Author: Ryan Hall
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, Tolling and Connected Vehicles, will be working with test equipment vendors and test laboratories to provide comprehensive conformance and interoperability testing of V2X devices at the upcoming Québec Plugfest, hosted at Transport Canada’s Motor Vehicle Test Centre in Blainville, Québec. OmniAir Plugfests are the world’s largest connected vehicle conference and testing event. For the fourth year in a row, the event has SOLD OUT
a full week before opening! The Québec Plugfest is our largest and most successful to date, thanks in part to our partner and host Propulsion Québec.
“OmniAir is pleased to partner with Propulsion Quebec to bring the world’s largest Connected Vehicle Testing Event to the Montreal region,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “Testing teams from 20 countries will participate in the week-long testing event offering 300 individual test sessions, designed to ensure that life-saving Connected Vehicle technologies are interoperable, secure, and conform to industry standards.”
Those that were able to purchase their tickets before the event SOLD OUT are in for an informative two-days. The Connected Vehicle Policy Conference and Technical Workshop features several panels comprised of leading industry experts from around the world. They will explore technical and policy issues, including global interoperability, cybersecurity, autonomous shuttle projects, as well as sustainable transportation options. Representatives from Transport Canada, the Québec Government, and local industry leaders will be in attendance. Event participants will also enjoy several networking opportunities.
Full Agenda English – Agenda complet franaçais
PMG Technologies will offer live demonstrations of connected vehicle safety applications and tours of their facility. Indoor bench and track testing tours will be offered to attendees and media representatives, on the second day.
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For those unable to attend the Québec Plugfest in Montreal next week, you may find the Driving Towards Saving Lives: Opportunities & Challenges in Auto Tech Policy Luncheon hosted by the U.S.-Israel Future Mobility Center of great interest!
About OmniAir Consortium:
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.
About Propulsion Québec:
Quebec’s smart and electric vehicle cluster brings industry stakeholders together to work on joint projects aimed at positioning Quebec as a leader in smart and electric land transportation. Created in 2017, Propulsion Québec currently has over 100 members from a variety of sectors and deploys its resources across seven distinct working groups tasked with developing and supporting innovative projects. The cluster receives financial support from the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada, and Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM).
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April 10, 2019 6:07PM
Speakers Announced for OmniAir Québec Plugfest
OmniAir Consortium has announced the speaker lineup for its OmniAir Québec Plugfest May 6-10 in the Montreal region.
The week-long event, hosted by Propulsion Québec at Transport Canada’s Motor Vehicle Test Centre in Blainville, Québec, is the premiere Connected Vehicle testing event in North America.
The first two days will feature a Connected Vehicle Policy Conference and Technical Workshop.
Our special presenter for the event is Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy and Innovation for Québec.
Panels of leading technical and policy experts from around the world will explore technical and policy issues, including global interoperability, cybersecurity, autonomous shuttle projects, as well as sustainable transportation options. There are representatives from Transport Canada, the Québec Government, and local industry leaders along with connected mobility experts, and researchers, from world, renowned universities and privately traded corporations.
Live demonstrations of connected vehicle safety applications, tours of the indoor bench and track testing will be offered to attendees and media representatives.
Day 1 – Connected Vehicle Policy Conference
Welcome to OmniAir Québec Plugfest
Jason M. Conley, Executive Director, OmniAir Consortium
Welcome to Québec and Introduction of Minister Fitzgibbon
Sarah Houde, Chief Executive Officer, Propulsion Québec
Special Presentation
Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Québec
OmniAir Certification and the Path to Interoperability
Steve Novosad, Associate Vice President, HNTB Corporation, Chairman, OmniAir Consortium, Board of Directors
Panel 1: V2X Testing & Certification Around the World
Moderator: Paul Sakamoto, Chief Operating Officer, Savari
Dr. Alain Vouffo, Ph.D., Spirent
Ryan L. Klomp, Director, Multi-Modal Technology Development Research & Testing, Transport Canada
Dr. Young-Kyun Lee Ph.D., Executive Director Center for Overseas Business, Intelligent Transportation Society of Korea
Laszlo Virag, Chief Technology Officer, Commsignia, Inc.
