The 17th International Forum on Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications (AMAA 2013) - Smart Systems for Safe and Green Vehicles took place in Berlin between June 17 and June 18, 2013. The new paper "Car2Pedestrian-Communication: Protection of vulnerable road users using smartphones" was presented there by the authors Sebastian Engel (Audi), Claudia Kratzsch (Audi) and Klaus David (ComTec).