Programme
The EAC 2017 (European Aluminium Congress 2017) is aimed at representatives from aluminium industry, customer industry and research facilities.
Speakers and participants from the aluminium industry automotive, component suppliers, OEMs, plant manufacturing and mechanical engineering will discuss innovative developments and new technologies for the automotive engineering of the future.
Monday, 27 November 2017
Registration & Opening
12:00 - 13:00 |
Registration and Get-together |
13:00 - 13:10 |
Congress Opening Hinrich Mählmann GDA-President
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Keynote Session - Room Maritim
13:10 - 13:30 |
Keynote 1: "Driving a lightweight future with smart & sustainable aluminium solutions" John Thuestad Senior Vice President Extrusion Europe, Hydro |
13:30 - 13:50 |
Keynote 2: "On the way to Additive Manufacturing - Industrial Production enabled by Al & Ti - Metal-Powders." Peter Sander Vice President Emerging Technologies & Concepts, Airbus |
13:50 - 14:10 |
Keynote 3: "Additive Manufacturing in Automotive: What it takes to be successful" Fabian Krauß EOS - Electro Optical Systems GmbH |
Afternoon Session 1 - Markets
Chairman |
Marius Baader German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) |
Room: |
Maritim |
14:30 - 15:00 |
The Global Aluminium Market Outlook Eoin Dinsmore, CRU Analysis, London, UK |
15:00 -15:30 |
Aluminium market & market outlook Julian Brockhaus, TRIMET Aluminium SE, Essen, Germany
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15:30 - 16:00 |
The impact of electrification on lightweighting and aluminum demand Wouter Vogelaar, Ducker Europe, Berlin, Germany
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee break
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16:30 -17:00 |
Passenger Car Markets Marius Baader, VDA - Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V., Berlin, Germany |
17:00 - 17:30 |
Aluminium’s contribution to low carbon mobility Patrik Ragnarsson, EA - European Aluminium, Brussels, Belgium |
17:30 - 18:00 |
Steel and aluminum, quo vadis? A pathway to growth in challenging times Nils Naujok, PWC - PricewaterhouseCooper AG, Strategy & Germany, Berlin, Germany |
Afternoon Session 2 - Surface, Corrosion, Recycling
Chairman |
Dr. Dietrich Wieser ARCONIC GmbH |
Room: |
Düsseldorf |
14:30 - 15:00 |
Progress in Resistance against Intergranular Corrosion at Aluminium Extrusion Horst Gers, HAI Extrusion Germany GmbH, Soest, Germany |
15:00 -15:30 |
Aluminium Skin Pass Rolling in Laboratory Mill Trials and Industrial Practice Walter Wengenroth, SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany |
15:30 - 16:00 |
Principles of cognitive modelling for recycling-friendly 6xxx series aluminium alloys V. M. Kevorkijan, Impol Aluminium Group, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee break
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16:30 -17:00 |
Change of Slag Characteristics due to Chemical Composition and Rafination Process Parameters in Aluminum Alloys Ali Ulus, Teknik Alüminyum A.Ş, Istanbul, Turkey |
17:00 - 17:30 |
From Scrap to First-Class Aluminium by using a Production Management System for Recycling Plants Gunther Schober, PSI Metals Non Ferrous GmbH, Aachen, Germany |
17:30 - 18:00 |
Assessing the susceptibility of a substrate to filiform corrosion without applying a paint layer Alban Morel, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada |
18:00 |
End of Congress Day 1 |
19:00 |
Dinner and Get-together |
Status: October 2017, Subject to change without prior notice.
Evening Event
The dinner and get-together after the first congress day will start at 19:00 h. All further details will be announced during the congress.
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Complete Session Overview for Day 2
You can get a complete session overview, including topics and times, following the link below. Please note that the two morning sessions as well as the two afternoon sessions are mutually exclusive.
Morning Sessions
Session |
3 |
4 |
09:00-12:30 |
Body Structure and e-Mobility I |
Processes and Joining Technologies I |
Chairman |
Michael Aumüller AMAG Austria Metall GmbH |
Gerson Meschut University Paderborn
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Room: |
Düsseldorf |
Peking |
Afternoon Sessions
Session |
5 |
6 |
13:30-17:00 |
Body Structure and e-Mobility II |
Processes and Joining Technologies II |
Chairman |
Herve Ribes Constellium |
Hartmut Janssen Hydro Aluminium |
Room: |
Düsseldorf |
Peking |
Status: October 2017, Subject to change without prior notice.