Panel 2: Connected and Automated Vehicle Deployments
Moderator: Suzanne Murtha, Vice President, Connected and Automated Technology, AECOM
Sue Bai, Principal Engineer, Automotive Technology Research Division, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
M. Marc Rouleau, General Director, City of Candiac, Quebec
Kristina Mlakar, MScSM, National Operations & Project Manager, Canadian Urban Transit and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)
Baptiste Le Poittevin, Customer Solution Architect EasyMile
Special Presentation – State of V2X Cybersecurity: Developments in V2X Misbehavior
David Sequino, CEO INTEGRITY Security Services
Panel 3: State of Cybersecurity for V2X and IoT
Moderator: François Bégin, Principal, Catalyst Partners, LLC
Dr. Jonathan Petit, Ph.D., Senior Director, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Tony Qiu, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair Professor, University of Alberta
Michael Bruce, Vice President, Leidos
Ryan Brander, Associate Vice President, Geotab
Panel 4: Future Trends in Connected and Smart Mobility
Moderator: Patrick Lauzière, Enabler-in-Chief, Intersect (an Orange Traffic Venture)
Dr. Dave Michelson, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
Marc-Antoine Ducas, CEO, Netlift
Raed Kadri, Director, Automotive Technology and Mobility Innovation, Ontario Centres for Excellence
Jean-Francois Barsoum, Canadian Leader and Senior Managing Consultant, Smarter Cities, Water and Transportation, IBM
Justin Johnson, Senior Research Specialist, 3M
Peter Esser, Head of Government Affairs, NXP Semiconductors USA
Day 2 – Technical Workshop
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About C-V2X 101
Dr. Jim Lansford, Ph.D., Director, Technical Standards, Qualcomm
Sean Maschue, Principal Engineer, Qualcomm
Plugfest Testing Overview – Preview of Testing Stations
Dmitri Khijniak, Service Development Manager, Bureau Veritas (7Layers), Chair, OmniAir Technical Working Group
Randy Roebuck, Vice President Engineering & Technology Programs, OmniAir Consortium
Advances in Connected & Automated Vehicle Research
Moderator, Mike Brown, PMP, Institute Engineer, Southwest Research Institute
Prof. Dave Michelson, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
Prof. Hossam Gaber, Ph.D., University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Mike Corby, Director, IBI Group
David Chuang, National Research Council of Canada
V2X Cybersecurity – Security Certificate Providers Roundtable
Moderator, Matthew Krech: Senior Engineer, ACATS, Innovation Centre, Transport
William Lattin, Chief Security Architect, INTEGRITY Security Services
Dr. Kevin Henry, Ph.D., Security Consultant, ESCRYPT
Jaeson Yoo, Chief Security Evangelist, Penta Security Systems, Inc.
James Lepp, Senior Standards Manager, Blackberry Ltd.
Testing will begin immediately following the technical workshop: For more information and to register for the event, please visit the Plugfest website: https://omniair.org/quebec-plugfest/
About OmniAir Consortium:
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.
About Propulsion Québec:
Quebec’s smart and electric vehicle cluster brings industry stakeholders together to work on joint projects aimed at positioning Quebec as a leader in smart and electric land transportation. Created in 2017, Propulsion Québec currently has over 100 members from a variety of sectors and deploys its resources across seven distinct working groups tasked with developing and supporting innovative projects. The cluster receives financial support from the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada, and Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM).
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March 13, 2019 7:23PM
New and Expanded Testing Offered at the Québec Plugfest
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling and Connected Vehicles, announces its initial test station offerings for the OmniAir Québec Plugfest.
This week-long event, hosted by Propulsion Quebec, will feature a Connected Vehicle Policy Conference, followed by four days of intensive device testing with leading test laboratories and test equipment providers.
The first fifteen test stations have been announced, and will feature bench conformance, security, and interoperability testing required for OmniAir Certified™ devices. Additional test stations are being planned and will be announced in the coming weeks.
For the first time, OmniAir will offer expanded interoperability testing between vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) devices in a field environment. Plugfest participants will have the opportunity to test the interoperability their device with those of other device manufacturers from around the world.
Also, this Plugfest will place additional emphasis on location accuracy. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will be on-hand to run device against its new high-accuracy GNSS tool. This single test alone is worth the price of admission!
Below is a list of test stations and providers
If you have not purchased a device testing ticket, but plan to attend please download the device profile form. Please complete and submit to Randy Roebuck, OmniAir’s Vice President of Engineering & Technology Programs, as soon as possible.
Who Should Attend?
- DSRC and C-V2X device manufacturers interested applying for OmniAir Certification.
- Government officials interested in deploying OmniAir Certified™
vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology - Automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers interested in certification for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology
- Engineering and consulting firms interested in learning about connected vehicle deployment opportunities in Québec and across Canada
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Rohde & Schwarz entered into a collaboration with automotive E/E networking specialist Vector on a mobile vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) application layer test platform. The companies’ integrated test platform, which will be showcased for the first time at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, combines the R&S CMW500 network simulator and the R&S SMBV100A/B GNSS simulator operating together with Vector’s CANoe .Car2x, a software tool for simulation, development and test of V2X-based Communication Applications. The test platform is designed to configure and run traffic scenarios to comprehensively test the physical layer 3GPP Rel. 14 up to the application layer of C-V2X ECUs in a lab environment.
Rohde & Schwarz expanded the functionalities of its R&S CMW500LTE network simulator and R&S SMBV100A/B GNSS simulator to operate with Vector CANoe .Car2x, a software tool for simulation, development and test of V2X-based communication applications. The platform enables engineers to easily verify critical safety-related V2X scenarios in a lab environment.
The platform uses the C-V2X software package for the R&S CMW500 to simulate the Physical- and MAC-layer, transmitting and receiving data over the simulated PC5 interface. This covers ideal, faded and congested channel conditions to the device under test (DUT). In its existing form, the platform supports both GNSS and PSSS/SSSS sidelink synchronisation options.
The combined platform covers all layers – the complete stack, 3GPP Radio Access Layers for C-V2X Mode 4, region specific ITS protocol layers such as EU ITS-G5 and US.
About OmniAir
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.
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March 8, 2019 7:08PM
AARON MOORE – JOINS AS MANAGER, TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
OmniAir is excited to announce the addition of their newest staff member, Aaron Moore, serving as Manager, Technology Programs.
Aaron is coming aboard to support our certification services programs. Aaron will utilize his technical expertise in support of our various working group initiatives, including developing new test cases to expand our testing capabilities.
Aaron comes to OmniAir with extensive technology experience, most notably drawing on his time working for a world-renowned product testing laboratory. During his tenure he was able to gain a vital understanding of the testing process and we look forward to him employing that knowledge at OmniAir.
Aaron has been supportive in the efforts of OmniAir through his participation in previous OmniAir PlugFests. We will draw upon his experiences as a test station provider and implement recommendations to further improve and enhance our guests’ experiences. Aaron will assist in testing during the Quebec Plugfest which brings together organizations from across the globe to work collaboratively on requirements for connected vehicles.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with OmniAir and am looking forward to being a part of an organization that works diligently to shape the future of interoperable wireless transport technologies,” said Aaron. “To have the chance to be involved in bringing more safety to the roads through this advanced technology is a privilege.”
OmniAir is delighted that we are able to hire a team member with Aaron’s experience and enthusiasm. As we seek to provide members with the highest level of technological support, it is additions to the team like Aaron that make it possible.
Please help me welcome Aaron to the OmniAir family!
