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SUMMARY:DVN Munich Lighting Workshop 2026
DESCRIPTION:Download event flyer\n\n\n\nADD TO YOUR AGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n39th DVN Munich Lighting Workshop – February 4-5\, 2026\nSmall Olympia Park\, Munich\, Germany \nSOCIAL COCKTAIL & DINNER • CONFERENCE • PANEL DISCUSSION • AWARD CEREMONY • EXPO \n2035 AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING: WHAT’S NEXT ? \n\n\n\nAutomobile is born in Europe more than one century ago. With new ways on mobility\, climate change and strong worlwilde competition\, Automotive industry has to be reinvented.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is impacting also our automotive lighting community and our supply chains. \nExterior lighting has never been in such a big role at IAA Munich last September\, with new technology release\, new design language and strong marketing usage. \nWe have now to bring an holitistic approach to lighting. It is not only safety and design. \nIt is time to think together about the next step. What will be our automotive lighting world in 10 years? \nFor this purpose\, the agenda will include different sessions: \n\nLighting and design\nInnovative technology including EE to support\nSimulation and AI : how to accelerate and change our way of working\nSustainability and how to move forward\nNiche market and special needs (2W\, trucks\, sport cars\, luxury cars)\n\nIncluding round tables and award ceremony. \nFor the first time we are inviting design schools to give us input and vision and we have defined a Jury to select the best design proposal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Munich DVN Workshop will bring together more than 500 participants from all over the world. Experts\, researchers\, managers\, designers\, engineers…and you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul-Henri MathaDVN Chief Executive Officer and Lighting General Editor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers Presentations\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDAY 2 • FEBRUARY 4\, 2026 \n\n\n\nSESSION 1 • PART 1LIGHTING\, COMMUNICATION & DESIGN – THE NEW 3 PILLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY\n\n\n\nChairman: Wolfgang Huhn \n\n\n\nMercedes-Benz – Anton Nelson\, Predevelopment Front Lighting Systems; Dominik Reule\,Predevelopment Rear Lighting Systems; Üsame Akkoca\, Project Manager Exterior InnovationsThe Mercedes Tech-Programm Concept AMG GT XX \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nAudi – Michael Kruppa\, Head of Front Light DevelopmentEssence of Lighting – Technical precision and radical simplicity \n\n\n\nBMW – Thorsten Krajc\, Project leader exterior lighting und viewing sytems Neue KlasseBMW’s Neue Klasse – Implementation of a new exterieur light design \n\n\n\nPolestar – Christophe Ferreira Da Silva\, Design ManagerPolestar 5 lamp details \n\n\n\nStellantis – Richard Brevet\, Lighting leader style CitroënCitroen C5 and Elo lighting design \n\n\n\nOPmobility – Michael Rosenauer\, Director Innovation Exterior & LightingTransforming Automotive Lighting Design with Advanced Decoration and Sustainable Manufacturing \n\n\n\nSL Corporation – Hyeongdo Kim\, Research EngineerColor MLA Headlights \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nTactotek – Dominique Heilborn\, Director Ecosystem PartnershipsSEAMLESS SKIN – A Designer’s Dream \n\n\n\nPorsche – Benjamin Hummel\, Manager Front Lighting DevelopmentPorsche HD-Matrix: The Hidden Role of Modularization and a Headlamp Aiming Analysis \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nMicrorelleus – Raúl García\, CEOProduction Tool Engraving vs. Direct PMMA Processing with Femtosecond Laser: A ComparativeStudy on Homogeneity and Efficiency \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSESSION 1 • PART 2LIGHTING\, COMMUNICATION & DESIGN – THE NEW 3 PILLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY\n\n\n\nChairman: Hans Joachim Schwabe \n\n\n\nSabic – Dr. David Elvers\, Sr. Business Development Automotive; Erhard Bruss\, Sr. ManagerAutomotive