The IVT Off-Freeway Automobile Know-how Expo opens right this moment (20 August) at Chicago’s Donald E. Stephens Conference Middle, kicking off two days of cutting-edge improvements in autonomy, electrification, and digitalization throughout the off-highway industrial car sector.
The opening day guarantees to set the tone for this yr’s largest gathering but, that includes each the Off-Freeway Evolution Summit and the NFPA Superior Hydraulics Convention. The Off-Freeway Evolution Summit will present the technical spine of the occasion that includes 50 keynote audio system throughout the 2 days starting from world OEMs, tier 1 suppliers, cutting-edge R&D centres, and dynamic startups.
You will discover the full programme on the occasion web site however there follows our choose of 5 highlights to think about as you propose your first day…
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Different Fuels to Contemplate for Off-Street Autos, 10:00 – 10:20AM | Room 1
With emissions rules tightening, building fleet managers are going through rising strain to undertake cleaner car applied sciences. Steve Duricky, world platform supervisor, Parker Hannifin Company, will discover the varied different gasoline choices out there for off-road purposes and their sensible implementation challenges.
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Hearth Chat: HMI Improvement, Off-Freeway Controls, 10:40 – 11:00AM | Room 1
This interactive fireplace chat that includes Chris Vavra, content material strategist and tactician, StratMg and Hatuey Campbell, HMI Controls and switching lead, CNH Industrial will delve into human-machine interface improvement and management techniques design. This session will supply insights from each trade technique and OEM implementation views on how person interfaces are evolving in fashionable off-highway tools.
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Past the Blacktop: Unleashing Off-Street Autonomy for OEMs, 12:40 – 13:00PM | Room 1
Ben Alfi, CEO and co-founder, Bluewhite will discover how autonomous expertise is revolutionising off-road industries, from agriculture to building. With over 75,000 autonomous automobiles already deployed, Alfi will share insights on the fast growth of autonomous options and their real-world purposes throughout varied off-highway sectors.
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Driving Productiveness Via Electrification and Clever Companies: A Imaginative and prescient for the Off-Freeway Future, 11:00 – 11:20AM | Room 1
Ray Gallant, vp of sustainability and productiveness companies, Volvo Development Gear will define the OEM’s strategic imaginative and prescient for combining electrification with clever companies to drive productiveness beneficial properties and sustainability in building and mining purposes.
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Driving Innovation – Strategic Autonomy, 11:20-11:40AM | Room 1
Jonathan Spendlove, supervisor – Precision Development, Deere & Firm, will reveal that autonomous earthmoving isn’t just for large-scale operations anymore, discussing how the important thing expertise constructing blocks now exist to ship automated and clever options throughout a broader vary of building purposes.
Interactive Options and Extra Alternatives
For the primary time in Chicago, the occasion will characteristic the iVT Dwell Zone, an interactive stage on the expo flooring with stay debates and Q&A classes on autonomy, digitalization, electrification, and alternate fuels, plus a brand new Product Showcase for guests to see improvements up-close.
Extra notable classes all through the day embody shows on electrified drivetrain architectures, hydrogen sensor design, battery security evaluation, and charging infrastructure improvement, with audio system from main firms together with FEV North America, Kyowa Americas, EAO Company, and Danfoss Energy Options.
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