The 2012 CDR User's Summit will bring together industry experts from around the world to discuss relevant topics that relate to crash data retrieval and event data recorders.

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Below is a list of the confirmed topics and speakers.

• SAE EDR Committee and Status of Part 563 Update 
  Brian Everest, General Motors
  
  
• Practical Methods to Accomplish direct-EEPROM (D-EEP) Retrievals and Assessment of Information  Patterns in that Data
  William Rosenbluth
  
  
• Using the Monte Carlo Method with Crash Event Data
  Roger W. Barrette, MSE - Cooper Barrette Consulting
  
  
• Frye/Daubert and the Admission of Expert Testimony
  Thomas L. Bohan - MTC Forensics
  
  
• Comparison of Toyota ROT and Bosch CDR Data
  Kent Boots - FactualDiagrams.com
  
  
• NHTSA Part 563 Update
  Brian Everest, General Motors
  
  
• Chip Swapping: Risk v Reward
  David M Little P. Eng, - Baker Materials Engineering, Ltd
  
  
• Is a Search Warrant Required? Case Law Review
  Chuck Gillingham - DDA Santa Clara County
  
  
• The Ford PCM Restraint Deployment Signal: Expectations Versus Reality
  Bruce McLaughlin - New York State Police, Rusty Haight - Collision Safety Institute
  
  
• CDR Admission and Expert Preparation
  William Melkonian
  
  
• The CDR product Past, Present and Future: Future Releases and Product Support
  Bill Rose - Bosch Diagnostics
  
  
• A Comparison of Raw Data in ECUs versus Data Found, or Not Found in CDR Reports and Considerations of Possible Challenges to Investigator Integrity
  William Rosenbluth - Automotive Systems Analysis, Inc.
  
  
• CDR Data from more than One Car? Fitting it Together
  Ray Wangler - Collision Investigation & Analysis, Fort Worth PD
  
  
• Automobile Manufacturer Updates
  Don Floyd - General Motors, TBD - Chrylser, TBD Toyota
  
  
• BREAKOUT SESSION: Mock Admissibility Hearing
  
  
• BREAKOUT SESSION: Re-powering 101
  
  
• BREAKOUT SESSION: RCM and PCM Data Together

As we move closer to the Summit date, we may be adding additional speakers and topics. Please check back.