MarketingTrends and Opportunities in materials for Automotive Lighting – Focus: Light & Chrome \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nSaint Gobain Sekurit – Fabien Geniaux\, Marketing Portfolio Manager\, Active Glazing SystemsLight in Glazing: New Horizons for the Automotive Experience \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nZKW – Gerald Boehm\, Innovation and Technical Customer Relationship Management PrincipalDisplay solutions and challenges \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nTata Motors – Salil Kulkarni\, Head of Global Design OperationsFrom Tata Motors’ LED Lighting Evolution to the New Sierra’s Lighting Journey \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nEdag – Jannes Buthmann\, Global Head of Lighting & Display SystemsNatural 3D Appearance\, Unbounded Form: EDAG´s Remote Phosphor Approach for Lamp Design \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nMarelli – Felix Freytag\, Front Lighting SpecialistFuture Communication by Light: New Options by External Displays and Ground Projections \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nFord – Mike VanBelle\, Global Exterior Lighting ManagerUpdate from Ford \n\n\n\nMind – Jin Hui\, Innovation DirectorHow High-Performance Technology and Reliable Solution Empower Chinese User and OEM Challenges? \n\n\n\nLG Innotek – Svenja Sohrbeck\, Global Key Account Manager (Europe)Lighting the Future: Nexlide Pixel in a Compact Design & Nexlide Air with a Simplified Structure \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nSESSION 2 – DEEP DIVE INTO FILM TECHNOLOGY : PRODUCT & PROCESS\n\n\n\nChairmen: Paul-Henri Matha & Franco Marcori \n\n\n\nMercedes-Benz – Marc HainkeMercedes Front panel development \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nGerhardi – Nicole Michael\, Product and Process DevelopmentLighting Meets Chrome: Enabling Innovative Exterior Front Design in the new Mercedes GLC \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nKraussMaffei – Andreas Bierbaumer\, Technology Manager Surfaces IMM From Hard Coating to In-Mold PURA New Approach for Automotive Lighting \n\n\n\nLeonhard Kurz & SP3 – Sven Oberndörfer\, Head of Advanced business DevelopmentVirtual Validation of design driven multi-layer lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nNissha – Tino Theer\, Development EngineerFilm technology illuminating the next step in automotive exterior lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nNiebling – Udo Weustenhagen\, Director Sales & MarketingPreforming for Film Insert Molding (FIM): Fundamentals and Industrial Boundaries \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nInevo – Roberto Fagarazzi\, Managing Director Sales \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nMagna – Bünyamin Uzun\, Product Line Manager Europe – LightingChrome-Film Meets Light: Challenges and Solutions in the Illuminated Frontpanel \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nProell – Hans-Peter Erfurt\, IMD/FIM ManagerIMD/FIM Screen Printing Inks and Lacquers for the Decoration of Automotive Front Modules and Lighting Applications \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDAY 3 • FEBRUARY 5\, 2026\n\n\n\nPRE-SESSION – OPTICAL DESIGN DEEP DIVE\n\n\n\nChairman: Franco Marcori \n\n\n\nHuaju – Jia Zhenqing\, Vice President & Project DirectorBeyond Spherical Limits: How Aspherical Glass Lenses Elevate Automotive Lighting Performance & Design \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nFraunhofer IAP – Manuel Gensler\, Department HeadEngineering Customized Light: Quantum Dots Beyond Information Displays \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nFraunhofer IOF – Dmitrii Stefanidi\, Research assistantMaskless irregular microlens arrays for headlights and signaling with high optical efficiency \n\n\n\nDocter Optics – Markus Winkler\, CTO / CSOCost competitive lens solutions for Pixel Light Headlamps \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nams Osram – Florian Wittmann\, Application EngineerNovel Intelligent LEDs for Highly Scalable Dynamic Exterior Lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nRefond – Felix Zhang\, International Technical Support ManagerOptimization of ADB Light Engine \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nDelo – Christoph Appel\, Product Manager \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSESSION 3 – SIMULATION AND AI : HOW TO ACCELERATE AND CHANGE OUR WAY OF WORKING\n\n\n\nChairman: Benoit Deschamps\, Expert Virtual MockUp & eXtended Reality\, Renault \n\n\n\nRenault – Benoit Deschamps\, Expert Virtual MockUp & eXtended RealityAutomotive Lighting Challenges: From Collaborative Design to Predictive Simulation \n\n\n\nAnsys part of Synopsys – Mathieu Reigneau\, Senior Product Manager – SpeosAcceleration in digital engineering: what AI & software customisation can truly deliver in lighting? \n\n\n\nDassault Systems & Keysight – Stephan Ritz & Tobias Schmid\, Director Portfolio Management & Ph.DF3DEXPERIENCE CATIA & LucidShape – A Paradigm Shift for Lighting Design Workflows \n\n\n\nEclat Digital & Covestro – Romain Hivet\, Operations managerCovestro & Ocean™: From Pixel to Real Part – Eliminate guesswork in design with predictive optical simulation \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nUnited Visual Researchers – Thomas Labardens\, Chief Commercial OfficerPredict on Omniverse : Leveraging USD for Lighting Design \n\n\n\nEdag – Jannes Buthmann\, Global Head of Lighting & Display SystemsAdvantages and Challenges of Real-Time Virtual Night Drives with Unreal Engine 5 in EDAG´s ZeroPrototypeLab \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nHochschule Magdeburg-Stendal – Benedikt Lamontain\, Professor of Design and CADViSUS PRO – The Potential of XR-Technologies \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nLuminous Algorithms – Ingo Steiner\, CEOSpecification-Driven Engineering – Automated Generation of Freeform Optical Surfaces for Lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nBSCA – Michele DiTaranto\, CGI Expert & Visualization StrategyDifferences between human visual perception and camera capture. Why this gap matters. \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSESSION 4 – NICHE MARKET AND SPECIAL NEEDS\n\n\n\nChairman: Paul-Henri Matha \n\n\n\nVolvo Trucks – Berk Keskin\, Head of Exterior DesignOne Light\, Two Worlds: A Designer’s View on Car and Truck Lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nAspoeck – Kevin Riepl\, Head of Group Innovation & PPM; Daniel Strubreiter\, Head of EngineeringLighting- and assistance systems on heavy trailers \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nWipac Technology\, Lanzante & LESS – Simon Baker\, Head of Advanced Development;Paul Howse\, Chief Designer & Yann Tissot\, CEO/FounderOEM\, Tier 1 and Tier 2 new technology collaboration – First to Market \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSESSION 5 – INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING EE TO SUPPORT\n\n\n\nChairman: Alfred Vollmer \n\n\n\nOPmobility – Andreas Schramm\, Innovation Product Manager – ElectronicsThe smart way to an LDM-less headlamp: How the next-generation E/E architecture enables a more efficient approach \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nEnnostar – Dr. Meng-Yu Ho\, Senior Director of Automotive Product DevelopmentMini LED ISD for Automotive: A Chip-to-Module Framework \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nRobert Bosch – Gregor Sunderdiek\, Group Manager Intellectual Property Products:CAN FD light for next generation E/E architectures \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nMelexis – Andreas Laute\, Product Manager\, Exterior LightingA Multi-Channel LED Driver IC Approach for Exterior Lighting with High Flexibility \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nams Osram – Lufei Shen\, Product ManagerCost-effective system solutions using OSP-based LED Drivers \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nIndiemicro – Lingjun Wang\, SD of EMEA and North America\, indiemicroInnovation Amid New Trends in Automotive Lighting \n\n\n\nMacroblock – Gary Chang\, LED Display