November 26 – 27, 2025 | Landsberg, Germany

Here you see a recap of the program of the The Safe Seats Experience 2023. As soon as the program of the 2025 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Welcome
Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ulrich - carhs.training gmbh

 

Basics, Fundamentals

Chair: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ulrich - carhs.training gmbh
Whiplash Associated Disorders: Injury Patterns, Incidence and Evolution of Dynamic Seat Testing
Dr. med. Wolfram Hell - LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

 
Analysis of Rear End Collisions in Real Traffic Accidents – Current Findings from Accident Research within the GIDAS Project
Thomas Unger, Robby Rößler - Verkehrsunfallforschung an der TU Dresden GmbH

 
The Future of Whiplash Injury Protection Evaluations at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, including the Role of Virtual Testing in Advancing Rear Impact Safety
Marcy Edwards - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

 
Consumer Organzations Rear Impact Protection Test, Today and in the Future
Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

 
Current Status ChinaNCAP - Impact on Front and Rear Seats / Better Whiplash Protection for Woman
Michael Gumprecht - Faurecia Autositze GmbH; Inés Levallois - Faurecia Automotive Seating

 

Practical Part at ADAC Technik Zentrum

Chair: Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg
Welcome at ADAC Technik Zentrum
Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

 
Demonstrations Euro NCAP Setup & Test Procedures
 

 

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Development Tools, Methods & Processes

THOR-AV for use in Evaluation of Safety of Autonomous Vehicles -Humanetics
Bernard W. Been - Humanetics Innovative Solutions

 
Inclusive seat assessment tools: The average female and male VIVA+ models and Seat Evaluation Tools (SET)
Prof. Dr. Astrid Linder - VTI - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute; Prof. Mats Svensson - Chalmers University of Technology

 
Pre-impact Braking on ServoSled
Philipp Tölke - Seattle Safety Europe GmbH

 
New technique for automatic 3D marker tracking with a single camera
Andreas Mangold - Photron Deutschland GmbH

 
Enhanced understanding of tests and physics with video-based test documentation
Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Meier-Noe - all4projects GmbH

 
Occupant’s Fast Injury Assessment in Highly Automated Vehicles Subjected to Rear-end Crash
Dr. Abbas Talimian, Dr. Luděk Hynčík - University of West Bohemia

 
Lunch Break
 

Development Strategies and Built Solutions

TrueActive Anti Whiplash Head Restraint
Mark Little, Ahmad Farghawi - Windsor Machine Group

 
Safe and comfortable while sleeping - seat development outside the ECE regulations
Joël Béla Bourgeois - Twiliner AG et al.

 

Current Research and Outlook

Aspects of the Reclined Seating Position in Frontal Crashes
Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff - Autoliv B.V. & Co. KG

 
Experiments in Driving Simulator to Obtain Data on Neck Muscle Activation for Validation of Human Body Models
Dr. Norman Stutzig - University of Stuttgart et al.

 
Active Human Models to Evaluate Injury Patterns in Whiplash - How Much does Active Lunge Affect Head Motion and Injury Risk?
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Fehr - University of Stuttgart

 
Summary + Farewell
Dr.-Ing. Dirk Ulrich - carhs.training gmbh; Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

 

 

 

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