DAY 1 • MARCH 24, 2026
5:30 pm COCKTAIL & OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION INCL. DEMOCARS
7:30 pm STANDING DINNER IN THE EXHIBITION
DAY 2 • MARCH 25, 2026
9:00 am OPENING BY ERIC AMIOT – DVN
9:15 am SESSION 1 – REQUIREMENTS & PERFORMANCE OF CURRENT SYSTEMS
- MnDOT – Thomas Johnson-Kaiser, CAV Planning and Policy Manager
Minnesota’s Approach to AV Policy: Exploring AV legislation through policy research and stakeholder engagement
- i4Research – Eric Amiot, DVN Sensing & Applications General Editor
AEB requirements (US vs EU/CN), AEB performance of L2+ systems in China
- STLA – Emily Robb, Senior Fellow
AD Sensing Innovation opportunities for multi-camera compute platforms in SDVs
Q&A
10:15 am COFFEE BREAK
10:45 am SESSION 2 – TECHNOLOGIES FOR L2 / ENTRY SYSTEMS & SCALABILITY
- Marelli – Colby Childress, Optical Manager
The Balancing Act for Lighting Modules between FMVSS 127 and FMVSS 108
- Compal – Richard Seoane, General Manager IR
Infrared Completes the Safety Picture
- Teledyne FLIR OEM – John Eggert, Director Automotive Business Development
Advancing Safety through LWIR: Deploying ASIL-B Thermal Cameras for FMVSS 127 and Beyond
- Forvia-Hella – Andrew Bates, Vice President, Automated Driving
Next-Generation High Resolution Radars
Panel-1: FMVSS127 deployment, AEB performance trends
Chairman: Eric Amiot with speakers of session2 + STLA, GM, onSemi
12:15 pm LUNCH BREAK & DEMOCARS’ TESTS
2:00 pm SESSION 3 – TECHNOLOGIES FOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR L2+ / L4 ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Valeo – Dirk Schulte, R&D Director, Advanced Engineering & Product Platforms
New Safety Features for L2 Assisted Driving: From Adaptive Warning based on Driver Gaze to V2X Pedestrian Awareness
- Autoware – Muhammad Zain Khawaja, Managing Director of Product
Tackling the long-tail of pedestrian AEB and collision avoidance
- Perciv.ai – Andras Palffy, Co-founder
AI-driven Radar-First Perception, from ADAS to Autonomy
- Teradar – Zack Bolton, Director of Business Development
Terahertz Vision: See the unseen
Panel-2: Achievement of Safety targets for L2+, L4 systems
Chairman: Martin Booth with speakers of session 3
3:30 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:00 pm SESSION 4 – PERFORMANCE VALIDATION & SIMULATION
- ams-Osram – Christopher Eichelberger
NIR technologies to supplement lighting systems: IRED and Laser emitters
- IMEC – Jim Foresi, Director, Automotive Semiconductor R&D Center
Defining a Chiplet Strategy for Automotive
- Synopsys/Lynred – Lionel Bennes, Lead Product AVx
Reducing phantom braking and complying with FMVSS 127 through thermal imaging and simulation
- Ascential – Brunno Moretti, President
5:30 pm CLOSING
