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The Advanced Vehicle Lightweighting Conference
November 19, 2025 (Eastern Daylight Time)
0845 Chair’s Opening Remarks
LIGHTWEIGHT REVOLUTION: THE IMPACT OF ADVANCED HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL IN NEXT-GENERATION VEHICLES
09:00 Driving Innovation: The Critical Role Of Advanced High-Strength Steel In Achieving Lightweighting And Safety In The Automotive Industry
Steel's remarkable strength, resilience, and adaptability have made it a key material in the automotive industry for many years. As the sector has developed, manufacturers have had to balance maintaining the highest levels of safety with achieving lightweighting targets for increased fuel economy and lower emissions. The usage of steel in the production of automobiles has undergone a paradigm shift as a result, with an emphasis on advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) and cutting-edge manufacturing processes. This panel discussion will examine steel's critical role in the car industry's pursuit of lightweighting and safety objectives.
09:00 Case Study 1: Integral Development Process On Lightweight Modular Structures & Components To Meet Higher Strength Need
Lei Shi CTO Nuola Auto
09:20 Case Study 2: Overcoming Safety Obstacles And Developing Novel Approaches For Advanced High-Strength Steel In Automobile Structures
09:40 Case Study 3: Driving Towards A Greener Future: The Role Of Advanced High-Strength Steel In Automotive Sustainability
10:00 Case Study 4: Discussing Industry Strategies: Evaluate The Future Sustainability Of Ultra High Strength Steel In A Circular Economy.
10:20 Extended Q&A
GREEN INNOVATION IN COMPOSITE
10:40 SOCA – Sustainably Optimised Composite Automotive
- Exploring low-carbon production methods for decarbonizing carbon fibre composite in automotive applications, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of carbon fibre manufacturing.
- Examining methods for efficiently recycling carbon fibre materials, minimizing waste, and supporting a circular economy in automotive manufacturing.
- Analysing available solution for near net-zero CFRP components for low-volume automotive application
Frederic Sicard Technical Specialist composite material & process Jaguar Land Rover
11:05 Questions & Discussion
11:10 Morning Refreshment Break
COMPOSITE MODELING
11:30 Composite Materials Simulation and Modeling for Enhanced Lightweight Body Structures
The presentation will highlight the latest advancements in materials and manufacturing processes designed to make lightweighting with composites more cost-effective for body structures. It will also cover newly developed virtual modeling methods for accurately simulating the characteristics of these advanced materials.
Venkat Aitharaju Technical Fellow, Advanced Composite Systems and Processes General Motors Global Research and Development
11:55 Questions & Discussion
JOINING DESIGNS FOR – NEXT GENERATION BEV VEHICLES
12:00 Evaluating CAE Material Cards, Simulation Data And Adhesive Bonding Innovations: Addressing Challenges in Vehicle Manufacturing and Performance Optimization
Discover the upcoming challenges and demand for developing CAE material cards and simulation data in vehicle manufacturing and performance domains. Learn how to apply expand foam adhesive that involves surface treatment and mechanical evaluation.
Okan Otuz CAE/ Materials Specialist Mercedes-Benz Turk A.S.
12:25 Questions & Discussion
END-OF-LIFE STRATEGIES
12:30 Embedding End-of-Life Strategies to Drive Sustainable Future For Lightweight Automotive
Dervis Eren Unsal Product Sustainability Engineer Ford Otoson
12:55 Questions & Discussion
13:00 Lunch Break
LIGHTWEIGHT SOLUTIONS WITH INTEGRATED BATTERIES
14:00 Innovative Multi-Material Strategies for Battery Electric Vehicle Architectures: Integrating Battery with Body-In-White for Optimal Lightweighting
In this session, we will delve into the factors impacting multi-material selection for EV battery lightweighting and integration with Body-In-White. We will also explore how OEMs are addressing material requirements while contemplating issues related to the cost, strength, and weight of Battery Electric Vehicles (B.E.V.s).
Simon Xu Engineering Group Manager - Vehicle Optimization, Architecture Strategy General Motors
14:25 Questions & Discussion
INTEGRATION OF MULTILATERAL STRUCTURE
14:30 Unlocking Ultimate Lightweighting: Recent Advances in Dissimilar Material Joining Technologies for Effective Integration of Lightweight Structures
In our pursuit of efficiency, performance, and sustainability, harnessing recent advances in dissimilar material joining technologies becomes paramount. In this talk we will explore how these innovations pave the way for the effective integration of lightweight vehicle structures, reshaping the future of automotive design.
- Exploring the possibilities of weight-optimized joining combinations
- Understand the latest innovations in multi-material joints
- Analyze joining technologies for optimum integration of multilateral BIW structure
- Evaluate future developments on dissimilar material joining for the next-generation BEV’s
Jose luis galaviz Chassis group frames technical lead Stellantis - North America
14:55 Questions & Discussion
15:00 Refreshment Break
JOINING AND BONDING STRATEGIES
15:30 Assessing The Innovative Design Strategy Cost Effective For Joining and Bonding In A Complex Production Assembly Line
To attain, lightweight we use low-density materials with higher strength-to-weight and higher stiffness-to-weight ratios. This presentation will examine the cost-effective joining strategies for multi-materials vehicle structures.
- How do you select and test the optimal joining technology, at the design stage, what is the overall process and approach?
- Assessing the Methodology for joining technology selection and component analysis to select the welding process
- Analysing cost-effective Joining and Bonding strategies for mass Production Assembly Line
- Evaluate suitable joining candidates for the body in white and supporting architectures specific to B.E.V.’s
- What the future holds for research and development into multi-material joining technologies in a mass production line
15:55 Questions & Discussion
LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE
16:00 Cost-Effective Implementation Of Multi-Material Structural For Lightweighting
- How do you cost-effectively implement interior lightweighting in the multi-material production line?
- Understanding Structural part development, specs, design, tooling
- Learning about Multi-material parts development, specs, design, tooling.
- Minimize development, tooling costs for low-volume projects.
- Reducing costs by enhancing quality.
16:40 Questions & Discussion
17:00 End of the conference
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