09:00

Welcome

09:10

20th PraxisConference - Looking back on the Evolution of VRU Protection

09:30

Windscreen Fracture Behaviour during Component and Full Scale Dummy Tests for Passive Pedestrian Safety

• Current legal assessment criteria
• Comparison of impactor and full scale dummy tests
• Applicability and ideas for a possible way forward

10:00

Coffee Break

10:30

Windscreen Fracture Behavior

• NCAP requirements
• Euro NCAP vs Latin NCAP
• Practical example

11:00

VW Proactive Pedestrian Protection: AEB based Reversible Bonnet

• Combining AEB and active bonnet
• Integrated reversibility
• System timing in pedestrian crash event

11:20

The Technical Background behind the Realization of a Multiple Reusable DPPS in the current VW ID.7

• Kinematics studies and the basics of the system
• Technical realization of the system integration
• Simulations and test results

11:40

Lunch Break

12:35

Bus Transfer zur BASt

13:30

PRAXIS:
Laboratory & Proving Ground of the German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt)
Analysis and Discussion of Pedestrian Protection Measures of Current Vehicles

• Demos
  • Vehicle mark-up with a focus on the windscreen impact area
  • Impact test with an aPLI
  • Demos active safety
  • Demo Biofidelic Dummy
• Vehicle Presentations
  • AUDI S6 Avant e-tron
  • Ford Capri
  • KIA EV3
  • Mercedes-Benz CLA
  • Mini Countryman
  • Volkswagen ID.7
  • VOLVO EX90

17:00

End of the first Conference Day

19:00

Evening Reception at Joseph's Cologne

09:00

Development and Validation of Thoracic Impactor for Pedestrian Collision

• Accident Investigation and Injury Analysis ​
• ​Design philosophy of the impactor​
• ​Biofidelity verification of the impactor​

09:00

Development of a Pedestrian Thorax Impactor

• Thorax impactor
• Flat front vehicles
• Pedestrian protection tests

09:30

aPLI Round Robin

• Execution of comparative tests in at least 4 laboratories with at least 9 different impactors on a generalized test frame
• Preparation of the test results with regard to the current Euro NCAP evaluation scheme
• Initial investigations into the causes of scattering

10:00

Coffee Break

10:30

A Manufacturer's View on the Global VRU Protection Requirements and their Influences

• Looking back at the last decades of designing VRU friendly cars
• Status quo
• Possible focus of future requirements

11:00

Current Euro NCAP Active Safety Test Procedures for Vulnerable Road Users 2025 and Outlook to 2026

• Euro NCAP VRU 2025 ADAS Assessments
• BASt‘s Test Equipment & Test Track
• Detailed Look Into Test Protocol Passenger Cars
• Euro NCAP Test Protocol 2026

11:30

Assessment Schemes for the the next Generation of C-NCAP

• Roadmap
• Windscreen Assessment
• Adaptability of Safety Performance
• Integrated Safety - ADAS-based Active Bonnet

12:00

Virtual Testing (VT) in VRU Safety – an OEM Perspective

• Classification of VT
• VT Application today and future
• Challenges
• Fields of research

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Volkswagen Jetta: Challenges, Achievements, and Commitment to Pedestrian Protection

• Volkswagen de México: History and Consolidation as a Development Center for New Projects
• Current Situation of Road Accidents in Mexico and the importance of developing components that improve safety in automobiles.
• Adaptation of the Jetta to Changes in Latin NCAP Protocols
• Development of Features at Volkswagen de México for Safety (Pedestrian Protection)
• Excellence in Safety: Achievement of 5 Stars in Latin NCAP (VRU) for Our Consumers

14:00

AI-based Motion Reconstruction to Support Validation

• AI based motion tracking of impactors
• Heatmap prediction --> Supervised Learning & Training of AI model
• Processing of trajectories
• Camera Calibration
• 2D reconstruction for FE model validation

14:30

Comparison of Different HBM Models in Structure and Kinematics

• Comparison of the structure of the HBM
• Comparison of kinematics when impacting generic vehicle models

15:00

News from Euro NCAP

15:40

Closing Remarks & Farewell