Session 1

• Level 4 automation comes first to fleet operations: robotaxis, buses, light and heavy trucks.
• Already four companies are offering driverless commercial services carrying people and goods on public roads in the U.S.  Others are running in China. 
• Key use cases will be discussed and an estimated timeline provided.  Implications for the passenger car industry will be considered.

• DRIVE PILOT Customer Functionalities, Architecture and Design
• The need of safe data services in the context of DRIVE PILOT
• How can ISO 26262 be applied in the context of data services
• How to build a safety argument to support the „safeness” of data services
• Integration of “safe” data services in the context of safety system for driving assistance systems.
• How to improve this concept of safe data services

Session 2

• Swarm data aggregation activities
• Usage of the data
• Challenges involved

• Overview of functions in the field (VW Group and competition).
• Create conditions for cooperative driving: Standardization / differences between regions
• External requirements (NCAPs of the world)

Session 3

• Uncertainty in the flow of liability leads insurers to follow various approaches to insuring “test” AV operations
• Recent vehicle regulations and guidance from NHTSA has created a path for commercialization of AV production
• The current US tort system is considered sufficient by experts to handle questions of liability for AVs – and there will likely not be any legislative change unless prompted by dangerous incidents or by manufacturers’ need for clarity
• The insurance structure for commercialized AV operations will likely not follow the structure for insurance of AV test operations

• Key philosophy for rating ALKS
• Utilising virtual and physical testing
• Providing confidence to consumers
• Next steps

• The scope of this work is to provide scientific evidence for future regulatory needs and to improve existing regulations, hence the need to confront our findings with the constituency
• Summary of the European Parliament newly adopted framework for type approval and market surveillance of road vehicles  (EU 858/2018) 
• Experiences with execution and assessment of vehicle safety: lane departure warning, advanced emergency braking of trucks and passenger cars on proving grounds and real roads and other tests
• While technologies, which ensure safety not only on proving grounds but on real roads exist, some cars changes control strategies and are very sensitive to the variation of testing conditions
• We introduced robustness index to quantify the sensitivity of ADAS on perturbations of driving and environmental conditions

Session 4

• Autonomous Vehicles Risk Assessment framework
• Our partnership with Baidu
• Regulatory considerations

• Liability and regulatory framework in Germany
• Data needs: EDR / DSSAD / sensor data and concept of an independent data trustee
• Accident research projects at the Allianz Center for Technology
• Market readiness and upcoming challenges

Session 5

• Smart technology is not evenly distributed, and sensors cannot cope with everything
• The vehicle and driver empower each other and help each other overcome their respective challenges
• People, vehicles, and the infrastructure all working together are key

• Development of a highly immersive driving simulator for safety evaluation in assisted and automated driving.
• The progressive implementation of assisted and automated driving functions changes the interaction between the human driver and vehicle.
• Alignment of the driving simulator cockpit to investigate new HMI principles for safe driver-vehicle interaction.
• A new understanding of the HMI and derivation of regulation is necessary.

• Paradigm shift through the introduction of vehicles with automated driving functions from SAE level 3: Vehicle and manufacturer assume responsibility for vehicle guidance during automated driving
• New challenges for technical compliance and rule-compliant product design
  • Traffic rules previously observed by the driver must be incorporated into the design and safeguarding of vehicles
  • Rules of the StVO must be translated into technical specifications
• The standard of comparison for assessing system performance must be defined in comparison to the human driver.

Session 6

• Risk assessment retrospective vs. prospective: "When creating innovative systems, there are rarely opportunities to use statistical empirical values."
• "In retrospect, one is always smarter!" – the guiding principle above every innovation office
• 100% security is possible! You just have to reduce the availability of the system to zero!
• Functional safety - safety in use - SOTIF: isn't it all the same, just with different titles?
• A positive risk balance is a prerequisite for the approval of automated driving functions. Is that also enough to defend individual cases?
• "Statistical illiteracy"? Is there such a thing with automated driving?

• Method Determination of the requirements for the automated driving function based on accident data.
• Consideration of the risk balance over the development process
• Role of simulation in determining the risk balance

• Requirements for the placing on the market of automated driving systems
• Special requirements for product monitoring and market surveillance
• Proof of operational reliability as a prerequisite for acceptance in the product life cycle
• Quantitative risk assessment and acceptance limits
  • Importance of voluntariness, controllability and personal benefit
  • Comparison of concepts for determining risk acceptance limits
• Exemplary implementation and necessary further developments

Session 7

• Safety and validation of L4 automated driving
• Incremental architecture approach

• Comparison of main risks under civil, criminal and public law
• Pursuing a holistic approach across the full development and product life cycle
• Trends and recent developments in dealing with safety and compliance issues
• Challenges in documentation and communication (both internal and external)
• Discussion of possible defence strategies

Session 8

• Autonomous transport systems will be added to the set of available mobility solutions in the upcoming years
• To make this possible, topics like technical solutions, legal framework for approval, tasks in daily operation etc. have to be addressed and solved
• Introduction into this field

• Insurance of autonomous vehicles in test environments and pilots
• Risks of autonomous vehicles in urban applications
• Procedure for deriving an adequate risk model

• Teledriving (remotely driving a vehicle) provides another perspective on different safety domains
• Our teledrivers are safety operators of Vay
• Vehicles in public road traffic.