Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Welcome
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh

Battery Safety - A Key Player for E-Mobility
Dr. Jörg Moser - Graz University of Technology

Introduction and motivation for research activities in the field of battery safety
Vision and challenges of battery safety
Outlook on future developments and open key research fields

Battery Safety Testing: Current Status and Future Needs
Dr. Natalia Lebedeva - European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Development of a regulatory test procedure for thermal propagation in battery electric vehicles
Safety requirements for stationary battery energy storage systems

Best Operations and Technical Solutions for future BEV - High Voltage Systems
Dr. Josef Ecker - Fill GmbH

Simulation-based Prediction of Mechanically Induced Short-circuits in Battery Cells
Patrick Kolm - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH

Characterization, Modeling and Evaluation of LV and HV Components for use in xEV Crash Simulations
Siegfried Hartwig - AVL LIST GMBH

Second-Life Batteries: Potential Applications and Associated Risks
Emanuele Michelini - Graz University of Technology

From Testing to Simulation: Improving Battery Safety by Abuse Testing and Digital Twins
Dr. Martin Schwab - 4a engineering GmbH

Test up to Abuse
Marcel Strub - DTC Dynamic Test Center AG

What load spectra and hazards must a traction battery withstand?
What are the diverse testing challenges?
What are the requirements of the vehicle manufacturers and the authorities (approvals)?

Evening Reception at Kunsthauscafe Graz
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Euro NCAP Protocol Updates and Roadmap 2030
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute

Euro NCAP Roadmap 2030
- Overall Rating System - New Rating System from 2026+
- Grading for Automated Driving
- Commercial Vehicle Safety: Vans & HGV

Insights into the Euro NCAP Passive Safety Updates
Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

Frontal impact
- Revised MPDB
- Full width
- Knee mapping / Sled test
- Child safety dynamic
Side impact
- Barrier Side impact
- Pole Side impact
- Roll Over Incentives
Whiplash

Updates on U.S. NCAP Pedestrian Protection and on Bharat NCAP
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh

U.S. NCAP
- Pedestrian protection test procedures
- Assessment procedures
- Differences from Euro NCAP
BNCAP
- Test procedures
- Assessment procedures
- Star ratings

Legal Requirements for Passive Safety
Oliver Zander - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute

Focus: Pedestrian Safety
- Amendments to UN-R 127 (GSR, ARHSS)
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/535 (FPS)
- Amendment to UN-GTR9 (DPPS)
Further Passive Vehicle Safety Topics at GRSP & WP.29 / Current Status of Crash Regulations
- Frontal Impacts
- Lateral Impacts
- Child Restraint Systems
- Children in Buses and Coaches
- Head Restraints

Keynote: OEM Perspective on Driver Monitoring and Occupant Status Systems
Dr.-Ing. Sven Nitsche - BMW AG

Requirements landscape
Systems overview
Raising the safety benefit
Interior sensing tasks & challenges
- Driver attentiveness
- Driver state
- Belt status, CPD
- Occupant characterization

Euro NCAP Far Side Virtual Testing Protocol
Ass. Prof. Dr. Corina Klug - Graz University of Technology

HBM for Product Development in Automotive Applications
Oliver Zehbe - Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH

Holistic Pedestrian Safety Assessment for Average Males and Females
Christoph Leo - Graz University of Technology

Why do we need holists assessment?
How to describe current pedestrian crash scenarios and their relevance based on field-data?
How can the overall injury risk of pedestrian accidents for the whole population of collisions scenarios be determined, taking into account active and passive safety systems?

Farewell and Closing Remarks
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh