heavy-duty vehicles and motorcycles - Innovative application fields in simulation |
09:45–10:15 a.m.Small hall Whole Motorcycle In-the-Loop for Control Logics Best Tuning and Verification Marco Pezzola | Soluzioni Ingegneria srl |
10:15–10:45 a.m.Small hall Energy-Efficient and Semi-Automated Truck Platooning – High-Fidelity Co-Simulation-Based Validation of Advanced Truck Platooning Control Alexander Lukas Gratzer | Technische Universität Wien |
Sensors - Integrate real and virtual sensors into simulation |
11:00–11:30 a.m.Large hall Development of Ray-Tracing-Based Automotive LiDAR Sensor Model with Standardized Interfaces Arsalan Haider | Kempten University of Applied Sciences |
11:30 a.m.–12:00Large hall Co-Simulation of CarMaker and Ansys AVxcelerate – Proof of Concept for Automotive Camera and Radar Ketan Bavalia | Valeo GmbH, David Auger | ANSYS, Inc. |
Hybrid, EV and fuel cell - Development methods for various powertrain concepts |
11:00–11:30 a.m.Small hall V2X-Based Hybrid Powertrain Control Design and Simulation Under Connected Environment Tielong Shen | Sophia University |
11:30 a.m.–12:00Small hall Energy Management Study Introducing Fuel Cell Technology – Coupling IPG Automotive Tools with Simulink Fuel Cell Models Guillaume Bruniquel | Sherpa Engineering SA |
Development methods and test processes - Manage system complexity |
01:30–02:00 p.m.Large hall DDS Integration within CarMaker – Integration for Enabling Connection with AD/ADAS Software Francisco Navas | Volvo Car Corporation |
02:00–02:30 p.m.Large hall Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation with Extended Physical Tire Models for Virtual Testing of Control Units Francesco Calabrese | Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM |
02:30–03:00 p.m.Large hall Use of Driving Simulators with CarMaker – Applications and Potential Stefan Vorderobermeier | AB Dynamics, Kempten University of Applied Sciences, MdynamiX AG |
Advanced driver assistance systems - Test and validate complex functions in simulation |
01:30–02:00 p.m.Small hall Run-Time Verification and Virtual Homologation of ALKS – Legal Requirements as a Service Jinwei Zhou | Kontrol GmbH |
02:00–02:30 p.m.Small hall Proving Ground Automation and Digitalization as Part of the Tool Chain for Validation of Automated Driving Functions Uwe Burkhardt | DEKRA Automobil GmbH |
02:30–03:00 p.m.Small hall Simulation-Based Benefit Estimation of Automatic Emergency Braking in Vehicle to Pedestrian Collisions Hironori Chaya | Toyota Motor Corporation |
Scenario-based testing - Identify and generate relevant scenarios |
03:30–04:00 p.m.Large hall AI-Based Generation of Safety-Critical Scenarios for Automated Driving – Automated, Continuous and Systematic Identification of System Issues Dr. Raphael Pfeffer | RevoAI GmbH |
04:00–04:30 p.m.Large hall ARTS: Implementation of an Adaptive Replay-To-Sim Approach Within a Scenario-Based Simulation Platform for the Safety Validation of AD Systems Nico Weber | Opel Automobile GmbH (Stellantis N.V.), Technical University of Darmstadt |
Heavy-duty vehicles and motorcycles - Innovative application fields in simulation |
03:30–04:00 p.m.Small hall AgriSIm, the Agricultural Vehicle Dynamics and Precision Farming Simulation Platform Elisabetta Leo | Soluzioni Ingegneria srl, CREA |
04:00–04:30 p.m.Small hall Keeping with the Standard – The KION HIL Calibrator – A Test System for Test Systems Mario Kuhn, Thorsten Pendzialek | Linde Material Handling (KION Group AG) |
Keynote |
04:45–05:30 p.m.Large hall Title to be announced Hui Zhang, Group Vice President | NIO |
05:30-05:45 p.m. Closing |