BRAKING PLENARY


Focus Day | 11 June 2024

7:30 am - 8:50 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

8:50 am - 9:00 am AUTOMOTIVE IQ WELCOMES YOU TO AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS USA 2025

9:00 am - 9:05 am CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION LED BY OEM & TIER-1 COMPANIES

  • Hear OEMs and Tier-1 future plans for collaboration between steering, braking

and suspension systems

  • Understand OEM and Tier-1 thoughts on required architecture, sensor

considerations and actuator designs for integrated chassis controls

  • Learn about worked examples and applications in which OEMs and Tier-1s are

engaging in coordinated control

  • Assess the cost implications of integrated systems, and potential cost saving

solutions

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Mahmoud Abdelfatah

Systems Manager - Steering
Hitachi Astemo

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Olivier Pugliese

Head of Strategy & Product Planning, Americas, Chassis Solutions Division
ZF Group

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Siranjeevi Srinivasa Raghavan

Lead Cybersecurity System Engineer
ZF Group

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Bin Li

Engineering Specialist
Cummins

9:55 am - 10:35 am DEFINING ACCEPTABLE CYBERSECURITY IN MODERN VEHICLES: NAVIGATING COMPLIANCE, RISK AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN INTEGRATED CHASSIS SYSTEMS
Siranjeevi Srinivasa Raghavan - Lead Cybersecurity System Engineer, ZF Group

PRESENTATION

  • Find out about the impact of modularized chassis controls on integrated

chassis control implementation

  • Discuss what happens if an OEM decides to go with independent vendors for

the three big systems: how can they coexist?

  • Learn whether there are any specific cons to integrated chassis control

architecture

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Siranjeevi Srinivasa Raghavan

Lead Cybersecurity System Engineer
ZF Group

10:45 am - 11:20 am MORNING REFRESHMENT BREAK

INTEGRATED CHASSIS CONTROL PANEL DISCUSSION LED BY OEMs

& TIER 1 COMPANIES

The industry’s interest in integrated chassis control has grown recently, leading

to companies exploring centralized controller concepts using components in the

system as smart actuators.

Join this panel discussion as OEMs and Tier-1s address the following:

  • Learn what is the OEM’s preferred architectures for integrated chassis control,

and what they think is the hardware that should be used

  • Find out how integrated chassis control works in a fully integrated vehicle,

how it is being designed and where redundancy lies in the system

  • Listen as OEMs and suppliers discuss and establish individual responsibilities

when designing integrated chassis control systems

  • Establish where responsibility lies for ensuring functional safety of the system
  • Hear multiple perspectives on combining multiple actuators instead of

doubling up on front actuators

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Zachary Sabato

Senior Engineer, Vehicle Dynamics and Chassis Control
Hyundai Mobis North America

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Sameer Kolte

Senior Manager, Feature & Systems Engineering, Autonomy
Rivian Automotive

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Mahmoud Abdelfatah

Systems Manager - Steering
Hitachi Astemo

12:00 pm - 12:40 pm FUNCTIONAL SAFETY IN INTEGRATED CHASSIS CONTROLS
Lauren Klena - Cybersecurity Technical Program Manager, ZF Group

PANEL DISCUSSION

  • Hear how functional safety requirements are driving the design of multi

actuator integrated systems

  • Learn how integration can ensure functional safety in a way that redundancy

typically does

  • Find out how overall integrated control of the vehicle can provide the ability to

manage safety at a system level

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Lauren Klena

Cybersecurity Technical Program Manager
ZF Group

12:40 pm - 1:50 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

1:50 pm - 2:30 pm TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE COSTS OF INTEGRATED CHASSIS CONTROLS

