Digital innovation in the commercial vehicle industry

The 66th IAA Commercial Vehicles event, being held in Hannover from 22–29 September, promises a firm focus on the megatrends of the future: digitisation and electric mobility.

Themes for the conference include:

• Change in the ecosystem through telematics — effects on the automotive aftermark. This will address the influence that telematics offerings and the associated connectivity have on the business situation of forwarders, transport companies and fleets. It will explore what can change, what has changed already, which challenges remain and the ecological effects of this progression. 
• The digital revolution in the automotive industry. With a focus on connected vehicles and their complexity, this topic will cover car-to-car communication, e-mobility and IT, autonomous driving and driver assistance systems to intelligent navigation. The aspects traffic management and mobility of the future will also be covered, as will the increasing importance of modern, app-supported infotainment systems for the connected car.
• Automated and connected driving: commercial vehicles as innovation leaders in automation and connectivity. This forum will focus on how the growing volume of traffic can be optimised and how functional mobility can be guaranteed in the future, including the seamless linking of different means of transport. It will also cover the role of real-time-based intelligent traffic control, driver assistance systems, automated driving and the networking of vehicles with infrastructure.

You can register online to attend using this link.