VI-grade Announces 2023 Calendar of Events and Webinars Exclusively Focused on Promoting 'The Road to Zero Prototypes’

Darmstadt, Germany, February 2nd, 2023 – VI-grade, the simulation and driving simulator company that accelerates product innovation by bridging the gap between simulation and physical testing, today announced its updated 2023 event and webinar calendar leading the quest to Zero Prototypes. In an effort to attract as many attendees as possible from the global automotive industry, VI-grade has re-scheduled the EMEA, North American and Japanese Summits as follows: 

1. International / EMEA ZERO PROTOTYPES Summit: SimCenter Udine (Italy) on May 24-25, 2023 (NEW DATE)
2. North American ZERO PROTOTYPES Summit: Multimatic SimCenter in Novi, MI (USA) on September 20, 2023 (NEW DATE)
3. Japan ZERO PROTOTYPES Summit: Tokyo (Japan) on September 21, 2023

Spurred by the success of previous ZPS events, VI-grade will once again provide its community with exclusive insights into how major global players in the automotive industry are actively using simulation, driving simulators and HiL in their quest to achieve Zero Prototypes and virtual sign-off. Attendees at the ZPS events will have the unique opportunity to test drive and experience VI-grade’s simulators live. They’ll also hear first-hand from industry experts applying VI-grade’s solutions to achieve incredible results in their quest to dramatically reduce development time while also expanding innovation. Additional information on the individual events as well as a first round of speakers and sponsors will be announced shortly.  

 In Q1 VI-grade is hosting a series of free webinars and events on multiple platforms und media outlets to illustrate to a broader global audience details and examples of how VI-grade is bringing the automotive industry ever closer towards Zero Prototypes. Presented by Michael Hoffmann, VI-grade’s Zero Prototypes expert, these webinars will outline how companies can transition from a prototype-heavy testing environment to an upfront-driven approach, making product development more human-centric. 

Save the following dates to learn more about key strategies and critical success factors that drastically reduce the need for physical prototypes:

• Webinar “On the Road to Zero Prototypes” hosted by Mobex by Automotive World (English) on February 8th, 2023 at 4pm CET
• Webinar “On the Road to Zero Prototypes” hosted by Jishulink (Chinese) on March 1st, 2023 at 4pm CST
• Webinar “On the Road to Zero Prototypes” hosted by GoToWebinar (Japanese) March 2nd, 2023 at 4pm JST
• Webinar “The Road to Zero Prototypes: How to Dramatically Decrease the Need for Physical Prototypes” hosted by SAE (English) on March 7th, 2023 at 1pm ET
• “Der Weg zur prototypenfreien Entwicklung” hosted by ATZ (German) on March 16th, 2023 at 10am CET

“At VI-grade we are excited to drive our Zero Prototypes strategy forward and lead the way in the quest to achieve virtual sign-off. As the automotive industry moves towards an upfront simulation-driven approach, removing the bottleneck of subjective evaluation through physical prototypes is crucial for achieving virtual sign-off” commented Michael Hoffmann, Senior Expert in Simulation Driven Development at VI-grade. “In our upcoming events and webinars we will highlight how to make product development more human-centric, enabling engineers, managers and customer focus groups to assess the driving experience throughout the development process and ultimately remove the bottleneck for achieving zero prototypes."

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