Tuesday 13 November 2007

Optional plant tours

10.30

TRW and Nissan plant tours
full day (lunch provided)

Bus departs Sunderland Marriott Hotel at 10.30 and returns at approximately 16.30

13:30

Nissan plant tour
afternoon

Bus departs Sunderland Marriott Hotel at 13.30 and returns at approximately 16.30

TRW

With an added investment of $46million over the past four years, the TRW Peterlee plant has expanded, and guarantees delegates something a bit different from the norm! The tour includes a buffet lunch at TRW.

Nissan

Established in 1984, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd (NMUK) has produced over 4,467,682 cars at its Washington plant. Nissan has been one of the largest car producers in the UK for several years. This is your chance to see, up close, production of the Qashqai, Note and Micra models.

Kevin Fitzpatrick, Deputy Managing Director, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd will give an introduction to the plant, a brief summary of recent improvements and an outline of the Nissan Production Way

Please note availability on the plant tours is limited and cannot be guaranteed

Cocktail reception
Sunderland Marriott Hotel

18:30
20:30

Cocktail reception

This is a great opportunity to get acquainted with fellow delegates and is a relaxed start to the international automotive business meeting of the year.

Wednesday 14 November 2007

Conference sessions
Sunderland Marriott Hotel - The Castles Suite

08:00

Registration

08:45

Welcome by Ged Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Sunderland City Council Biography

Interior Motives brings together leading designers and experts from the automotive and technology sectors to try and answer the question: how does one produce must-have cars?’

09:00

Session 1 - Design identity

Brand design and cultural requirements. Developing and maintaining marque and segment identity and meshing vehicle architecture with changing lifestyle demands

• Dr Mark Young, Research Lecturer, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University
• Julie Jenson Bennett, Head of Research and Human Sciences, PDD Group
• Mark Phillips, Principal Designer, Jaguar Cars Advanced Design Studio

10:30

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11:00

Session 2 - Evolution
- How do we speed up the design
  process?

Speeding up time-to-market with virtual modelling and evaluation using advanced software solutions

• Matteo Conti, Transportation Design, Programme Leader - Industrial Placement Tutor, Northumbria University
• Mike Miller, Design Director, Flotek International
• Michal Jelinek, Senior design consultant, Alias Studio, Global Accounts - Automotive EMEA, Autodesk

12:30

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Lunch

Automotive Logistics will host two high-level sessions comprising logistics executives from carmakers, suppliers and logistics service providers – both parts and vehicle logistics – to discuss this critical aspect of the automotive industry.

14:00

Session 3
- Special Automotive logistics forum 1

This session will outline the current state and shape of the industry in Europe for both finished vehicle transport and the inbound supply chain. As low-cost country sourcing continues to develop and the manufacturing base shifts towards the east, we will examine how is this changing the traditional transportation routes and supply chain processes in Europe.

• Michael Hegarty, Distribution Manager, Bentley Motors.
• Dr Bruce Arlinghaus, Director, European Supply Chain Solutions, Ryder Deutschland

15:30

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Coffee break

16:00

Session 4
- Special Automotive logistics forum 2

The future of automotive logistics. How does the European logistics industry need to develop to meet future requirements? What will automotive manufacturing and logistics in Europe look like in five years' time? And what can be done now to prepare. Our expert panel debates the issues.

• Jonty Cook,Inboard Logistics Manager,Jaguar & Land Rover
• Richard Marlow, Manager, Logistics Planning, Honda of the UK Manufacturing
• Paul Dyer, Managing Director, Automotive UK DHL

Gala dinner (with pre-dinner drinks)
National Glass Centre, Sunderland

18:00

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Gala dinner (with pre-dinner drinks)

at the National Glass Centre Buses depart from the Sunderland Marriott Hotel at 17.30 (immediately after the conference session).

This exclusive dinner is the ideal networking opportunity. It is a chance for delegates to get to know one another and meet present and future customers, in a relaxed setting. It’s your opportunity to form those all-important long-term business relationships.

This is your chance to get to know fellow delegates and meet present and future customers, in a relaxed setting. It’s your opportunity to form those all-important long-term business relationships. An after-dinner comedy sketch features impressionist Kevin Connelly, star of BBC's highly acclaimed Dead Ringers series. Biography

Thursday 15 November 2007

Conference sessions
Sunderland Marriott Hotel - The Castles Suite

08:30

Registration

Automotive Manufacturing Solutions hosts senior level experts who will share their thoughts on how the latest technologies make an impact on vehicle design, engineering, development, manufacturing and the environment

09:00

Session 5: Engineering, technology, development and testing

 Powertrain - what are the alternative solutions that
     influence construction techniques?
 Motorsport and the road car – technology transfer from track
     to road
 Testing - the virtual way versus finished vehicle and
     component evaluation

• Phil Barker,Executive Engineer - Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Lotus Engineering
• Charlie Bamber, Managing Director of Menard Competition Technologies (MCT)
• Dr Ajith Kumar Parlikad, Lecturer, University of Cambridge and Associate Director, Cambridge Auto-ID Lab

10:30

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Coffee break

11:00

Session 6 - Purchasing, innovation and quality

Presentations on OEM/supplier relationships and what drives research and development programmes down the supply chain. Debates on how to raise the quality levels at OEMs using new manufacturing strategies, procurement and specification processes.

• Geoff Smith, General Manager, Purchasing, Nissan Europe
• Wladyslaw Wygnanski, Managing and Technical Director, Camcon
• Edouard Armalet, Manufacturing Quality General Manager, Renault

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Session 7: Vehicle making and the environment

Discussions on labour cost and the balance of automation versus outsourcing, and how carmaking can add to the vehicle value chain through flexibility and efficiency. Best and new practices in body-in-white, paintshop, powertrain and final assembly will be discussed. From hybrid and fuel cell production methods, the race for improved battery technology, to the clean factory and vehicle recycling, the impact vehicles are having on the environment is more important than ever.

• Julian Hetherington, Director, Manufacturing Business Office, Jaguar Cars and Land Rover
• Dermot Sterne, Sales and Marketing Director,Stadco
• Mark Rutherford, Operations Director, National Skills Academy for Manufacturing
• Ingram Legge, Director, the greenfuel company
• Derek Campbell, Manager, recycleyourcar.co.uk

15:30

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Coffee break