Day 1: Registration and refreshments
WELCOME ADDRESS
Lamborghini's revolutionary carbon fiber strategy: bridging the transition
Maurizio Reggiani - Vice-President of Research & Development and Chief Technical Officer, AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI S.P.A., Italy
Welcome to the carbon fiber age in the automotive industry
Andreas Wuellner - Managing Director, SGL AUTOMOTIVE CARBON FIBERS, USA
Ford's long term vision for lightweighting: composites and their challenges
Patrick Blanchard - Supervisor - Composites Group, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Day 1: Morning refreshments
Overcoming barriers to mainstream carbon fiber useage
Hamid Kia - Lab Group Manager - Polymer Composites, GENERAL MOTORS, USA
Lightweighting trends in the automotive sector - examining materials that compete with carbon fiber
Gregg Peterson - Senior Technology Specialist, LOTUS ENGINEERING, USA
Day 1: Lunch will be served for all speakers and delegates
The LCA of the entire life cycle of CFRP
Karel Van Acker - Senior Lecturer & Coordinator of the Leuven Materials Research Centre, K.U.LEUVEN MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTRE, Belgium
Evaluating the environmental footprint and efficiency of carbon fiber lines
Robert Blackmon - Vice President, Integrated Systems Division, HARPER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, USA
Closing the recycled carbon fiber supply & demand loop - concepts & potential
Pete George - Engineer, THE BOEING COMPANY, USA
Day 1: Afternoon refreshments
Reclaim-reengineer-reuse carbon fibers
James Stike - CEO, MATERIALS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. , USA
Prospects for high value applications for recycled carbon fiber
Steve Pickering - Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom
Next generation composites: what functionality will consumers demand?
Khalid Lafdi - Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials Professor, UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON, USA
New consumer applications: a high-end kitchen from Poggenpohl and Porsche Design
Philip Maloney - Business Development Manager, POGGENPOHL MÖBELWERKE GMBH, Germany
Day 1: Closing remarks from the Chair
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION