The inaugural DVN-Interior Workshop will be held online 24 September, with the rubric Car Smart Interior. The lecture docket is nearly final, including two keynotes that promise to be quite exceptional.
Valeo’s new CTO Geoffrey Bouquot will talk with DVN-I Workshop chief Philippe Aumont about Smart Technology for Smart Interiors. And Streetscope’s Mobility Futurist and VP Dave Muyres will talk about Future Mobility’s Many Challenges.
We expect a total of 20 lectures presented by managers and experts involved in car interiors from automakers and suppliers including Audi, BMW, Honda, PSA, Renault, Adient, Covestro, Dräxlmeier, Faurecia, Future Lighting Technologies, Hella, Marelli, Osram Continental, Recticel, Sensata, Texas Instrument, Valeo, Weisplas, Yole, and ZF. EPIC CEO Carlos Lee and ISELED CEO Robert Isele will also participate.

Here’s a preview of the docket and agenda:
Session 1 • Interior as a System
Cockpit of the Future (Faurecia) by Andreas Wlasak, Chief Designer
Smart Cocoon (Valeo) by Georges de Pelsemaeker, THS Health and Wellbeing Director
Interior Architecture (Audi), speaker TBC
Session 2 • Any Surface Becomes Functional
[Lecture title TBC] (Honda) by Ryou Chijimatsu, General Manager Interior R&D
Giving Any Surface a Switch Function and More (Preh) by Dr. M. Lust, Head of Pre-development
Sensor Integration on IP Skins (Recticel) by Geert Trossaert, Head of R&DNew Functional Plastic Technology (Weidplas), speaker TBDLeather Functional Surface, Artificial & Genuine (Dräxlmeier), speaker TBD
Session 3 • Interior Lighting
[Lecture title TBC] (BMW) by Robert Isele, Head of Interior Lighting
New Interior Lighting Technology (Hella) by Dr. Herbert Wambsganss, Head of Interior Lighting Program Management
Smart Interior Projection (Osram Continental) by Dr. Michael Rosenauer, Head of Advanced Development
ISELED, the Next Generation of Smart LED (Inova Semiconductors) by Stefan Hoffmann, ISELED
Alliance Introduction (ISELED) by Robert Kraus, ISELED President and Inova CEO
Startup Pitches During Virtual Lunch
Moderator: Philippe Aumont, DVN-Interior General Editor
Session 4 • Seating
Configurable Seating for L2+ Autonomy (speaker TBD) Renault R&D
Smart Textiles (Future Lighting Technologies) by Bjoern Sobischek, Technical Sales
Materials and Technologies for Tomorrow’s Interiors: Composite Seat Back (Covestro) by Ronan Legoas, Global Key Account manager
IR/UV (Yole) by Pierrick Boulay, Solid State Lighting and Lighting Systems Analyst
New Role for Sensors in Seats (Sensata) by Eric Sorret, VP Performance Sensing
Intuitive Seat Comfort Adjustment (Adient) [speaker TBD] orLightweight Adjustable Seat Structure (ZF) [speaker TBD]
Session 5 • Interior Design, Simulation, Software and Electronics
Configurable Digital Cockpit (PSA) [speaker TBD]
HMI and 3D Display (Marelli) by François Nivelle, HMI & Advanced EngineeringDLP Technology for Display Applications (Texas Instruments) by Ross Schneider, Application Engineer
Displays: Challenges for the Future by Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach, German Flat Panel Forum ChairmanEPIC Introduction: Photonics Industry Association, by Carlos Lee, EPIC Managing Director