June 25 – 26, 2025  |  Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

 Wednesday, June 25, 2025 

The times given here refer to CEST = UTC+2h

09:00

Welcome

Präsident und Professor Markus Oeser - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

09:10

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

Bernd Lorenz - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

09:30

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

Oliver Zander - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute
  • 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

Luis Pablo Jean Sosa - Volkswagen de Mexico
  • NCAP requirements
  • Euro NCAP vs Latin NCAP
  • Practical example

11:00

VW Proactive Pedestrian Protection: AEB based Reversible Bonnet

Guillem Ajates Temprana - Volkswagen AG
  • Combining AEB and active bonnet
  • Integrated reversibility
  • System timing in pedestrian crash event

Volkswagen ID.7 Proactive Pedestrian Protection

11:20

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

Heiner Ackers - Edscha Engineering GmbH
  • Kinematics studies and the basics of the system
  • Technical realization of the system integration
  • Simulations and test results

EDSCHA R-DPPS

11:40

Lunch Break

12:35

Bus Transfer to the Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

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 A6 e-tron
    • Ford Capri
    • KIA EV3
    • Mercedes-Benz CLA
    • Mini Countryman
    • Volkswagen ID.7
    • VOLVO EX90

FORD CAPRI KIA EV3
Mercedes-Benz CLA Mini Countryman
Volkswagen ID.7 Volvo_EX90_260.jpg

 

 Thursday, June 26, 2025 

09:00

Development and Validation of Thoracic Impactor for Pedestrian Collision

Yongcheng Long - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. Ltd. (CAERI)
  • Accident Investigation and Injury Analysis ​
  • ​Design philosophy of the impactor​
  • ​Biofidelity verification of the impactor​

09:30

Development of a Pedestrian Thorax Impactor

Dr. Sevgi Saraç Karadeniz - OTEST A.Ş.
  • Thorax impactor
  • Flat front vehicles
  • Pedestrian protection tests

10:00

Coffee Break

10:30

aPLI Round Robin

Björn Hohage - AUDI AG
  • 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

11:00

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Jan Wilsmann - BMW AG

11:30

News from Euro NCAP

Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

12:10

Lunch Break

13:10

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

Adrian Hellmann - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute
  • Euro NCAP VRU 2025 ADAS Assessments
  • BASt‘s Test Equipment & Test Track
  • Detailed Look Into Test Protocol Passenger Cars
  • Euro NCAP Test Protocol 2026

13:40

Assessment Schemes for the the next Generation of C-NCAP

Yuanjin Pei - CATARC - China Automotive Technology & Research Center
  • Roadmap
  • Windscreen Assessment
  • Adaptability of Safety Performance
  • Integrated Safety - ADAS-based Active Bonnet

14:10

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

Dr.-Ing. Holger Staack - AUDI AG
  • Classification of VT
  • VT Application today and future
  • Challenges
  • Fields of research

14:40

Coffee Break

15:10

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

Jonathan Torres Luis - Volkswagen de México
  • 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

15:40

AI-based Motion Reconstruction to Support Validation

Vinod Kumar Madras Gunasekaran - Bertrandt AG
  • 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

16:10

Comparison of Different HBM Models in Structure and Kinematics

Stefan Hundertmark - EDAG Engineering GmbH
  • Comparison of the structure of the HBM
  • Comparison of kinematics when impacting generic vehicle models

 

 

Program subject to change.

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