AutoSens Detroit 2022 exceeded all our expectations with record attendance, and we are humbly accepting the great feedback from our attendees.
The return of AutoSens to the Motor City after two challenging years in the automotive industry proved to be a great success, the credit goes to all our speakers and moderators who came together to share the technical knowledge they’ve honed across years of experience and discuss the big picture issues facing the sector. Thanks also our new and returning partners who showcased the latest technology to an audience hungry to learn. And of course, to all our attendees who came together to make connections, learn actionable content, and make it all worthwhile.
After listening to our 30+ speakers, we have put together our three top takeaways from the last three packed days of content and conversations:
1. Innovation has survived the pandemic
We’ve all been through a lot these last 24 months and more, there are multiple challenges facing the supply chain we’ve all felt the effects in our businesses and business relationships. But what we can say with complete confidence is that innovation is still very much alive. We’ve seen and heard about many, many fascinating new technologies, approaches, and research across optics, sensors, compute hardware and software – all dedicated to improving ADAS and edging closer to fully autonomous vehicles. From sensors to image quality, simulation to SOTIF, the engineering community has been busy optimising and refining solutions that really do stretch the envelope.
2. In-cabin is the new frontier
New regulations, safety standards and drive to differentiate the customer experience have created a new ‘gold rush’ to develop and commercialise in-cabin monitoring systems and all the components required to build them. This is for sure, the biggest short term opportunity area for the perception system supply chain, presenting many similar, but distinctly different technical challenges in perception for the environment inside the cabin. We heard about new sensors, software, system architectures, as well as a keynote from IIHS detailing their forthcoming rating system to compare performance on HMI and human factors between different ADAS systems. We’ve had a lot of discussions here, far too many to fit into AutoSens in the future, so we’ll bring these to you under a new banner, InCabin, via more FOCUS online sessions, and the InCabin launch event this September, in Brussels.
3. The future is human-centric
We heard a great discussion yesterday about the future of the supply chain. While this supply chain is highly technology focused, it’s actually very often the people who are the bottleneck. We need to improve communications, understanding and empathy between the different but very connected arms of the electronics industry. This is just one example of how it’s humans that drive technology advancement. People wrote software, people design sensors, people make decisions about which companies to partner with. And right here in Detroit, with over 430 people registered for the event, we’ve also seen how important those human connections are as we get back to the ’old normal’, meeting face-to-face – which is surely the best way to build relationships, share knowledge and do business. If we can evaluate and optimise our people skills just as much as our technical skills, we’ll be onto a winner!
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