| Automotive Manufacturing Solutions India 2008 Conference Programme Tuesday 20 January 2009 Networking drinks reception  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 21 January 2009 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  Sugato Sen, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers - SIAM M M Singh, Managing Executive Officer (Production), Maruti Suzuki India Piyush Arora, Mercedes 10:30 Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer 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
Vijayakumar Unni, Ashok Leyland A Ramasubramanian, Head of Industry and Technology, Volvo-Eicher, Commercial Vehicles 12:30 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 Mahesh Kaikini, Head - Projects, Hero Honda Motors Ltd 15:30 Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer 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 Harish Mehra, Business Solution Professional Manufacturing Solutions, 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 relationshipsThursday 22 January 2009 08:00 Registration 09:00 09:00 Session 5a
Stamping and forming - High-strength steel usage
- Press lines - new systems and techniques
- Hydroforming
J. Arthur Devadawson, Blanking & Stamping Area, Ford India Ltd 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 Prahalada Rao, Sr. General Manager - Product Planning & Strategy for Product Development, Mahindra & Mahindra Uday Kumar, Area Director - Industrial Lubricants and Services, Castrol India 10:30 Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer 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 Suresh Nagabhushan, 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 Lake, Lotus Engineering Stefan Huelsenberg, Managing Director, BMW Plant Chennai 15:30 Coffee in the Powai Ballroom foyer 16:30 Conference ends |