Theme for 2023: ‘Transitioning Road Mobility - towards resilience and circularity in a digital world'
The FORM Forum brings together stakeholders from industry, academia and government to share knowledge and ideas, provide the next generation with a new era of automotive solutions whilst serving as a powerful motivator for the continued growth of the automotive industry and its contributors.
Programme
To download the full programme in PDF: Earpa Form Forum 2023 Programme 20230922 (pdf | 715.49 KB)
17th of October:
The EARPA internal part of the conference will start for EARPA members only.
| 08:00 | 09:15 | Extraordinary General meeting |
| 09:15 | 09:30 | Break |
| 09:30 | 11:00 | FG Mobility for People and Goods (MPG) |
| 09:30 | 11:00 | FG Collaboration and Project Management (CPM) |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | 13:00 | FG Powertrains and Energy Systems (PES) |
| 11:30 | 13:00 | FG Connectivity Automation Safety (CAS) |
| 11:30 | 13:00 | FG Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Meet the Speakers |
| 14:30 | 16:00 | CRG Made in Europe (MiE) |
| 14:30 | 16:00 | CRG Zero Emission Road Transport (ZERT)+Renewable Energy (RES)+Impact of transport on environment and human health (THE) |
| 16:00 | 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | 17:30 | CRG Connected Cooperative Automated Mobility (CCAM) + Safety (SAFE) + Multimodal and Sustainable Transport Systems for passengers and goods (MSTS) |
| 16:00 | 17:30 | CRG Batteries (BAT) |
| 18:30 | 21:00 | EARPA External Networking dinner - for members and all partners in the industry, research and government. |
18th of October
This day is open to the EARPA community including industry, research, government and representatives from the European Commission
The organizing committee has prepared an exciting plenary program with presentations from high-level speakers giving the latest insights and experiences, as well as young researchers presenting their novel research ideas!
| 08:15 | 09:00 | Registration, welcome coffee, visit exhibition |
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Welcome and introduction to the FORM Forum 2023: Transitioning Road Mobility Christof Schernus, President EARPA |
| 09:15 | 09:45 | Keynote: In-vehicle battery durability Global Technical Regulation & Digital Passport in the Battery Regulation Elena Paffumi, European Commission, Institute for Energy and Transport, Italy |
| 09:45 | 10:30 | Young Researcher Elevator Pitches YR01 - Selection, fabrication, and testing of hybridized natural fibers and wooden material for sustainable lightweighting YR02 - Rare earth magnets circularity for improved reliability and sustainability in electric vehicle propulsion YR03 - Towards reinforcement learning-based powertrains: from simulation to hardware for control development YR04 - Developing multi-physical models to support decision making in electro-thermo-mechanical system YR05 - Solar-aided hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass for the production of future fuels YR06 - Navigating the Simulation-to-Reality Gap: Developing a Validation Tool for Optimizing the Use of Simulation Data in AI Models YR07 - SymAware: A Symbolic Logic Framework for Safe Collaboration in Mixed Autonomy Systems |
| 10:30 | 10:55 | Coffee break & Exhibition |
| 10:55 | 11:00 | Awarding Young Research Prize |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Keynote: Designing Automation: Enablers and Research Needs Aria Etemad, Volkswagen Group Innovation |
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Technical presentations - part 1 Evaluation of real-world vehicle performance and emissions using on board data monitoring CCAM – managing the traffic into a roundabout Common strategies towards mobility data as a service |
| 12:30 | 14:15 | Networking Lunch, Visit exhibition & poster session |
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Poster presentations |
| 14:15 | 15:15 | Panel discussion: Skills for Sustainability Moderator: Margriet van Schijndel, Program Director Responsible Mobility, Eindhoven University of Technology Panellists:
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| 15:15 | 16:15 | Technical presentations - part 2 Assessing the accuracy of a thermo-mechanical model of a gearbox Manufacturing and assembly of modular and reusable EV battery for environment-friendly and lightweight mobility From design to on-road validation of an e-axle control system for third-generation electric vehicles |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | Wrap-up and Close Christof Schernus, President EARPA |
| 16:45 | 17:45 | Extended Board meeting |