13. – 15. Mai 2025 | Frankfurt/Hanau

Auto[nom]Mobil

14. – 15. Mai 2025

Mittwoch, 14.05.2025

09:00	Welcome Talk Dr.-Ing. Michael Fausten - Robert Bosch GmbH
Highlight Market Vorsitz: Dr.-Ing. Michael Fausten - Robert Bosch GmbH
09:30	Automated Driving - Why, How and When? Prof. Dr.-Ing. Steven Peters - Technische Universität Darmstadt Use cases in trucking and public transportation Further research Technological sovereignty
10:00	Autonomous Driving and Reality: It's Complicated. Alexander Bloch - Auto Motor und Sport When will autonomous driving really arrive? The distorted public perception. What do customers primarily expect from automated driving? Phantom braking: The conflict of safety and annoyance. Working by the book: How even small deviations throw systems off track. Is vision really enough – how many sensors do we really need?
10:30	What Is Happening Out There? – ADAS Market, Technology and Product Dr. Yuhan Yao - Robert Bosch GmbH Global overview of the rapidly evolving Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) landscape Key features, innovative products, and emerging technologies Market trends, consumer preferences, and regulatory influences Insights into the current state and future trajectory of automotive safety and automation
11:00	Kaffeepause
Highlight Homologation and Compliance Vorsitz: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Prokop - Technische Universität Dresden
11:30	Regulatory Requirements for the Homologation of Automated Driving Systems - Insights from the KBA Richard Damm - Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt A new framework for driver assistance systems at the UNECE Outline of current activities at the UNECE to regulate ADS AD Activities in Germany – The strategy of the Federal Government Status quo of L4 approvals in Germany
12:00	Life Cycle Compliance of AV Richard Goebelt - TÜV Verband e. V.; David Petanjek - AVL DiTEST Overcoming Regulatory Fragmentation: challenges posed by diverse regional regulatory systems that affect automated driving system safety Managing software updates for approved vehicles Enhancement of road safety by lifecycle safety of automated vehicles Recommendations for regulatory clarifications
12:30	Mittagspause
Environment Perception Vorsitz: Udo Steininger - TESACO GmbH
13:30	Future Sensing with Sensor Fusion Hassan Jan - Magna Electronics Sensor challenges including upcoming R&R Active Safety Sensor overview & Performance How Early Fusion improves the overall performance
14:00	Unlocking Collective Awareness for ADAS Maria Gatz - Magna Electronics V2X as a sensor: Enhancing perception beyond existing sensor limitations, and supporting real-time decision-making Challenges of trustworthiness and V2X technology fragmentation Integration considerations for Connected ADAS Opportunities for scalable, adaptive architectures to support safety relevant applications
14:30	Kaffeepause
System Stacks Vorsitz: Daniel Lipinski - ADMT GmbH
15:00	From Deep Fusion of Radar and Video Perception to E2E Automated Driving Eashwara Erahan, Dr. Jörg Wagner - Robert Bosch GmbH Modular E2E trained ADAS stack AI based early fusion/prediction/planning Temporal modelling
15:30	Mixed Reality as a Next Generation Development Tool Lukas Leonard Köning - BMW Group Description Mixed Reality as a development and validation method Pros and cons of the method BMW concept of a mixed reality vehicle Prospect of next steps and further research
16:00	Podium Discussion
17:00	Wrap Up Day 1 Dr.-Ing. Michael Fausten - Robert Bosch GmbH
18:30	Besuch der "Klassikstadt"
19:00	Conference Dinner

Donnerstag, 15.05.2025

Test and Validation I Vorsitz: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Helmer - Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
09:00	Statistical Validation of the BMW Personal Pilot L3 Apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Werling, Dr.-Ing. Christian Gold - BMW Group Comprehensive safety framework that guided the development and regulatory approval of BMW's first SAE Level 3 Automated Driving System Integration of Systems Engineering, Risk Analysis, and advanced methods from Statistical Learning Systematic identification and quantification of uncertainties in hazard scenarios, ensuring a Positive Risk Balance Alignment with automotive standards, providing a rigorous and transparent safety assurance process for Automated Driving Systems
09:30	Continuous XiL Test Pipeline for the Validation of ADAS Software Updates Martin Herrmann - IPG Automotive GmbH Overview of various real and virtual test environments for ADAS The challenge of simulating a complete sensor set Generating and feeding synthetic sensor and bus data in real time Advantages of using continuous XiL simulation in practice
Test and Validation II Vorsitz: Dr.-Ing. Christian Gold - BMW Group
10:00	Validation of Level 3 and 4 Functions: Challenges and Possible Solutions Dr.-Ing. Mohamed Essayed Bouzouraa - Audi AG What are the biggest challenges in validating automated driving functions What data volume and test depth do we need? What methods and disciplines do we need to solve the validation problem?
10:30	Kaffeepause
11:00	AI-Powered Auditing: Scaling Model and Data Validation with Intelligent Agents Dr. Dan Zhang - Robert Bosch GmbH Challenges in validating data and AI models Multi-modal LLMs for automated auditing Capabilities, Limitations & Key tools
11:30	5 Years on the Road - Lessons Learned from Testing AD Systems Sebastian Klaudt - fka GmbH Public road AD testing history- a recap Lessons learned from a multi project testing campaign of public road AD testing A non-OEM perspective on the challenges of approval for testing The importance of safety drivers Outlook and today’s boundary conditions
Highlight EU Perspective Vorsitz: Florian Ehrenberg - Magna Electronics Germany GmbH
12:00	How Competitive is the EU in Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM)? Perspective of the European CCAM Public-Private Partnership Christian Scharnhorst - Robert Bosch GmbH / Vice Chair of CCAM Association 2021-2024 Competitiveness of US, China and EU and their Automated Driving solutions – influencing factors, status and outlook Goals, structure, projects of the CCAM Partnership Targets and Elements of the EU “Industrial Action Plan”: Improvements in sight? Success factors and necessary changes in EU Research and Innovation to stay in the race
12:30	Mittagspause
Homologation and Testing Vorsitz: Gregor Kugelmann - Mercedes-Benz AG
13:45	Euro NCAP Strategy for Automated and Assisted Driving Richard Schram - Euro NCAP
14:15	How AI Influences the Validation and Homologation of ADAS and AF from the Perspective of International Standardisation Prof. Dr. Joachim Taiber - IAMTS Role of AI in vehicle and process automation AI Assurance in context of mobility Key questions to be addressed by the international standardization community How to build trust through robustness and explainability
14:45	From Development to Production: How to Ensure Compliance and Type Approval of an Autonomous Eco-system Benedikt Brecht - Volkswagen ADMT Hannover GmbH Vision of autonomous on-demand mobility services Digitisation of the human driver Regulatory hurdles and challenges Way forward
15:15	Wrap Up and Fare Well Dr.-Ing. Michael Fausten - Robert Bosch GmbH