Taking place May 18-20 in Detroit IQPC is excited to share this all new and improved program. Continuing the trend we have developed over the years of bringing you the next generation automotive light-weighting developments; this 2015 summit will elevate your organizational efforts to achieve CAFÉ compliance and industry preeminence.

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presents:
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May 18-20, 2015 Detroit, MI
Where Light-Weighting Objectives Meet the Opportunities & Requirements Ahead
Featuring imperative academic & industry insights from:
Tony Kmeid
VP Engineering
Faurecia
Gregg Peterson
Senior Technical Specialist
Lotus Engineering
Mark Piekny
Manager - Interiors Engineering
Fisker Automotive
Rigoberto Advincula, Ph.D
Professor
Case Western Reserve
University
Gerald Cole
Senior Staff Technical Specialist
Retired from Ford Motor Company
Thomas Fritz
VP of Vehicle Structures
Metalsa
Will Joost
Technology Development Manager
Vehicle Technologies Office -
U.S. DOE
Simon Xu
Engineering Group Manager -
Vehicle Optimization, Architecture
Strategy
General Motors
Victor Polen
Group Vice President and General
Manager Global Metals and
Mechanisms
Johnson Controls
Dr Mark White
Chief Engineer, Body Complete
Jaguar Land Rover Product
Development
Sujit Das
Sr. Research & Development Staff
Oak Ridge National Lab
Carson Meredith
Professor and Associate
Chair for Graduate Studies,
J. Carl Pirkle Senior Faculty
Fellow, School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Tech
Darren Goddard
Head of Vehicle Engineering
McLaren Automotive Ltd
Andrew Hrymak
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
- Professor, Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering
Western University
Media Partners:
In-depth discussions will cover best
practices for:
Benefits of Attending:
Global Supply Chain Advancements and Innovation
for the Development of New Material Sources
Formation of Light Weight Components and
Structures through Innovative Means like 3D
Printing/Rapid Protoyping, Extrusion, Stampings etc.
Design Integration of New Material Combinations
and Modeling for Nest Era of Advanced Multi-
Material Vehicles
Identifying Growth Areas through Digital Modeling
& Visualization for Vehicle Designs
Manufacturing and Joining Practices to
Accommodate the Change in Material Strategy
Without Sacrificing Existing Infrastructure
Maximizing Light Weighting Efforts by Leveraging
Mass De-Compounding and Holistic Vehicle Light
Weighting Strategy
Advancing Overall Vehicle Weight Reduction Goals
through Discussion of Interior Light-weighting
Identifying the Next Era of High-Strength,
High-Performance, Light Weight Materials being
Developed in R&D Labs and Universities Across
the Globe
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Access an intimate industry forum to discuss the
most effective strategies to integrate light-weight
materials into mass production and manage your
emissions strategy
Join an automotive light-weighting summit that
isn’t just focused on chassis and body structure
light-weighting but rather approaches the subject
matter holistically to drive optimal value back to your
organizations efforts
Identify advances in global automotive industry
applications for new polymers and developing
materials
Expand your network of industry contacts to create
opportunities for collaboration
Interface with government agencies and regulatory
experts for assurance on your emission strategy and
an update on how to best leverage the resources put
forth by groups like DOE, NHTSA and DOT.

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Learn from leading
research scientists
about the newest materials
being developed for the
automotive industry and how
they can impact your bottom
line as well as how those new
materials can be integrated to
have the greatest impact on
your overall vehicle weight
Increased discussion
on multi-material joining
practices and integration of
multi-material vehicle into
mass production
Increase your depth
of understanding
on how Computer Aided
Engineering (CAE) and Virtual
Verification can improve your
efforts to integrating multi-
material vehicles for full-scale
production
High level Tier 1
presentations from
the companies leading the
industry and supporting OEM
light-weighting efforts
Vehicle program
specific case studies
on weight reduction and
optimization
Access to unique
insights on the way that
Tier 1s & OEMs are advancing
light-weighting strategy
not only in the chassis/
body structures but rather
throughout the entire vehicle
– from interior components,
seats
What Is New for 2015:
Insight from on
the way that 3D
printing and rapid
prototyping will
revolutionize the way that
lightweight components can
be conceived of, tested and
developed for constant
Domestic &
international OEM
presentations on
the development of the
use of polymers in vehicle
construction
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The market for advanced, high-strength metals &
polymers are forecasted for exponential growth
through 2020 as a result of the influx in spending and
commitment from automotive companies toward light-
weighting in their vehicle product lines. As an industry
professional you know better than anyone that the
stringent regulations being implemented by NHTSA
are not going to be met without significant
investment of time, money and ingenuity.
