Opening Keynote speaker
Dr. Andras Kemeny
President and co-founder, Driving Simulation Association, France Member of Board of Directors, ASAM, Germany Conference Chairman
“XR based Driving Simulation for Vehicle Engineering Design, Testing and RegulationAugmented Reality and Autonomous Vehicles”
If XR based driving simulation is used since several decades , it is introduced today in many affordable as well as high-performance driving simulation systems, including digital driver station models and AI generated virtual environments and scenarios for vehicle engineering design, testing and regulation for ADAS and autonomous vehicles.
Invited Keynote speakers
Bolin Zhou
CATARC Intelligent and Connected Technology Co., Ltd., China.
ISO TC22/SC33 WG9 Convenor
Technical Steering Committee Member, ASAM
“Activities of ISO on Automated Driving and Simulation”
Nicolas Dalmasso (Chief Technologist, Synopsys, USA)
“OpenUSD as the Common Language for Driving Simulation”
Driving simulation workflows increasingly depend on complex 3D environments, vehicle models, sensor configurations, traffic scenarios, and data generated by many different tools. Integrating these elements remains difficult because assets and scenarios are often represented using proprietary formats and disconnected data pipelines. This presentation explores how OpenUSD can provide a common data foundation for the driving simulation ecosystem. Through its composition model, extensible schemas, and non-destructive workflows, OpenUSD enables teams to standardize 3D assets, assemble scenarios from multiple data sources, manage variations, and connect simulation, visualization, and engineering tools more efficiently. The presentation will also discuss how OpenUSD can improve interoperability, reuse, and scalability across the complete driving simulation workflow—from content creation and scenario definition to large-scale simulation and analysis.
Automobile OEM Keynote speakers
Alessandro Salgarello (Chassis Advanced Engineer, Hyundai, Europe)
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Pilyoung Jeong (Senior Research Engineer, Hyundai, Korea)
“Engineering Emotion: Driving Simulation for Efficient and Flexible Virtual‑Driven Development at Hyundai Motor Group”
How driving simulation is helping Hyundai Motor Group to integrate subjective driver feedback with objective performance metrics, while improving process efficiency. The presentation highlights how a robust and flexible virtual-driven development workflow enables simultaneous, joint development between NamYang R&D (Korea) and HMETC (Europe).
Stéphane Régnier (Expert Leader Immersive Simulation and Virtual Reality, Renault, France)
“The convergence of XR and driving simulation for customer-centric vehicle Design”
This keynote highlights the growing convergence between XR and driving simulation, combining immersive visualization and dynamic vehicle behavior to support customer-centric vehicle design. It shows how this unified approach enables earlier, more holistic evaluation of the customer experience across the development process
Thomas Nguyen That
Chief of Software and Products Officer, AVSimulation, France.
“From Validation Factories to Mobility Digital Twins: The Next Generation of Driving Simulation”
As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, connected, and continuously updated, validation complexity is growing beyond the capabilities of traditional testing approaches. This keynote explores how the industry is evolving toward Validation Factories, where requirements, scenarios, simulation campaigns, and performance assessment are connected within a continuous engineering workflow. By enabling scalable, repeatable, and traceable validation, simulation is becoming a strategic capability for accelerating development and increasing confidence in software releases. The presentation also examines the emergence of Mobility Digital Twins, extending simulation beyond individual vehicles to drivers, traffic ecosystems, connected infrastructure, and entire cities.
Industrial Keynote speakers
Will Snyder (Commercial Manager, Dynisma, UK)
“The Role of High Frequency Content in Driving Simulators”
Dynisma’s latest DMG-360XY driver-in-the-loop platform combines 5m XY excursion, unlimited yaw, 3–4ms latency, and frequency response within 3dB of demand up to and beyond 100Hz, enabling a single simulator to support ride, handling, and NVH applications without compromise.
This presentation explores the role of high frequency content in modern driving simulation, its impact on driver perception and engineering correlation, and the opportunities it creates for more effective virtual vehicle development.
Gerald Hofmann (CEO, cosin scientific software, Germany)
“Rethinking Virtual Tire Data Management”
Virtual development has transformed how vehicles are designed. Today, critical decisions are made long before a physical prototype exists, with simulation playing a central role in engineering workflows. Yet the way digital tire models are managed often still follows outdated processes – fragmented storage, unclear versions, and inefficient collaboration. cosin is presenting cosin/hub, a new approach to organizing and managing virtual tire data. By combining high-fidelity real-time tire simulation with a modern data platform, development teams gain structured access, transparent versioning, integrated quality control, and scalable computing resources.