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Tuesday 10 October
Day 1 | PROPOSED | ||||
Session | Title | Speaker(s) | TYPE | Topic | Owners |
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1:00 - 1:30 | COVESA for Newcomers | Steve Crumb | Plenary / in-person speakers | Possibly interview a couple of new members about their experience onboarding in COVESA; Cynthia/Mavi; Melina/AOSP; VSS perspective? BB guys? | Steve |
1:30 - 2:00 | COVESA Member Keynote | COVESA President ( Matt) | Plenary / Keynote | Steve | |
2:00 - 2:30 | Understanding and Engaging in COVESA Expert Groups & Projects | Paul plus others | Round Robin | More engaging of audience; emphasize a second session where individuals can talk about specifics of starting new projects; Maybe a FAQ approach | Paul, Steve |
2:30-3:15 | Intro to VSS | Erik/Adnan | Is Erik and Adnan Confirmed/ Abstract? | ||
3:15-3:30 | Break |
Session Time | Track 1 (Data Expert Group) | |||
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Time | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | SPEAKERS | |
3:30 - 4:00 | Title: Emerging Automotive Technologies: Insight on the Legal Issues and Risks of Vehicle related AI and Data Collection Abstract: The topic of data and information technology in the car has never been more relevant. Whether you’re thinking about the public announcements regarding generative AI systems and ChatGPT in-vehicle or the statement from the State of California that it intends to investigate the consumer privacy practices of automakers, it’s clear that this is an emerging area of law that significantly impacts the industry. Join Claudia Rast and Jennifer Dukarski as they discuss the state of the law, the viability of the eight voluntary standards the “titans of tech” have agreed to implement to safeguard AI, in-vehicle cyber incidents, and other insights on the future for Emerging Automotive Technologies. | Claudia Rast and Jennifer Dukarski, from Butzel Long | Privacy - other industries like health / ethics / AI Done | |
4:00 - 4:30 | Accelerating IoT Development: Leveraging VSS at the Edge | Aman Gupta, Konark Verma, Denso | Thought leadership Keynote | It it hard to test vehicle applications in the real world, due to bulky hardware and complex signals. hence developers can leverage VSS signals to replicate a lot of real world scenarios for their applications. Denso's vehicle application platform QUAD empowers third party developers to build vehicle applications using a Digital twin (DUO) that stores data in VSS format. Some examples of such third party applications include micro-collision-detector, speed-collector and accident-video-uploader . Developers can also access tools like signal simulator(Quad-simulator) and app debug terminal(Quad-terminal) to build and debug applications seamlessly. It allows them to assess the performance, functionality, and reliability of their applications before deploying them in the actual physical environment. Bios still needed |
4:30 - 5:30 | COVESA's Role in the SDV Unlocking the Potential of SDV: The Significance of Data and Connectivity, | Moderator: Steve Bell, Informa Panel: NXP (Brian Carlson) Elektrobit (Mike Robertson, Chief Product Officer) Graham Smethurst, BMW (Steve to contact) Other OEM Contacts: Brandy to discuss with Sushama M. (GM) | Next Steps: Plan A: Brandy/Steve to talk to Informa about participation in SDV panel; Abstract draft to Rosie for Informa to plan this panel Paul to talk to GM, Woven (Joel and ask) Brandy to talk to Florian Mike to talk Stellantis about IBM- talk w/ Trpko pending Plan B: Graham to talk about Brussel's approach and alignment to COVESA? Title confirmation? | |
6:00 - 8:00 | Welcome Reception ( offsite) |
Day 2 | |||||
Session | Title | Speaker(s) | TYPE | Topic | Owners |
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9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome & COVESA Introduction | Steve Crumb | Plenary / in-person speakers | Steve | |
9:15 - 9:45 | Thought Leadership (GM) The SDV Future: Challenges and Opportunities | Dan Nicholson, Vice President of Strategic Technology Initiatives, General Motors | Keynote | The Automotive Industry is well on its way to a Software Defined Vehicle future, facing challenges and opportunities to ensure value to customer and company alike. Dan Nicholson, General Motors Vice President of Strategic Technology Initiatives, will provide perspective on these challenges and the ways the industry can address them. | Done |
