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Open House Germany

March 17, 2026 | Karlsruhe

The meeting point for the virtual vehicle development industry

 

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Our Open House Germany will take place on March 17, 2026.

This year's Open House Germany is all about the motto:
Seamless Virtual Development: Intelligent Testing Across All Stages

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Key topics

End-to-end testing strategies

Latest product highlights, including the CarMaker release 15.0

Innovative test systems for camera, steering and braking

Future-proof ADAS and L4 testing solutions

AI-enhanced virtual testing

Virtualized endurance testing

Program

 08:30 – 09:30 a.m.

Registration and breakfast

 09:30 – 09:45 a.m.

Welcome and introduction

 09:45 – 10:30 a.m.

Keynote

Virtual Homologation for Self-Driving Systems

Dr. Christopher Wiegand, Senior Expert Autonomy Validation, HOLON GmbH

 10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

Coffee break

 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Session 1

No Gaps, No Surprises: A Continuous Test Strategy from Concept to Homologation

The current grade of virtualization across industries, such as automotive, commercial vehicles, off-highway and agriculture

Complete and credible virtual vehicle development using the example of DCAS (Driver Control Assistance Systems)

Strategies for testing NCAP scenarios from the virtual world to the proving ground

Michael Kochem

 12:15 – 01:45 p.m.

Coffee break

 01:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Session 2

Enabling Seamless Development and Validation of ADAS and AV

Continuous tool landscape to validate ADAS/AV in open- and closed-loop environments

Methods to generate and annotate real as well as synthetic sensor data

Applying generative AI (GenAI) to augment synthetic sensor data

Martin Herrmann

 02:45 – 03:30 p.m.

Coffee break

 03:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Session 3

From Road to X: Solutions for Virtual Endurance and XIL Testing

Driver, road and traffic modeling for virtual endurance testing

Managing and deploying virtual test scenarios at scale

Test systems and solutions for crossdomain XIL testing

Steven Yan

 04:30 – 04:45 p.m.

Closing

 04:45 p.m.

Get-together

Exhibitors

4activeSystems is a leading provider of test technologies for active vehicle safety. In addition to high precision crash targets and automated robotic platforms, the company offers digital twins for simulation based ADAS and AD validation in accordance with ISO, NCAP and UNECE requirements.

The b-plus Group is a leading international development partner specializing in cutting-edge technologies for autonomous driving, driver assistance systems, and the automation of mobile machines.

With over 200 employees, the company specializes in powerful development tools, advanced automotive software, robust industrial solutions as well as mobile automation. It offers customers a comprehensive range of measurement technology, software, and hardware.

Dynamic Map Platform delivers cm-level, high-precision HD maps for automotive simulation, enabling faster and safer AD/ADAS development. With 1.8M+ km captured across Europe (16 countries), North America, and Japan, we provide road networks in multiple formats, including OpenDRIVE, trusted by leading OEMs in Japan and the U.S.

Dynisma is a world-leading designer and engineer of cutting-edge motion simulators, trusted by top automotive and motorsport brands, including multiple F1 teams and McLaren Automotive. Founded in 2017, it operates from its Bristol Tech Campus with over 160 experts, delivering unmatched real-world correlation to reduce development time and costs for its clients.

fiveD was founded in 2024 with the mission to shape the future of radar. We provide software solutions for realistic radar simulations across the entire value chain – from raw radar data to enhanced sensor functionalities. fiveD combines flexibility with capability, enabling customers to leverage an innovative leap in software and hardware and to unlock the full potential of true radar AI.

For 30 years, GeneSys develops high-precision and innovative sensor-systems for demanding test and measurement applications. Laser measurement technology and inertial sensors are used to capture precise position and motion data of vehicles. The GNSS-based inertial system ADMA was developed especially for vehicle-dynamics-analysis, ADAS-evaluations in the automotive sector and Virtual Testing solutions such as VIL.

Employing over 7,600 members of staff, IAV is one of the world’s leading providers of engineering services to the automotive industry. The company has been developing innovative concepts and technologies for future vehicles for more than 40 years. Turnover in 2023 was 976 Mio Euro.

Core competencies include production-ready solutions in all fields of electronics, powertrain and vehicle development. Clients include all the world’s premier automobile manufacturers and suppliers. IAV was an early player in topics such as e-mobility and autonomous driving and is now one of the leading technology providers in these areas.

In addition to development centers in Berlin, Gifhorn and Chemnitz/Stollberg, IAV also operates from other locations in Germany, Europe, Asia as well as North and South America.

measX is a recognized specialist for test bench technology and test data management. For more than 40 years, the company has been developing, manufacturing and distributing customized test systems for research, development and production. Well-known companies from the automotive, mechanical engineering, chemical and other industries rely on the technological competence and expertise of measX.

Persival provides software and services for tailored, credible perception sensor model development. The modular offering spans automated sensor test benches, material measurements, and validation of synthetic sensor data against real performance. Using standards like ASAM OSI and OpenMATERIAL 3D, models integrate seamlessly and can be deployed as FMUs in co-simulation environments.

Persystems revolutioniert die Simulation elektromechanischer Systeme mit hochpräzisen, ultraschnellen Modellen. Unsere Technologie ermöglicht die Echtzeit-Simulation elektrischer Antriebe und Schaltkreise – ideal für Softwaretests, Optimierung und virtuelle Entwicklung. Durch innovative numerische Methoden bieten wir eine neue Dimension der Effizienz und Genauigkeit.

Sensodrive is a German high-tech company specializing in the development of torque sensors and robotic joints with integrated torque control. With its market-leading force feedback products for high-end driving simulators, Sensodrive has been a technology leader for decades and is the preferred supplier of high-tech simulator products in industry and science.

Stähle GmbH is a leading global provider of test-cell and proving ground robot drivers for precise, reproducible and automated testing of vehicles and vehicle components. Designed for seamless use, the software “STAEHLE DRIVERMODULE” as well as the “AUTOPILOT GUI” serve to perform development, exhaust gas and homologation driving cycles. In collaboration with IPG Automotive, a direct high-performance tool interface with the CarMaker product family was developed. In this way, the same cycle driver with his different human driving styles can be used consistently in all development stages (MIL, SIL, HIL and testbed), as it is used with the driving robot on the chassis dynamometer and on proving ground.

With software products and customized services, tracetronic supports manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive industry in the development of highly complex vehicle software. The company focuses on solutions for an automated test process in all phases of software development - from component tests to in-vehicle integration tests.

With our CI/CD platform one:cx, every release becomes an experience. What used to be tedious, fragmented, and error-prone is now seamlessly orchestrated — from requirement to the release of new software features.