International Congress : SIA VISION Digital 2021

More than 320 attendees gathered virtually for the SIA VISION 2021 Conference. 

The SIA VISION has been a huge challenge for all of us. Initially planned for October 2020, the pandemic forced a change of plans. But the ambition remains the same, even though the congress was shifted from an in-person event to an online event happening the 17th and 18th of Mars. So how did it work? How did we keep our targets and goals despite such a major shift?

Here is how: we carefully adjusted the time schedule of the program to allow participants all over the world to follow the congress as conveniently as possible—we started later in the morning and stopped earlier in the afternoon, from the European perspective. Finally, we made the conference in two parallel sessions.

We have enticed Marie Gautier-Melleray, the French Interministerial Delegate for Road Safety, to open the congress together with future Valeo CEO Christophe Perillat. On the second day, Stéphane Buffat, Director of Le Lab Stellantis- Renault made a retrospective of 50 years of Safety.

We also organised a panel discussion to talk about challenges, benefits, and drawbacks of sensor integration into headlamps and front ends, with four top experts: Stellantis ADAS research and innovation expert Matthieu Dabek; Valeo ADAS CTO Joachim Mathes, Volvo Cars Exterior Lighting Technical Leader Paul-Henri Matha, and Marelli Automotive Lighting's Andrea Stella, VP of Research and Development.

And—best of all—we convinced all the originally-scheduled speakers to present their lectures as expected!

THE EVENT IN FIGURES :

• +3000 messages exchanged
• 934 discussions launched
• Nearly 70 video calls
• 99.99% of respondents would recommend this event to their colleagues
• 66% of the participants indicated that they had made new contacts
• 91% have a favourable opinion of this edition (of which 38% excellent)
• 93% had a positive digital experience (45% excellent) and 90% found the platform “Users Friendly”

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We are glad to annonce that the following Technical papers have been selected as Best Papers of the Congress. Congratulation to them!

These 2 will be available in our magazine "Ingénieurs de l'Auto" issue of May 2021:

• Hybrid Objects Sensors Fusion // Thomas HEITZMANN | Valeo
• Digital light for safety and communication // Dr. Michael KRUPPA | AUDI

The 3 here under are available on our website :

• Real-time Multi Task Network based Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation and Soiling Detection for Automated Driving // Flora DELLINGER - Valeo
• The head- and taillamp concepts of the BMW 5 series // René UBLER - BMW
• Visionary technology for new possibilities in headlight styling // Gerald BOEHM - ZKW Group