Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering
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Clearly, the automotive industry’s biggest – although not only – challenge today is to adapt product development as well as production processes to eventually reach a climate-neutral, sustainable production of automobiles.
For Scope 1 and 2 sustainability (direct and indirect emissions, respectively, caused by in-house production processes at the OEMs), the general route is clear: Avoid direct emissions, optimise resource efficiency, use renewable energy. However, discussions on economic best-practice-solutions on this route, especially for high-energy trades such as the paint shop, are still important.
But the greatest challenge lies in Scope 3 sustainability: How to achieve sustainability/climate neutrality across the complete, cradle-to-gate automotive supply chain plus the post-consumer “life” of an automobile?
For the second time after its successful launch in 2022, these challenges are addressed at the Automotive Circle conference Sustainability in Product and Production Engineering, assembling its international network of OEM, supplier and academic experts in Bad Nauheim (Germany) / online, to discuss concepts, progress and also obstacles towards the goal of a fully sustainable automobile production.
Particular focus topics addressed by the conference will include:
We are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Nauheim (Germany) / online this autumn!
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Please note: The conference is taking place parallel to our Smart Production conference and is giving you the opportunity to glimpse into Smart Production and for even more networking as well as a joint dinner!
Conference Agenda
8.15 am |
Welcome and conference introduction |
Dr. Dirk Meine, Automotive Circle, DE |
Circular economy concepts | ||
8.30 am |
Options of circular design in the automotive industry |
Mike Herbig, Audi AG, DE |
9.00 am |
The concept of a holistic product sustainability and its trade-offs on the example of PFAS & ELVR |
Timo Unger, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH, DE |
9.30 am |
Holistic approach to help automotive industry players reduce their impact on virgin resources |
Sophie Schmidtlin, CTO, The Future is NEUTRAL / Renault Group, FR |
10.00 am |
Meet the speakers & Coffee and contacts |
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10.30 am |
Chances for multi-material body structures in context of sustainability |
Denis Schmitz, creangineering (by DeSde), DE; Benjamin Förster, Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, DE |
11.00 am |
Innovation in automotive recycling – solutions for sorting plastics
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Dr. Beate Kummer, Polysecure GmbH, DE |
11.30 am |
Wrought aluminium is ready for automotive circularity |
Dr. Fanny Mas, Emmanuel Beslin, C-TEC Constellium Technology Center, FR |
12.00 pm |
Circular open-source light commercial vehicle
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Dr. Stefan Caba, EDAG Engineering GmbH, DE |
12.45 pm |
Meet the speakers & Lunch break |
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In focus: Debonding on command | ||
1.45 pm |
Debonding on Demand: An enabler for circularity in automotive? |
Dr. Nikolai Kolb, Evonik Operations GmbH, DE |
2.15 pm |
Integration of debonding into electric vehicle battery design |
Romain Lestrade, Gabriela Bumbu, DuPont Specialty Electronics Materials Switzerland GmbH, CH |
Beyond defossilisation |
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2.45 pm |
Biodiversity improvements will place increased focus on recycled content |
Linnea Petersson, Volvo Car Corporation, SE |
3.15 pm |
Meet the speakers & Coffee and contacts |
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Digitalisation and automation | ||
4.00 pm |
Digital twin 4 circularity: closing the loop from virtual product development to disassembly and beyond |
Dr. Robert Dannecker, Tecosim GmbH, DE |
4.30 pm |
Utilizing autonomous robots for inspections, reliability & maintenance – incl. live robot demonstration – |
Caleb Sylvester, Roger Hebert, Boston Dynamics Inc., US |
5.30 pm |
Meet the speakers & Get together |
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7.00 pm |
Network Dinner |
Focus on plastics | ||
8.00 am |
KEYNOTE Mechanical plastic recycling – perspectives and challenges for the automotive industry |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Endres, Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy (ikk), Leibniz University Hannover, DE |
9.00 am |
Supporting the automotive industry with more sustainable products |
Rie Kaneko, BASF SE, DE |
9.30 am |
Material science solutions enabling automotive circularity |
Zshelyz Lee, Dow Mobility Science, UK |
10.00 am |
Meet the speakers & Coffee and contacts |
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10.45 am |
Transformation of material development in automotive engineering in the context of sustainability and circular economy |
Dr. Karl-Heinz Füller, Mercedes-Benz AG, DE |
Managing Scope 3 | ||
11.15 am |
Decarbonization – Relevant levers along the vehicle life cycle |
Dr. Christoph Haberling, Audi AG, DE |
11.45 pm |
Collecting scope 3 product carbon footprint data via the IMDS |
Oliver Schmid, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH, DE |
12.15 pm |
How Catena-X enables standardized exchange of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data – Aligned rulebook and category rules, validation & verification |
Dr. Ansgar Christ, Robert Bosch GmbH, DE |
12.45 pm |
Meet the speakers & Lunch break |
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In focus: Production equipment | ||
1.45 pm |
Thinking differently in a sustainable way: Equipment as a Service |
Dr. Frank Breitenbach, EDAG Production Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, DE |
Steel sustainability | ||
2.15 pm |
Sustainable steel in production and application |
Amalia Koletti, Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, DE |
2.45 pm |
The importance of insetting in the decarbonisation of the steel industry |
David Busstra, Tata Steel Ijmuiden, NL |
3.15 pm |
Co-existence of linear and circular economy: A scenario that allows decarbonization and responsible use of raw materials |
Ernesto Barceló, Gestamp, ES |
3.45 pm |
OEM CONCLUSIONS OEM experts summarizing their learnings from the conference and outlining the foreseeable challenges the industry will need to face to achieve their sustainability goals. |
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4.00 pm |
Farewell address and end of the conference |
All times in CEST (UTC+1)
Conference Program is subject to change
Status as of: November 3, 2023
Participants
International OEM Advisory board
The Automotive Circle and OEM Advisory Board of the Doors and Closures in Car Body Engineering, consisting of experts from the following brands and companies:
Mike Herbig
Audi AG
Dr. Christoph Haberling
Audi AG
Ilya Popov
Ford Werke GmbH
Timo Unger
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH
Dr. Renate Adam
Stellantis NV
Linnea Petersson
Volvo Car Corporation
Dr. Isotta Cerri
Toyota Motor Europe, BE
Exhibition & Sponsoring
Exhibitors and sponsors on site
Become a sponsor or exhibitor
Take advantage of the high coverage of the Automotive Circle and profit from the sponsoring options before and during the events. Show your competence and services, matching the conference subjects, to the numerous car body engineers of international OEM. Thus, you are strengthening your brand awareness in the automotive industry!
Come on board as an exhibitor or sponsor and benefit from this excellent platform to strongly promote your company’s capabilities as a reliable supplier!
Detailed information for various exibition and sponsoring options will follow here soon!