2017 Programme

Session 1: Emerging Markets and Outlook for the Future

Session 4: OEM Applications, Material Challenges and Developments

• Market landscape, trends and future investments, CarbConsult
• Mergers and acquisitions, Future Materials Groups
• Deakin University innovation - How will this affect the industry? Carbon Nexus

• The future materials challenge at Airbus, Airbus
• ORNL Carbon Fibre Technology Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• A new dimension in manufacturing carbon fibre, The Manufacturing Technology Centre
• Carbon fibre-reinforced B4C matrix composite, RISE

Session 2: Emerging Technologies and New Developments

Panel Discussion

• Challenges in carbon fibre non-destructive testing - Eddy currently a novel solution? Suragus
• Distinguishing features of a carbonisation line designed for heavy tows, Harper International
• Fibre sizing fundamentals and emerging technologies, Michelman
• Carbon fibre precursor production: An overview of existing processes and proposals for new developments, Astris Carbon
• New applications triggering new challenges in carbon fibre development and production, SGL Group

• Standardisation is it time to create a standard for carbon fibre? STRUCteam, Carbon Nexus

Session 3: Recycling and Re-use

Session 5 cont.

• Carbon fibre recycling: An industry whose time has come, ELG Carbon Fibre
• Reinforcement of epoxy resin with recycled carbon fibres using wet-laid process, Hochschule Niederrhein
• Reuse of recycled carbon fibres in CFRP for maximum performance, ITM
• Carbon composites on the way to mass production - results of the leading edge cluster MAI Carbon, MAI Carbon Clustermanagement
• End of life concepts for carbon composites, Carbon Composites

• Qualifying the business case for high volume automotive composites, InCA Technologies
• Composites: The mainstream automotive challenge, Sigmatex
• Advanced carbon fibre materials and processing of composites for high volume automotive applications, Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber and Composites