By utilizing the combined knowledge of your industry
peers the groups in your organization that are tasked
with meeting the CAFÉ objectives and maintaining
compliance will be far better equipped to face this
task long-term and elevate your company above the
competition. The advancement in light-weighting
strategy is seemingly divided into several sub-segments
including:
·· Advanced light-weight metals
·· Engineered thermoplastics
·· Thermosetting composites
·· High-performance polymers
·· Advanced joining & assembly practices
·· Developing technologies for vehicle design
verification and material optimization
With the automotive materials market earned
revenues of $38 billion in 2010 and an estimated
rise to $95.34 billion in 2017, driven by the need to
conform to these CAFE standards, the time to act is
clearly now so as to ensure that investment does not go
for naught.
To address the significant advancement in this field
the 7th Annual Advancements in Automotive Light-
Weighting Summit will bring together the select group
of professionals from domestic and international
automotive:
·· OEMs
·· Tier 1s
·· Material Manufacturers
·· Research Laboratories
·· Government Agencies
to discuss the next steps for the advancement of light-
weighting strategy. Join us this May 18-20, 2015 in
Detroit, MI to engage in a next-level industry discussion
on the road ahead for lightweight strategy, investment
and ingenuity.
Cheers,
John O’Connor
Program Director
Automotive IQ
About the Summit:
12:00pm Registration & Afternoon Lunch / Refreshments
1:00PM Now is the Time for Light-Weight
2:30pm Exploring Applications for the Next-Generation of
Experimental Composites in Automotive Light-
Weighting Strategy
7:30AM Registration and Morning Refreshments Begin
8:30AM Opening Remarks from Conference Chairperson
8:45AM Approaching Lightweighting Holistically to
Optimize Materials for Cost, Performance and
Value
9:30AM DOE Efforts to Promote Vehicle Light-Weighting
Applications & Technology
10:15AM Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00AM Developing Holistic Vehicle Light-Weighting
Through Advancements in Seating and Interior
Modules
11:45AM High Impact Lightweight Interior Systems
7:30AM Registration and Morning Refreshments Begin
8:30AM Day Two Opening Remarks from Conference
Chairperson
8:45AM Lightweight Design – Challenges In Development
Process
9:30AM Optimizing Lightweight Automotive Structural
Components by Reinforcing them with
Nanocellulose
10:15AM Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00AM Panel Discussion: Composite Materials: A
Future for the Automotive Industry?
11:45AM Identify Cost Effective Routes To Achieving
Scalable Solutions For Mass-Market Product
4:00pm Reviewing the Advancements that are Keeping
Advanced High Strength Steel Competitive on
Cost and Performance
5:30pm End of Workshop Day
12:30PM Lunch & Networking Break
2:00PM Advancing the Standard of Perceived Quality While
Reducing Weight & Volume in Automotive Seats
2:45PM Panel Discussion: Virtual Verification of Future
Light-Weight Product Models Through CAE
3:30PM Afternoon Networking and Refreshment Break
4:15PM Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) for
Automotive Applications of Rapid Prototyping
and Manufacturing
5:45PM Additive Manufacturing Technologies for
Producing Innovative Lightweight Structured
Components
12:30PM Lunch
1:45PM Interactive Roundtable Discussions
2:30PM Automated Preforming and HP-RTM for
Structural Automotive Applications
3:15PM Networking and Refreshment Break
4:00PM Panel discussion: Multi-Material Joining:
Challenges and Opportunities
4:45PM Designing to Leverage Significantly Lighter
Weight, Reduced Production Cost and Enhanced
Strength from Composites
5:30PM Closing Remarks from Summit Chairperson and
Conclusion of the 7th Annual Advancements in
Automotive Light-Weighting Summit
Workshop Day:
Day 1
Day 2
Summit Agenda at a Glance

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12:00PM Registration & Afternoon Lunch / Refreshments
1:00PM Workshop A: Now is the Time for Light-Weight
·· The focus now is toward multi-material components to achieve lightweight
·· Materials other than light metals that can be used to optimize light-weighting while meeting vehicle performance and cost requirements
·· Overview of specialized processing to produce more exotic material components and unique joining/bonding, and corrosion-inhibiting techniques
Gerald Cole
Senior Staff Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company (retired)
2:30PM Workshop B: Exploring Applications for the Next-Generation of Experimental Composites in Automotive Light-
Weighting Strategy
·· Implementation of chemical science for advanced lightweight automotive material applications
·· Benefits to increased industry research & development partnership for advanced composite materials
·· Decreasing environmental impact & cost through the application of bio-polymers and reduced supply chain footprint
For Sponsorship Opportunities please contact:
Eric Pompei
Divisional Director, Sponsorship
Program Development Energy
212-885-2693
eric.pompei@iqpc.com
4:00PM Workshop C: Reviewing the Advancements that are Keeping Advanced High Strength Steel Competitive on Cost and
Performance
·· Advanced high strength steel applications for interior light-weighting applications
·· Developments of increased energy absorption in advanced high strength steel and the improved safety provided
·· Maintaining existing supply channels and manufacturing processes and realizing lighter weights at lower costs
Steel Market Development Institute (pending)
5:30PM End of Workshop Day
Pre-Summit Workshop Day -
Monday May 18, 2015
“The conference was interesting and provided important, need information for research
purposes.“ Toyota Boshoku America

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“Exposure to the work of others is helpful. New concept introduction.”
Kongsberg Automotive
7:30AM Registration and Morning Refreshments Begin
8:30AM Opening Remarks from Conference Chairperson
8:45AM Approaching Light-Weighting Holistically to Optimize
Materials for Cost, Performance and Value
·· Utilize advanced digital modeling and engineering tools to visualize the vehicle
system as a whole as opposed to component by component
·· Apply fiber reinforced metals to improve strength and performance while reducing
overall weight
·· Balance solutions for lightweighting with the cost associated and managing the
overall value of lightweighting efforts
Simon Xu
Engineering Group Manager - Vehicle Optimization, Architecture Strategy
General Motors
9:30AM DOE Efforts to Promote Vehicle Light-Weighting
Applications & Technology
·· How to access grants for advancing light-weighting in the pursuit of improved
efficiency & emissions
·· Development of the NALMMII (North American Lightweight Materials
Manufacturing Innovation Institute)
·· Realizing the addition of advanced emission control systems, safety devices, and
integrated electronic systems without increasing the overall weight of the vehicle
due to the use of lightweight structural materials
Will Joost
Technology Development Manager
Vehicle Technologies Office - U.S. DOE (pending)
10:15AM Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00AM Developing Holistic Vehicle Light-Weighting Through
Advancements in Seating and Interior Modules
·· Aligning OEM specs for performance, comfort & safety with lighter weight interiors
·· Utilizing next generation materials and manufacturing processes to achieve the
lightest weight interiors
·· Lessons learned through materials testing and construction
Tony Kmeid
VP Engineering
Faurecia
11:45AM High Impact Lightweight Interior Systems
·· Leveraging advancements in lightweight materials for luxury vehicles and reverse
engineering cost to create feasibility for mass production
·· Utilizing cross industry applications for lightweight interiors from aerospace design
·· Addressing advancements to light-weighting interiors to meet and exceed safety
needs/regulations
Mark Piekny
Manager - Interiors Engineering
(pending) Fisker Automotive
12:30PM Lunch & Networking Break
2:00PM Advancing the Standard of Perceived Quality While
Reducing Weight & Volume in Automotive Seats
·· Meeting industry trends in vehicle size and managing seat volume to reduced
weight while maintaining the utmost perceived quality
·· Taking an integrated approach to meeting OEM requirements and taking
ownership of the entire system as opposed to viewing it component by component
·· Creative engineering: utilizing advanced technology to join dissimilar metals and
achieve optimized seating structure
Victor Polen
Group Vice President and General Manager Global Metals and Mechanisms
Johnson Controls
Main Summit Day One -Tuesday May 19, 2015

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Main Summit Day One continued
2:45PM Panel Discussion: Virtual Verification of Future Light-
Weight Product Models Through CAE
·· Advancing future vehicle design with application of advanced engineering
technology
·· Designing developing proof of concept for advanced multi-material vehicles
·· Lessons learned from development and design trial & error
To Be Announced
3:30PM Afternoon Networking and Refreshment Break
4:15PM Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) for Automotive
Applications of Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing
·· Reviewing advancements in Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM)
·· Developing applications for advancing automotive industry light-weighting
objectives
·· Improving speed to market with rapid prototyping and material testing
To Be Announced
5:45PM Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Producing
Innovative Lightweight Structured Components
·· Utilize highly advanced materials used in additive manufacturing like grapheme to
reduce weight in component parts
·· Reduce the need for & cost of specialized stampings or die-casting with additive
manufacturing
·· Improve production time and reduce manufacturing changes
Rigoberto Advincula, Ph.D
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
6:30PM Day One Closing Remarks from Summit Chairperson
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7:30AM Registration and Morning Refreshments Begin
8:30AM Day Two Opening Remarks from Conference Chairperson
8:45AM Lightweight Design – Challenges In Development Process
·· Understand the vehicle as a whole to create opportunities for reducing weight
in non-structural components
·· Applying strategies from sports cars that can work for mass production given
new market conditions/trends
·· Performing cost/benefit analysis to support the business case for design change
Gregg Peterson
Senior Technical Specialist
Lotus Engineering
9:30AM Optimizing Lightweight Automotive Structural
Components by Reinforcing them with Nanocellulose
·· Developing material that is as strong as steel but 7 times lighter
·· Addressing the environmental & cost concern of using carbon fiber for light-weighting
·· Working through processing and scalability challenges
Carson Meredith
Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
J. Carl Pirkle Senior Faculty Fellow
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Tech
10:15AM Networking and Refreshment Break
11:00AM Panel Discussion: Composite Materials: A Future for the
Automotive Industry?
