
The meeting point for the virtual test driving industry
You want to elevate your vehicle development to a new level? At Open House Germany, we show you the multiple ways of how to do so with our simulation solutions.
Once again, in 2023, we will be hosting Open House to present novelties in our product portfolio and the release 12.0 of the CarMaker product family.
What else can you expect? See for yourself.
Information at a glance
Date
March 21, 2023
Location
Gartenhalle at the Convention Centre Karlsruhe, Festplatz 3, 76137 Karlsruhe
Costs
Free of charge
Presentation language
German & English including simultaneous interpretation
Target group
Experts and other interested parties from the automotive manufacturing and supplier industries as well as universities and research institutions
Program
Registration & Breakfast |
Welcome and Opening Steffen Schmidt | President & CEO IPG Automotive GmbH |
Keynote |
Use of CarMaker in our Automated Driving Development Tool Chain Thomas Classen | Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH is the world's largest automotive supplier and uses CarMaker from IPG Automotive for various applications in the development of safety-critical systems. Thomas Classen presents use cases from different fields using a variety of examples. Specifically, in the ADAS (automated driving and advanced driver assistance systems) domain, the simulation capabilities of CarMaker provide a good base for simulation activities at Robert Bosch GmbH. The keynote provides an overview of what simulation can achieve in ADAS and which elements are necessary to leverage this potential. In January 2023, a cooperation between Robert Bosch GmbH and CARIAD has been established for new ADAS driving functionalities in the SAE L2 and L3 levels in vehicles of the Volkswagen Group. Thomas Classen gives a brief introduction to this cooperation as a further outlook on how development in the ADAS field is progressing. |
Coffee Break Accompanied by exhibition |
Session 1 |
A New Approach to Democratize Virtual Vehicle Development Adrian Schöllhorn and Jan Stehle | IPG Automotive
IPG Automotive introduces a new solution to its software portfolio. Find out about its main benefits in this session:
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Lunch Break Accompanied by exhibition |
Session 2 |
CarMaker 12: Meet the Challenges in AD and EV Development Jannik Pflanzl, Steven Yan, Martin Herrmann and Andreas Höfer | IPG Automotive
CarMaker 12: Meet the challenges in AD and EV development Find out how to use the new features of CarMaker 12 to create and populate virtual scenarios
Discover new possibilities to manipulate the 3D environment with our new MovieNX scripting interface Learn how to use CarMaker sensor models including our new configurable ground truth module Get insights on how to use CarMaker in EV applications by using our new battery model and our new modular powertrain architecture |
Coffee Break Accompanied by exhibition
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Session 3 |
Continuous Development – From Digital to Physical Mark Unbescheiden, Florian Weindel and Felix Pfister | IPG Automotive
Virtual ECU: VirtualBus and XCP
Real ECU (HIL): SensInject, SensCompute
Physical vehicle: Vehicle-in-the-Loop
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Closing Steffen Schmidt | President & CEO IPG Automotive GmbH |
Get-Together |
Exhibition
Touch and experience our products! Live demonstrations and meeting on site together with our partners.


3D Mapping Solutions, based in Holzkirchen and Pittsburgh, specializes in the high-precision, high-resolution surveying of road networks, test and race tracks, as well as proving grounds for automotive applications, and is a global leader in this field. In addition, its core competencies include the creation of high-resolution reference maps, the provision of basic data for reliable, validatable driving and sensor simulation, the creation of 3D environment models.


Akkodis, is a global leader in the engineering and R&D market that is leveraging the power of connected data to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.
With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow. Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group.
Akkodis is a commercial brand under which both AKKA and Modis entities operate.


