09:00

Welcome

09:15

Evidence-based Evolution of VRU Safety Requirements

• Potential for modernization after 2 decades VRU Safety?
• GIDAS VRU-accident study
• Comprehensive approach for effective evolution of safety requirements

09:45

Influence of AEB-Caused Pitching on Passive Pedestrian Test Provisions

• Influence on lower extremity injury risk due to vehicle’s pitching and diving
• FlexPLI with UBM in non-standard tests
• First analysis of dominant effects

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

Challenges in Developing Freestanding Dummies for Pedestrian Collision Tests

• Introduction to the Biofidel Dummy
• Current Limitations of Existing Pedestrian Test Systems
• Technical Challenges in Developing a Freestanding Dummy
• Validation Concept and Evaluation Methodology
• Outlook and Future Development Potential

11:15

Euro NCAP VRU 2026 ADAS Assessments – Increased Challenges

• Changes in testing and assessment
• Detailed look into the new scenarios
• Prediction, verification, robustness layers
• Truck VRU safety testing

11:45

Lunch Break

12:45

Bus Transfer to BASt

13:30

PRAXIS:
Laboratory & Proving Ground of the German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt)
Analysis and Discussion of Pedestrian Protection Measures of Current Vehicles

• Demos
• aPLI
• Impact Test
• Crash Test Biofidel Dummy
• Active Safety Test Methods & Tools: Multi-target scenario
• Vehicle Mark-up
• Vehicle Presentations:
• AUDI (RS5 Avant)
• BMW (iX3)
• Ford (Tourneo Custom)
• Kia (PV5 Passenger)
• Mercedes-Benz (GLC EQ)
• TOYOTA (Aygo X Hybrid)
• Volvo (ES90)

16:55

End of Conference Day 1

19:00

Evening Event at Consilium Cologne

09:00

HBM Virtual Testing Procedures for VRUs – Activities within the EU-Project IMPROVA

• Ideas for an HBM-based VT procedure for test and assessment of VRU impacts against passenger cars
• Improvement of pedestrian HBMs to address long-term consequence injuries
• Approaches for validation of a vehicle front-end simulation model to be used in a VT pedestrian safety assessment procedure

09:30

The Frontend Geometry as a Potential Determining Factor for Impact Kinematics and Injury Severity of Pedestrians

• Research question
• Methods and Results
• To Do's

10:00

New Challenges for Pedestrian Protection Posed by Supercars

• Type approval
• Possible evaluation of not measurable attributes
• Increased risk of injury because of the design of the vehicle
• Small series

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

aPLI Round Robin – Update

• Update of the presentation from 2025
• Execution of comparative tests in 6 laboratories with 13 different impactors on a generalized test frame
• Preparation of the test results with regard to the current Euro NCAP evaluation scheme
• Preliminary investigations into the causes of the scatter observed

11:30

Robust Impactor, Unstable Rating – Why the (Euro) NCAP aPLI Scoring is not Robust Enough

• Classification of current experiences with the aPLI in the context of (Euro) NCAP assessment
• Integration of round-robin and vehicle test experiences
• Relevance of the results for vehicle development and target achievement
• Open issues and questions for future assessment approaches

12:00

C-NCAP 2027 VRU Assessment

• C-NCAP 2027 Management Regulation
• New legform test with vehicle in braking posture

12:20

Lunch Break

13:20

Euro NCAP Pedestrian Protection: Challenges for Manufacturers and Testing Organizations

• Impactors
• Assessment criteria
• Test matrix / test layers

13:50

Analysis of Windshield Impact Tests based on Criteria for Atypical Fracture Behavior

• The Regulatory Framework for Windscreen Head Impacts
• Technical Limitations in Tests Data Acquisition and Processing
• Dataset and Tests Results Overview
• Correlation Between Fracture and Injury (HIC)

14:20

Coffee Break

14:50

European SCART-Institute: Scenario-based Type Approval Processes in Europe - Current Status and Outlook

• SCART – Safety of Connected and Automated Road Traffic
• Build market trust in Level 2+ automated driving systems
• Digitised homologation process for UNECE and European frameworks
• Unified assessment criteria that reduce regulatory uncertainty.
• Traceable and transparent for authorities, fleets, and customers.

15:20

Investigating the Influence of the 3D Muscle Representation with Hybrid Active Properties in the Ansys Hans Human Body Model for Vehicle Safety Applications

• Active HBMs in pedestrian protection
• Hybrid muscle modelling approach
• 1D vs. 3D muscle modelling
• Kinematics & injury risk analysis

15:50

Latin NCAP & Global NCAP Protocol Updates, Results and Next Steps

16:10

Closing Remarks and Farewell