The 24th DVN US Workshop is coming up in four months’ time, near Detroit on 20-21 June. All of us at DVN, the whole team, are doing our best to make a big success of the event. European, North American, and Asian contingents are optimistic about coming to the US by then, and we are confident the Workshop will be a grand success. The rubric, Safety & Design: Challenges & Opportunities, is timely and crucial, and the information and ideas shared at the event will make real contributions to decrease traffic fatalities in the world and propose new designs.
Registration will be open soon, and we look forward to welcoming your attendance and participation in an inspiring, exciting, lively, and safe conference in Michigan. Of course we will regulary keep you informed about any changes and updates, here in the weekly DVNewsletter. Among the topical sessions will be Automaker Achievements in Design and Safety · Effects of New Front and Rear Design on Safety · Effects of Safety Functions on Design · Status and Evolution of Regulations in the World · Light Source Effects on Design and Safety · Enabling New Design and Safety Functions.
Attendees will have the great privilege of lectures from the likes of Audi, Ford, GM, Lucid, Rivian, Stellantis, and Volvo; Hasco, Hella, Koito, Magna, Marelli AL, Mind, Valeo, XingYu, and ZKW; the greatest and most innovative lighting-and-vision tier-2s; and research and regulatory voices from Europe, North America, and Asia.The speakers will explain how digital and HD lighting technologies allow communication with other drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists; the effect on safety for vulnerable road users, and how new technologies will facilitate new designs. The panel discussion will grapple with the rubricDesign Depending on Technology, or Vice Versa? Impact of Regulations.
There will be ample time for individual communication and networking during the coffee breaks, lunches, and especially the cocktail and dinner as a highlight on the first day. The workshop will highlight how new technologies will contribute increasing safety in the world, while facilitating new designs. Topics will include front and rear lighting; ADB, LED, mini- and microLED, OLED, laser, and MLA technologies’ effects on safety and design; and new functions including lit design elements like illuminated front grilles.
The event will bring together more than 300 participants from all over the world—managers, experts, decisionmakers, researchers, and practitioners involved in lighting and ADAS. Discussion panels and exhibition booths will host fruitful exchanges between all attendees.
