IAMF 2012 SESSIONS TOPICS

1. Mobility concepts / Overview

• Renewable energy and renewable fuels
• CO2 reduction and prevention
• Modal-Split
• Energy supply chain
• New transport and vehicle concepts
• Safety standards and homologation

2. Human behaviour

• Subjective / objective safety
• Risk compensation
• Exposure to driver assistance systems (Vienna Convention)
• Interaction between driver and assistance-systems
• System complexity and human understanding
• Emotion (driving pleasure) versus driver assistance

3. Drive train

• New motor and drive concepts
• Gas and/or diesel hybrid systems
• Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) or Controlled Auto Ignition (CAI)
• Increase in efficiency
• New drive train design (electrical and others)
• Power transmission

4. New technologies

• New driving safety technologies (sensor-cluster, sensor-fusion) further driver assistance systems
• Energy storage and charging (electrical or gaseous)
• Automobile electronics simplification
• New electro-technical devices and other electronic trends to share information and build control systems
• Operational reliability
• New simulation and test methods