9:45 - 10:15 | AutoTech Partnerships and Alliances – Reshaping Automotive As the dynamics of the industry become ever more turbulent, and the pressure on companies to innovate and transform increases, the nature of relationships is changing. Traditional development processes and supply chains are no longer barriers to entry but in fact competitive weaknesses. New thinking, skill sets, technologies, processes and tools require new partners. As a result the relationship map is changing rapidly and the shape of the industry and who will emerge as key players is in dynamic flux. Steve Bell will present the development of current relationships, what’s influencing them and future trends. | Steve Bell, Informa | Showcase, keynote, fireside chat Brandy to follow up with Freya to identify content to support Marketing/Communications They can provide analysts for moderation on panels Sync-up with Informa week of 14 August - Go/no-go | ||
10:15 -10:30 | Break | ||||
10:30 -11:00 | Thought Leadership (Geotab) - "Which data do commercial customers need and how an industry-wide defined data set increases value for fleets, OEMs and Telematics Service Providers" | Christoph Ludewig | Presentation | Abstract: Today, each OEM provides a different data set, different frequencies and different API technologies. In multi-brand fleets, this leads to an inconsistent data availability and forces Telematics Service Provides to work with the smallest common denominator in providing data-based products across the whole fleet. In this session, Geotab will present a "fleet data recommended best practice" based on twenty years of experience in fleet telematics that will help the industry to move away from spending huge efforts in establishing and maintaining heterogeneous integration with OEMs towards spending more energy in creating value-adding products for commercial customers. | Christoph serving as Champion of this session. Done |
11:00 -11:30 | How COVESA APIs are accelerating service development in Commercial Vehicles and Off-Road | Dr. Micha Muenzenmay Director System Engineering Software and Services, Commercial Vehicles and Off-Road, Bosch Dr. Mouham Tanimou Senior Expert Systems Engineering Software and Services, Commercial Vehicles and Off-Road, Director, Bosch | Presentation | The software-defined commercial vehicle differs from its predecessors in its electronics architecture. Through centralized compute hubs and a simplified embedded mechatronics and control rim the software development changes from a functionally distributed to a cross-functionally centralized approach. One prerequisite of this split is the establishment of managed APIs between central entities and towards the rest of the vehicle system, which, for sake of easier shift to later cloud-based solutions, needs to be aligned with the interface to offboard infrastructure. This transition, however, requires much larger efforts to open the access to the rich pool of vehicle data in a non-discriminative way. Furthermore, services will gain more attractiveness if they cannot only harvest data for processing but may also (safely and securely) interact with the vehicle and its operations. The Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA) is an open platform that targets the creation of such open API standards. In this work we explore the VSS standard and its siblings with a particular focus on its fitness for commercial vehicles. We report on its initial applications in a series-ready software-stack and assess its potential for reuse and easier development. We also give a broader outlook on other API standardization streams and the evolution of new eco-systems of open standards for software-defined vehicles (commercial and beyond). | Commercial Vehicle area Done |
