AUTOMOTIVENET AT WTC AVANTIS

[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Maastricht, March 27]
The annual conference of AutomotiveNET.eu, to be held on April 10, has as its theme ‘work in practice’. Entrepreneurs and managers from the automotive industry in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion will be present at interesting presentations and will be challenged in (inter)active workshops with renowned companies and research institutes from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The conference will take place at the WTC building, situated at the cross-border business park Avantis in Heerlen/Aachen.

The annual conference of AutomotiveNET.eu will start in the morning with a number of short presentations relating to completed project activities and various current automotive themes. The speakers will include those involved in the project that has given shape to Euregional cooperation in the automotive sector since 2005. These include Jerôme Verhagen, Director of The Limburg Development Company LIOF, and Professor Brettel of RWTH University Aachen.

Nine workshops

After lunch, participants will be able to choose from among nine different workshops, focusing on the latest materials and innovations in the area of energy saving, safety and the environment. The latest coatings and resins will be covered, as will as light-weight components, a new generation of broadly applicable gas tanks, sensors and catalysts. Those attending will include experts from Emerson and Cuming, Delta Services International, Sirris, Lightweight Structures, Materia Nova, Bekaert Advances Coatings, Europlasma and TNO.

The workshops are the result of a number of specific AutomotiveNET.eu projects. Participants will be able to take a look behind the scenes of various automotive suppliers; they will be challenged to participate intellectually and even be given the chance to join in the projects. The conference starts at 10:00 hours. The afternoon program starts, after the joint lunch, at 13:00 hours. Participation is free of charge and registration is open until April 4:
http://www.automotivenet.eu/