LogoAutomotive Agile PEP Europe|March 26 – 28, 2023, Berlin, Titanic Chaussee Berlin

Tech.AD Europe Award

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Tech.AD EUROPE AWARD 2023

The Tech.AD Europe Award exclusively honors extraordinary projects in the automotive industry and celebrates exceptional solutions & innovations. Our expert jury will review the applications and choose the best projects. Taking place on the main stage of the Tech.AD Europe, the award ceremony will bring the winners the recognition they deserve with the largest community of autonomous driving decision-makers in Europe.

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WHAT

Award Ceremony: Celebrating the best automotive driving projects at the Tech.AD Europe Award Ceremony

 

WHEN

March 27, 2023 End of Event Day 1

 

WHERE

Titanic Chaussee Hotel, Berlin

 

Tech.AD Europe
Award Benefits

Industry-wide recognition

during the Tech.AD Europe Award Ceremony where all key autonomous driving stakeholders in Europe will be represented.

Media attention

through a Tech.AD Award press release, social media post and media exposure for all the winners, as well as during the ceremony

Boost your project

and foster enthusiasm of your efforts among your colleagues, employees, management and team members.

Help a good cause

as we will select a charity on behalf of the winners and exclusively donate 1.000 € to support their individual projects

Tech.AD Europe Award

trophy and certificate to proudly display in your office

Tech.AD Europe Award logo

available to include on all your marketing materials

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

Evaluation Criteria

  • INNOVATION – How innovative or unique is the approach?
  • SIMPLICITY – How easy is the project to realize and to maintain?
  • ACHIEVEMENT – What has been improved through the implementation?
  • MATURITY – Is the approach ready to use?
  • COST EFFECTIVENESS – What is the balance of development costs and savings

Facts at a glance

SUBMISSION

April 08, 2022 – February 15, 2023: Submit your project by filling in the online application form

REVIEW

February 15 – 22: Our expert jury will review all the applications

WINNER ELECTION

February 22, 2023: The winners will be informed and asked to prepare a 3-min video presenting their AV projects. The video should be submitted before March 08, 2023.

CEREMONY

March 27, 2023: The winners of the Tech.AD Europe Award will be announced on stage.

The Winner of the Tech.AD Europe Award 2022

Keysight Technologies, Arbe & neurocat are winning the 2022 edition of the Tech.AD Europe Award. Marek Jersak (DXC Technology) provided humor and insight as he led the Tech.AD Europe Award Ceremony on the first event day. All nominees presented their solutions in a short video. Via live voting, the Tech.AD Europe community voted for their leaders and projects that show outstanding efforts to bring AD & ADAS to the next level.

Congratulations to Keysight Technologies, Arbe & neurocat for winning the Tech.AD Europe Award 2022!

The Winners of 2022

CATEGORY 1: Testing, Validation & Safety

WINNER! Keysight Technologies: Radar Scene Emulator

Keysight’s Radar Scene Emulator enables automotive OEMs to shift testing of complex driving scenarios from the road to the lab for ADAS/AD radar functions, emulating up to 512 objects at distances as close as 1 meter.

2nd Place! TomTom: TomTom Virtual Horizon

TomTom Virtual Horizon offers automakers an all-in-one cost-effective solution for ISA, with best-in-class speed limits, different variants to address any connectivity type, in an easy way to implement and in a short timespan ready to hit the market in 2022n

3rd Place! Transpolis : Validation of an automated shuttle for public transport

Transpolis has helped implementing the first automated shuttle on open road / urban environment in France.

CATEGORY 2: Sensor Perception

WINNER! Arbe: Phoenix Perception Radar

Arbe has transformed radar as a sensor by infusing it with advanced perception abilities, upleveling the standards of safety in the automotive industry.

2nd Place! AEye Inc.: AEye’s 4Sight™ Intelligent Sensing Platform

AEye’s 4Sight LIDAR makes our roads safer and gives OEMs a single future-proof, software-definable solution that facilitates the release of new industry-advancing applications across the scale of autonomy.

3rd Place! TriEye: TriEye SEDAR

The SEDAR is the first-of-its kind revolutionary technology that offers both HD SWIR image data and 3D depth mapping, providing ADAS and AV with mission critical information required to solve the low visibility challenge and save lives on the road.

CATEGORY 3: Software & Compute Platform

WINNER! Neurocat: aidkit

One Platform for AI Quality solving the toughest problems faced in ML development.

2nd Place! Continental: Continental Automotive Edge Framework

Disruptive approach to create an architecture framework for the Software-Defined Vehicle that was successfully used to implement a cloud-based validation for ADAS/AD systems

3rd Place! VEStellaLab: Watchmile – Vision IoT sensor fusion last-mile navigation

Our project ‘Wathchmile’ is the only solution to solve parking problems in large urban areas and can be used in all countries.

Award Charity Partner 2022: Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e.V.

Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e. V. are Germans and Ukrainians living in Germany with different professions. They are united by a common goal: to help people in Ukraine. The main focus of their work is to support people in need, war victims and their relatives, as well as help medical and nursing facilities in Ukraine. The work in the Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e. V. is done exclusively on a voluntary basis.They are engaged in medical and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. For this purpose, they collect donations in kind from various organizations and forward them to the tested trusted clinics and field hospitals in Ukraine.

We, as Tech.AD Europe Event Team, supported the Ukraine-Hilfe Berlin e. V. with a donation during the Award Ceremony.

Tech.AD Europe Award
Terms & Conditions

Application

No applications for the Tech.AD Europe Award will be considered after February 15, 2023. All details must be submitted in English. The submitted application should be related to an AD project at your company. Only projects that have been implemented or are already in an implementation phase are being considered. The implementation of the project must not date back longer than 2 years. Projects that have been awarded the Tech.AD Europe Award before may not apply again. The jury will only consider applicants who have completed the award application with all required details and will nominate projects for each category. Decisions of the jury are final and may not be disputed. The jury will adhere to our award guidelines. By submitting your application, you agree to the terms & conditions of we.CONECT.

Winners

All winners will be asked to prepare a 3 minute-long video showcasing their project. Style, format and content can be based on individual/corporate design. The video will be shown live on stage at the award ceremony on March 27, 2023. Failure to provide a video/presentation may result in disqualification. All winners must attend the award ceremony or send a representative.

Publication

Besides being used for evaluation purposes, the information provided by applicants may be published on further channels by we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH. We reserve the right to publish your project under your name and company name respectively. It is therefore advisable to ensure that all submissions are fully approved by your organization before applying.

Your Contact Person for the Tech.AD Europe Award

Nicoleta Kallée
Director Strategic Partnerships
Autonomous Driving & Smart Mobility
Email: nicoleta.kallee@we-conect.com