SAE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium
Troy Marriott
Troy, Michigan
Day 1 November 8, 2011
(Session Code: IVS100)
Room Dennison Junior Ballroom ALL DAY
The focus of day one will be on active and passive safety and autonomous ground vehicle systems and their application and conclude with a panel discussion data security. The day begins with a plenary keynote by a leading expert on the future of vehicles and intelligent mobility. Throughout the rest of the morning speakers will address "Active" and "Tertiary" systems being introduced into vehicle fleets and all the technology and issues involved in making these systems work. The afternoon kicks off with speakers addressing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and all the complexity involved with development of their systems. The technical portion of the day concludes with an expert panel discussion regarding concerns of privacy and ownership of your vehicle electronic system's data. Day one concludes with an exhibition of leading companies in electronic technologies hosting a reception fall all attendees of this symposium.
Organizers - Sukhbir Bilkhu, Chrysler Group LLC; Jean J. M. Botti, EADS Deutschland GmbH; Don
Crawford, Harman Becker; Alex Kade, TARDEC; Scott Jerome McCormick, Connected Vehicle TA;
Massimo Osella, GM R&D Center; Heri Rakouth, Delphi Corp.; Mark Zachos, DG Technologies
8:00 a.m. ORAL ONLY Plenary Keynote - Safe, Green, Connected: The Future of Vehicles and the Mobile Internet
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end of the past decade. Mature economies such as those of Western
Europe and the U.S.A. are grappling with deficit and spending issues. As
a result, the Western economic recovery is in the low single digit growth,
whereas China is leading the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) with
a much faster recovery close to the two-digit range. Though uneven, the
global economic growth is exacerbating the demand of energy, thereby
pushing the oil price above $100 per barrel. Recent climatic upheavals
and the continuous melting of the Arctic ice are factual reminders of the
global warming and call for a smaller global carbon footprint. Both
macroeconomic trends and the global warming reality along with the
