Upcoming Conferences, Seminars and Trainings

The second day is dedicated to "Expert Knowledge." With technology and market-related presentations from SAE International, BMW AG, Infineon, Li-Tech Battery and Volkswagen AG. More details can be found on www.electronica.de/eac/.

Model-based development of AUTOSAR ECUs is the topic of a seminar, jointly organized by The Mathworks and Vector Informatik in Stuttgart. The event takes place on November 11 and is directed towards design engineers and project managers. The seminar will highlight The Matworks' Real-Time Embedded Coder and Vector Informatik's DaVinci Developer tool. Find more on www.mathworks.de/company/events/seminars/seminar18947.html

CTI will conduct a two-day seminar on reliability in automotive electronics. The event will take place on November 17 and 18<7 in Frankfurt and February 2 and 3, 2009 in Stuttgart. Examples for the content are methods for reliability assessment, qualification, environmental and simulating tests, reliability calculations for electronic modules and systems, and standards — which ones are relevant and how to use them. More information can be obtained here: www.car-training-institute.com/zuverlaessigkeit.

Automotive software basics are on the syllabus of a CTI seminar from December 2 through December 4 in Stuttgart. Topics are relevant development tools, model-based ECU software design, AUTOSAR integration techniques, communications protocols and bus systems, software and hardware ECU architecture, and model-based development using UML. More information can be found here: www.car-training-institute.com/kfz-software.

Testing and simulation can be learned during a two-day CTI seminar on December 9 and 10 in Frankfurt /Main. Topics are basic requirements for embedded software tests, test methods and quality assurance tools, or early fault detection trough model-based test approaches. More info: www.car-training-insititute.com/testenundsimulieren.

The congress On-Board Diagnosis on the European Market (December 9 and 10, Stuttgart) offers presentations on the requirements of the new emission legislation, ODB and OBM measurements for passenger and off-road cars, tools and applications of ODX descriptions, and ODB for commercial vehicles. The conference, organized by CTI, will offer case studies from the European Commission, Renault SAS, Continental Engineering Services, Federal Environment Agency, and many others. More informations can be obtained here: www.car-training-insititute.com/obd.

The 13th Euroforum Automotive conference on electronic systems in cars will take place on February 9 through 12, 2009 in Munich. There will be three focus days with "Systems Engineering in Automotive Electronics", "Driver Assistant Systems and Accident Avoidance" and "On the Way to the Electric Vehicle" being the topics. The plenum congress will offer presentations on the strategic development of the automotive electronics value chain, E/E architecture and processes in commercial vehicles, battery technology for e-drives, intelligent energy management, safe and secure in-car information management, and mechatronics modules for more comfort. For more information, click www.elektroniksysteme-automobil.de.

"Transmissions in Vehicles" is the topic of a VDI congress on June 30 and July 1st, 2009 in Friedrichshafen. The congress will cover a broad range of topics ranging from a market assessment to a wrap-up of transmission components to aspects of mechatronics, hydraulics and transmission for hybrid and electric drives. More information under www.getriebekongress.de.

For people who use to plan a long time into the future, VDI has already published the data of its 14th international congress on automotive electronics in Baden-Baden. The traditional event will take place on October 7 and 8. The event will be accompanied by a little expo. Topics are electronics concepts tailored to suit new market's needs, safety systems and sensors, energy management and storage, and functional safety. www.vdi-wissensforum.de.