The IVT Off-Freeway Automobile Expertise Expo opens at present (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 automobile 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’ll find 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 laws tightening, development fleet managers are dealing with rising stress to undertake cleaner automobile applied sciences. Steve Duricky, world platform supervisor, Parker Hannifin Company, will discover the varied various gasoline choices accessible for off-road functions and their sensible implementation challenges.
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Fireplace Chat: HMI Growth, Off-Freeway Controls, 10:40 – 11:00AM | Room 1
This interactive hearth 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 methods design. This session will provide 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 development. With over 75,000 autonomous automobiles already deployed, Alfi will share insights on the speedy growth of autonomous options and their real-world functions 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 Building Gear will define the OEM’s strategic imaginative and prescient for combining electrification with clever companies to drive productiveness good points and sustainability in development and mining functions.
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Driving Innovation – Strategic Autonomy, 11:20-11:40AM | Room 1
Jonathan Spendlove, supervisor – Precision Building, Deere & Firm, will exhibit that autonomous earthmoving is not only 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 development functions.
Interactive Options and Extra Alternatives
For the primary time in Chicago, the occasion will function the iVT Reside Zone, an interactive stage on the expo ground with stay debates and Q&A periods on autonomy, digitalization, electrification, and alternate fuels, plus a brand new Product Showcase for guests to see improvements up-close.
Extra notable periods all through the day embody displays 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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