Monday 30th November 2009

18:00-21:00 – Networking drinks reception                                                                     hosted by Uddeholm

Tuesday 1st December 2009

08:00-08:30 – Registration

08:30-10:30 Session 1

Talk from the top – keynote speakers discuss how India will fit into the vehicle making world of tomorrow

• Dr Surojit Gupta, Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
• MM Singh, Managing Executive Officer, Maruti Suzuki
• Tom Chackalackal, Vice President, Manufacturing, FORD India
• Rakesh Sabbarwal, Plant Head, Talegaon, General Motors

10:30-11:00 – Tea                                                                                                                  hosted by Microsoft

Stream 1

Stream 2

11:00 -12:30 Session 2a

Manufacturing space – visualisation and design

·   Modelling plant layout and process design

·   Sensor and control technology

·   Safety and the man-machine interface

·         K V Ramesh, Director - Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors India

·         André Hack, Strategic Industry Manager, SICK

• William Sarver, Industry Manager Automotive - Asia-Pacific, Rockwell Automation

11:00 – 12:30 Session 2b

Powertrain – engines and transmissions

·   Developing the India supply chain for cast and forged components

·   Powder metals and CGI – alternatives to casting and forging

·   Machining systems – hard turning vs abrasives

• Mandeep Bhalla, Senior Vice President, ZF India

• Liang Chen, Project Manager, ABB Engineering(Shanghai) Ltd.
• Saurabh Mohan Saxena, General Manager,  Strategic Corporate Business Development, Hero Motors

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch                                                                                                             hosted by Siemens

14:00-15:30 Session 3a

Heavyweight manufacturing solutions

·   Truck and bus making – powertrain challenges

·   Coachbuilding – outsourcing vs core competence

·   Automation and safety in heavyweight manufacturing

• Manish Kumar Saxena, Senior Manager - Product Development, Volvo Eicher
• Mahendra D Patel, Divisional Manager, Marketing, TAL Manufacturing Solutions
• Abhijit Mukherjee, Managing Director, Tenneco India

14:00-15:30 Session 3b

Light vehicles – two- and three-wheelers

·   Exports - manufacturing for a global market

·   Outsourcing responsibility

·   Partnerships with car makers

• Kailash Zanzari, Deputy General Manager (Motorcycle Division), Bajaj Auto
• Ajay Sinha, Head of Projects, Hero Honda Motors
• William Mainieri, Product Manager, Dürr Systems AND
• Ramesh Parmar, Assistant General Manager – Technical and Sales, Henkel Chembond Surface Technologies

15:30-16:00 – Tea                                                                                                                    hosted by Microsoft

16:00-17:30 Session 4a

Automation and control systems

·   Total factory automation – dream or achievable reality?

·   Wireless control networks

·    Build-to-order – integrating demand and production

• Nitin Rajurkar, General Manager – (Technical and Production Services) Passenger Car Business Unit, Tata Motors
• Dr. Norbert Brändli, Worldwide Managing Director, Automotive & Industrial Equipment Microsoft Corporation
• Juergen Nolde, Director, Siemens

16:00-17:30 Session 4b

Hybrid and electric vehicles

• Adapting existing lines to hybrid/electric production

• Battery and control manufacturing

• Lightweight structures for new powertrains

• Girish Rakhe, President, REVA Electric Car Company
• Prabhu Gummatira, Vice President, Kirloskar Electric
• Ranjan Kar, Director – Automotive and Textile Business Units and Pune Plant, SKF India

17:30 – 21:30- Pre-dinner drinks and Gala dinner

With special guest speaker: Ron Harbour, Partner, Oliver Wyman

Wednesday 2 December 2009

08:00-08:30 Registration with refreshments

Stream 1

Stream 2

08:30-10:00 Session 5a

Stamping – tool and die

·   High-strength steel usage

·   Press lines – new systems and techniques

·   Sourcing press equipment – India vs rest of world

• Subhash Saini, Head of ICML Plant and Service, Member of Governing Body, International Cars and Motors
• Klaus Rothenhagen, Vice President, International Sales, AIDA Europe
• Rolf Petersén, Technical Manager, Sandvik Coromant
• Thomas Hillskog, Product Manager, Cold Work Applications, Uddeholm Tooling

08:30–10:00 Session 5b

Material handling and automation

·   Robots and conveyors

·   Automated guided vehicles

·   Line-side component supply systems

• Jacques Foulquier, Senior Vice President, Director, Renault Nissan Technology Business Centre India
• M. Bhaskar, Chief Consultant, Energy Management Group, Schneider Electric Conzerv India
• Manojit Acharya, Head – Growth Strategy, Demag Cranes & Components, India

10:00-10:30 – Tea                                                                                                                 hosted by Microsoft

10:30-12:00 Session 6a

Body-in-white

· Welding, lasers and brazing

·   New materials and techniques – space frames

·   Clinching and hemming

• Swamy Kotagiri, Executive Vice President,

       Cosma International

·         Thorsten Kimpel, Global Key Account Management, Automotive, TRUMPF Laser

•  James Toeniskoetter, Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Hirotec America

·         Paul Jaggers, Product Engineering Director, Stadco

10:30-12:00 Session 6b

Paintshop

·   Facility design and construction

·   New materials, paint and powder technologies

·   Total automation in paint lines

• Satyendra Kumar Garg, General Manager - Manufacturing, General Motors

• Luigi Lazzari, Proposal Engineering Executive, GEICO
• Michael Berger, Senior Vice President, Dürr India

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30-15:00 Session 7

India and the rest of the world 1

Part 1 of executive presentations on vehicle making challenges inside the country and around the world

Topics will include labour issues, increasing automation and ramping up new facilities

• Sudhakar Panda, Vice-President HR, Fiat India
• Piyush Arora, Technical Director, Mercedes-Benz India
• Krishna Swamy, Vice-President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India

15:00-15:30 – Tea                                                                                                               hosted by Microsoft

15:30-17:00 Session 8

India and the rest of the world 2

Part 2 of executive presentations on vehicle making challenges inside the country and around the world

Topics will include the environmental impact of new plants, export considerations and adjusting to changing demand

• Rajeev Wasan, Vice President, Manufacturing, Honda Siel Cars India
• Louis Pereira, CEO, Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers