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, FundamentalsChair: 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 ZentrumChair: 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 |