Program

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Golf Outing (Optional)
(Cost/person US$ 150 including Green fee, Caddy fee, Golf cart, Breakfast and Lunch and Transportation ; Golf club rental is not included)

6:00

Leave the hotel by shuttle bus

7:00 - 7:30

Breakfast at the golf course

7:30 - 12:30

Golf

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch at the golf course

13:30 - 14:30

Return to the hotel by shuttle bus

18:00 - 20:00

Dinner Reception at The Peninsula Hotel

Monday, February 2, 2015

8:00 - 9:00

Advisory Board Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15

Opening Remarks by Program Chair and General Chair

9:15 - 10:30

Panel "Global and Regional Brake/Friction Materials Industry Trends"

Harald Abendroth, Chairman, EuroBrake

Prof.Jayashree Bijwe, IIT-Delhi, India

K. S. Rathee, Chairman & Managing Director, ASK Automotive (P) Ltd

Meechai Sriwiboon, Program Chair, ASEAN Brake Conference

Roy Link, General Chair, SAE Brake Colloquium

Yao Wang, President, CFSMA


Moderator: Dr.Seong Rhee, Technical Program Chair, SAE Brake Colloquium

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Training Part 1 of 4 : Basics of Automotive Brake Design

Hidetoshi Shimizu, General Manager, Link Engineering Japan

12:00 - 13:15

Lunch Break

13:15 - 14:00

Panel "Voice of the OEMs; Global and Regional Requirements"

Abdul Rashid Musa, Chief Technical Officer, Proton

Yukihiro Shiomi, Project General Manager - Chassis, Toyota

Yasushi Suganuma, Chief Engineer, Honda R&D


Moderator: Roy Link, Chairman & CEO, Link Engineering

14:00 - 15:00

Training Part 2 of 4 : Introduction to Friction Materials

Dr.Seong Rhee, President, SKR Consulting LLC

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:15

Panel "ASEAN Automotive Industry Overview and Safety Concerns"

Dr.Atthawit Techawiboonwong, Director, Thailand Automotive Institute

Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, Secretary General, ASEAN NCAP; Vice Chairman, SAE Malaysia

Sharulnizam, Deputy Director, Automotive Engineering Division, Road Transport Dep.


Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saiprasit Koetniyom, Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering

16:15 - 17:15

Raw Materials Technology Update (part 1)

“About the Use of Engineered Mineral Fibres for Green, High Performance and
High Comfort Passenger Car Disc Pads"

Luc Smeets, Manager Marketing & Business Development, Lapinus Fibres

"Carbon Based Solutions for Friction Materials"

Luigi Alzati, Product Manager – Engineering Materials, Imerys

"NAO Friction Material: Its Copper Free Alternate and Recent Development"

Litström Ola, Country Manager Taiwan & Southeast Asia, Hoganas

"Cashew Particles and Compressibility"

Andrew Maseloff, Global Sales VP, Palmer International


Moderator : Boonyawat Teeraprawatekul, Director, ACME International

18:00 - 20:00

Conference Dinner Reception

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

09:00 - 10:00

Training Part 3 of 4 : Brake Testing and Evaluation

Young Hwan Shin, CEO of SE Systems Inc./ Link Testing Lab. Korea

10:00 - 10:30

Brake Disc and Brake Caliper Manufacturing/Technology Update

"Machining of Brake Discs - Latest Technologies, Tooling and Cutting Materials"

Johannes Schneider, SPK Cutting Tool Manager Strategic Marketing, CeramTec GmbH

"High Performance Environmentally Compliant Coatings for Braking System Components”

Alan Gardner, Global Marketing Manager, MacDermid


Moderator: Satya Priye, Director, Satya Cashew Chemicals

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Developments in Global Brake Testing

“Worldwide Brake / Friction Testing”

Harald Abendroth, Chairman, EuroBrake

"Observations Regarding Load-Deflection Response of Brake Friction Materials"

Charles Greening, Jr., President, Greening Testing Laboratories Inc.

"ECE R90 Legislation"

George Molenaar, Chief Development Officer Vehicle Admission and Surveillance, RDW

"Vehicle to Dynamometer : How to convert"

Young Hwan Shin, CEO of SE Systems Inc./ Link Testing Lab. Korea


Moderator: Harald Abendroth, Chairman, EuroBrake

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30

Training Part 4 of 4 : Brake Noise Problem Resolution

Eric Denys, VP of Global OE Brake and AM Integration, Wolverine Advanced Materials

14:30 - 15:00

Back Plate and Damper Innovation

"The Future of Brake Pad"

John Mack, CEO Asia Pacific, UTIL (GUANGZHOU) AUTO PARTS CO. LTD

"The Effect of Grease on Brake Squeal"

Hidetoshi Shimizu, Link Engineering Japan (DaishinKako Representative)


Moderator: Prof. J.Bijwe, IIT-Delhi, India

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:45

Raw Material Technology Update (part 2)

"Benefits of Titanates in Friction Material"

Yasuhito Ito, Cheif Researcher, Otsuka Chemical

Cardolite friction particles, no brake for innovation"

Frederique Catterman, Global Marketing Manager, Cardolite

"Phenolic resin for friction materials"

Assawin Kaewkitinarong, Technical Department Manager, ThaiGCI

"Introduction of PTFE"

Joon S. Choo, Global Sales VP, Shamrock

"Kevlar® Pulp, Replacement for Asbestos"

Jeffrey Pan, Asia Pacific Marketing Manager, Dupont


Moderator: Luc Smeets, Manager Marketing & Business Development, Lapinus Fibres

16:45 - 17:00

Closing Remarks

Exhibition hours

Monday, February 2, 2015

10:00 - 16:00

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

10:00 – 13:30