APAC21, the 21st biennial Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference, opens on Monday in Melbourne with a global roster of leading keynote speakers, researchers and expert panels.
Presented by the Society of Automotive Engineers – Australasia SAE-A), the peak Australian professional body for mobility engineering, it is endorsed by FISITA, the global body for mobility engineering associations.
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SAE-A Chairman and CEO Adrian Feeney will officially open the conference, which is chaired by Prof Mohammad Fard or RMIT University and runs 3-5 October 2022 at Hyatt Place Essendon Fields.
The program will begin with an address by Murli Iyer and Dr Raman Venkatesh from SAE International on Mobility in Service of Humanity.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Keynote 1: Automated Driving for Sustainable Mobility
Remi Bastien, former head of autonomous vehicle engineering at Renault
Keynote 2: Comfortable seat for Autonomous vehicles
Kazu Kato, Senior Development Manager, NHK Spring Co.
Keynote 3: Autonomous & Connected Vehicle Transportation
Prof Majid Sarvi, Director of Transport Technology, University of Melbourne
Keynote 4: From Mobility Thinking to Vehicle Thinking
Prof Thilo Roth, Aachen University of Applied Sciences – Aerospace Engineering
Panel 1: Automated Landscape
Chaired by Dr Gary White
Featuring:
Susan Harris – ITS Australia
Julian Broadbent – Applied EV
Sudarshan Ramachandran - NVIDA
Remi Bastien – Renault (former)
Panel 2: Road Safety and Legislation
Chaired by David Young (TAC)
Featuring: Samantha Cockfield – Head of Road Safety, TAC
Jonathan Spear – CEO, Infrastructure VIC
James Hurnall – Director of Policy, ANCAP
Miranda Blogg – Director, CAVI at TMR
Panel 3: Defence - Land Assets
Chaired by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Nation (ADF)
Featuring: Prof Michael Milford – Acting Director QUT Centre for Robotics
Mr James Mewing – BAE Systems Red Ochre Labs
Prof Jennifer Palmer – Aerospace Engineering & Aviation, RMIT University
Prof Chris Manzie – School of Engineering, University of Melbourne
The program concludes with a choice of two site tours, at Directed Technologies at Melbourne Airport, and the RMIT Digital Manufacturing Facility in the CBD.
Online registration and full details are at www.autonomous2022.com.\
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