The UGR brings together Valeo and Audi in a forum on smart lighting for automobiles
Topics Campus de Fuentenueva University of Granada
Around fifty people have taken part in the VALEO-UGR-AUDI 2026 Forum, held at the University of Granada and focused on smart lighting and advanced materials applied to the automotive industry.
The University of Granada has hosted the VALEO-UGR-AUDI 2026 Forum, a meeting on advances in smart lighting applied to automobiles. The event brought together around fifty people, including members of UGR research groups and representatives from Audi and Valeo.
Laboratory visits
The forum began with a tour of laboratories at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, on the Fuentenueva Campus, guided by Mónica López Alonso and Antonio Peña. Participants also visited facilities of the Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (CITIC), coordinated by researcher and professor Francisco Gámiz, and lines of work on nanoelectronics and wireless technologies presented by Pablo Padilla. At the Facultad de Ciencias they visited the advanced materials area, under the management of Miguel Ángel Fernández Rodríguez.
Technical presentations
The meeting ended with a session of technical presentations opened by Jesús Romo, Manuel López Alonso and Juan M. Martínez, representing Valeo, together with Francisco M. Gómez, from the UGR. Michael Kruppa, from AUDI AG, presented his vision on disruptive lighting technologies for the automotive sector, and Juan José Santaella, from Valeo, addressed the innovation possibilities associated with the use of advanced materials.
According to the University of Granada, the sessions served to exchange knowledge between the university and the automotive industry and to strengthen collaboration between both sectors. The forum is organized by the Cátedra Valeo en Materiales Avanzados and the ETS de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de la UGR.