11:30 - 12:15 | Safety Topic (Haas Alert, ESS, Stellantis, RoadMedic, & possibly SAE) TITLE: Sensors, Signals, and Safety: Leveraging Vehicle Connectivity to Reduce Roadway Risk | ABSTRACT: Fatal collisions involving vehicles, pedestrians, and first responders are at an all-time high, but breakthrough advances in vehicle technology are beginning to turn the tide. From in-dash alerting of roadway hazards and disabled vehicles, to outbound delivery of vehicle data for improved emergency response, new vehicle capabilities and functions are showing just how transformative connectivity will be for improving road safety. In this interactive and insightful panel discussion, learn from experts at the cutting edge of new solutions for vehicle data and roadway safety to learn how connected vehicles are paving the way for a safer future in automotive and transportation. Featuring:
| Panel discussion with moderator | Confirmed that Brock Aun from Haas Alert will be moderator of the panel with Trpko, ESS and Larry from RoadMedic as panelists. ESS is confirming if it will be Tom Metzer or Craig Keller on the panel. Mike sent invite to Lisa at SAE this past week. 8/7/2023 Lisa Responded with a YES (tentatively) since she is leaving for China 10/16-10/20, but she said she will confirm by next week with us. Mike asked her for the headshot and bio as well. | Haas taking Champion role and moderating as well. Talk will include Value of Vehicle Data in preventing and processing accidents by first responders, victims & trauma centers Done |
12:15-1:30 | Lunch | ||||
1:30 - 2:00 | Beyond the Car - Advancing Commercial Vehicles - the transforming software to meet the needs of owners, drivers and fleet mangers | Shareef Hakim - Ford | Thought Leadership | Commercial users of vehicles are unique, using their vehicles for a disparate range of uses. How can COVESA fill a critical need? | further edits may be made by Shareef |
2:00 - 2:45 | EV Charging Topic: The Future of the EV Experiences | Description: As the automotive ecosystem transitions towards electric vehicles, the need to create a consistent user-friendly experience is becoming increasingly important. For brands to stand out in a competitive EV charging landscape, they are challenged to create user experiences that are both functional and engaging. During this panel discussion, senior-level industry stakeholders will provide deep insights into the current and future state of EV and how it impacts the overall user experience. Moderator: TBD (but could be Marc Perez – Americas VP, QT Group)
| Matus confirmed his travel for this panel (Matthew Mostafaei) confirmed from Stellantis as of 8/3. Have to get his headshot and bio to Karin.(done) Invite sent to Adam Woolway from Parkopedia on 8/28 (thinking of maybe having Matt Jones Moderate the session if Qt is not able to?) as of 8/29 I did not invite Tim Slusser as yet as I am waiting to see if Parkopedia can confirm as not. it might end up being a fireside chat talk vs. full panel discussion??? TBD | Is Matus/Adam confirmed? Confirm Tim is not Parkopedia? Fireside or panel? | |
2:45 - 3:15 | Software as Capital | Hisao Munakata -Sr. Director of HPC Solution group, Renesas) | Thought Leadership Placeholder for Renesas | In the past, it has been common in vehicle development to develop most of the SW for new models during model updates. That is primarily related to the fact that Tier 1 has provided the majority of SW in the OEM-Tier 1-Tier 2 role-sharing arrangement. Still, the trend toward in-house SW production by OEMs is accelerating with the full-scale development of BEVs in recent years. Until now, developed SW has been considered an intangible fixed asset, but in the future, it will be necessary to "capitalize SW" by actively reusing and evolving it. As a leading-edge semiconductor supplier for automotive applications, Renesas will introduce how it intends to support "SW capitalization." | Stephen: Likely Daniel Sisco; Business/Technical?; Title/speaker; abstract Maybe a tag-team with Daniel Done |
3:15 - 3:30 | Break | ||||
3:30 - 4:00 | The Ultimate Vehicle Experience: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond | Charlie Cross, Head of Remote Vehicle Management | ABSTRACT: As vehicles become more globally connected and software defined, automakers like Stellantis are investing heavily in revolutionizing the driving experience with its commitment to safety, information, and connectivity. During this session you will gain insights into how innovative technology advances in software platforms are making vehicles more dynamic than ever before and changing the overall vehicle experience forever.
