High-calibre speakers at the new Lightweighting Summit
High-calibre speakers at the new Lightweighting Summit championed by Germany’s Economic Affairs Minister Peter Altmaier.
6 Mar 2019Share
The program has now been finalized – and makes impressive reading. On Tuesday, 2 April, leading experts from politics, business and research will be on stage at the first-ever Lightweighting Summit under the umbrella of HANNOVER MESSE. Organized by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, this event will create the basis for a profitable dialogue on the importance of lightweight design and engineering, examine the current competitive situation and explore strategies aimed at promoting this key technology.
Hannover. The
Two keynotes will lay the foundations for the subsequent panel discussions. Firstly, Professor Dr. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the
The first panel discussion (featuring Prof. Dr. Hubert Jäger, Professor of Lightweight Systems Engineering and Multi-Material Design at Dresden Technical University and CEO of Carbon Composites, and Dr. Peter Dahlmann, Managing Director of the VDEh Steel Institute) will outline the key elements in a national lightweight engineering strategy from the viewpoint of industry and the research community. The second panel discussion will continue the industry-policy dialogue, with contributions by Dr. Peter Dahlmann, Dr. Wolfgang Seeliger, Managing Director of Leichtbau BW GmbH, Dr. Winfried Horstmann, Head of Industrial Policy at the BMWi, Heinz Gaub, Director of Engineering at ARBURG, and Hans-Peter Dahm, Managing Director of TGM Lightweight Solutions. Finally, Björn Thümler, Lower Saxony's Minister of Science and Culture, will present his conclusions. The 1st Lightweighting Summit will end at approx. 5 p.m.
This new summit meeting for politics, business and research will take place at HANNOVER MESSE in the conference section of Hall 19 (Room New York 1). The number of participants is limited to around 300. Registrations can be e-mailed directly.
Lightweight engineering is one of the key topics at HANNOVER MESSE. In Hannover, users from all industries can meet experts who will demonstrate the role of lightweight design in the product improvement process. More than 100 companies and associations will be presenting smart lightweight solutions at HANNOVER MESSE. The central information hub will be the
Download
Contact us
Interested in news about exhibitors, top offers and trends in the industry?
Browser Notice
Your web browser is outdated. Update your browser for more security, speed and optimal presentation of this page.
Update Browser