PRESENTATION

  • Learn best practices to manage and bring down the cost of integrated chassis

control systems

  • Understand how to achieve more mechatronic control and higher functioning

vehicle performance while still keeping tabs on cost

Question & Answer Session

PANEL DISCUSSION

Join this panel discussion where experts will explore how looking to peripheral

industries, like aerospace and motorsport, can inspire innovative solutions to

common integrated chassis control challenges, such as SbW, functional safety,

and distributed control. The conversations will focus on the role of transparency,

information sharing, and overcoming the barriers created by intellectual property

in driving progress. A great opportunity to share insights and discuss how to

break down walls that inhibit collaboration and innovation

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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

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Lauren Klena

Cybersecurity Technical Program Manager
ZF Group

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Siranjeevi Srinivasa Raghavan

Lead Cybersecurity System Engineer
ZF Group

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm DRIVING THE NEED TO STANDARDIZE INTERFACES & CENTRALIZED CONTROLS STANDARDIZATION: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr.Barna Szimandl - Senior Manager Brakes, Thyssenkrupp Presta AG


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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm HANDS-ON ‘RIDE & DRIVE’ EVENT

Back for 2025, where event attendees will be taken to a well-known proving

ground in the Michigan area where they will be able to get behind the wheel, in

the driver’s seat to experience functionalities and performance of demonstrator

vehicles, including off-road vehicles. You can explain a topic on paper, but once

you experience it and get a true sense of performance, you are more likely

to prioritize it and offer it to your customers. Do not miss this opportunity to

experience the latest innovations in suspension, braking and steering.

  • Details on demonstrator vehicles that will be available to ‘ride & drive’ will be

announced soon

4:15 pm - 6:15 pm END OF FOCUS DAY & NETWORKING RECEPTION

Main Day One | 12 June 2024

7:30 am - 8:50 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

8:50 am - 9:00 am AUTOMOTIVE IQ WELCOME

9:00 am - 9:05 am CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS

9:05 am - 9:45 am EXAMINE THE CURRENT STATE & PACE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS INDUSTRY AND FUTURE OEM ROADMAP
Mauricio Dominguez - Analyst, S&P Global

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

  • Get a complete update on the current state of the automotive chassis industry

and the macro level trends influencing changes in this space

  • Understand the OEM’s pain points in relation to chassis systems development
  • Learn how business models are changing/will change now and in the future
  • Examine industry outlook for market penetration of integrated chassis control

systems

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Mauricio Dominguez

Analyst
S&P Global

KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION FOCUSING ON VEHICLE

ELECTRIFICATION

  • Find out how these experts see systems playing a role in terms of energy

efficiency and how they are leveraging the ability of an EV propulsion torque

delivery to improve the behaviour of their systems

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Nick Ridenour

Vehicle Performance Owner of Deceleration
General Motors

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Jeff Helner

Head of Brakes and Steering
Hyundai Mobis

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Ishmaeel Ghouri

Brake Systems - Lead Engineer
JLR

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Ramakrishna Vijayakumar

Product Owner- Steer-by-Wire
General Motors

10:15 am - 10:45 am LEARN HOW TO MAKE ARCHITECTURE CHANGES/RE-BUILD THE SYSTEM TO ACCOMODATE STEER-BY-WIRE SYSTEMS
Zachary Sabato - Senior Engineer, Vehicle Dynamics and Chassis Control, Hyundai Mobis North America

PRESENTATION

  • Hear about solutions for fall back and redundancy in

safety critical brake systems

  • Learn about fall back solutions in electrical vehicle

architecture

  • Understand how to get brake-by-wire fall back and

redundancy products/solutions on vehicles

Question & Answer Session

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Zachary Sabato

Senior Engineer, Vehicle Dynamics and Chassis Control
Hyundai Mobis North America

10:45 am - 11:30 am MORNING NETWORKING BREAK

11:30 am - 11:35 am BRAKING CHAIR PERSON'S REMARKS
Dr.Barna Szimandl - Senior Manager Brakes, Thyssenkrupp Presta AG
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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

PANEL DISCUSSION

  • Discuss OEM decision processes for brake-by-wire:

How are decisions being made and what criteria are

companies using

  • Establish cost targets and enablers that drive OEM

decisions

  • Learn details on how OEMs are deploying technology

into the market across their vehicle lines and where

they are seeing success

Question & Answer Session

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Peter Olejnik

Head of Safety & Motion Innovation North America
Continental AG

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David Antanaitis

Technical Fellow - Brakes and Controls
General Motors

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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm EXAMINE SOLUTIONS FOR BRAKE-BY-WIRE FALL BACK & REDUNDANCY PRESENTATION

VENDOR-LED PRESENTATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

DEMOS

  • Deep diving into rotors, coatings, filtration systems

and novel materials for brakes

  • Assess cradle to grave durability of brake materials
  • Understand environmental aspects of brake materials

– are there any new or upcoming technology to use to

improve brake systems?

PRESENTATION/PANEL DISCUSSION

  • Understand what is making it hard for people to put

trust in new technology when going from a completely

different platform to a new one

  • Sharing recommendations and measures to gain the

trust of people and organizations in AI

  • Understand what the system would do if there’s a fault

in an electronic system and how many backup systems

are needed if there’s a glitch


Question & Answer Session

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Deepak Rammohan

Engineering Project Manager - Steering Systems/ADAS Programs
ZF Group

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Peter Olejnik

Head of Safety & Motion Innovation North America
Continental AG

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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

1:10 pm - 2:15 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK & WALK-THROUGH EXHIBITION AREA

2:15 pm - 2:50 pm UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HOLDING BACK ROLL-OUT & IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKES
Nicholas Mawhinney - Head of Future Brake Systems Project House North America, Continental

ADDRESSING KEY CONCERNS & LIMITATIONS

INCLUDING COST, FAILURES & BACK-UP SYSTEMS

AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM

  • Explore reasons why OEMs are holding back from

rolling out electromechanical brakes

  • Find out how cost and trying to get the whole system

to work rather than replacing one component are

preventing EMB implementation

  • Understand failures of electromechanical brakes: If

there’s a problem with the computer, what happens?

Does the whole brake system not work so there are no

brakes and the car rolls? Are there fail safes? Are there

backup systems?

  • Understand how suppliers work on architecture

application, the car and limitations for an

electromechanical brake system


Question & Answer Session

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Nicholas Mawhinney

Head of Future Brake Systems Project House North America
Continental

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING
David Antanaitis - Technical Fellow - Brakes and Controls, General Motors

REGENERATIVE BRAKING PRESENTATION

  • Learn how to realize the maximum benefit of

regenerative braking in the vehicle design and energy

efficiency

  • Gain insight into the partnership of regenerative and

friction braking and how they benefit one another

  • Hear about the some of the key challenges in

integrating regen and friction braking and what

considerations they drive

  • Explore how regen braking may shape brake system

design in the future


Question & Answer Session

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David Antanaitis

Technical Fellow - Brakes and Controls
General Motors

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm DRY VS. WET BRAKING ROADMAP: WHEN WILL THE TRANSITION HAPPEN & ARE COMPANIES FAVOURING ONE VERSUS THE OTHER?
Sridhar Gurram - Principal Business Development Manager, Renesas Electronics

PRESENTATIONS SHOWCASING BENEFITS EMB

CAN OFFER TODAY & IN THE FUTURE

  • Examine the future of electromechanical braking

systems: What can these systems deliver, and do they

offer a benefit to what we have now?

  • Learn what additional functionality is can be achieved

with electromechanical brake systems

  • Understand the capabilities of electromechanical

brakes in terms of innovations and flexibility

  • Discuss why electromechanical systems are better

from a sustainability standpoint

  • Hear suppliers EMB concepts in terms of architecture,

actuation and discuss the limitations of those systems

  • Uncover how to ensure that electric brake systems

don’t have any disadvantages compared to traditional

systems

Question & Answer Session

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Sridhar Gurram

Principal Business Development Manager
Renesas Electronics

3:50 pm - 4:30 pm AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm LEARN ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF POSITION SENSORS IN VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS AND X-BY-WIRE APPLICATIONS.
Stephan Schwarzkopf - Senior Product Marketing Manager Position and Temperature Sensors, AMS Osram Group


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Stephan Schwarzkopf

Senior Product Marketing Manager Position and Temperature Sensors
AMS Osram Group

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm NIDEC AMEC VIEW IN ELECTRIFICATION TREND OF CHASSIS SYSTEMS
Pascal Guardiola - Business Development Manager, Nidec
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Pascal Guardiola

Business Development Manager
Nidec

5:30 pm - 5:35 pm CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY ONE
Dr.Barna Szimandl - Senior Manager Brakes, Thyssenkrupp Presta AG
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Dr.Barna Szimandl

Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG

5:35 pm - 7:35 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION

Main Day Two | 13 June 2024

8:00 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

9:00 am - 9:05 am CHAIRPERSON’S REMARKS & RECAP OF PREVIOUS DAYS

KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION

This panel of experts will take stage to discuss ways to convince the industry

and teams on the trustworthiness of AI in commercial steering, braking and

chassis systems.

  • Explore what guards can be put together to make AI safe with fellow

professionals across the automotive industry

  • Understand whether there are any rules from a government body, SAE, IEEE

or ISO to hold people accountable when implementing AI

  • Leave with the knowledge you need to safely implement the use of AI in

steering, braking and chassis systems development

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Hunter Poole

Vehicle Dynamics & Control Engineer
General Motors

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Ramakrishna Vijayakumar

Product Owner- Steer-by-Wire
General Motors

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Daniel Vilela

Virtual Development Engineering Group Manager
General Motors

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Chidambaram Subramanian

Lead Technical Specialist - Braking
Volvo Trucks North America

9:45 am - 10:20 am EXAMINE THE USE OF ROBUST LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND AI TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND PREDICTIONS & TACKLE KEY CHALLENGES INCLUDING HALLUCINATIONS
Saikiran Divakaruni - Head of Engineering – Data Science & AI, ZF Group

USE CASES ON HOW TO PUT AI TO PRACTICAL USE

  • Hear practical use cases where artificial intelligence has been used
  • Find out which steering models are robust enough to prevent hallucination

and ensure accurate responses

  • Learn what bottom line, measurable benefits can be gained by putting artificial

intelligence to work

Question & Answer Session

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Saikiran Divakaruni

Head of Engineering – Data Science & AI
ZF Group

10:20 am - 11:00 am OPTIMIZING THE NEXT GENERATION GREASE FOR EPS WORM GEARS
Erik Reis - Business Development Manager, Fuchs Lubricants

PRESENTATION

  • Learn about industry efforts to optimize brake feel &

brake blending

  • Understand how to have a smooth transition between

regenerative braking and frictional braking

Question & Answer Session

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Erik Reis

Business Development Manager
Fuchs Lubricants

11:00 am - 11:40 am MORNING NETWORKING BREAK

11:40 am - 12:20 pm FULLY UNDERSTAND EXACT/SPECIFIC COMPONENTS FOR EURO 7s REGULATIONS AND PLANS/TIMELINES FOR INTRODUCING NEW LEGISLATION
Ishmaeel Ghouri - Brake Systems - Lead Engineer, JLR

PRESENTATION

  • Understand plans and timelines for introducing Euro-7

legislation

  • Understand how these regulations will expand around

the world

  • Discuss what regulation means for steering systems

and how the industry is preparing to conform to such

regulation


Question & Answer Session

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Ishmaeel Ghouri

Brake Systems - Lead Engineer
JLR

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm FUTURE BRAKE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES
Bin Li - Engineering Specialist, Cummins

