OmniAir Global Plugfest
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, successfully hosted its first virtual Connected Vehicle Technical Workshop, September 28 through September 30, 2020.
Throughout the course of the three-day event, participants were actively engaged in approximately three hours of content in a fast-paced and engaging format. Workshop attendees learned about recent advances in V2X, C-V2X, and CAV testing and deployments from thought leaders and technology experts worldwide. If you were unable to attend, or you are interested in watching the sessions again, you can browse the titles below to view full session recordings from the event.
The virtual workshop was held in conjunction with the OmniAir® Global Plugfest, a more extensive multi-week V2X testing event offering extensive conformance and interoperability testing at OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories (OATL) around the world.
To learn more about OmniAir Plugfest events, contact Ryan Hall, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development.
OmniAir Global Plugfest Connected Vehicle Technical Workshop
Day 1
Welcome Remarks Jason and Steve Novosad
Keynote: Katie Herbek, Head of Mobility Engagement for the Central / Mountain Region, Ford Motor Company
Panel: CV2X and the Global Race to 5G
Moderator
Jason JonMichael, Smart Mobility & Parking Programs, City of Austin
Panelists
Dr. Jim Lansford, Director of Technical Standards, Qualcomm
Thomas Jaeger, Senior Vice President, Head of Technology, Technical Service Management, DEKRA
Laszlo Virag, Vice President, Commsignia
Alain Vouffo, Product Manager, Spirent
Fireside Chat: Market Trends for C-V2X Around the World
P.J. Wilkins, Executive Director, E-ZPass Group, Vice Chair, OmniAir Consortium
Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association
OmniAir Global Plugfest Testing Overview
Randy Roebuck, Vice President, Engineering & Technology Programs, OmniAir Consortium
Plugfest Testing Site Leads:
- City of Austin
- Bureau Veritas Detroit
- Bureau Veritas Korea
- DEKRA
- SGS
- TTA
Preparing for 5.9 GHz Spectrum Reallocation & Re-channelization – What Deploying Agencies Need to Know
Moderator
Frank Perry, Assistant Vice President, Technical Principal-Connected and Automated Vehicles, WSP
Panelists
Ryan Bollo, Project Manager, Smart Columbus Connected Vehicle Environment, City of Columbus, Ohio
Tom Timcho, Assistant Vice President, Connected and Automated Vehicles, WSP
OmniAir Global Plugfest Testing Overview – Asia Evening Session
V2X Testing & Deployment in the Asia Pacific Region
Moderator
Paul Sakamoto, Chief Operating Officer, Savari
Panelists
Parthiv Parikh, Global Business Development Manager, SGS
Ha JaeKun, Assistant Manager, Standards Planning Team, ITS Korea
Charlie Cheng, Business Development Manager, iSmartways Technologies, Inc.
Lee Shoon, Senior Manager, Korea Expressway Corporation/SMART Highway R&D Division
Day 2
V2X Testing & Deployment in the Asia Pacific Region
Moderator
Paul Sakamoto, Chief Operating Officer, Savari
Panelists
Parthiv Parikh, Global Business Development Manager, SGS
Ha JaeKun, Assistant Manager, Standards Planning Team, ITS Korea
Charlie Cheng, Business Development Manager, iSmartways Technologies, Inc.
Lee Shoon, Senior Manager, Korea Expressway Corporation/SMART Highway R&D Division
Peter Esser, Head of Government Affairs, NXP Semiconductors & Jason Conley, Executive Director, OmniAir Consortium
Panel: Public Sector Perspectives: V2X Testing & Deployment
Moderator
Mike Brown, Southwest Research Institute
Panelists
Nick Hegemier, Managing Director, Infrastructure/Vehicle Deployment, DriveOhio
Alan Davis, Assistant State Traffic Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation (invited)
Jeff Dailey, Deputy Executive Director, Central Texas Mobility Authority
Julie Evans, Senior Transportation Engineer, RSandH
Fireside Chat: Connected Vehicle Market Trends in North
Suzanne Murtha, AECOM
Yeatland Wong, Senior ITS Engineer, Stantec, ITS Canada, Board Director
New Advances in Test Tools for C-V2X
Moderator
Justin Johnson, R&D, 3M
Panelists
Dr. Gerd Schmitz, CEO, S.E.A. GmbH
Bill McKinley, Vice President, Keysight Technologies
Day 3
Featured Presentation: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Developments on Automotive Cyber-Security
Fernando Rodriguez, Vice President, Business Line Testing, DEKRA
Panel: Automotive Cybersecurity in a Connected World
Moderator
David Olive, Partner, Catalyst Partners, LLC
Panelists
Faye Francy, Executive Director, Auto ISAC
Mathew Yarger, Head of Mobility & Automotive, IOTA Foundation
F. Charlene Watson, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, AECOM
Jorge Wallace Ruiz, Cyber Security Lab Manager, DEKRA
Presentation: Identified Gaps in V2X End Entity Security Implementations and Essential Roadmap
Bill Lattin, Chief Security Architect, Integrity Security Services
Jimmy Upton, Senior Security Consultant, Integrity Security Services