2022 forum programme will be available soon – please see the final 2021 programme below.
AutoMotive Engineering Forum
In these challenging times, the UK automotive manufacturing sector remains as vital as ever, and a whole raft of OEMs are looking to increase efficiencies and reduce production costs like never before. With attendees ranging from the likes of Aston Martin to Vauxhall, Automotive Engineering is the UK’s only trade exhibition and forum dedicated to vehicle R & D, design, test, production, and assembly.
Sponsored by…
The Headline sponsor of the Automotive Forum for 2022 is the University of Strathclyde. Founded in 1948, the University of Strathclyde Business School is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation that shapes and develops the business minds of tomorrow.
Day 1
TBC
Auto Engineering Forum
10:00 - 10:30
How to Crash an Efficient Lightweight Structure Thousands of Times and Survive
Jamie Shenton, Senior Structures Engineer, JCB
High Volume Manufacturing/Automation
Auto Engineering Forum
10:30 - 11:30
Affordable, High Volume Composites For Automotive – Frederic Sicard, Subject Matter Expert – Structural Composites, Jaguar Land Rover
High Volume Manufacturing For Composites? Not A Problem! – Kevin Lindsay, Director, Far-UK
Lightweighting Keynote
Auto Engineering Forum
11:30 - 12:00
The Right Material At The Right Place
Alan Banks, Lightweighting Innovations Manager For Automotive, Ford Motor Co
Lightweighting
Auto Engineering Forum
12:30 - 13:00
A lightweighting and Structural Optimisation Tool For Automated Vehicle Design – David Russell, Director, Vortex Engineering Group
Manufacturing Development of A Carbon Fibre Structural Reinforcement For A Full-Size SUV – Mona Jesri, Project Engineer, Structural Composites, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG)
Electrification Keynote
Auto Engineering Forum
13:00 - 13:30
Volkswagen Group: The EV Transition Is Happening Now! Join The Charge!
Oliver Larkin, Head of Group Corporate and Public Relations, Volkswagen Group UK Ltd.
Electrification
Auto Engineering Forum
13:30 - 14:30
F-Boost: An Integrated High Performance Flywheel Energy Storage System – Andrew Deakin, Engineering Director, Punch Flybrid
Composites For Advanced Propulsion Applications – Paul Gallen, Sales Director, Hankuk
Stories From The World of Automotive Design - Podcast
Auto Engineering Forum
14:00 - 14:30
James Walker, Mr JWW, The Production Bunker
Dave Roche, Director, Penso
Jowyn Wong, CEO/Director, WYN Design
Additive Manufacturing
Auto Engineering Forum
14:30 - 15:30
Manufacturing Solution To Produce High-Performance Composites Through Additive Manufacturing For Serial Parts Applications – Marcos Trapa, Customer Success Manager, 9T Labs
How Additive Production Lines Will Change To Meet Automotive Demands – James Reeves, Global Director of Polymer Sintering, Voxeljet
Additive Manufacturing For The Automotive Sector – James Short, Senior Application Engineer, Stratasys
Keynote: Motorsport
Auto Engineering Forum
15:30 - 16:00
Alpine Is Back – From Material To Track
Maria Brooks, Senior Technology Materials Technician, Alpine F1 Team
The Connected Vehicle
Auto Engineering Forum
16:00 - 16:30
The Future of Perception Sensors: Manufacturing Supply Chains In The UK
Gunwant Dhadyalla, Chief Engineer, WMG
Day 2
Automotive Design
Auto Engineering Forum
10:00 - 10:30
An Overview of NVH in Modern Car Design
Dave Fish, Engineering Consultant, JoTech
Hybrid Materials
Auto Engineering Forum
10:30 - 11:50
Hybrid Materials For Hybrid Cars – Gethin Dvaies, Business Development Engineer, iCOMAT
Pure Syntactic Materials for Light Weighting – Neil O’Keeffe, Technical Director, Trelleborg Applied Technologies
Aluminium: Strategic Metal Changing Society – Jan Lukaszewski, Technical Manager, Aluminium Federation
Taking Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing From Application Concept Into Production – Nigel Robinson, Digital Manufacturing Centre
Motorsport Engineering
Auto Engineering Forum
11:50 - 12:30
TBC – Andy Hallas, Dexet
Composites Design For Manufacture – Ian Cowley, Director/Technical Consultant, Engineering Beyond
Society of Motor Manufacturers Presents:
Auto Engineering Forum
12:30 - 13:00
Opportunities For Electrification In Automotive – Luke Hampton, Senior Supply Chain Manager, SMMT
Aura Concept – Chris Tingley, CTO, Conjure
Keynote: HP Sponsor
Auto Engineering Forum
13:00 - 13:30
Disrupting The Way We Manufacture With HP 3D Printing
Andrew Jones, HP 3D Printing Partner Business Manager UK, HP 3D Printing
Sustainability
Auto Engineering Forum
13:30 - 14:40
Innovation In Sustainable Composites Solutions – Matt Bradney, Director of Business Development, Prodrive
Recycled Carbon Fibre: Enabling Lightweight Solutions with Low Environmental Footprints – Frazer Barnes, Chief Technology Officer, Gen 2 Carbon
Sustainable Lightweighting – Naturally Smart – Johann Wacht, Motorsport Manager, BComp
Andrew Jones, HP 3D Printing Partner Business Manager UK, HP 3D Printing
Keynote: Net Zero
Auto Engineering Forum
14:40 - 15:10
The Supply Chain Challenge For Net Zero
Rosa Wilkinson, Communications Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Motorsport Engineering
Auto Engineering Forum
11:30 - 12:30
TBC – Frankie Aglietti, CEO/Partner, Dexet
Composites Design For Manufacture – Ian Cowley, Director/Technical Consultant
TBC – Glen Pascoe, Williams Engineering
The Connected Vehicle
Auto Engineering Forum
12:30 - 13:00
The Future Of Perception Sensors: Manufacturing Supply Chains In The UK
Gunwant Dhadyalla, Chief Engineer, WMG
Autonomous Vehicles
Auto Engineering Forum
13:00 - 14:00
SWARM – Miles Garner, Sales and Marketing Director, Aurriga/RDM
MuCCA – Applus IDIADA
TBC – Bruce Robertson, MENA MD, JLR MENA
Keynote - Net Zero
Auto Engineering Forum
14:00 - 14:30
The Supply Chain Challenge for Net Zero
Rosa Wilkinson, Communications Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Sustainability
Auto Engineering Forum
14:30 - 15:30
Recycled Carbon Fibre: Enabling Lightweight Solutions with Low Environmental Footprints – Frazer Barnes, Managing Director, ELG Carbon Fibre
Sustainable Lightweighting – Naturally Smart – Per Mårtensson, CSO, BComp
Sustainable materials in the future of mobility – Jonathan Steel, Head of Sustainability, Arrival
Eletricification
Auto Engineering Forum
11:55-12:15
Development of an Integrated EV Drive and Suspension System.
Martin Waide, Design Engineer, Cy-Car USA Inc.
Motorsport Engineering
Auto Engineering Forum
12:15-12:35
Bringing a New Product to Market in Motorsport.
Graham Roberts, Business Development Manager - High End Automotive and F1, Toray Advanced Composites.
Aluminium Strategic Metal Changing Society
Auto Engineering Forum
15:15-15:30
Aluminium; the Designers Choice.
Kirsi Lintula, Marketing & Communications Manager, Aluminium Federation.
Don't miss out!
The UK’s leading annual gathering of OEM’s and engineering supply chain professionals.
4 & 5 November 2020 at NEC Birmingham.
