Automated driving is key to enabling safer, more efficient, and accessible mobility. Over the past decade, major progress has been made, especially with SAE Level 3 automation piloted across Europe, supported by advanced sensors like cameras, radars, and lidars. As we move toward highly automated vehicles, one of the main challenges is the fragmentation of Operational Design Domains (ODDs), which limits the range of real-world scenarios that can be safely managed. European projects such as Hi-Drive, PoDIUM, EVENTs, and AITHENA are tackling this issue by combining vehicle sensing with key enabling technologies (KETs) such as V2X communication (including cybersecurity), machine learning, and high-precision positioning. To evaluate the maturity and impact of automated driving functions (ADFs), scenario-based assessments are essential. These approaches test ADFs across a wide range of relevant conditions—spanning societal, traffic, and driving scenarios—using dedicated tools and methods. To ensure consistent and comparable results across different impact areas such as safety and efficiency, harmonization of scenarios, methods, and models is crucial. Coordinated evaluation approaches are necessary to support a safe and scalable rollout of automation technologies across Europe.

Organiser:

• Philippe Stehlik, EICT GmbH

 
Moderator:

• Satu Innamaa, VTT 

 
Speakers:

• Satu Innamaa, VTT 
• Elina Aittoniemi, VTT
• Ashok Krishna, Volvo Cars
• Oihana Otaegui Madurga, VICOMTECH
• Ivan Perez Piñeiro, CTAG