AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING FORUM
2 & 3 November 2022 | NEC, Birmingham
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.
Composites in Motorsport: Tomorrow’s Technologies Today
Composites in Motorsport: Tomorrow’s Technologies Today
Fast and process-reliable bonding of fastening elements
Fast and process-reliable bonding of fastening elements
Electrified Structural Hybrid Automotive Designs for Optimised Weight (eSHADOW)
Electrified Structural Hybrid Automotive Designs for Optimised Weight (eSHADOW)
Supply chain sustainability and the challenges faced by the Automotive Sector
Supply chain sustainability and the challenges faced by the Automotive Sector
Day 1
Energy & Power
Auto Engineering Forum
11:30 - 12:30
EV fast charging and battery swapping: a roadmap to ubiquitous public charging infrastructure – Shazan Siddiqi, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx
Innovative EV battery and underbody shield designs – Dr Roman Hillermeir, Mobility Sector Leader, STRUCTeam Ltd.
Sustainability & Net-Zero
Auto Engineering Forum
13:00 - 14:00
TBC – Nadine Bloxsome, Membership and Sustainability Manager, Aluminium Federation
A better approach to designing more sustainable vehicles – Dr Kevin Lindsey Far-UK
Resource efficient manufacturing for lightweighting in automotive – Evgenia Yakushina, Senior Knowledge-Exchange Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Keynote - The Britishvolt Effect
Auto Engineering Forum
14:45 - 15:15
The ‘Britishvolt Effect’ powering the UK ahead in the race to zero
Isobel Sheldon, OBE, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Member, Britishvolt
Digitalisation & Automation
Auto Engineering Forum
15:15 - 16:15
Tires: why they are so important in the digitization of the vehicle development process – Alex O’Neill, EIS & Siemens
Day 2
Electrification
Auto Engineering Forum
10:30 - 11:30
Validated modelling of Motorbikes to optimise electrical powertrains – Mark-Paul Buckingham, Xi Engineering
Design and Optimisation
Auto Engineering Forum
12:00 - 13:00
Do you know the limitations of your Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Predictions? – Andrew Blows, Principal Technical Specialist for Body CAE Durability, EIS / Jaguar Land Rover
