DVN U.S. Lighting Workshop
2026-06-09 - 2026-06-10 | Laurel Manor, 39000 schoolcraft RD, Livonia, 48150, United States
DVN U.S. Lighting Workshop June 09-10, 2026
The 40th DVN Lighting Workshop will be held at the Laurel Manor in Livonia, Michigan on 9-10 June, 2026.
The theme for the 2-day conference and expo is American & Global Lighting Innovation for Next-Gen American Mobility.

The automotive industry faces serious challenges and upheavals right now. There’s disruption from the tech industry. Automated driving is becoming a reality. Computing is becoming the most critical asset, and software-defined vehicles are coming onstream. All of this is transforming the vehicle lighting sector.
At this high-content workshop event, you’ll have the opportunity to talk, listen, learn, and share with colleagues and experts on topics including:

How are evolving geopolitical dynamics shaping the automotive lighting landscape in the United States, and what do they mean for American OEMs and international companies operating within the U.S. ecosystem?
What will be the new EE architectures for lamps? What new possibilities are unlockable? What new constraints will arise along with function safety and cybersecurity?
What are the lighting trends and ways of working? Where-all does AI stand to improve our world and how we work in it?

Technical sessions will include:

Interior lighting
Optical design innovation
EE architecture from a global to a component approach, with value chain deep dive
Safety
Car body design

Two panel discussions are on the docket, with highly relevant topics:
• Regulation, powered by GTB and SAE committees
• OEM challenge
The event will be chaired and steered by DVN’s Paul-Henri Matha, Daniel Stern, and Mark Verplank.
