Here you see a recap of the program of the The Safe Seats Experience 2025. As soon as the program of the 2027 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

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

Fundamentals

Cervical Spine Distorsion Injuries in Car Accidents. Pathophysiology, Biomechanics and Prevention in Improved Seat Design Dr. med. Wolfram Hell - DHW Unfallanalyse München

Advancements in Safety and Restraint System Requirements and Evolution of Bharat New Car Assessment Program Dileep D. Kulkarni, Rahul Mahajan - The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Status and Further Development of Euro NCAP Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

Fundamentals

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Rear Impact Protocol 2.0, Including Updates on Ongoing and Future Rear Impact and Virtual Testing Research Marcy Edwards - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

HPM II and Reclined Seats: Comparison HPMI – HPM II, Advantages Compared to Current Situation. A Brief Insight into Practice! Michael Gumprecht - Faurecia Autositze GmbH

Investigating Soft-Tissue Response and Risk of Whiplash-associated Disorders Using a Detailed Computational Human Head-and-Neck Model Prof. Dr. Duane S. Cronin, Matheus A. Correia, Matheus S. Reis - University of Waterloo

PRACTICAL PART AT ADAC TECHNIK ZENTRUM

Welcome at the ADAC Technical Center Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg

 

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Development Tools 1

Customer Pre-Impact Braking Tests Using the SESA RPI Technology with the 3.1MN ServoSled. Actual Performance and Future Potential of the RPI System Philipp Tölke - Seattle Safety Europe GmbH

Positioning Dummys - Leveraging Closed Loop Potential Mathias Wolff - Humanetics Europe GmbH

Future Seating Configurations During Side Impact – Testing Insights Filip Novotny - TÜV SÜD Czech s.r.o.

Development Tools 2

Video-Based Test Documentation – Closing the Gap Between Test Documentation and Marketing Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Meier-Noe - all4projects GmbH

A Finite Element Model of the Average Female Crash Test Dummy SET 0.2 50F for Low Severity Rear Impact Safety Assessment Prof. Dr. Astrid Linder - VTI - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute; Dr. Victor Strömbäck Alvarez - Lightness by Design AB

THOR 50M-RECLINED Finite Element Model in Comfort Seating Positions of Autonomous Vehicles Ulrich Freyberger - CDH AG

Development Strategies & Solutions

Introduction of Rear-Facing Seats and Adaptive Semi-Active Seat Systems for Autonomous Cars Dr. Selcuk Himmetoglu - Hacettepe University

Adaptive Safety Starts in the Seat – Precrash Simulation for Next-Gen Design Andreas Forster - AUMOVIO Germany GmbH

Current Research and Outlook

Experimental Setups to Measure Seat Pressure Distribution and (Dis)comfort in Autonomous Driving to Parametrize Digital Human Models Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Fehr - University of Stuttgart et al.

Aware2all EU Project : Protection of Occupants in Rearward Facing Seating Configurations Ricardo Tejero de la Piedra - Humanetics Europe GmbH

Analyzing the Effects of Multidirectional Accelerations in a Driving Simulator on Head-Neck Muscle Activity Using Inverse Kinematics and OpenSim Meghna Rajkumar Vadhyar - Universität Stuttgart

Do we Need Seat Model Validation Requirements for Virtual Testing? Dr.-Ing. Andre Eggers - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

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

 

Program subject to change.