ANSYS Inc, is the leading provider of engineering simulation solutions at the heart of the disruptive innovations shaping the future of the transportation and mobility industry. Engineering simulation is the only way to deliver the safer, more sustainable electric, connected and autonomous transportation and mobility experiences of the future. Building on a foundation of core vehicle engineering solutions – from aerodynamics to lighting to light weighting and crash simulation – Ansys’ software is enabling the industry to bring innovation to market faster, at lower cost and risk and with greater product quality. Companies across the automotive ecosystem, from global OEMs to start-ups rely on Ansys to engineer what’s ahead.
Founded in 1970, Ansys employs globally nearly 6,000 professionals. Our engineers are experts in their fields including finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, semiconductor, electronics and electromagnetics, optics, systems and software, multidisciplinary design optimization, materials and digital mission engineering. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, USA, the company has more than 75 global locations and a network of channel partners around the world.


Automatum Data GmbH is an innovative company that has developed an automation solution for generating large amounts of data for vehicle developers, scenario-based function development projects, and AI applications. Our solution is based on automated data acquisition from traffic observation, which enables an almost unlimited amount of data.
Our goal is to provide vehicle developers, scenario-based function development projects, and AI applications with data that matches their specific working context. Our automated data pipeline extracts object trajectories with high accuracy from reference drone videos captured from heights of up to 600 meters. Whether it's entry or exit ramps on highways, bottlenecks, heavy traffic, free-flowing traffic, intersections with or without traffic lights, or roundabouts of various complexity and size, we capture the data that vehicle developers, scenario-based function development projects, and AI applications require.
With our automation solution, data can be quickly and efficiently collected that matches the specific working context. If an unusual road configuration is missing, Automatum Data collaborates with the project team to fill in this observation or data gap. The automated data acquisition of Automatum Data thus offers a reliable, efficient, and scalable solution for reference data acquisition, the ground truth of traffic movement, for automated driving.


AVES Reality automates 3D virtual world creation, to empower simulation-based testing and synthetic training data generation in ADAS and AD. With our procedural world generation based on satellite images and other real-world geodata, we can deliver any place on earth as simulation-grade 3D environment. We support ASAM OpenDRIVE and have tool-agnostic export interfaces.


cosin scientific software AG offers simulation software for advanced tire and road surface modeling. The key product, FTire, is the leading high-frequency 3D tire model for vehicle dynamics simulation. Virtual testing is key and driving simulators are increasingly replacing real tests. The availability of FTire throughout the development cycle is unique and ensures consistency for all simulations.


Elektrobit is a leader in automotive software with over 35 years of serving the industry. We offer flexible, innovative solutions for car infrastructure software, connectivity & security, automated driving and related tools, and user experience. Elektrobit is a wholly-owned, independently-operated subsidiary of Continental.


Foretellix is the leading provider of safety-driven verification and validation solutions for automated driving systems and ADAS. Foretellix’s Foretify™️ platform helps automotive, trucking, and mining OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to ensure safety, reduce development costs, and accelerate time-to-market.


Fujisoft major part of business are "Embedded control systems " for the manufacturing industry such as the automotives, “Business systems” based on a wide range of technical fields and business knowledges, and “Products and Services” for original product and solution development.
We will support our clients' DX by leveraging our technology and know-how and order to realize.


For more than 25 years, GeneSys has been developing high-precision and innovative sensor-systems for demanding test and measurement applications. Laser measurement technology and inertial sensors are used to capture precise position and motion data of vehicles. The GNSS-based inertial system ADMA was developed especially for vehicle-dynamics-analysis and ADAS-evaluations in the automotive sector.


Keysight delivers advanced design and validation solutions that help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Our customers span the worldwide communications and industrial ecosystems, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics markets. For more information about Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS), visit us at www.keysight.com.


KS ENGINEERS has been offering solutions in the business fields of Automotive Testing, Industrial Automation, Building Facilities and Testing Services for the past 50 years. The optimum use of synergies between the technological fields mechanics, control engineering, data engineering and building facilities ensures that KS is a competent partner in efficiently handling comprehensive turnkey projects.
Portfolio:
Automotive Testing:
- Testing solutions for e-mobility and alternative drive concepts
- Fuel cell test beds
- Application test beds, model-based testing and ADAS testing
- Powertrain test beds
- Chassis dynamometers
- Engine test beds
- Module test beds
- Infrastructure / media supply and conditioning
- Cooling water
- Air conditioning / Exhaust gas
- Fuel supply, etc.
Testing Services:
- Testing center in Graz (Austria)
- Testing center in Friedrichshafen (Germany)
Building Services:
- Process Automation
- Data processing
- Electrical Engineering
- HVAC


