We are busily working on our upcoming DVN Event in Munich, and one of the present work items is the awards. Up to now, the DVN team has selected the winners, but this time we want to innovate a bit. During our events, for a year now, we’ve used the Slido app for online surveys and real-time Q&A, and we’ve had really good feedback from attendees about that method.
So rather than declaring awards top-down, we’re going to try a more participatory, democratic approach: we’re asking you, the DVN community, to cast your votes for the 2023 DVN Awards. There are five categories:
Best front lighting design, based on innovative design criteria. The nine finalists are the BMW i5; Ford Mustang; IM L7; Volvo EX90; Changan CD701; Kia EV9; Zeekr 009; Li L9, and Cadillac Lyriq.
Best rear lighting design, based on innovative design criteria. Finalists are the Avatr12; Cupra Tavascan; Polestar 3; Lucid Gravity; IM L7; Toyota Prius; VW ID.7; Xpeng G5, and Mini Countryman.
Best new technology, based on concept, technique, design, novelty, courage to do something new, and sustainability. Finalists: the digital OLED taillights on the coming Audi Q6 e-tron; illuminated logo on VW; display on the Avatr 12, ISD on HiPhi cars; the Zeekr 007 stargate; the BMW M4 laser; HD microLED lamp on VW Touareg; HD microLED lamp on Porsche Cayenne; and the MLA on the Genesis G90 and Lucid.
Best Lecture in a 2023 DVN Workshop, based on content (innovation, cost, sustainability) and quality of the presentation (slides, charisma of speaker). There are nine finalists; three each from automakers, tier-1s, and tier-2s:
- Reinhard Völkel of Suss MicroOptics: Unleashing the Power of Microoptics in Automotive Lighting (San Francisco)
- Gerald Böhm of ZKW: Light Requirements: From Human Driver until Sensor Support (Paris, about creating illumination for machine vision)
- Robert Haehle & Benjamin Hummel of Porsche: HD-Matrix Headlamps (Paris)
- Paul-Henri Matha & T. Jon Mayer of Volvo Cars: From Lightsabers to Thor’s Hammer (Paris)
- Hossein Nafari of Mind: Lighting Evolution From Digital to Meta (Paris)
- Lars Dabringhausen of Lumileds: Benefits of Direct Imaging Solutions for NAFTA ADB LED Matrix Solutions (San Francisco)
- Stefan Berlitz of Audi: Software Defined Lighting to Enhance Safety (Shanghai)
- Lan Lai of Huawei: Exploration of Intelligent Headlight Scenarios for Upgrading Driving Experience (Shanghai)
- Zou Jian of Chongqing Varroc: The Market Trends and Challenges for New Fully Integrated Headlamps (Shanghai)
If you do not remember and want to review the presentations, hit the VOD link or take a look at the DVN Workshop reports:
San Francisco: VODs · Workshop Report
Paris: VODs · Workshop Report
Shanghai: VODs · Workshop Report
And finally, the Best Munich Lecture award will be voted on live at the end of the event.
To vote, please use this link. Voting is open now and will close on 14 February, so that we can analyse the results and prepare the awards.
We hope you will like this initiative and participate in the poll!
See you soon,