Registration open for Tire Society conference
Registration open for Tire Society conference
Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Mike Anderson, Christian Oertel, Michael Stackpole
AKRON Registration is open for the Tire Society s 40th annual conference on tire science and technology, which will be held virtually Aug. 30 through Sept. 3.
Sessions will be held in the morning hours of the Eastern time zone (afternoon in Europe and evening in Asia) to encourage global participation.
The keynote address will be delivered by Mike Anderson, General Motors Executive Director for Global Virtual Design, Development and Validation. Anderson and his team are responsible for the computer-aided engineering of every component, sub-system, and integration area of all current and future GM vehicles. He is also president-elect of FASITA, a world body promoting excellence in mobility engineering and a member of the Exascale Computing Project Industry Council.
Jean Todt, President of FIA and UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety
Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE
Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU
Nakul Duggal, Senior Vice President & GM, Automotive, Qualcomm Technologies
James Kuffner, CEO and Representative Director of Woven Planet Holdings and Chief Digital Officer and Member of the Board of Directors and Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation
Guido Gluschke, Managing Director, Institute for Security and Safety, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Jyoti Sharma, Lead Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Technical Strategy, Verizon
Michelle Avary, Head, Automotive and Autonomous Mobility, World Economic Forum
Ian Yarnold, Head, International Vehicle Standards Division, U.K. Department for Transport