Technological Responses to the Automotive Industry to the Concerns of Society in Europe

Dr. Ulf Palmquist- EUCAR Director

Achieving Economies of Scale and Scope in Automotive Research - The Automotive Industry and the Community Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development

Dr. Ugur Muldur - EC Head of Impact Analysis of Community Actions Unit

Vision for 2030 - Turkish Automotive Industry

Jan Nahum - Petrol Ofisi CEO

Transient Operation in Different Heavy Duty Test Cycles as a Special Challenge in the Future

Dr. Franz X. Moser - AVL, Powertrain Division Director

ERTRAC and the Future of Road Transport in Europe

Rudi Kunze - ERTRAC Chairman

ITS  - keeping people & goods moving

Arnold van Zyl - ERTICO CEO

FEHRL’s Vision and the common approach to automotive and infrastructure research

Steve Philips - FEHRL Secretary - General

Transport :  Oil Dependency & Alternatives

Alain Heilbrunn - CONCAWE Secretary - General

Vision for 2030 and Vision for 2030 and Beyond -The European The European Biofuels Platform

Anders Roj - Volvo Technology Corporation

IP Green Heavy Duty Engine (GREEN)

Monica Ringvik - Volvo Technology Corporation

Comparative Evaluation of Water-Fuel Emulsion and Intake Air Humidification: Effects on HD DI Diesel Engine Performance and Pollutant Emissions

Efthimios G. Pariotis - National Technical University of Athens

Research on advanced engine combustion and emission abatement strategies conducted at the LCSR-CNRS

İskender Gökalp - France National Scientific Research Center

Downsizing and Stratified Operation - an Attractive Combination Based on a Spray-guided Combustion System

Martin Wirth - Ford Motor Co.

Art and the perspectives of FIAT natural gas vehicles

Türker Güdü -TOFAS / FIAT

Hybrid Vehicles and Solar Energy: a Possible Marriage?

Gianfranco Rizzo - University of Salerno

From the Visions of Road Transport in 2020, the RTD Actions Needed to an Outlook on an “Environmentally Compatible Hybrid Powertrain”

Peter Prenninger - AVL

VeHIL, Hardware-In-the-Loop testing of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Hans-Martin Duringhof - TNO

FOHEV - Ford Otosan Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Evren Özatay - Ford Otosan

Superior and Safe Overtaking by Using the New Driver Assistance System Dynamic Pass Prediction

Jan Löwenau - BMW Group Research and Technology

The DRIVE-SAFE Project: Signal Processing and Advanced Information Technologies for Improving Driving Prudence and Accidents

Aytül Erçil - Sabancı University

Total road safety: let us remove the driver from the control loop

Michel Parent - INRIA-IMARA

MAPS & ADAS - How Digital Maps CAN Contribute to Road Safety

Vincent Blervaque - ERTICO

Sleepy drivers - Prediction, detection and warning strategies

Anna Anund - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

The SAFELANE adaptive lane keeping support system

Aris Polychronopuolos - ICCS

Statistical Engine Misfire Detection

Alexander Stotsky - Engine Division - Volvo Car Corporation

Future Power Trains and Fuel Cell

Ulrich Gottwick - Bosch

Engine technology roadmap: the challenge of Diesel emission control

Philippe Bernet - Renault Powertrain Engineering

Integrating Chassis Control and Driver Assistance Systems using an Energy Framework

Christian Gerdes - Stanford University

Three generations of on board signing systems

Claude Laurgeau - ENSMP

Bio-fuels and their application to light duty road vehicles

John Bennet - Ford Motor Co.

Modification of Vegetable Oils for use as Industrial Lubricants

Sevim Erhan - USDA/ARS/NCAUR

Novel Nano-composite Coatings for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Durability in Advanced Automotive Systems

Mustafa Ürgen - Istanbul Technical University

Development and innovations regarding future tyres - Challenges for the automotive industry

Ulf Sandberg -  Swedish Road and Transport Institute

Advanced Materials and Processes in Automotive Applications

Nicola Gramegna - EnginSoft