Today the conventional car is facing a paradigm shift towards a quite diversified range of solutions provided in the future for personal transportation across the world.Several factors are responsible for this evolution on the global scenario. In particular a race is underway to reduce the dependency on traditional fossil fuels and the impact on environment. Moreover, a rapid change is taking place regarding how customers view the vehicles they will choose to purchase in future and their intended purpose.

On the political front, a balanced compromise is being sought between energy availability and the respect of environment on one side with the need to ensure and promote the competitiveness of European industry while facilitating mobility and goods transportation on the other. Governments across the world are promoting and funding technical innovations on an unprecedented scale as a means of securing the economic future of the automotive sector. Scheme to encourage the exploitation of alternative and renewable sources of energy, together with legislative pressure on emissions control and improved fuel efficiency, will also significantly influence the solutions which will be proposed by vehicle manufacturers.

In such a scenario, the automotive electronics industry is facing new and crucial challenges linked both to the technical evolutions and the international changing economic context: emerging new business models, new emerging players, environmentally friendly demand, standardization, new customers demands and needs, partnerships evolutions...

The technical sessions will highlight how the automotive electronic concepts are meeting the needs of global markets and vehicle class, downsizing in terms of intelligent solutions relevant to the final customer.

The focus will be on the future of automotive electronic technologies managing powertrain and chassis, emerging standards affecting the electronic architecture, advanced control concepts and power electronics as the enabling technology for HEV-EV.

This event will combine high level key notes, 28 specialized presentations and associated discussions in a workshop-style atmosphere. It is ideal for professionals focused on assessing how automotive electronics will enable the development of the next generation of powertrain and vehicle technologies that address the EU's proposed greenhouse gas targets.

The Congress will be held in conjunction with the ECPE (European Center for Power Electronics) Tutorial on "Reliability of Power Electronic Systems - Robustness Validation in Automotive (Power) Electronics" so Torino, for almost one week, will be the ideal technical location in the domain of automotive electronics.

We cordially invite you to be part of this event.

Key topics

• Future of automotive electronic technologies
• Emerging standards affecting the electronic architecture
• Power electronics as the enabling technology for HEV-EV.

Key domains

• Engine
• Transmission
• Start-Stop, HEV, PHEV, EV
• Steering
• Active systems for chassis (Braking, Suspension)
• Vehicle stability

• Sensor clusters. 

 Europe's top congress  

• Key notes and high level lectures
• Networking cultural events.