Our goal is to make vehicles safer, more informed, more connected, and more dynamic than ever before, leading to a better driving experience for customers around the world today, tomorrow and beyond. | 8/29 this is updated abstract for this session. need Bio | |
4:00 - 4:45 | Zero Prototype Future - Navigating the shift from physical to virtual simulation Panel on Simulation: Ansys- Jeff Blackburn, Ford (Shareef), Synopsys, Vector, Mathworks, Dassault, etc. + Digital Twin Simulation with VSS data as the basis | Bios and pics have been provided; Ansys- Jeff Blackburn, Ford (Shareef), Synopsys- Chris Clark, Mathworks- Govind Malleichervu, Brandy Goolsby - Moderates | Simulation technologies enable Automotive developers to build and visualize the vehicle and its functionality prior to real-world deployment. As the industry shifts towards software-defined vehicles, businesses are seeking innovative approaches that minimize reliance on physical hardware to speed product development, reduce the complexities of testing, and improve overall quality across the development lifecycle — regardless of the application. During this session, you'll discover how the industry is collaborating with top simulation providers to facilitate the digital thread for vehicle twins, encompassing the components to the complete system. | Brandy has secured Ansys, Mathworks, Synopsys, and Ford for panel; Brandy to Champion Confirm speakers and title? | |
4:45 - 5:30 | A Fragment of Your Imagination - Ending AOSP App Framework Fragmentation for Automotive | Andrew Lakin - FORVIA/Aptoide Paul to add names: Stellantis (Amit) GM | Today the majority of OEMs are adopting Android Automotive Operating System as a base IVI platform for running pre-installed system applications and 3rd party applications. The ecosystem of 3rd party applications is essential to ensure end-customers can access their favorite content safely in vehicles. However today due to api fragmentation developers must write an app for each OEM and even individual vehicle models. In this session, panelists will discus the challenges and what the industry is doing to address them. | Paul: Coordinate with Thijis; Panel? Cariad, Mercedes, Harman, FORVIA, Content App Provider Paul gives Thijis a hard go/no-go for championing this panel Paul brings this up with the AOSP chairs (OEM, Store providers, App Providers) GM/Mavi.io representatives? Amit.Andrew Bios needed | |
5:30 - 8:30 | COVESA Member Showcase & Reception - |
Day 2 | |||||
Session Time | Track 1 (Data Expert Group) | Track 2 | Track 3 | Type | Notes/Owners |
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Time | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | ||
09:00 - 9:45 | Data Expert Group Update | Title: AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group Status The chairs of the AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group will provide a group overview and status highlighting their activities and direction. They will also answer questions from the community. | Other Topics: VSS Mapping (Cox, AWS, VCC, etc.) | ||
09:45 - 10:30 | VSS with OpenAPI | Title: Alternative to Push Notifications Working Session The AOSP App Framework Standardization Expert Group will continue their assessment of alternatives to Push Notifications including UnifiedPush. @Jose Freitas Melina Mascolo Richard Fernandes Camille Ghibaudo | |||
10:30-10:45 | Break | ||||
10:45-11:15 | EV Charging Event Data Aggregation Project Workshop 360 Degree Overview of EV Alliances and Initiatives (US+EU)- How it fits together. Why Vehicle Signal Specification Matters. | ||||
11:15 - 11:45 | |||||
11:45 - 12:15 | |||||
12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch | ||||
13:45-14:30 | DDS and Data-Centric Communications Overview of DDS (Data Distribution Service), its applicability to VSS, and how data-centric communications can enable interoperable ecosystems of tools and components with vast scalability; an opportunity for COVESA | ` | |||
14:30 - 15:00 | Integrate VSS with Automotive Systems: Aligning Data Collection with Business Requirements
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15:00 - 15:15 | Break | ||||
15:15 - 16:00 | EV Power Optimization Prototype Walkthrough Umang Sharma Unknown User (dirk.slama@bosch.com) Chris Cheng Pradeep Kumar | ||||
16:00 - 16:30 | OTA Updates with Realm | ||||
16:30 - 17:30 | HIM and an interface using it The Hierarchical Information Model (HIM) is an evolution of the COVESA Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS) that adds the ability to have multiple trees representing different domains, and representing different types of information. Besides the information type “resource data” that is what is represented by the VSS tree, HIM also supports “service data” where microservices represented by procedures with input and output parameters can be defined. Analogously to VSS, the HIM model does not specify an interface that exposes this information, it leaves this to separate interface specifications. One candidate for this is an evolution of the W3C Vehicle Interface Signal Specification version 2 (VISSv2), that in its current version uses VSS for modelling the data. It is the presenter’s view that this interface can with small modifications be extended to use HIM instead of VSS. This would provide a single interface that can be used to access both information types, that will possibly also be standardized in W3C. The presentation will give the presenter’s view on how this extension could look like. | ||||
