| May 18th 1:00 pm-5:00 pm - Advanced Vehicle Technologies Forum Sponsored by The Auto Alliance and ASA connecting technicians and engineers 1:00 pm-1:30 pm - Opening Chris Thomas of Fontinalis Group Vehicle utilization and ownership changes, Car Share and what the heck is mobility? 1:30 pm-2:30 pm - Scan Tool Technology Greg Potter and Bob Gruszczynski - interviewed by Donny Seyfer Join Greg Potter, Manager Equipment and Tool Institute (ETI) and Bob Gruszczynski - Volkswagen Group of America - OBD Specialist and SAE Contributor for a discussion of Scan Tool Protocols past and future. What is the future of OBD II? With a little look at how we got here How will connected cars affect scan tool technology and diagnostics? What does the 2018 MOU rule mean to diagnostic tools from both an OE and tool maker point of view? And much more 2:30 pm-3:00 pm - Cyber Security Mohan Sethi CyberSecurity is a big buzz word. Your phone or tablet could be an open door for hackers who would like to attack your customers cars while you are working on them. Mohan will give you examples of ways to protect yourself personally and at work from malware. 3:00 pm-3:30 pm - Snack Break 3:30 pm-4:00 pm - V2V Communication Debra Bezzina interviewed by Bob Redding Debby Bezzina holds a BS in electrical engineering. Ms. Bezzina has over twenty-nine years of experience in the automotive industry. She served as Visteon’s program manager on two USDOT-funded field operational tests of automotive advanced-safety-systems research (road departure crash warning FOT and integrated vehicle based safety systems FOT). Debby worked at General Motors on vehicle control modules and audio in the Truck Group and Ford Motor Company in the Engine Design Division. She was the senior program manager for the Safety Pilot Model Deployment and at present is the senior program manager for the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment at UMTRI. Concurrently, she is the Pillar 1 lead for the Mobility Transformation Center. Bob Redding is ASAs Washington DC representative and expert in connected car policy. Join Debby and Bob as they explain Vehicle Communications, policy and answer your questions: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm - Sensors Dave Hobbs Learn all the ins and outs of Radar, Lidar, Sonar and Camera based sensors. 5:30 pm-7:00 pm - Reception Drink ticket and hors doeuvres |
May 19th 7:30 am-8:00 am - Breakfast and Networking 8:00 AM-9:30 AM - VW Driver Assistance Systems Jason Ross This is a discussion of the past and most recent Volkswagen driver assist systems, providing participants with the principles of VW Driver Assist: 9:30 AM-9:45 AM - Coffee Break Coffee, Water and Soda 9:45 AM-11:15 AM - Vehicle Design Scott Bolt As vehicles have become more complex, the existing CAN and ISO architecture has become insufficient for future needs in the industry. As a result new vehicle architectures are being rolled out using Ethernet (DoIP) and Flexible Data Rate CAN (FD CAN). Both tools and technicians will be affected by these changes. This discussion will outline some of the ways engineering and field technicians will be impacted as well as describing the basic advantages of the change. Scott is Mahle Service Solutions Chief Engineer who has been involved in the TechPro Scan tool software, GM GDS2 and Ford end of line programming system. 11:30 AM-12:30 PM - Lunch Buffet Lunch 12:30 pm-2:00 pm - GM Program Tarek Taleb GM Advanced System engineers have developed an application that can make diagnosis of CAN faster and easier. Learn from one of the engineers who wrote the application how to use it to your advantage. You will be able to see this work on a live vehicle. We will have time for Q&A during this session. 2:00 pm-2:30 pm - Break 2:30 pm-4:00 pm - Thermal Imaging Diagnostics Jim Luyckx - General Manager, Product Development Learn how Thermal Imaging can save you diagnostic time and create a window into component operation that you have never had before. 4:00 pm-5:30 pm - OTC/Bosch Steve Zack Live, hands on demonstration of calibration and diagnosis of ADAS and related sensors (may be rescheduled to earlier in the day depending on weather) 5:30 pm- - Dinner Dinner on your own. |
May 20th 9:30 am-5:00 pm - The Henry Ford Museum $38.00 includes transportation to the museum. The Henry Ford can store luggage while you are at the museum. Uber and Cabs will pick-up at the museum for the 15 minute ride to airport. Attendees; please be checked out and in the lobby ready to go at 9:15am |