Simulation Data Management for CarMaker
The simulation and analysis of complex assemblies and functional behavior of systems is nowadays a standard method to develop new products, to validate their functional behavior virtually and to bring them earlier to market with higher quality and better performance.
The simulation of complex systems (eg. ADAS, Active Vehicle dynamics, etc.) for autonomous driving can be validated by thousands of scenarios and millions of kilometers virtually by advanced software solutions like CarMaker.
SDM4CM (Simulation Data Management for CarMaker) helps companies to manage all data in their ADAS developments and Vehicle Dynamics Simulation projects. It connects all simulation discipline in large enterprises, enable collaboration across all simulation domains and integrates and traces the complete simulation process of each analysis in a central digital environment.
PDTec AG is a renowned and highly reputed global provider of solutions for collaborative work with a focus on engineering data management, data exchange and partner and supplier integration in the virtual product development process. The software solutions offered by PDTec are:
- SDM4CM – Simulation Data Management for CarMaker in AD, ADAS and Vehicle Dynamics
- SimData Manager – Simulation Data Management and CAE Process Capturing
- SE-Data Manager – Simulation Data Management for MBSE and Functional Modelling
- SDM4AC - Simulation Data Management for ADAMS Car in Vehicle Dynamics
- SDM4UNV - Simulation Data Management for MATLAB and other MBSE tools
The company has customers in automotive, aerospace, general machinery, as well as the shipbuilding industry, energy providers and in the electronics industry. The company is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. For more information about PDTec AG please visit www.pdtec.com.


rFpro is a simulation environment for the automotive and motorsport industries. It is used for the development and testing of autonomous vehicles, ADAS, vehicle dynamics and human factor studies - essentially anything that involves driving a vehicle. rFpro’s automotive customers are the world’s largest car manufacturers, tier one suppliers and sensor developers. We enable them to simulate, test and validate new sensors, control systems and vehicle hardware systems. The top 10 OEMs that were early adopters of rFpro technology have already launched road cars which started their development, not on a test track, but in a virtual environment using rFpro. In motorsport we are the market leader of professional driver-in-the-loop simulator software - our customers are champions of every leading motorsport category. We maintain the largest library of digital road models (digital twins) including public roads, proving grounds, test tracks and race circuits for F1, NASCAR, WEC, IMSA, Indy, Formula E, Super-GT and Australian V8 Supercars.
Our mission is to provide and continuously advance an engineering-grade vehicle simulation environment, enabling our customers to develop components and systems safely and efficiently. rFpro is part of the AB Dynamics Group of companies.


S.E.A. provides customized test & measurement systems for communication & electronic/mechatronic systems. A key focus of S.E.A. is a comprehensive portfolio for V2X testing for RF, use case and full ADAS HIL testing. S.E.A.'s V2X solutions include V2X, GNSS, in-vehicle and traffic emulation (via CarMaker). The test systems provide an efficient workflow through S.E.A.'s TestMaster software.


SI was born in 2004 as innovation start-up and is on the market as technological partner in automotive field. Our mission to innovate is visible in both the turn-key solutions and engineering portfolio. The target is to support customers to reduce the time-to-market and to use innovation as right shape in the developing process, transferring achieved X-in-the-loop methodologies to face next moves.


STÄHLE GmbH is a global operating company providing automotive test systems as robot drivers, steering or actuator systems & shift robots. They operate at most automotive companies world-wide for application like emission testing, mileage accumulation, acoustic, climatic, EMC, R&D, etc.
STÄHLE GmbH enables the bridge from test-cell tests / applications to proving ground tests / as well as simulation (SIL, HIL, VIL).


Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software™ partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As an S&P 500 company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and offers the industry's broadest portfolio of application security testing tools and services. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing more secure, high-quality code, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.