Shows and Congresses

The CES show has, with seeming suddenness, become highly relevant to the automotive industry— especially in the fields of driver assistance, autonomous driving, vehicle communications, and machine vision. DVN attended…

The Detroit auto show has been morphing over the years, adapting to new realities of the auto industry. Despite heavy promotion of the show as roundly international and all-inclusive, makers…

This year’s ISAL, which took place on September 25-27 was very well attended—more so than ever before, with over 800 people. That demonstrates that vehicle lighting is important not just…

This, DVN’s 119th report, is a close look at the new and notable lights and driver-assist features at the 2017 IAA Frankfurt motor show, to the near-total exclusion of other…

The four parts of this report are: 1. Summary and analysis of most of the 25 lectures including six from automakers and seven from lighting tier-1s. Overspanning highlights:• Digital manipulation…

The Shanghai Auto Exposition is a massive affair with approximately 100,000 people attending daily. It is estimated that the 2017 visitor register will top 1 million mark during the nine-day…

The 2017 DVN US Workshop in Rochester was our 15th Workshop overall, our forth in North America, and a smashing success. 275 attendees, 25% more than the last US workshop,…

The Detroit auto show has skidded quite a ways downward from its heights in the 1950s and ’60s when it seemed everyone in the world wanted an American car (and…

The VISION 2016 Congress and Expo was bigger than ever before: nearly 600 people attended. This year a new venue replaced the redoubtable Versailles location—the Cité des Sciences, right in…