The lighting community has a really busy week. Yesterday we got an eyeful of the Geneva auto show. Three primary main takeaways:
- Electrification is gaining traction in the premium (Lucid, IMM…) and mass market sectors (Dacia Spring, Renault 5, MG…)
- Lighting is still one of the main design elements of the car (see illustration with new Fiat Panda concept).
- Falling interest of automakers for this big-name auto show.
At the same time, technical events like the DVN Workshop symposium are welcoming year by year more participations. It’s because that’s where the technology is, there’s a real need to understand the technological and technical evolution ongoing, and the Workshops offers more and better networking opportunities than the auto shows.
That last point is crucial—alone one can’t do much, especially with the ever-accelerating pace of technical innovation and market evolution. The magic works when people get together. That’s the whole reason why DVN events were created 15 years ago.
The Munich DVN Workshop was a grand success; the biggest ever, with more than 450 attendees! More than 25 automakers and over 100 companies got involved. We had a great program to encompass the big topics in lighting today:
- New style trends with light integration in display and fascia
- Design for sustainability
- Importance of nighttime safety with evolving ADB technology
- Software-defined vehicles and their influence on the lighting world
If you couldn’t attend, watch for our DVN Report of the event, coming on 12 March.