Plenary Session Option 1
The Connected Vehicle - When will it be here?
Chair, Mike Noblett
IBM
Mr. Dirk Kessler
BMW Group
Mr. Steve Millstein
ATX Group
Ms. Valerie Briggs
US Department of Transportation
This session will discuss the requirements and opportunities presented by the "connected vehicle" - one which has data and communication links to the outside world. Cooperative systems utilize Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communications to enable features which improve safety, fuel economy and transport efficiency for the benefit of drivers and society. Furthermore, with most of the major manufacturers bringing plug in electric vehicles to market in the coming years, cooperative systems can play a crucial role in aiding customer acceptance by helping to improve driver behavior and increase battery life through critical monitoring and driver feedback systems.
This session will discuss the action needed on the part of automakers, telematics providers and road operators in order to take the connected vehicle out of the research world and onto our roads, including:
- What applications will be required and what applications can be enabled through such a communications pathway?
- What role will the auto makers and the road operators play in defining and deploying communications infrastructure?
- What communications pathways will be needed (GSM, WiFi, WiMax, DSRC, smart-gird, etc…)?
- What feedback do drivers need in order to improve and modify their behavior?
- What standards and communications protocols will be required to enable reliable, secure and anonymous data communications on such a large scale?
Plenary Session Option 2
Repositioning in the Automotive World
Chair, Mr. István Pintér
Association of Hungarian Automotive Industry
Mr. van der Straaten
OICA
Mr. J. E. `Ted' Robertson
Magna International
Dr. Shrikant Marathe
ARAI
Dr. Li Jun
China FAW Group Corporation
Being an intensely market-oriented sector, the automotive industry is highly exposed to the effect of economic changes. The different rate of progress in the various economic regions and countries, the advancement of the global economy - or for that matter, its crisis - as well as the demand for sustainable development are all factors that shape this industry. These factors leave their mark on the various economic regions to different degrees and result in diverging patterns in automotive development despite the general trend of globalisation. The mission of this session is to analyse those actual and anticipated changes that emerge in the automotive and supply industry in response to the economic crisis and the diverging development paths of regional markets. The session will pay special attention to the Chinese automotive industry, as it is one of the world's most dynamically progressing automotive sectors and the FISITA 2012 Congress will take place in this country.