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Conference programme
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Networking drinks reception
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The AMS India pre-conference drinks reception is a great opportunity to meet fellow delegates. This is a relaxed start
to the Asian automotive manufacturing business meeting of the year.
Wednesday 3 December 2008
08:00
Registration in the Powai Ballroom
09:00
Session 1
09:00
Talk from the top - keynote speakers discuss how India will fit into the vehicle-making world of tomorrow
 Dilip Chenoy, Director General, Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers - SIAM
M M Singh, Managing Executive Officer (Production),
Maruti Suzuki India
Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, Managing Director and CEO,
Mercedes-Benz India
10:30
Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer
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11:00
11:00
Session 2a
Digital manufacturing
- Product design and development in virtual space
- Modelling plant layout and process simulation
- Ergonomics and the man-machine interface
Nitin Rajurkar, General
Manager - Technical,
TATA Motors
Sairam Vedapudi, General
Manager, Commercial
Vehicle Operations,
Mahindra & Mahindra
Auto Sector
William J Sarver,
Industry Manager Automotive, Asia-Pacific Region Rockwell Automation
Session 2b
Commercial Vehicles
- Truck and bus making - powertrain challenges
- Coach building - outsource or core competence?
- Automation and safety in heavyweight manufacturing
Avinash Jain, Executive
Director - Project Planning,
Ashok Leyland
Mandeep Bhalla, Senior
Vice President, ZF India
A Ramasubramanian,
Head of Industry and Technology, Volvo-Eicher, Commercial Vehicles
12:30
Lunch
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14:00
Session 3a
Powertrain
- Developing the supply chain for cast and forged components
- Manufacturing challenges of meeting the new Euro emissions standards
- R&D - bringing more back to India?
Mauro Mollo,
Powertrain Division Head, FIAT India Automobiles
Robert Seach,
Country Manager, India, Hardinge
Session 3b
Light vehicles - two and three-wheelers
- Case study on new motorcycle plant
- Outsourcing responsibility
- Making the progression to light car production
Sudhir Sole,
General Manager -
Special Projects, BAJAJ Auto
Dr Vikram Kasbekar,
Head of Operations and Supply Chain, Hero Honda Motors
15:30
Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer
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16:00
Session 4a
Automation systems and control systems
- Robots and conveyors
- Automated guided vehicles
- Wireless control networks
Kishore Karandikar,
Assistant General Manager
(Electronics), Tata Motors
Mike Lackey,
Vice President, SAP
Thomas Staehler
Technical Industry Manager - Automotive Industry SICK
James Thomas,
Global Manufacturing
Executive,
IBM Corporation
Session 4b
Environmental management
- Plant heat and power generation
- Water treatment and waste management
- Reducing production process C02 output
Brikesh Singh,
Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace
Dr Budh Pundir
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
17:30
Gala dinner on the terrace (at the Convention Centre)
21:30
This is your chance to get further acquainted with fellow delegates and existing or potential customers in a non-pressured environment. It's the perfect way to form those all-important, long-term business relationships
Thursday 4 December 2008
08:00
Registration
09:00
09:00
Session 5a
Stamping and forming
- High-strength steel usage
- Press lines - new systems and techniques
- Hydroforming
Tom Chackalakal, Vice
President - Manufacturing, Ford India
Ramon Casanelles,
Chief Technical Officer Press Automation Systems, Robotics Division, ABB
Klaus Rothenhagen, Vice
President, Aida Europe
Session 5b
Case Studies
Vehicle making chiefs present in-depth views of their latest projects
Satya Veerapaneni,
Vice President, Manufacturing, General Motors India
Ramdas Nair, Senior
General Manager - Projects, Mahindra & Mahindra Auto Sector
Uday Kumar, Area
Director - Industrial Lubricants and Services, Castrol India
10:30
Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer
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11:00
Session 6a
Body-in-white
- Welding, lasers and brazing
- Riveting and adhesives in body construction
- Clinching and hemming
Klaus Loeffler, Director
International Sales
Laser Systems,
TRUMPF Laser und System Technik
V Jagannath, Vice
President, FANUC India
James Steed,
Director and Vice-President Operations, KG Hirotec Engineering Services
Session 6b
Paintshop
- Facility design and construction
- New materials, paint and powder technologies
- Total automation in paint lines
Nitish C. Bhatt,
Assistant General Manager (Head - Paint Shop Business Development and proposals), TAL Manufacturing Solutions
Dirk Gorges,
Senior Vice President, Dürr Systems
Roland Nikles,
Sales Director, X-Rite
Vilas Gupte,
Technical Director, Advance Graphic Systems
12:30
Lunch at Gauri Point
14:00
Session 7
14:00
India and the rest of the world
Manufacturing executives talk on vehicle-making challenges inside the country and around the globe
With visiting speakers from Europe, America, and the Far East
Prakash Telang, Executive Director (Commercial
Vehicles), TATA Motors
David Jenkinson, Manager, Body Assembly
Systems, Lotus Engineering
Gilles Levassor, Programme Director,
Renault
15:30
Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer
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16:30
Conference ends
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