09:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair

09:10 Keynote: Building a Technology Roadmap for Automotive Lightweighting in Asia

• Examining the challenges in the lightweighting efforts from Asia OEM’s
• How can suppliers play a more active role in the process
• Building lightweighting supply chain for automotive industry in Asia
• Analysing the technology road blocks and advancements to move ahead with the evolution

Thomas Apostolos
President Asia Pacific
Magna Exteriors and Interiors VP Operators
China Magna Seating

09:50 Developing Innovative Processing Technology for Improved Materials Properties

• Understanding the challenges of extracting and processing lightweight materials of titanium, magnesium, and aluminium
• Developing innovative processing technologies for low cost materials
• Examining the applications on automotive vehicles
• Exploring different ways to bring the cost down

Dr. Raymond Boeman
Program Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory US

11:00 Developing Multi-Material Vehicles at a Lower Cost

• Discussing and comparing the performance and applications of aluminium, polymer, magnesium, carbon fibre materials
• Choosing the right material for the right application with cost and performance considerations
• Removing the technical barriers of joining, corrosion, disassembly and recycling etc. to realize the multi-material vehicle

Nico Feindler
CAE Engineer
Audi Lightweight Design Center

11:40 Case Study: Innovative Lightweight Seating Design

• Understanding the requirements and challenges for modern seating design
• Developing innovative materials for vehicle seats
• Achieving a 40% weight reduction with innovative fibre-reinforced materials

Dr. Andreas Eppinger
Vice President Technology Management
Johnson Controls, Germany

12:20 Chair’s Closing Remarks