Organisation

The ADASIS Forum has been organised in the following structure, illustrated in the figure below. (The Forum's Terms of reference describe its organisation and rules in greater detail.)

• ADASIS Forum General Assembly - membership open to all those interested in ADASIS
• Management Board - sector representatives
• ERTICO acting as Coordinator
• Current Working Groups (WG)

WG#  / lead	WG Leader	Working Group title and short description
WG 1   Map manufacturers	Tele Atlas Stephen T'Siobbel	Data requirements Establish the list of ADAS requirements necessary for the creation or generation of the electronic horizon
WG 2   Vehicle manufacturers	Daimler AG Alexander Bracht	Architecture Define the functional architecture (and its evolution) required to build and access the electronic horizon, as well as define a data structure and data model out of the data requirements
WG 3   System manufacturers	Navigon Johanes Angenvoort	API & data entity specifications Define the software interface specifications necessary to build/access the electronic horizon, the methods to be applied to data entities, and the version and configuration handling
WG 4	Michael L. Sena Consulting AB Michael L. Sena	Liaison & standardisation Liaise with projects such as NextMAP and MAPS&ADAS and initiatives like Magic, identify the standardisation body to which ADASIS specifications will be submitted and establish a proactive link with the corresponding expert group
WG 5   System manufacturers	Michael Wagner OPEL michael.wagner@de.opel.com	Data protocol interoperability
WG 6 New Features	Blaupunkt Axel Varchmin	New features Management of new feature requests for the maintenance of ADAS Interface Specifications
Commercial Vehicle Task Force	ERTICO Vincent Blervaque	Cross functional activity dedicated to commercial vehicles

General Assembly
The Forum's General Assembly is its ultimate decision-making body. It meets at least once a year at ERTICO in Brussels and is chaired by the Chair of the Management Board. All ADASIS Forum results must be approved by the General Assembly prior to being released.

Management Board
The Management Board is composed of at least five members (natural persons and/or legal entities) elected by the General Assembly for a term of one year. The main activities of the Management Board include:

• Admitting new members
• Deciding membership fees
• Monitoring/assessing the Forum's work progress
• Establishing new Working Group(s) or Task Force(s) for coordinating or elaborating special topics when necessary
• Proposing possible participation in EU-funded activities to the General Assembly.

The current Management Board consists of the following members:

Vehicle manufacturers:

BMW
Daimler
Ford (Chairman Christian Ress)

Nissan

Opel

 

Navigation system manufacturers:

Blaupunkt

Siemens VDO, a company of the the Continental Corporation *

 

ADAS suppliers:

A.D.C, a company of the the Continental Corporation *

 

Map manufacturer:

Navteq

Tele Atlas

Coordinator
ERTICO is responsible for the coordination of the ADASIS Forum and its key tasks include:

• Administrating ADASIS Forum membership
• Preparing, participating, reporting and follow-up of Management Board meetings
• Organising meetings of the Forum's General Assembly
• Administrating Forum documents
• Advising the Forum on strategic issues
• Creating and maintaining the Forum's website
• Carrying out communication measures (promotion, external appearance of the ADASIS Forum)
• Managing the Forum's financial matters