MOST® Forum 2010 Announces Program Highlights

International Conference and Exhibition on Automotive Network Architecture Invites to Frankfurt on 23 March 2010

Starnberg (Germany) 16 February 2010 – The MOST Forum is pleased to announce a very promising program for this second international conference and exhibition on 23 March 2010 in Frankfurt (Germany). The presentations will offer an insight into the latest and future MOST® (Media Oriented Systems Transport) Technology solutions and studies covering a broad field of topics with a wide range of information. In his keynote speech, Mr. Jens Koetz of Audi AG will present the development and production launch of MOST150 from an OEM's perspective. "Attendees may look forward to several pioneering announcements and study results," states Dr. Wolfgang Bott, Technical Coordinator of the MOST Cooperation. "As knowledge partner, the MOST Cooperation encourages all infotainment and networking experts to attend this international conference and exhibition. Top professionals from the automotive electronics industry and academia will exchange information and results of their recent work on this widely used infotainment networking technology." The broad audience will reach from researchers, designers, engineers, system developers, to purchasers and journalists, and to the managers of the industries involved.

Conference Program

After opening the conference and welcoming the attendees, Henry Muyshondt, Technical Liaison of the MOST Cooperation, will guide the program, starting with the keynote speech "Development and Production Launch of MOST150 from an OEM's Perspective" by Jens Koetz of Audi. During the first section, the presenters will take a close look at the MOST Physical Layer. The presentations will be by the University of Applied Science Aalen, Harman/Becker, the Research Center for Information Technology (FZI), Ruetz System Solutions, and Toyoda Gosei. During the lunch and networking break all attendees and speakers are welcome to the exhibition area to learn about available MOST solutions and latest vehicle models with MOST inside. The afternoon events will begin with a section on MOST Modelling and Simulation aspects presented by FZI, Jaguar, TUEV Nord, the University of Hagen, and the University of Warwick. After the afternoon networking and exhibition break the section on MOST Network and System Architecture will round up the conference program. Representatives of Audi, Continental, Daimler, K2L, Nestgroup, SMSC, and Volkswagen will report on achievements and give an outlook on their plans for the near future.

Exhibition

In the exhibition area various companies will present their innovative MOST solutions and applications. Amongst the exhibitors will be the MOST Cooperation demonstrating the wide range of use and applications that MOST150 supports. Further exhibits will be by AUDI AG, Avago Technologies, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Dension Audio Systems, GADV, ICT Software Engineering, K2L, Ruetz System Solutions, SMSC, TOYODA GOSEI, Vector Informatik, and others.

Industry partners SAE International (www.sae.org) and ZVEI (Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association, www.zvei.org) as well as the media partners Auto Electronics (www.autoelectronics.com), Elektronik automotive (www.elektroniknet.de) and ElektronikPraxis (www.elektronikpraxis.de) joined the MOST Forum program committee to set up this premier conference program

	MOST Forum 2010: The conference program will offer an insight into the latest and future MOST® (Media Oriented Systems Transport) Technology solutions and studies covering a broad field of topics with a wide range of information. In his keynote speech, Mr. Jens Koetz of Audi AG will present the development and production launch of MOST150 from an OEM's perspective (To download the program PDF please click here or on the image, 1.7 MB)
	MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) is a multimedia networking technology optimized for use in cars and other applications. It enables the transport of high Quality of Service audio and video together with packet data and real-time control over a single transmission medium. (For download please click on the image, 2,2 MB)
	MOST Informative Issue 5 informs about latest MOST news and highlights. (For PDF download please click on the image, 1,9 MB)
	MOST Annual Achievement Report 2009 (For PDF download please click on the image, 2,7 MB)

The Conference Program 2010

10.00 Registration and Reception Coffee, Exhibition Opens
10.30 Opening and Welcoming Speech (Moderation: Henry Muyshondt, MOST Cooperation)

Keynote
10.35 MOST150 - Development and Production Launch from an OEM's Perspective (Jens Koetz / Stephan Esch / Alexander Schneidenbach, Audi)

MOST Physical Layer
11.00 Dependencies of Bandwidth of Polymer Optical Fiber for MOST Systems (Prof. Dr. Juergen Krapp, University of Applied Science Aalen)
11.25 High Speed 500 Mbps GaN Green LEDs and their Application to POF Communication Module (Yukitoshi Inui / Chris Mesnager / Naoyuki Okita, TOYODA GOSEI)
11.40 Use of the MOST150 Physical Layer Stress Test Tool in Development and Production (Georg Janker, RUETZ SYSTEM SOLUTIONS)
12.00 Automated Determination of Worst-Case Scenarios for the MOST Optical Physical Layer Specification Rev. 3.0 (Andreas Braun / Dr. Oliver Bringmann / Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, FZI (Research Center for Information Technology); Markus Becht, Harman/Becker)

12.15 Lunch / Networking / Exhibition

MOST Modelling and Simulation
13.45 MOST Control Channel Modelling (John Leslie, Jaguar; Ross McMurran, University of Warwick)
14.10 Analysis and Cure of Timing Master Faults (Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard Fechner, University Hagen)
14.25 MHP Protocol Verification and Performance Analysis of Different MHP Configurations Using Virtual Prototypes (Andreas Braun / Dr. Oliver Bringmann / Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rosenstiel, FZI)
14.45 MOST150 for Safety Related Applications (Dr. Jens Christian Lisner / Johannes Specht, TUEV Nord)

15.10 Coffee Break / Networking / Exhibition
MOST Network and System Architecture
15.40 Using UPnP in a MOST Environment (Dr. Alexander Leonhardi / Thomas Gschwandtner / Rico Hauke / Dr. Matthias Stuempfle, Daimler)
16.05 UPnP as proposal for a MOST / IP bridge (Josef Noebauer / Helge Zinner, Continental)
16.20 High Performance Audio Streaming Framework for MOST (Sabeen A, Nestgroup; Manju V)
16.35 Using MOST as General Purpose Communication Protocol (Tobias Follner, K2L)
16.50 MOST Within and Beyond Infotainment (Harald Schoepp, SMSC)
17.10 Evaluation of MOST150 Technology (Dr. Steffen Abbenseth, Volkswagen; Alexander Schneidenbach, Audi)

17.30 Conclusion and End of Conference, Exhibition Closes

About the MOST Forum

The MOST Forum is an International conference and exhibition on infotainment technology using MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport). MOST is a multimedia networking technology optimized for use in cars and other applications. It enables the transport of high Quality of Service audio and video together with packet data and real-time control over a single transmission medium. The MOST Cooperation is the knowledge partner of the MOST Forum. It is the organization through which MOST Technology is standardized and refined so that it continues to stay abreast of the latest industry requirements. Today it consists of 16 international carmakers and more than 60 key component suppliers. They have joined together to work with the MOST Technology and to contribute to its innovation. Further information on the MOST Cooperation is available at www.mostcooperation.com. The MOST Forum is presented by qaqadu event gmbh. The MOST Forum website is available at www.mostforum.com.

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