Conference Programme All presentations and discussions will be held in English and simultaneously translated into French, German and Japanese. Friday, 7 June, 2002 09:00 a.m.   10:15 a.m. Opening the conference     Peter Sundström, Sweden President EUROFORGE     Erkki Liikannen, Belgium Commissioner of the European Union     Harald Schartau, Germany Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Qualification and Technology of the State of Northrhine Westpfalia     Forgings in the Automotive Industry – today and tomorrow Michel Barthole, France PSA Peugeot Citroen   10:15 a.m.   10:45 a.m. Break   10:45 a.m.   12:20 p.m. Trends given by representatives of forging associations from     Europe Dr. Manfred Hirschvogel President of the German Forging Association (IDS), Germany     USA William E. Hoban President of the Forging Industry Association (FIA), USA     Asia Tadashi Onishi President of the Japanese Forging Association (JFA), Japan     Changing markets Denis Bardou, Metaldyne Europe     E-business Oliver Merle, Robert Bosch, Germany   12:20 p.m.   01.15 p.m. Lunch   01:20 p.m.   02:40 p.m. Simulation – partnership solutions Dr. Wim Slagter, MSC Europe     Simulation – Forge3 Dr. Jean-Loup Chenot, CMEF, France   Developments in die manufacturing Michael Dahme, Hirschvogel Umformtechnik, Germany Dieter Koesling, Krupp Gerlach Germany Jörgen Schmeier, GKN Walterscheid Presswerk, Germany Bruno Weiler, Peddinghaus-Group, Germany   02:40 p.m.   03:00 p.m. Break   03:00 p.m.   03:50 p.m. Die life improvement Dr. Peter M. Standring, University of Nottingham, UK Training for productivity George E. Layne, Forging Industry Association (FIA), USA   03:50 p.m.   04:10 p.m. Break   04:10 p.m.   05:30 p.m. New approaches to employee development Prof. Dr. Swadhin K. Ghosh, GKN Automotive, Germany     Performance Measures – 20 keys’ programme Peter Konermann, Panskus Organisation Development, Switzerland     Co-operation – the key to success Chris Schena, Caterpillar Overseas, Switzerland   05:30 p.m. End of the first conference day   ------------------   Saturday, 8 June, 2002 09:00 a.m.   11:00 a.m. Latest development in forging equipment Dr. Stefan Erxleben, Lasco Umformtechnik, Germany Dr. Thomas Herlan, Müller Weingarten, Germany Junji Nishikawa, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan Dr. Joachim Martin, SMS Eumuco, Germany     Environmental solutions Mikio Nakano, Mannoh, Japan     Automation of processes Walter Siepmann, Siepmann-Werke, Germany     Automation in final inspection Dr.-Ing. Wolfram K. Deutsch, Karl Deutsch, Germany   11:00 a.m.   11:15 a.m. Break   11:15 a.m.   12:35 p.m. Improved forging properties Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieland, VDEh, Germany   Benchmarking the competitive processes for chassis components Jürgen Krummel, (former AUDI), Germany     Innovation for automobile forgings Ishihara Sadao, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan Hirokazu Morishita, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan   12:35 p.m.   01:00 p.m. Conclusions Erwin Peddinghaus, Vice-President EUROFORGE, Germany   End of the second conference day   ------------------