Program of Technical Congress
First Congress Day - March 23, 2011
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction Matthias Wissmann President of the VDA | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Welcome Address | |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. | Electric mobility in Germany: Challenges and opportunities Prof. Dr. Henning Kagermann acatech, German Academy of Science and Engineering | |
| 12:00 a.m. - 01:40 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| 01:40 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. | Targets and current achievements of Working Group 1 (AG1) "Drive Train Technology and Vehicle Integration" of the National Platform for Electric Mobility (NPE) Dr. Rudolf Krebs Executive Vice Präsident, Head of Group E-Traction, Volkswagen | |
| 02:00 p.m. - 02:20 p.m. | Electrification of the power train - from the battery to the electric vehicle Dr. Thomas Weber Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development | |
| 02:20 p.m. - 02:40 p.m. | Status from Working Group 4 (AG4) National Platform Electric mobility NPE Standardization and Certification/Homologation Michael Dick Member of the Board of Management Technical Development, Audi | |
| 02:40 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. | Status from Working Group 7 (AG7) National Platform Electric mobility Basic Conditions Prof. Lars-Hendrik Röller European School of Management and Technology | |
| 03:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m. | Discussion Chair: Hans-Georg Frischkorn Managing Director VDA | |
| 03:30 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Environment, Energy and Electric mobility Combustion Engines - Potential Advancements | Vehicle Safety and Electronics Safe Electric mobility | |
| Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Seibert, HTW Saarland | Chair: Dr. Bernd Gottselig, Ford | |
| 04:00 p.m. - 04:30 p.m. | A Prospective Vision of Powertrain Evolution Michel Forissier, Valeo | Safety of Li-ion Batteries - Contribution of the Battery Supplier Dr.-Ing. Joachim Fetzer, Dr.-Ing. Holger Fink, Dr. Rainer Kern and Dr. Alexander Reitzle, SB LiMotive |
| 04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. | Combustion Engines, Potential Advancement N.N., PSA Peugeot Citroen | Safety of Electric Vehicles, Opel Ampera/Chevrolet Volt Approach Ronn E. Jamieson and Brian Latouf, GM |
| 05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. | Gasoline Engines in between Costs, Performance and Future Emissions Requirements Dr. Sebastian Schilling, Delphi | Hollistic Approach on the Safety of E-Vehicles: In Use and in Accident Cases Armin Gräter, BMW |
| 05:30 pm - 06:00 p.m. | Clean Diesel Technologies – Why the Diesel has a Future Dr. Markus Heyn, Bosch | Mastering new technologies: Systems Driven Product Development (SDPD) Charles C. Grindstaff, Siemens |
| 06:05 p.m. - 06:30 p.m. | Drive Train Technology - Has the Combustion Engine reached the End of it's Career? Prof. Dr. Fritz Indra Former Executive Director Powertrain advanced engineering GM/Opel | |
| 08:00 p.m. | End of the first Day - Evening Event of the Technical Congress | |
Second Congress Day - March 24, 2011
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Keynote, Road Safety Action Program 2011-2020 Dr. Alfred Matthias Ruete European Comission, GD Mobility and Transport | |
| 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. | Efficient Vehicles Safety for Mass Production Klaus Meder Executive Vice President Engineering Chassis Systems Control, Bosch | |
| 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | The Role of Electronics and Software in Road Vehicles Helmut Matschi Member of the Executive Board Continental | |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Environment, Energy and Electric mobility Designed Examples | Vehicle Safety and Electronics Fundamentals and designed Examples | |
| Chair: Hans-Georg Frischkorn, VDA | Chair: Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Bill, HTW Berlin | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | The Pilot project colognE-mobil as part of Ford's electrification strategy Dr. Roland Krüger, Ford | Naturalistic Driving Studies: New Perspectives for Road Traffic Safety Dieter Scheunert, Daimler / FAT Dr. Christhard Gelau and Andre Seek, BASt |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | The Opel Ampera - Electromobility unlimited Dr. Christian Kunstmann and Uwe Winter, Opel | Driver assistance and integrated safety in the new Audi A6 Thomas Müller, Alejandro Vukotich and Dr. Ulrich Widmann, Audi |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | The new MAN Lion’s City Hybrid – an important step on the way to electric mobility Lutz Ginsberg, Tobias Linke and Dr. Jörg Willert, MAN | Crash Safety of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Rainer Justen und Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rodolfo Schöneburg, Daimler |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | eVolution in the Drivetrain using Innovations from Schaeffler Prof. Dr. Peter Gutzmer, Schaeffler | Ford-Focus: Active Safety Systems Dr. Bernhard Heiming and Christof Kellerwessel, Ford |
| 12:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| 02:00 p.m. - 02:30 p.m. | CO2 - for duty vehicles Rainer Bomba State secretary of Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development | |
| 02:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. | CO2-Electric-mobility - and more Dr. Wolfgang G. Schneider Vice President Legal, Governmental and Environmental Affairs, Ford of Europe and Member of the Management Board, Ford | |
| Environment, Energy and Electric mobility CO2 Emissions | Vehicle Safety and Electronics Systems for Accident Avoidance | |
| Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Seibert, HTW Saarland | Chair: Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Bill, HTW Berlin | |
| 03:05 p.m. - 03:35 p.m. | Test Procedure for CO2 Emissions from heavy Duty Vehicles Prof. Dr. Stefan Hausberger, TU Graz | Function & Architecture - Trends in the Chassis Dr. Peter Rieth, Continental |
| 03:35 p.m. - 04:05 p.m. | Strategies for reduction of CO2 Emissions in the field of commercial vehicles - Legal requirements vs. market economy Dr. Manfred Schuckert, Daimler | Lateral control of commercial vehicles in consideration of certain driving situations Karlheinz Dörner, Daniel Heyes, Eberhard Hipp and Christoph Resch, MAN |
| 04:05 p.m. - 04:35 p.m. | Efficient Truck Concept - Technical Innovations to reduce Fuel-Consumption and CO2 Emissions Thierry Willer, Michelin | Feature extension of the Opel Front Camera System Dr. Christoph Schmidt and Oliver Wagner, Opel |
| approx. 04:35 p.m. | End of the Congress | |
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Last modified: 16.03.2011