PRESENTATION

  • Hear how to validate and verify new braking system

designs in the most cost-efficient way

  • Discuss what the ideal split between hardware &

software development responsibilities is

  • Explore approaches to develop software and hardware

for braking systems


Question & Answer Session

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Bin Li

Engineering Specialist
Cummins

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK & WALK-THROUGH EXHIBITION AREA

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm BRAKING, STEERING & SUSPENSION SYSTEMS FOR HEAVY DUTY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES/TRUCKS PRESENTATION FOCUSING ON FUTURE TRENDS, LEVEL OF REDUNDANCY NEEDED & REMEDIAL ACTION MODES IN THE EVENT OF SYSTEM FAILURE
Chidambaram Subramanian - Lead Technical Specialist - Braking, Volvo Trucks North America

INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS

  • Learn what pad manufacturers are doing to lower

emissions

  • Understand specific technical solutions to lower

tailpipe emissions

  • Hear real world use cases where companies have used

technical solutions to lower tailpipe emissions


Question & Answer Session

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Chidambaram Subramanian

Lead Technical Specialist - Braking
Volvo Trucks North America

PRESENTATION FOCUSING ON FUTURE TRENDS, LEVEL OF

REDUNDANCY NEEDED & REMEDIAL ACTION MODES IN THE EVENT

OF SYSTEM FAILURE

  • Discover future chassis system trends for light-duty trucks and semi-trucks
  • Understand level of redundancy needed for trucks
  • Explore the challenges of relying on mechanical backups for heavy-duty trucks
  • Discuss what needs to be done to stop heavy-duty vehicles and acceptable

remedial action modes during system failure


Question & Answer Session

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Ramakrishna Vijayakumar

Product Owner- Steer-by-Wire
General Motors

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Arun Shankar Shanmugasundaram

Senior Engineer, Steering & Suspension Simulation
Volvo Group

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm AFTERNOON REFRESHMENT BREAK & FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EXHIBITIORS

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm LEARN ABOUT NEW, SMART RESEARCH THAT IS UNDERWAY TO DESIGN BRAKE, STEERING & SUSPENSION SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
Deepak Rammohan - Engineering Project Manager - Steering Systems/ADAS Programs, ZF Group

R&D PRESENTATION

  • Existing braking systems are sophisticated for today’s needs. But are they

built for tomorrow’s autonomous vehicles. Find out what this expert thinks

  • Find out R&D efforts that are underway to overcome challenges with current

braking systems

  • Learn how to bring new-generation systems to market


Question & Answer Session

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Deepak Rammohan

Engineering Project Manager - Steering Systems/ADAS Programs
ZF Group

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm DELVE INTO THE FUNCTIONAL SAFETY SIDE OF L3/L4 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING LEARN HOW TO SATISFY REDUNANCY & UNDERSTAND HOW CONTROL IS MANAGED IN L4 VEHICLES
Sundar Bala - Senior System Safety Engineer of Brakes, General Motors
Venkateswara Raju Mudunuri - ADAS Senior System Safety Engineer, General Motors

LEARN HOW TO SATISFY REDUNANCY & UNDERSTAND HOW

CONTROL IS MANAGED IN L4 VEHICLES

  • If your power fails, how do you prove redundancy and who is the ultimate

authority? Get answers to this commonly asked question

  • Understand rules and regulations from the government on autonomous

driving to satisfy redundancy

  • Understand types of challenges companies are facing and how they’re tackling

them when developing technologies that are expected to perform with

different ADAS functions and features on the vehicle level

  • Learn to manage control in L4/L5 autonomous vehicles


Question & Answer Session

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Sundar Bala

Senior System Safety Engineer of Brakes
General Motors

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Venkateswara Raju Mudunuri

ADAS Senior System Safety Engineer
General Motors

4:45 pm - 4:55 pm CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS USA 2025
William Bouse - Technical Specialist Mechatronics/Steering, International Motors
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William Bouse

Technical Specialist Mechatronics/Steering
International Motors