And Lighting Product ManagerMacroblock LED Driver ICs Enable the Next Generation of Intelligent Signal Displays And Ambient Lighting \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nInova Semiconductors – Gerhard Nill\, Senior Product Manager \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSESSION 6 – SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD\n\n\n\nChairman: Paul-Henri Matha \n\n\n\nCovestro & Forvia Hella – Jan Helmig & Mathias Niedling\, Global Technical Marketing Mobility Lighting & Head of Sustainability @ Business Group LightingNALYSES Sustainable Headlamp Demonstrator: Innovative Design Meets More Sustainable Materials \n\n\n\nValeo – Grégory Planche & Laurent Barré\, Lighting Circular Economy Program Manager & EngineerCircular Polymers in Automotive lighting : New Circular Value Chain \n\n\n\nEmerson Branson – Marian Blasko\, Key Account ManageInnovating the Future: Sustainable Headlamp Assembly Process \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nSumitomo Chemical – Oliver Vollmar\, Business Development ManagerA solution for sustainable lighting – proposal from New PMMA materials \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nLumileds – Wolfgang Schiene\, Director Product Management Auto LED Solutions – HeadlightingReplaceable LUXEON Go light source modules\, easing repairability in a sustainable headlamp architecture \n\n\n\nDownload the PDF \n\n\n\nDVN – Paul Henri Matha\, CEOSynthesis of DVN deep-dive \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n	\n					\n				February 3rd\n			\n						\n				\n			\n						\n				Day one – afternoon\n			\n						\n				Day Two – morning\n			\n						\n				Day TWO- Afternoon\n			\n				\n	\n		\n\n	\n\n\nPARRALLEL SESSIONS \n\n\n02:00 pm to 5:30pm:  \n\n\nROOM 1 — DEEP DIVE INTO AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING SUSTAINABILITY STAKESEXPERT DISCUSSION BETWEEN OEM\, TIER1 AND TIER2Chairman: Gerd Bahnmüller\, DVN \n\n\nCovestro & Forvia Hella – Jan Helmig\, Global Technical Marketing Mobility Lighting & Mathias Niedling\, Head of Sustainability at Business Group Lighting: \n\n\n• Reducing CO Footprint and Enabling Circular Economy: Final Results from the NALYSES Research Project \n\n\nSabic – Erhard Bruss\, Senior Manager Automotive Marketing \n\n\n• Intensify Sustainability with Engineering Thermoplastics \n\n\nAudi – Michael Kruppa\, Head of Front Light Development \n\n\nMomentive – Andreas Haeuseler\, Global Automotive Marketing Leader – Functional Coatings: \n\n\n• Maximize the Handprint: Functional Coatings for Mobility Lighting \n\n\nNanoVents – Jiří Schirl\, R&D and Business Development Team Leader: \n\n\n• PFAS Dilemma: Legacy Technology\, Environmental Conflict and the Challenge of Transition Beyond \n\n\nPFAS in Automotive Towards Sustainable Alternatives \n\n\n \n\n\nPARRALLEL SESSIONS \n\n\n02:00 pm to 5:30pm:  \n\n\nROOM 2 — DEEP DIVE INTO EXTERNAL DISPLAY: STATUS ABOUT RESEARCH FROM INSTITUTE & INDUSTRYChairman: Paul Henri Matha\, DVN \n\n\nForvia – Christian Schmidt\, Head of Innovation: \n\n\n• Vision2X democar presentation \n\n\nMarelli – Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn\, Director Headlamp Innovation: \n\n\n• Heidi Project outcome \n\n\nStellantis – Julisa Le: \n\n\n• Advanced Light Signature as Communication device \n\n\nTechnical University Darmstadt – Jonas Bix\, PhD student and research assistant: \n\n\n• Principles of symbol design and brightness configuration for display and signalling units in the context of AV-communication \n\n\nDekra – Wilfried van Laarhoven\, Manager Approval Testing Development: \n\n\n• External Displays – Regulatory options and obstructions \n\n\nAudi – Werner Thomas\, Project Manager OLED-Lighting / Exterior Displays \n\n\nValeo – Stefan Namyslo\, R&I Technical Leader: \n\n\n•On-vehicle displays and on-grund projection for automated vehicle communication \n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\nDay 1 – February 4\, 2026 \n\n\n07:30 am: Registration & Welcome coffee \n\n\n09:15 am: OPENING OF THE EVENT \n\n\nDVN – Paul Henri Matha\, CEO \n\n\nams Osram – Aldo Kamper\, CEO \n\n\nChina Academy of Art – James Hope\, Dean of Transportation Design Institute: \n\n\n• Clarity vs. Conformity \n\n\n09:45 am: SESSION 1 – PART 1: LIGHTING\, COMMUNICATION & DESIGN – THE NEW 3 PILLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY \n\n\nChairman: Wolfgang Huhn \n\n\nMercedes-Benz – Anton Nelson\, Predevelopment Front Lighting Systems; Dominik Reule\, Predevelopment Rear Lighting Systems; Üsame Akkoca\, Project Manager Exterior Innovations: \n\n\n• The Mercedes Tech-Programm Concept AMG GT XX \n\n\nAudi – Michael Kruppa\, Head of Front Light Development: \n\n\n• Essence of Lighting – Technical precision and radical simplicity \n\n\nBMW – Thorsten Krajc\, Project leader exterior lighting und viewing sytems Neue Klasse: \n\n\n• BMW’s Neue Klasse – Implementation of a new exterieur light design \n\n\nPolestar – Christophe Ferreira Da Silva\, Design Manager: \n\n\n• Polestar 5 lamp details \n\n\nStellantis – Richard Brevet\, Lighting leader style Citroën: \n\n\n• Citroen C5 and Elo lighting design \n\n\nOPmobility – Michael Rosenauer\, Director Innovation Exterior & Lighting: \n\n\n• Transforming Automotive Lighting Design with Advanced Decoration and Sustainable Manufacturing \n\n\nSL Corporation – Hyeongdo Kim\, Research Engineer: \n\n\nColor MLA Headlights \n\n\nTactotek – Dominique Heilborn\, Director Ecosystem Partnerships: \n\n\n• SEAMLESS SKIN – A Designer’s Dream \n\n\nPorsche – Benjamin Hummel\, Manager Front Lighting Development: \n\n\n• Porsche HD-Matrix: The Hidden Role of Modularization and a Headlamp Aiming Analysis \n\n\nMicrorelleus – Raúl García\, CEO: \n\n\n• Production Tool Engraving vs. Direct PMMA Processing with Femtosecond Laser: A Comparative Study on Homogeneity and Efficiency \n\n\n11:30 pm: Coffee break \n\n\nSponsored by Nichia \n\n\n12:00 pm: SESSION 1 – PART 2: LIGHTING\, COMMUNICATION & DESIGN – THE NEW 3 PILLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY \n\n\nChairman: Hans Joachim Schwabe \n\n\nSabic – Dr. David Elvers\, Sr. Business Development Automotive; Erhard Bruss\, Sr. Manager Automotive Marketing: \n\n\n• Trends and Opportunities in materials for Automotive Lighting – Focus: Light & Chrome \n\n\nSaint Gobain Sekurit – Fabien Geniaux\, Marketing Portfolio Manager\, Active Glazing Systems: \n\n\n• Light in Glazing: New Horizons for the Automotive Experience \n\n\nZKW – Gerald Boehm\, Innovation and Technical Customer Relationship Management Principal: \n\n\n• Display solutions and challenges \n\n\nTata Motors – Salil Kulkarni\, Head of Global Design Operations: \n\n\n• From Tata Motors’ LED Lighting Evolution to the New Sierra’s Lighting Journey \n\n\nEdag – Jannes Buthmann\, Global Head of Lighting & Display Systems: \n\n\n• Natural 3D Appearance\, Unbounded Form: EDAG´s Remote Phosphor Approach for Lamp Design \n\n\nMarelli – Felix Freytag\, Front Lighting Specialist: \n\n\n• Future Communication by Light: New Options by External Displays and Ground Projections \n\n\nFord – Mike VanBelle\, Global Exterior Lighting Manager: \n\n\n• Update from Ford \n\n\nMind – Jin Hui\, Innovation Director: \n\n\n• How High-Performance Technology and Reliable Solution Empower Chinese User and OEMChallenges? \n\n\nLG Innotek – Svenja Sohrbeck\, Global Key Account Manager (Europe): \n\n\n• Lighting the Future: Nexlide Pixel in a Compact Design & Nexlide Air with a Simplified Structure \n\n\n1:30 pm: Lunch break \n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n03:00 pm: SESSION 2 – DEEP DIVE INTO FILM TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT & PROCESS \n\n\nMercedes-Benz – Marc Hainke: \n\n\n• Mercedes Front panel development \n\n\nGerhardi – Nicole Michael\, Product and Process Development: \n\n\n• Lighting Meets Chrome: Enabling Innovative Exterior Front Design in the new Mercedes GLC \n\n\nKraussMaffei – Andreas Bierbaumer\, Technology Manager Surfaces IMM \n\n\n• From Hard Coating to In-Mold PUR: A New Approach for Automotive Lighting \n\n\nLeonhard Kurz & SP3 – Sven Oberndörfer\, Head of Advanced business Development: \n\n\n• Virtual Validation of design driven multi-layer