8:30 Registration & coffee

8:55 Chairman’s welcome & opening address

Victor Underberg
Manager Application chassis characteristics, driving dynamics/-comfort
Audi AG, Germany

9:00 "Keeping your Grip" - Enhancing Safety Through Tire Innovation

Learn about the work Goodyear is doing to provide consumers with innovative safety solutions like Air Maintenance Technology, RunonFlat, RFID and other new technologies

Xavier Fraipont
Manager Application chassis characteristics, driving dynamics/-comfort
Goodyear, SA. Luxemburg

9:35 Industry insight: Tire labelling, test methods and implementation

• Where does the Comitology procedure stand? Have the testing methods been finalized and/or published?
• Can we expect to see early implementation of labels; and if so, by when?
• How to ensure consistency of the tire labelling and the actual tire performance level?
• What are the next steps?

Fazilet Cinaralp
Secretary General
ETRMA - European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association, Belgium

10:10 Tires and environment

• Environmental problems caused by traffic
• The contribution of tires with regards to the reduction of detrimental effects on the environment
• The contribution of labelling
• Lessons learnt from other labels
• Preparing the label monitoring

Dr. Axel Friedrich
International Traffic Consultant former Head of
Department, Federal Environmental Agenacy, Germany

10:45 Refreshment break & networking

11:15 Panel discussion: Tire labelling: Useful driver information or just a misleading concept?

• Discuss the latest developments in tire labelling with our selected panelists

Chaired by:
Peter Sponagel
Technical Director
wdk, Association of the German Rubber Industry

11:45 Tire testing at the real driving condition and at the test stand

Dr. Jürgen Bredenbeck
Managing Director, A&D Europe GmbH
Germany

12:20 Industry insight: Rubber supply trends, the shape of things to come

• World economy as defined by GDP
• Vehicle sector
• Tire sector
• Rubber demand forecast
• Rubber supply forecast
• Potential supply constraints
• Scenarios and potential pricing direction

Dr. Stephen V. Evans
Secretary General
International Rubber Study Group, Singapore

12:55 Networking lunch

14:00 Sustainable Mobility – How LANXESS brings it on the road

• Lower rolling resistence
• Higher performance
• Better tire performance with data messaging

Christoph Kalla
Head of Marketing and R&D, Performance Butadiene Rubbers Business Unit
LANXESS AG, Germany

14:35 Highlight: Experimental characterisation of the dynamic behaviour of rolling tires for noise and comfort applications

• Measurement of rolling tire vibrations
• Operational modal analysis of a rolling tire
• Effect of rolling on the tire dynamic behaviour

Dr. Peter Kindt
Tire Vehicle Mechanics - Vibration Mechanics Group
Goodyear Innovation Centre, Luxembourg

15:10 Significantly increased productivity by using professional bladders

• High quality bladder compound gives longer bladder life and shorter cure cycles
• Innovative venting design improves surface finish and reduces tire defects
• Pre-treated outer surface eliminates new bladder tackiness
• Seperate identification labels of bladder and packaging ensure easy traceability

Dr. Dietmar Hoff
Sales Management Western Europe, Technical Sales Manager
Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Germany

15:45 Refreshment break & networking

16:15 OEM: The hybrid wheel technology

• Systematic approach of lightweight wheel design
• The idea of the hybrid wheel technology
• Technical realization
• The pros & cons of the hybrid wheel technology

Markus Huber
Development Wheels Cross Over, New Wheel Technologies
Audi AG, Germany

16:50 Exploring tire road interaction

• The need for cooperation & collaboration between road & tire engineers
• A harmonised approach
• Safety first

Peter Roe
Principal Researcher and Senior Academy Fellow
TRL, UK

17:25 Closing remarks of the chairman & end of day two