Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferit Küçükay
Managing Director of the Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
7.45
Reception and hand out of the proceedings, opening of the Transmission Expo
8.30
Welcome address
8.45
Sports cars and their drive trains in the competing interests of
customer expectations and legal requirements
• Current situation with regard to CO2 emissions of the Porsche fleet and previous
development
• Purchase criteria sports car customer
• Superior criteria
• Derived requirements
• Evaluation of technologies, strategies and decision analysis
• Predictions of CO2 reduction potential and development of performance criteria
• Summary and outlook
Gerd Bofinger, General Manager Transmission Development,
Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Germany
9.10
Fuel economy in the real world
• Automatic transmission market
• Driving conditions of various market
• CVT & Fuel economy
• Future CVT development & innovation
Driving the power train – Affordable and enjoyable driving with
innovative transmission control
• A review of 25 years transmission control at Bosch
• Today’s and future challenges
• Trends and innovations
• Major developments for CVTs
Dr. Steffen Berns, Executive Vice President Engineering Gasoline Systems,
Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
10.00
Indian automotive market and industry Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India in Berlin, Indian Embassy, Germany
10.20
Avtotor – Technologies and development Alexandr Sorokin, General Director, Avtotor, Russia
10.40
The innovation in First Automobile Works (FAW) on automatic transmission Dr. Jun Li, Director R & D Center, FAW Group, China
11.00
Coffee break and visit to the Transmission Expo
11.30
Panel Discussion New Drive Train Concepts
Tomorrows transmissions: How much innovation can and must we afford? Emerging Markets – Increasing Energy Prices
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferit Küçükay
Managing Director of the Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
8.30
Opening
8.45
Future challanges for transmission developers, the engineering services
industry and suppliers/paradigm shift
• Optimal cooperation of OEMs, engineering firms and suppliers
Gerhard Henning, Director Transmission & Drivetrain, Calculation Powertrain,
Daimler AG, Germany
9.10
Global development partnerships
• Global – local interaction of OEM - Supplier - Engineering Provider
• Different culture - burden or benefit
• Know-how network worldwide
• Low cost - chance or risk
• Global corporate group management - decentral or central
Dr. Robert Fischer, Executive Vice President, AVL List GmbH, Austria
9.35
Challenges and chances of the German motor vehicle industry in the
current political environment
• Global markets
• Climate protection
• Political environment
• Challenges today and tomorrow
Dr. Thomas Schlick, CEO, German Assocation of the Automotive Industry (VDA).,
Germany
10.00
Coffee break and visit to the Transmission Expo
10.30
Assured energy supply and sustainable mobility – scenarios,
plain truth, perspectives Dr. Jörg Adolf, Chief Economist, Corporate Communications and Economic Policy,
Deutsche Shell, Germany
10.55
Lower emissions and operating cost of commercial vehicle through modern
transmission technology
• Automatic commercial vehicle transmissions
• Driving and shifting strategies
• Hybrid systems
• Intarder
Wolfgang Vogel, Executive Vice President, ZF Friedrichshafen AG , Germany