lighting \n\n\nNissha – Tino Theer\, Development Engineer: \n\n\n• Film technology illuminating the next step in automotive exterior lighting \n\n\nNiebling – Udo Weustenhagen\, Director Sales & Marketing \n\n\n• Preforming for Film Insert Molding (FIM): Fundamentals and Industrial Boundaries \n\n\nInevo – Roberto Fagarazzi\, Managing Director Sales \n\n\nMagna – Bünyamin Uzun\, Product Line Manager Europe – Lighting: \n\n\n• Chrome-Film Meets Light: Challenges and Solutions in the Illuminated Frontpanel \n\n\nProell – Hans-Peter Erfurt\, IMD/FIM Manager: \n\n\n• IMD/FIM Screen Printing Inks and Lacquers for the Decoration of Automotive Front Modules and Lighting Applications \n\n\n04:30 pm: COFFEE BREAK \n\n\nSponsored by Nichia \n\n\n05:00 pm: DESIGN CONTEST \n\n\nmoderated by Andreas Friedrich \n\n\n06:00 pm: DVN AWARD CEREMONY \n\n\n07:00 pm: COCKTAIL & DINNER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\nDay 2 – February 5\, 2026 \n\n\n07:00 am: WELCOME COFFEE \n\n\n08:00 am: PRE-SESSION – OPTICAL DESIGN DEEP DIVEChairman: Franco Marcori \n\n\nHuaju – Jia Zhenqing\, Vice President & Project Director: \n\n\n• Beyond Spherical Limits: How Aspherical Glass Lenses Elevate Automotive Lighting Performance & Design \n\n\nFraunhofer IAP – Manuel Gensler\, Department Head: \n\n\n• Engineering Customized Light: Quantum Dots Beyond Information Displays \n\n\nFraunhofer IOF – Dmitrii Stefanidi\, Research assistant: \n\n\n• Maskless irregular microlens arrays for headlights and signaling with high optical efficiency \n\n\nDocter Optics – Markus Winkler\, CTO / CSO: \n\n\n• Cost competitive lens solutions for Pixel Light Headlamps \n\n\nams Osram – Florian Wittmann\, Application Engineer: \n\n\n• Novel Intelligent LEDs for Highly Scalable Dynamic Exterior Lighting \n\n\nRefond – Felix Zhang\, International Technical Support Manager: \n\n\n• Optimization of ADB Light Engine \n\n\nDelo – Christoph Appel\, Product Manager Automotive Lighting \n\n\n09:00 am: KEYNOTE SPEECH \n\n\nS&P Global Mobility – Sascha Klapper\, Research and Analysis Manager: \n\n\n• Automotive market turbulences\, new times ahead – Where is the automotive lighting market going? \n\n\nA2S – Hector Fratty & Michel Favre \n\n\nRenault – Francois Bedu\, Lighting Expert: \n\n\n• Lighting and ADAS\, what’s next for 2035? \n\n\n09:45 am: ROUND TABLE \n\n\nChairman: Hans Joachim Schwabe\, DVN \n\n\nAudi – Stephan Berlitz\, Head of Exterior Lighting Development \n\n\nBMW – Jörg Kälble Exterior lighting development chief \n\n\nMercedes-Benz – Stefan Töpfer\, Senior Manager R&D Lighting Systems \n\n\n10:30 am: COFFEE BREAK \n\n\nSponsored by Nichia \n\n\n11:00 am: SESSION 3 – SIMULATION AND AI : HOW TO ACCELERATE AND CHANGE OUR WAY OF WORKING \n\n\nChairman: Benoit Deschamps\, Expert Virtual MockUp & eXtended Reality\, Renault \n\n\nRenault – Benoit Deschamps\, Expert Virtual MockUp & eXtended Reality: \n\n\n• Automotive Lighting Challenges: From Collaborative Design to Predictive Simulation \n\n\nAnsys part of Synopsys – Mathieu Reigneau\, Senior Product Manager – Speos: \n\n\n• Acceleration in digital engineering: what AI & software customisation can truly deliver in lighting? \n\n\nDassault Systems & Keysight – Stephan Ritz & Tobias Schmid\, Director Portfolio Management & Ph.D: \n\n\n• F3DEXPERIENCE CATIA & LucidShape – A Paradigm Shift for Lighting Design Workflows \n\n\nEclat Digital & Covestro – Romain Hivet\, Operations manager: \n\n\n• Covestro & Ocean™: From Pixel to Real Part – Eliminate guesswork in design with predictive optical simulation \n\n\nUnited Visual Researchers – Thomas Labardens\, Chief Commercial Officer: \n\n\n• Predict on Omniverse : Leveraging USD for Lighting Design \n\n\nEdag – Jannes Buthmann\, Global Head of Lighting & Display Systems: \n\n\n• Advantages and Challenges of Real-Time Virtual Night Drives with Unreal Engine 5 in EDAG´s ZeroPrototypeLab \n\n\nHochschule Magdeburg-Stendal – Benedikt Lamontain\, Professor of Design and CAD: \n\n\n• ViSUS PRO – The Potential of XR-Technologies \n\n\nLuminous Algorithms – Ingo Steiner\, CEO: \n\n\n• Specification-Driven Engineering – Automated Generation of Freeform Optical Surfaces for Lighting \n\n\nBSCA – Michele DiTaranto\, CGI Expert & Visualization Strategy \n\n\n• Differences between human visual perception and camera capture. Why this gap matters. \n\n\nPANEL DISCUSSION \n\n\n12:30 pm: LUNCH BREAK \n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n01:30 pm: SESSION 4 – NICHE MARKET AND SPECIAL NEEDS \n\n\nChairman: Paul-Henri Matha \n\n\nVolvo Trucks – Berk Keskin\, Head of Exterior Design \n\n\n• One Light\, Two Worlds: A Designer’s View on Car and Truck Lighting \n\n\nAspoeck – Kevin Riepl\, Head of Group Innovation & PPM; Daniel Strubreiter\, Head of Engineering: \n\n\n• Lighting- and assistance systems on heavy trailers \n\n\nWipac Technology\, Lanzante & LESS – Simon Baker\, Head of Advanced Development; Paul Howse\, Chief Designer & Yann Tissot\, CEO/Founder: \n\n\n• OEM\, Tier 1 and Tier 2 new technology collaboration – First to Market \n\n\n02:00 pm: SESSION 5 – INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING EE TO SUPPORTChairman: Alfred Vollmer \n\n\nOPmobility – Andreas Schramm\, Innovation Product Manager – Electronics: \n\n\n• The smart way to an LDM-less headlamp: How the next-generation E/E architecture enables a more efficient approach \n\n\nEnnostar – Dr. Meng-Yu Ho\, Senior Director of Automotive Product Development: \n\n\n• Mini LED ISD for Automotive: A Chip-to-Module Framework \n\n\nRobert Bosch – Gregor Sunderdiek\, Group Manager Intellectual Property Products: \n\n\n• CAN FD light for next generation E/E architectures \n\n\nMelexis – Andreas Laute\, Product Manager\, Exterior Lighting: \n\n\n• A Multi-Channel LED Driver IC Approach for Exterior Lighting with High Flexibility \n\n\nams Osram – Lufei Shen\, Product Manager: \n\n\n• Cost-effective system solutions using OSP-based LED Drivers \n\n\nIndiemicro – Lingjun Wang\, SD of EMEA and North America\, indiemicro: \n\n\n• Innovation Amid New Trends in Automotive Lighting \n\n\nMacroblock – Gary Chang\, LED Display And Lighting Product Manager: \n\n\n• Macroblock LED Driver ICs Enable the Next Generation of Intelligent Signal Displays And Ambient Lighting \n\n\nInova Semiconductors – Gerhard Nill\, Senior Product Manager: \n\n\nROUND TABLE \n\n\n03:00 pm: COFFEE BREAK \n\n\nSponsored by Nichia \n\n\n03:30 pm: SESSION 6 – SUSTAINABILITY AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD \n\n\nChairman: Paul-Henri Matha \n\n\nCovestro & Forvia Hella – Jan Helmig & Mathias Niedling\, Global Technical Marketing Mobility Lighting & Head of Sustainability @ Business Group Lighting: \n\n\n• NALYSES Sustainable Headlamp Demonstrator: Innovative Design Meets More Sustainable Materials \n\n\nValeo – Grégory Planche & Laurent Barré\, Lighting Circular Economy Program Manager & Engineer: \n\n\n• Circular Polymers in Automotive lighting : New Circular Value Chain \n\n\nEmerson Branson – Marian Blasko\, Key Account Manager: \n\n\n• Innovating the Future: Sustainable Headlamp Assembly Process \n\n\nSumitomo Chemical – Oliver Vollmar\, Business Development Manager: \n\n\n• A solution for sustainable lighting – proposal from New PMMA materials \n\n\nLumileds – Wolfgang Schiene\, Director Product Management Auto LED Solutions – Headlighting: \n\n\n• Replaceable LUXEON Go light source modules\, easing repairability in a sustainable headlamp architecture \n\n\nDVN – Paul Henri Matha\, CEO: \n\n\n• Synthesis of DVN deep-dive \n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n04:40 pm: CLOSURE \n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView full photo gallery\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition is full! Interested by sponsoring the workshop? Contact us! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmilie Bonnet\, Marketing & Communication Director: ebonnet@drivingvisionnews.com
URL:https://demodvn.icws.fr/event/dvn-munich-lighting-workshop/
LOCATION:Small Olympia Park\, Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21\, München\, 80809\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lighting
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