Deadline is May 29 th for call for papers

CESA 2012 reminds that the submission for abstracts is opened until May 29th.
At this point, the congress has already confirmation of more than 60 participants for key-notes and round table discussions including representatives from the automotive industry and adjacent industries such as electronics in general, railway, communication, city representatives and market research organizations from Europe, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.
This year, the top level roundtable discussion format will be enhanced by more in depth sessions, detailed presentations and discussions of technical papers. CESA will be held on December 4th and 5th in Paris with the support of the PFA and Automotive Clusters. It's the most important automotive electronics conference in France.

Link : http://www.sia.fr/evenement_detail_cesa_2nd_edition_important_information_1128.htm

It is still time to participate with a paper in CESA !

The CESA 2012 congress preparation is progressing well. As it stands today, we have already confirmation of more than 60 participants for key-notes and round table discussions including representatives from the automotive industry and adjacent industries such as electronics in general, railway, communication, city representatives and market research organizations from Europe, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. But there is still room for presentations in the technical sessions.

As an appetizer here some names of keynote speakers:
- Christophe Perillat, chief operating officer at Valeo on automotive electronics in general
- Marc Duval Destin, R&D Director at PSA on new mobility
- Beatrice Foucher-Sybord from Renault on Electric Mobility
- Liam Breslin for the European Commission
- Wolfgang Runge ex-CEO of ZF and chairman of Baden-Baden conference on automotive electronics
- Pierre Gattaz, CEO of Radial and President of the French federation for electronics industry (FIEEC)
- Joachim Matthes from Valeo on Driver Assistance
- Heinz Pfannschmidt, ex CEO of Honsel and ex-VP of Visteon as representative for Roland Berger on electric mobility in Germany
- Laurent Malier, General Manager of CEA-LETI on new technologies in power electronics
- Hans-Georg Frischkorn, ESG and ex-VP Electronics at GM and BMW on consequences from mobility needs on technical solutions

Furthermore, there will be representatives from Nissan, Japan, SCNF, ATOS, ADEME, Amsterdam city, BOLLORE, SAFT, Schneider, VW, Audi, BMW-Peugeot-Citroen, BIPE, Renault, Conti, BOSCH, TRW, PSA, … and many more.

Call for papers on line for CESA 2012

If you're interested to participate and to be a speaker for CESA 2012, please download the call for papers.
Here is the link : http://www.sia.fr/files/evenement/onglet/2728/CFP_V11.pdf   

You will find in the brochure all the program with the topics to be adressed :
- New mobility /offers / Usage
- Technology evolution / Driver Assistance / Challenges
- Environment / Energy sources & infrastructure / Connectivity & Services
- Smart infotainment / HMI / Services
- Technical consequences (1) / Mechatronics, 48V / Dev tools and standards
- Technical consequences (2) / Architectures, BMS / Cost of ownership / Ethernet
- New materials & components / (GaN, SiC, rare earth mat.) / Strategies & Dependency).

Experts are requested to submit abstracts written in English before May 29, 2012.