Autonomous Vehicles Silicon Valley
February 23 - 24, 2021 | 100% Online
Broadcasting in ET
Broadcasting in ET
Agenda Day 1
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Leveraging Real-Time 3D Visualizations to Shorten the Design Cycle for AVs
Heiko Wenczel -
Head of Detroit Lab,
Epic Games
Autonomous Vehicle development is at the crossroads of many disciplines for visual and AI development. Unreal Engine is used in various ways to support those development efforts. Learn from different use cases from design evaluation to simulating environments and training the AI all the way to being the HMI display software.
• Dive deeper into the benefits of building and reviewing designs at human scale
• Leveraging insights from existing use cases to support new innovations across automotive HMI, infotainment, and digital cockpit experiences
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Roadmapping Urban Mobility to Fit Autonomous Vehicles into the Road Ahead
Sue Bai -
Chief Engineer, Automobile Technology Research Division,
Honda R&D America
Lauren Isaac - Director of Business Initiatives, EasyMile
Edwin Olson - Co-Founder and CEO, May Mobility
What challenges do stakeholders need to address to advance autonomous operation in smart cities across the US? Join AV leaders as they look at regulations, costs, and safety challenges of deploying fully level 5 operating vehicles to improve first-last mile commute.
· What will the future landscape of C-V2X technology and connected driving look like for SaaS short term vs long term?
· Address new data demands and usage from the development of autonomous technology to deployment
· Review what regulations and maintenance needs will look like to safely deploy and manage autonomous fleets
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm
Designing a Future-proof Architecture for the Software-Defined Everything Era
Dr. Florian Baumann -
CTO - Automotive & AI,
Dell Technologies
An extremely expanded ecosystem, new software-based architectures, broadly deployed connectivity and the ability to identify and monetize data are increasingly impacting automotive OEMs’ business models and profit pool. The automotive market beyond 2030 will look quite different compared to today’s, and consequently so will vehicle manufacturers’ traditional operating strategies. The development of a reliable and complete ecosystem is key for future success, both inside and outside the vehicle. The new functionalities found in cars today and expected in the future are not about hardware; instead the industry is entering the “software-defined everything” era. Software-defined vehicles and “functionality as a service” will continue to drive new revenue streams in the future, as well as create cost-reduction opportunities along the entire automotive value chain.
• See the results of a 2020 Wards Intelligence/Dell Technologies automotive industry survey on future vehicle architectures
• Learn how to put back-end processes and infrastructures in place quickly to efficiently adjust and scale to the needs of the complex and broader ecosystem of the future
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Leveraging Thermal Imaging to Improve ADAS for all Road Conditions
Mike Walters -
VP Product Management Thermal & Machine Vision Cameras,
FLIR
Greg Brannon - Director, Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations, AAA National
While existing Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems rely on radar and visible-light cameras to detect pedestrians; glare and fog make such detection and road safety far more difficult to achieve. Join the conversation between Mike Walters, Vice President Product Management Thermal and Machine Vision Cameras for FLIR, and Greg Brannon, Director, Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations for AAA National to learn about:
- How FLIR expanded on the AAA testing and developed a fused thermal/visible/Radar AEB demo system
- Discussion on the push for regulatory testing standards that accurately represent real driving conditions
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Charging into the Future: Can EV Transform MaaS?
Paul Rivera -
CEO,
Electra Meccanica
· Review critical lessons learned from the launch of SOLO in California, Arizona and Oregon to improve buy-in within municipalities, potential commercial and fleet partners in untapped markets
· Outline common challenges in user experience and meeting the evolving demands of the environmentally-conscious consumer
