Agenda

Speakers of the forum will give a general overview of the automotive business and talk about new solutions, now available or under development, for an eco-friendly automotive industries. Not commercial presentation but 100% technical oriented. The focus will be on carbon free production, productivity increases, energy savings, full recyclability and zero emission solutions.


Tuesday, 10th October

7.30 am

Shuttle bus pick up at your hotel

8 am

Registration

Tuesday, 10th October
Section 1 - Moderator John Stokes

8.30 am

Villa Baiana

Welcome

Riccardo Ferrario
IDRA SRL.
GM & President Amafond 

8.45 am

How future CO2 regulations will influence powertrain choices around the world

Luca Ciferri
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
Ass Publisher & Chief Editor

9.15 am

The Die is Cast

Sandy Munro
MUNRO & ASSOCIATES
Owner & CEO

10.45 am

New generation of premium recycling Aluminium alloys: the main solution for the true decarbonization of mobility in Europe

Ruggero Zambelli
RAFFMETAL S.P.A
Quality Director

11.15 am

Coffee break

Section 2 - Moderator Mario Conserva

11.45 am

Connectivity & Saltcore-technology towards sustainability

Eric Müller
GNUTTI CARLO GROUP
Chief Technology Officer 

12.15 pm

Future molten metal system for zero (reduced) emission foundries

Hans Henrik Würtz
STOTEK A/S
Owner & CEO

12.45 pm

The next step to the climate-neutral foundry of the future - New solutions for heat recovery and exhaust air purification at melting furnaces

Christian Kurtsiefer
KMA GMBH
Managing Director

1.15 pm

Lunch

2.30 pm

Transfer service to Idra plant

3 pm - 5 pm

Idra Plant

GIGA TECH - What’s next?
GigaPress OL 6000 & OL 9000
FSA tabletop exhibition

John Stokes
IDRA SRL.
Marketing and Sales Director

5.30 pm

Transfer service to Villa Baiana

6 pm

Tenute La Montina

Franciacorta winery visit and taste La Montina

7 pm

Aperitif

8 pm

Villa Baiana

FSA dinner

10 pm

Shuttle bus to hotels

Wednesday, 11th October

7.45 am

Shuttle bus pick up at your hotel

Wednesday, 11th October
Section 3 - Moderator Thomas Fritsch

8.30 am

Villa Baiana

Light… Years Ahead

Roberto Vavassori
BREMBO S.P.A.
Member of the Board

9 am

Steel E-Motive: Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) Body Structure for a New, Fully Autonomous Mobility as a Service vehicle

Jérôme Favero
ARCELORMITTAL S.A.
Head of Automotive Steel Solutions

9.30 am

Different material usage / manufacturing techniques in car body or battery housing applications

Karl Radlmayr
VOESTALPINE AG
Senior Vice President Research

10 am

Coffee break

10.30 am

Structural application and foundry challenges for a worldwide casting solution provider

Bastian Drees
MAGNA GROUP
Global SME HPDC – Cosma Casting

11 am

Giga Tools: challenges and opportunities; standing on the shoulders of giants

Marco Corti
COSTAMP Group S.P.A.
President & CEO

11.30 am

Recent developments of die and die process management incl. vacuum and jet cooling for Giga casting sustainable production.

Dominik Baumgartner
FONDAREX S.A.
Owner & CEO

12 pm

Lunch

Section 4 - Moderator Thomas Fritsch

1 pm

Sustainable magnesium  and new thixo process, the right way to safely melt and poor, saving costs

John Stokes
IDRA SRL.
Marketing and Sales Director

1.30 pm

How BOCAR Group evolves within a rapidly changing environment to remain a reliable Partner

Jochen Merz
BOCAR GERMANY
Chief Technical Officer

2 pm

Thermal Control Units for Giga-castings

Mauro Inverardi
IECI SRL.
President & Owner

2.30 pm

Die spraying challenges and future prospects

Björn Wollin
WOLLIN GMBH
Owner & CEO

3 pm

Trimming and cutting operations: Two R&D projects to transform a rough casting into a finished component saving energy

Ruggero Pederzoli
MECCANICA PI.ERRE SRL
President & Owner

3.30 pm

Coffee break

4 pm

OEM Round table and press questions

4.30 pm

CLOSE OF THE FORUM AND SAVE THE DATE

Riccardo Ferrario
IDRA SRL.
GM & President Amafond

5 pm

Shuttle bus to hotels