This document announces the 2nd International Conference on Automotive Front-Ends in 2011. The conference will discuss future influences on front-end design, materials, and pedestrian protection. It will be held November 28-30 in Wiesbaden, Germany and feature presentations from Audi, BMW, Opel and other automotive companies and research institutions on topics like virtual development, weight reduction, and passenger safety.

1. Discuss future influences on front-end design
and how to make your car „shine like a star”
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2nd International Conference
Automotive
Front-End 2011
Innovative concepts | materials and pedestrian protection
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Dorint Pallas Wiesbaden, Germany www.automotive-frontend.com/web
Chairman • Get insights into scope and design conflicts in modern automotive
Prof. Dr. Frank Henning, front-ends
Deputy Director, Fraunhofer-Insti-
tut for Chemical Technology (ICT) • Learn about pedestrian protection and its implications on front-ends
and Chair for Lightweight
Technologies, Karlsruher Institute
for Technology (KIT), Germany • Get to know about validated virtual development for optimization and
integration of front-end modules in terms of cooling performance
With contributions from leading inter-
national institutes and companies: • Find out about weight reduction potential of selected front-end components
• Audi AG Ingolstadt
• Adam Opel GmbH • Hear about demands on compatibility for passenger cars with focus
• Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik on accidents
AG & Co KG
• Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH
Learn from experts including:
• RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Dominic Seibert, Johannes Bayer,
• ADAC e.V. Head of Development Manager Styling and Design
• Fraunhofer-Institut for Pedestrian Protection, Convergence,
Chemical Technology (ICT) Audi AG BMW Group
• German Federal Highway
Research Institute (Bundes- Lothar Teske, Gernot Schmid,
anstalt für Straßenwesen - Manager Structure CFD-Simulation-Engineer,
BASt) Development & Simulation, Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik
• BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH Adam Opel AG AG & Co KG
• Thatcham MIRRC
• Jacob Plastics GmbH
Benefit from our interactive workshops:
• Variation Systems Analysis
GmbH A: Enhanced utilization of virtual tools in vehicle development process
• Ibeo Automotive Systems B: Bumper design for insurance damageability assessments and pedestrian
GmbH protection
• Continental Automotive C: Lower leg impact – future front-end requirements due to the Flex PLI
GmbH
• BMW Group D: Textile reinforced composites in automotive vehicles
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2. 2nd International Conference
Automotive Front-End 2011
28 – 30 November 2011 | Dorint Pallas Wiesbaden, Germany
Who will you meet?
This conference will discuss various competing technologies and concepts to find solutions to the
Industry:
changing technological requirements: complexity vs. efficiency. • International OEMs
• Suppliers of front-end
Components
Take this opportunity to listen to international case studies and discuss the technological as well • Suppliers of front-end Devices
• Suppliers of Materials
as constructive challenges and innovations with experts from Audi AG, BMW Group, Adam Opel • Research & Development
GmbH and many more.
Departments:
• Engineering and Construction
• Front-End Development
• Material Development
• System Engineering
Download Center • Pedestrian Protection
• Passive Safety
• Component Development
• Design and Development
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