CONFERENCE PROgRammE - Tire Technology Expo
CONFERENCE PROgRammE - Tire Technology Expo
CONFERENCE PROgRammE - Tire Technology Expo
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TIRE TECHnOLOGy ExpO 2012 pROGRammE<br />
Day 1 TuesDay 14 February<br />
SESSION 1: A glObAl INSIght INtO tIrE ANd rAw<br />
mAtErIAlS Supply ANd dEmANd<br />
Moderator: Michael Staude, TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH,<br />
Germany<br />
OPENING ADDRESS<br />
CONfIRmED SPEAkERS<br />
Paul Hembery, motorsport director, Pirelli Tyre SpA, Italy<br />
Dr Claus Oberbeck, team manager, product development,<br />
Hankook <strong>Tire</strong> Co Ltd, Germany<br />
Ron Commander, Lanxess, Germany<br />
ISOPRENE PRODuCt fROm NON-fOOD bIOmASS<br />
Professor Eric Singsaas, research director, Wisconsin<br />
Institute for Sustainable <strong>Technology</strong>, USA<br />
Robert Simmons, head of rubber and tire research, LMC, UK<br />
HOw tO mAkE ‘blACk AND ROuND’ SExy!<br />
Rob Dolton, director, Dolton & Dex Limited, UK<br />
INDIAN tIRE mARkEt SCENARIO AND ItS RESPONSE tO tHE<br />
GlObAl SItuAtION<br />
Dr Rabindra Mukhopadhyay, chairman, Indian Rubber<br />
Institute, India<br />
SESSION 2: ENErgy rEductION thrOugh dESIgN Of<br />
tIrES, vEhIclES ANd rOAdS<br />
Moderator: Dr Rudi Hein, executive adviser standards and<br />
regulations, Bridgestone, Belgium<br />
CONfIRmED SPEAkERS<br />
Jean-Pierre Jeusette, general director, Goodyear Innovation<br />
Center, Luxembourg<br />
Dr Guenter Leister, senior manager tires and wheels<br />
Mercedes-Benz cars development, Daimler AG, Germany<br />
Casto Lopez Benitez, DG mobility and transport, EU<br />
Commission, Belgium<br />
Prof Ulf Sandberg, senior research leader, VTI, Sweden<br />
Dr Gerald Potts, president, TMSi, USA<br />
OEm tIRE REquIREmENtS fOR lOw-CARbON vEHIClES<br />
Maelle Dodu, advanced chassis research engineer, Jaguar<br />
Landrover, UK<br />
GRIP, wAtER fIlm DEPtH AND ACCIDENtOlOGy ON wEt<br />
ROADS<br />
Christian Mignot, performance analysis, MFP Michelin,<br />
France<br />
ECOtECHNOlOGy fOR vEHIClES: AN OvERvIEw Of<br />
tRANSPORt CANADA’S tIRE tEStING ACtIvIty<br />
Brad Richard, vehicle programs engineer, Transport Canada,<br />
Canada<br />
DRIvING fORCES: PERSPECtIvES ON NEw ROllING<br />
RESIStANCE REGulAtIONS<br />
Dr James Popio, general manager, Smithers Rapra, USA<br />
SESSION 3: thE NEw wOrld Of tIrE mANufActurINg<br />
Moderator: Mike Norman, sales director, VMI Holland BV,<br />
Netherlands<br />
Moderator: Florian W. Fischer, director business<br />
development, VMI Holland BV, Netherlands<br />
HIDDEN COStS IN tIRE mANufACtuRING<br />
Florian W. Fischer, director business development, VMI<br />
Holland BV, Netherlands<br />
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www.tiretechnology-expo.com
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