VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.,
May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Innovation thought leaders from Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) will
speak at three prominent conferences in North America this week, discussing "Thinking
Outside the Box," vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and
vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology, and automotive
displays.
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At the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on May 22 at the Henry Hotel in Dearborn, Visteon's global director of
innovation and design, Tim Yerdon,
will moderate one panel discussion and participate in another. At
8:15 a.m., Yerdon will lead the
"Comfort and Aesthetics" panel focusing on materials, processes and
technologies that enhance consumer in-vehicle comfort and
convenience. At 11 a.m. Yerdon will
participate on the "Thinking Outside the Box" panel that will
address interior concepts that designers use to adapt to global
cultures and new technologies like V2X and autonomous driving.
Yerdon will cite several aspects of Visteon's highly regarded e-Bee
vehicle concept as examples of Thinking Outside the Box.
The 2013 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Technology &
Standards Forum will take place at the JW Marriott Denver Cherry
Creek from May 20-23. On May 22 at 2:30 p.m.
MT, associate director Brian
Daugherty will participate on the Discovery Group on
Connected Vehicle panel. Daugherty will discuss global progress
and use cases for V2V and V2I communications technology,
collectively known as V2X. Daugherty will also explore the
integration of V2X with existing vehicle systems and its impact on
infotainment and the Human Machine Interaction (HMI).
Visteon also will be represented at The Society of Information
Display (SID) symposium on May 24 in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Visteon technical fellow Paul
Weindorf will present a paper authored by him and colleague
Brian Hayden on Automotive
Display Visibility Considerations.
For more information on the e-Bee vehicle concept, visit
http://e-bee.visteon.com.
To view V2X use case examples, visit Visteon's YouTube channel,
www.youtube.com/visteon.
Follow Visteon:
www.twitter.com/visteon
www.youtube.com/visteon
www.google.com/+visteon
blog.visteon.com
About Visteon
Visteon is a leading global automotive supplier delivering value
for vehicle manufacturers and shareholders through a family of
businesses including:
- Halla Visteon Climate Control, majority-owned by Visteon and
the world's second largest global supplier of automotive climate
components and systems.
- Visteon Electronics, a leading supplier of audio and
infotainment, driver information, center stack electronics and
feature control modules.
- Visteon Interiors, a global provider of vehicle cockpit
modules, instrument panels, consoles and door trim modules.
- Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd., a successful
China-based partnership between
Visteon and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation's automotive
components group, Huayu Automotive Systems.
Through this family of enterprises, Visteon designs, engineers
and manufactures innovative components and systems for virtually
every vehicle manufacturer worldwide, and these businesses
generated $13.8 billion in sales in
2012, including unconsolidated operations. With corporate offices
in Van Buren Township, Mich.
(U.S.); Shanghai, China; and
Chelmsford, UK; Visteon has
facilities in 29 countries and employs through its various
businesses, including unconsolidated operations, approximately
55,000 people. Learn more at www.visteon.com.
SOURCE Visteon Corporation