17:30 - 20:30 | COVESA Showcase & Reception | N/A |
Thursday 12 October 2023
Day 3 | |||||
Session Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Notes/Owners | |
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Time | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | Title/Type/Speaker(s) | ||
09:00 - 09:45 | Architecture and Infrastructure Working Session 9-9:30 BMW & MongoDB VSS-based Data Middleware PoC - Tiered Sync 9:30-10 Discussion of central data service reference playground This is related to the BMW/MongoDB session above. Topic is evolution towards a public reference playground as previously discussed in Porto and the Data Architecture call. | Workshop: Creation of a Connected Vehicle Safety Ecosystem The concept behind the “Connected Vehicle Safety Ecosystem” is twofold:
This discussion will highlight collective potential contributions of our ecosystem portfolio, including:
| Workshop led by Craig Keller and Tim VanGoethem from ESS. Will be inviting a number of companies interested in Vehicle Safety and might be expanding the participants leading interactive and collaborative discussions. Will be reaching out others after this session is approved. | ||
09:45 - 10:00 | (Confirmed) Title: A strategic perspective on emerging technology trends and transformation in the automotive industry ABSTRACT: The automobile is undergoing the biggest transformation of its 100-year-old history. Beyond the traditional utility as a mode of transportation, vehicles are fast evolving as a platform that seamlessly connects with our digital living, delivering content and services, transcending to a mobile living space. While this transformation is often described using the CASE paradigm (i.e., Connectivity, Autonomous tech, Services and Electrification), the foundation of the shift is really the redesign from a mechanical hardware-centric system to a cloud-connected compute platform where each function is executed via a service-oriented architecture. Looking through this lens, the presentation will explore the emerging Software-defined Vehicle or SDV and its impact on every aspect of the industry including product development, supply chain ecosystem, talent management, and how we manage and perceive the role of data in future value creations. | Speaker is Partha Goswami (former Senior Mgr. Technology Trends and Insights at GM) Done | |||
10:00 - 10:15 | Break | ||||
10:15 - 11:00 | Architecture and Infrastructure Working Session Creation within the community of a set of documentation, patterns, best practices, cookbooks and HowTos for Covesa technology, with an initial focus on VSS and it's eco-system. Workshop the creation and publishing of technical documentation that supports scaling and adoption of Covesa strategic vision. Be it design patterns, data architecture, cookbooks and howtos. | VSS in-vehicle: KUKSA State of the Union Recent Updates and Roadmaps, "The return of VISS", Android options | TITLE: Workshop - Vehicle as a Wallet The In Car Wallet - Payments & Orchestration project aims to develop and implement a secure and convenient payment system framework for vehicles, enabling drivers to securely store payment credentials and conveniently make transactions for various services directly from their vehicles. The project will involve designing and integrating a payment platform that enables OEMs to offer a comprehensive payments platform that enables seamless transactions. The project will also incorporate the various parties in the payment ecosystem, which are required to ensure seamless transactions processing on an international scale. The project team will work collaboratively to ensure the successful implementation of this innovative solution. Come attend this collaborative and interactive workshop session and meet all the other contributing companies supporting the initial launch of this project initiative. Vehicle as a Wallet Launch Workshop
| 8/23 scheduling a call next week with the IVP vehicle as a wallet team to begin working on content presented at the AMM in this workshop. We are also working on finalizing the Vehicle as a Wallet project which is the main fuel for this workshop session Confirm- Sheeva, Endava, Gaiware need Bios for Ajit/Jens | |
11:00 - 11:45 | Architecture and Infrastructure Working Session | Vehicle data server southbound architecture An architecture is described where the southbound side of a vehicle data server utilizes a data store and a feeder to realize the interaction with the underlying vehicle subsystem | Title: Streaming/data sharing impact on the SW & HW architectures ABSTRACT: Is there a standard to help OEM’s? For mass adoption it is important to have open standards to maximize the number of experiences and never before imagined ways we use mobility. These standards must not go to far to limit innovation and competition. What are the benefits, risks, regulations and possibilities to the providers and end consumers?
