15 STREAMS - Tire Technology Expo

1 20, 21, 22. FEBRUARY 2018. DEUTSCHE MESSE, HANNOVER, GERMANY. EXPO 2018. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ON-SITE. 15 streams . INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS. PLUS BUSINESS STRATEGY CONFERENCE SESSIONS. 180+. PRESENTATIONS. SPONSORS. EXPO 2018. Welcome to the Tire Technology Expo Conference The Tire Technology 2018 Conference is our biggest and most all-embracing ever, with 180+ speakers announced in this programme. New for 2018, the Business Strategy Conference is incorporated within this all-embracing programme, which we believe will make it easier to follow the entire content and enable you to best plan your participation. Tony Robinson, founder, Tire Technology Expo CEO, UKi Media & Events TIRE Technology CONFERENCE ROOMS. 0 1. CASABLANCA 1 NEW YORK 1 . CASABLANCA 2 NEW YORK 2 . FIVE CONTINENTS SAO PAOLO.

2 ROOM 1 SYDNEY . ROOM 2 TOKYO/SPEAKER ROOM . ROOM 3 COFFEE . COFFEE . DELEGATE DINING . LEVEL EXPO 2018. 1 Lift EXHIB. ITION. H. 20/21 ALLS. ITION. AL. ADD TE DININ. DELE. GA. G. LEVEL. 0 TO E. XHIBIT. ION Lift Conference Centre Hall 19. Conference Rooms MAIN ENTRANCE, REGISTRATION & CLOAKROOM. NORD 1. CONFERENCE STREAMS CONTENTS. 1 Keynote + Next-Generation Tire Technology ..2 6 Tire Manufacturing and Production 11 Tire Material Research . University of 17. 2 Business Strategy .. 3,7. 7 Research for Sustainable and Reclaimed 12 12 Young Scientist 18. 3 Development in Cord, Steel, Wire and 8 Polymer to Filler Interactions .. 13 13 Natural Rubber and the Science of Sustainable 19. 4 Polymer 9 New Rubber Compound Additives. 14. 14 Innovative and Experimental Tire 20. 5 Tire Testing Lab and Track .. 6,8,19 10 Simulation Modelling and Testing + 16 15 Tire as an Information Source.

3 21. 1 20, 21 & 22 FEBRUARY 2018 DEUTSCHE MESSE, HANNOVER, GERMANY DAY 1. DAY 1: TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY. 09:00 - 16:00 Stream 1 - Keynotes + Next-Generation Tire Technology New York 1. 1 Moderator Rudi Hein, consultant, Bridgestone Europe (retired), GERMANY. 11:10 Objective truck tire performance design helping OEM developments Mario De Martino, R&D engineer, Prometeon Tyre Group, ITALY. 09:00 Welcome The presentation will explain how Prometeon Tyre Group, exploiting external Tony Robinson, chairman & CEO, founder of Tire Technology Expo, UK know-how and virtual prototype development in a real open-innovation environment, is approaching the business of tire design for OEMs in truck, 09:10 RFID for tires an enabler for new services bus, OTR and agro businesses, thanks to collaborations with vehicle Pierre Loiret, industrial standards government manufacturers and universities.

4 The aim is to enhance the tire and vehicle integration. The presentation will also look to the future: driving assistance regulations, Michelin, FRANCE. systems, autonomous vehicles, sustainable mobility and connected tires. This presentation will focus on the universal ISO TC31 WG10. RFID tire tags standard, which will be forthcoming as an industry-wide adoption. We will discuss the advantages of 11:35 Beyond tires: Technology development having the ability to identify each tire during its entire lifecycle, in a new mobility ecosystem reasons for implementing a unique tire identifier, and the David Anckaert, head of OE product development consequences in terms of new services availability, especially EMEA, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Germany from the perspective of connected and autonomous vehicles.

5 12:00 Automotive megatrends and the 09:35 From a tire manufacturer to a solutions importance of tire air retention provider for off-the-road operations Jeff Valentage, global tire market development Enno Straten, head of commercial speciality tires, manager, butyl, ExxonMobil Chemical, USA. Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, GERMANY Today's economies are changing dramatically, triggered by rapid The key characteristic of the commercial speciality tires business developments in emerging markets, the accelerated rise of new lies within its high complexity of products and tough applications. technologies, and changing consumer preferences. From these It includes solid tires in material handling, agricultural tires for the changes, certain megatrends have arisen: sustainability, diverse farming segment and the big OTR tires in earthmoving.

6 Enno mobility, electrification and autonomous driving. For the automotive Straten reveals how the commercial speciality tire market has industry to succeed, we must master the trends, lead in innovation changed over the years into a market with more and more dedicated and drive these changes. The presentation will cover: electric products, integrated solutions and new service concepts that and autonomous vehicle growth; the importance of air retention answer complex customer needs in demanding environments. in electric and autonomous vehicles; air retention of tires used on commercially sold electric vehicles; in-use real-world efficiency 10:00 Tire sensing Technology SENSING CORE results; opportunity to improve the current EU tire labelling scheme. Hiroaki Kawasaki, technical manager, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, JAPAN 12:25 Q&A.

7 Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd has developed a new tire sensing Technology called SENSING CORE, which is able to detect road 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch conditions, tire load and tire-vehicle-related performance information. Moderator, Rudi Hein, consultant, SENSING CORE software analyses existing wheel speed signals Bridgestone,Europe (retired), GERMANY. without additional dedicated sensors in the tires. The SENSING CORE. information can be communicated to the driver and integrated into other vehicle systems, resulting in increased vehicle safety with an 14:30 - 16:00 Panel Discussion - environmentally friendly, maintenance-free Technology . We believe that SENSING CORE is one of the key technologies that will contribute to the Next-Generation Tire Technology realisation of autonomous transportation and a safer mobile society.

8 Jan Prins, technical specialist, Jaguar Land Rover, UK. 10:25 Realising resource-saving tires through innovative tough rubber compound Boris Mergell, senior vice president - R&D passenger and light truck, Dr Katsuhiko Tsunoda, fellow, Bridgestone Corporation, JAPAN. Continental GmbH, GERMANY. Bridgestone Corporation is taking part in the ImPACT (Impulsing Paradigm Change through disruptive Technologies) research Mauro Martino, wheels and tires - programme, which is a large, nationally funded five-year R&D designer responsible, activity operated by the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, ITALY. Bridgestone is challenging on realising resource-saving tires through Pierre Loiret, industrial standards developing an innovative tough rubber compound in this programme. government regulations, Michelin, FRANCE.

9 Focusing on unique and not well-known discontinuous crack growth phenomena, comprehensive and multi-faceted analyses Christophe de Valroger, vice president original equipment, are being carried out, aiming to elucidate brand-new tough rubber Bridgestone Europe, BELGIUM. compound design concepts. The overall research framework and interim research progress will be reported in this presentation. Jacob Peled, executive chairman, Pelmar Engineering, ISRAEL. 10:50 - 11:10 Break 2. Business DAY 1 Strategy EXPO 2018. Conference Sessions 10:30 - 16:05 Stream 2 - Business Strategy (continued on Wednesday) Five Continents 2 Moderator David Shaw, CEO, Tire Industry Research, UK. the rubber, automotive and related industries, working towards green mobility through a focus on: green economy, decoupling natural resources used and environmental impact from economic 10:30 Disruptive change in the global tire industry growth, usage of advanced material, design for environment (DFE), David Shaw, CEO, Tire Industry Research, UK resource optimisation with 4R strategy (reduce, reuse, recycle The tire industry globally is facing unprecedented change in and renewable), smart manufacturing and cleaner production.

10 Technology , business models and approach to business, as well as geographic disruption. This is combined with radical 14:25 Tire manufacturing in an age of disruption changes in mobility coming from the vehicle sector. This paper Harm Voortman, CEO, VMI Group, NETHERLANDS. attempts to give some views on possible futures for the tire The automotive industry is facing potentially rapid and disruptive industry and suggests some strategic directions for the future. changes. The tire industry needs to consider key emerging trends and evaluate how to manage them proactively. This 10:55 The importance of the emerging presentation will cover: the role of growing automation and machine learning; maximising rich data flows and analytics for production markets to the tire industry optimisation; integrating islands of automation to transform Robert Simmons, head of rubber and tire factory management and resource usage; potential growth in research, LMC International, UK mass customisation, leading to new and disruptive business The presentation will discuss trends in new vehicle sales in emerging models; security optimisation in a connected world.