FINAL PROGRAM - November 17, 2006

09:00-10:40

Opening Session
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Cem Sorusbay

09:00-09:05

Welcome Speech
Dr. A. Murat Yildirim - Congress President

09:05-09:10

Opening Speech
Prof. Dr. H. Faruk Karadogan - ITU President

09:10-09:20

Opening Speech / History of Turkish Automotive Industry
Turgay Durak - OSD President

09:20-09:40

Technological Responses to the Automotive Industry to the Concerns of Society in Europe
Dr. Ulf Palmquist- EUCAR Director

09:40-10:00

Achieving Economies of Scale and Scope in Automotive Research - The Automotive Industry and the Community Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Dr. Ugur Muldur - EC Head of Impact Analysis of Community Actions Unit

10:00-10:20

Vision for 2030 - Turkish Automotive Industry
Jan Nahum - Petrol Ofisi CEO

10:20-10:40

Transient Operation in Different Heavy Duty Test Cycles as a Special Challenge in the Future
Dr. Franz X. Moser - AVL, Powertrain Division Director

10:40-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:40

Session 2a:
European Organizations on
Automotive Research

Chairman: Dr. Ugur Muldur
Session 2b:
Advanced Combustion Engines

Chairman: Dr. Franz X. Moser

11:00-11:20

ERTRAC and the Future of Road Transport in Europe
Rudi Kunze - ERTRAC Chairman
IP Green Heavy Duty Engine (GREEN)
Monica Ringvik - Volvo Technology Corporation

11:20-11:40

ITS - Keeping People & Goods Moving
Arnold van Zyl - ERTICO CEO
Comparative Evaluation of Water-Fuel Emulsion and Intake Air Humidification: Effects on HD DI Diesel Engine Performance and Pollutant Emissions
Efthimios G. Pariotis - National Technical University of Athens

11:40-12:00

FEHRL's Vision and the Common Approach to Automotive and Infrastructure Research
Steve Phillips - FEHRL Secretary - General
Research on Advanced Engine Combustion and Emission Abatement Strategies Conducted at the LCSR-CNRS
Iskender Gokalp - France National Scientific Research Center

12:00-12:20

Transport : Oil Dependency & Alternatives
Alain Heilbrunn - CONCAWE Secretary - General
Downsizing and Stratified Operation - an Attractive Combination Based on a Spray-guided Combustion System
Martin Wirth - Ford Motor Co.

12:20-12:40

Vision for 2030 and Vision for 2030 and Beyond -The European The European Biofuels Platform
Anders Roj - Volvo Technology Corporation (Chairman BIOFRAC)
Art and the Perspectives of FIAT Natural Gas Vehicles
Turker Gudu -TOFAS - FIAT

12:40-14:00

Luncheon

14:00-15:40

Session 3a *:
Workshop on Powertrain Modeling,
Control and HIL Testing - A

Chairman: Ufuk Guclu
Session 3b **:
Workshop on Active Safety Systems

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Levent Guvenc

14:00-14:20

Hybrid Vehicles and Solar Energy: a Possible Marriage?
Gianfranco Rizzo - University of Salerno
The DRIVE-SAFE Project: Signal Processing and Advanced Information Technologies for Improving Driving Prudence and Accidents
Aytul Ercil - Sabanci University

14:20-14:40

From the Visions of Road Transport in 2020, the RTD Actions Needed to an Outlook on an “Environmentally Compatible Hybrid Powertrain”
Peter Prenninger - AVL
Total Road Safety: Let Us Remove the Driver From the Control Loop
Michel Parent - INRIA-IMARA

14:40-15:00

VeHIL, Hardware-In-the-Loop Testing of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Hans-Martin Duringhof - TNO
MAPS & ADAS - How Digital Maps CAN Contribute to Road Safety
Vincent Blervaque - ERTICO

15:00-15:20

FOHEV - Ford Otosan Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Evren Ozatay - Ford Otosan
Sleepy Drivers - Prediction, Detection and Warning Strategies
Anna Anund - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

15:20-15:40

Superior and Safe Overtaking by Using the New Driver Assistance System Dynamic Pass Prediction
Jan Löwenau - BMW Group Research and Technology
The SAFELANE Adaptive Lane Keeping Support System
Aris Polychronopuolos - ICCS

15:40-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:40

Session 4a *:
Workshop on Powertrain Modeling,
Control and HIL Testing - B

Chairman: Prof Dr. Aytul Ercil
Session 4b:
Advanced Fuel and Oil Technology

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Ercan Tezer

16:00-16:20

Statistical Engine Misfire Detection
Alexander Stotsky - Engine Division - Volvo Car Corporation
Bio-fuels and their Application to Light Duty Road Vehicles
John Bennet - Ford Motor Co.

16:20-16:40

Future Power Trains and Fuel Cell
Ulrich Gottwick - Bosch
Modification of Vegetable Oils for use as Industrial Lubricants
Sevim Erhan - USDA/ARS/NCAUR

16:40-17:00

Engine Technology Roadmap: the Challenge of Diesel Emission Control
Philippe Bernet - Renault Powertrain Engineering
Novel Nano-composite Coatings for Increasing Energy Efficiency and Durability in Advanced Automotive Systems
Mustafa Urgen - Istanbul Technical University

17:00-17:20

Integrating Chassis Control and Driver Assistance Systems using an Energy Framework
Christian Gerdes - Stanford University
Development and Innovations Regarding Future Tyres - Challenges for the Automotive Industry
Ulf Sandberg - Swedish Road and Transport Institute

17:20-17:40

Three Generations of On Board Signing Systems
Claude Laurgeau - ENSMP
Advanced Materials and Processes in Automotive Applications
Nicola Gramegna - EnginSoft

 

 *

Sessions 3a (Engine and Emission Control Systems) and 4a (Propulsion/Powertrain Systems and Control) form the second workshop titled Workshop on Powertrain Modeling, Control and HiL Testing of the AUTOCOM EU FP6 Project (INCO-16426) of the Automotive Control and Mechatronics Research Center of Istanbul Technical University (http://www.autocom.itu.edu.tr).

 **

Session 3b is co-sponsored by the EU FP6 Project, SPICE, of the VPALAB (Computer Vision and Machine Analysis) Research Center of Sabanci University (http://vpa.sabanciuniv.edu).