| 8/15 now recruit panelists 8/23 Tuxera sent bio & headshot Cinemo is confirming travel and who will be on the panel (reminder sent 8/25) 8/24 Xperi is getting approvals next week and also working on membership 8/25 sent reminder to Sony 8/25 sent reminder to NXP. NXP confirmed (Karin can you add Ragan Dunham?) need Bio | |
11:45 - 12:15 | Architecture and Infrastructure Working Session | CatenaX open data ecosystem for the automotive industry using open standards https://catena-x.net/en/vision-goals CatenaX is looking into VSS usage for some of their use cases, and is interested to present on AMM speaker tbd - will be from Catena-X consortium tentative, contact Sebastian Schildt | Title: Design Tooling - A New Designers Frontier ABSTRACT: The acceleration of new technology like AI, Connectivity, Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, Blockchain, Real-time 3D, and more, also means the acceleration of consumer expectations. How does COVESA add value to members, not only keeping up with trends, but leading the way? Member input is key to providing that all get the maximum benefit.
| 8/15 recruiting panelists | |
12:15 - 13:00 | Lunch | ||||
13:00 - 13:15 | (PLACE - HOLDER) (reserved for a 15 minute presentation from one of our members) | ||||
13:15 - 14:00 | Vehicle Common Interfaces Vehicle API Synch w/ AUTOSAR (Adnan as lead) | Title: Vehicle Experience Explore All Collaboration Workshop ABSTRACT - OEM’s continue to evolve user experiences. New vehicle capabilities, streaming services and emerging applications all are impacting the ecosystem, along with a plethora of additional information to be communicated to the occupants. The Vehicle Experience BoF is all about the Journey. Driver & passengers interact with the vehicle and content throughout the journey. The No one company or person will own, shape or define this. The greater connected vehicle ecosystem will. Join us at this collaborative IVE workshop and discover how your organization can get engaged and help define drive future IVE project initiatives.
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14:00 - 14:45 | Vehicle Common Interfaces | Title: Impacting the Future of In-Vehicle Experiences ABSTRACT: As automakers move from micro-experiences, like parking assist to macro-experiences like a “good” morning commute we need to look beyond just technology that provides features and functions. We will be explore how tech such can enhancement location-based experiences both in and out of the vehicle. The concept of Experience Based Design will aid in brand loyalty, new opportunities for monetization and change the world of mobility.
| 8/15 now recruiting for panelists updates? | ||
14:45 - 15:00 | Vehicle Common Interfaces | 15 MINUTE BREAK? | |||
15:00 - 15:30 | Vehicle Common Interfaces | (PLACE - HOLDER) (reserved for a 25-30 minute presentation from one of our members) | |||
15:30 - 16:00 | VSS Evolvement Workshop The VSS catalog has grown organically over many years, but we still do not have a clear definition on what the catalog shall cover. This workshop intend to discuss a few topics related to the VSS catalog
This session can be adapted in size from 45 minutes to 2 hours | (PLACE - HOLDER) (reserved for a 25-30 minute presentation from one of our members) | |||
16:00 - 16:15 | See above? | ||||
16:15 - 16:45 | Data Expert Group wrap up | ||||
17:00 - 18:00 | Brews & Brainstorming | ||||