·· An overview of current industry approaches, future plans and strategy towards
light-weighting
·· A look at the different composite materials used and their applications in automotive
·· Does the future of light-weighting vehicles lie with composite materials?
Moderator:
Sujit Das
Sr. Research & Development Staff
Oak Ridge National Lab
11:45AM Identify Cost Effective Routes To Achieving Scalable
Solutions For Mass-Market Product
·· Optimal multi-material combinations including aluminum, magnesium & composites
·· Weight reduction potential
·· Right material for the right part
Dr Mark White
Chief Engineer, Body Complete
Jaguar Land Rover Product Development
12:30PM Lunch
1:45PM Interactive Roundtable Discussions
Join us for these rotating roundtable discussions to create a more intimate discussion of these
pressing industry subjects and uncover deeper insights on your efforts you benchmark with
your peers in these constructive discussion based sessions on:
·· Managing Supply Chain Integration for New Suppliers & Materials
·· Developing Production Capability for Scaling-up New Light-weight Materials
·· Utilizing Modeling Technology to Optimize Vehicle Design and Material Usage
·· Advanced Material Joining and Assembling Techniques for the Next-Generation Multi-
Material Vehicle
2:30PM Automated Preforming and HP-RTM for Structural Automotive
Applications
Andrew Hrymak
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Western University
3:15PM Networking and Refreshment Break
4:00PM Panel Discussion: Multi-Material Joining: Challenges and
Opportunities
·· How to accomplish multi-material joining quickly and at a low cost
·· Discussion of various joining methods pros/cons
·· Technology, service and performance issues & lessons learned
To Be Announced
4:45PM Designing to Leverage Significantly Lighter Weight,Reduced
Production Cost and Enhanced Strength from Composites
·· Utilize techniques refined for supercars that can be easily translated to mass production with
cost in mind
·· Unlock the potential strength and weight benefits of utilizing reinforced composites for
structural components
·· Take advantage of opportunity to realize weight savings and material optimization for
joining and production processes through the usage of advanced modeling & simulation
technologies
Darren Goddard
Head of Vehicle Engineering
McLaren Automotive Ltd (pending)
5:30PM Closing Remarks from Summit Chairperson and Conclusion of the
7th Annual Advancements in Automotive Light-Weighting Summit
Main Summit Day Two -Wednesday May 20, 2015

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IQPCs 7th Annual Advancements in Automotive Light-Weighting Summit will be focusing on the
latest developments in automotive light-weighting strategy and based on historic attendance rates/
profiles you will have the opportunity to interact with the automotive industry experts with the
following job titles/responsibilities:
·· VP of Engineering
·· VP of R&D
·· Vice President, Engineering & Technology
·· Chief Engineer
·· Chief Technical Officer
·· Chief Metallurgist
·· Technical Fellow
·· Senior Technical Specialist
·· Director of R&D
·· Program Manager
·· Development Lead Lightweight Body
in White/Front End Module/Rear End
Module/Exterior/Chassis/Drivetrain
·· Manufacturing Engineer
·· Material Engineer
·· Design Engineer
·· Director of Emission/CO2 Strategy
·· Director of Materials Engineering
·· Body Structure Engineer
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