Automotive Innovation Summit

The Confederation of Indian Industry (SR) is organizing Automotive Innovation Summit – 2nd Edition with the theme "Innovation for Future Vehicles” on 22 July 2022 at 0930 Hrs – 1730 Hrs at Hotel Feathers, Chennai, India.

The summit chaired by Dr N Saravanan, President & CTO, Ashok Leyland Limited.

This summit would focus on innovation technologies for auto & auto components manufacturing and bring together leading auto manufacturing technology brands and key players from the OEM, Technology providers and auto component segment on a single platform.

This summit will also focus on providing the strategic focal point for the Indian automotive market to collaborate on a unified platform and deliberate the innovation in the auto industry progression, this event projects the key innovation and trends in the automotive industry.

The summit would cover the following technical sessions:

• Session I – Automotive Mega Trends - R&D, Infrastructure Challenges & Opportunities
  Focus Area: Electric Vehicles | AMP 2026 | Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Control | BS VI | Technology Transfer | Vehicular Safety Standards & Regulations | Emerging Technology – OEM’s Approach | Technological Innovation | Modern Tools and Technology | Industrial IoT & Industry 4.0 | Improved Manufacturing | Infrastructure | Connected Supply Chain | Limitations for MSME’s | OEM’s – Quality | Vehicle Components
• Session II – Future Trends in Automotive Design, Styling & Engineering
  Focus Area: Automotive Product Design and Engineering Cycle |Materials and Process technology –  Light weighting and Environmental Friendly | Tooling, prototyping & Testing for Automotive Products & Developing Critical Talent for Automotive Industry | 3D printing & Additive Manufacturing | Electric Vehicles | Interface between aesthetics and engineering | Vehicle modelling, design, control, testing, and development | Electric and hybrid vehicles design | Design for manufacturing | Concept Design & Styling| Emerging technologies on vehicle design | Automotive Interior & Exterior Trim Design Solution | New developments of hybrid materials and hybrid component reinforcements
• Session III – Next Generation Technologies in Automotive Electronics
  Focus Area: Electric Vehicles | Connected car | Powertrain & Body Electronics | Vehicles Safety & Security | Charging Infrastructure | Battery Technologies & Battery Management Systems | ADAS – Safe and efficient drive | Intelligence transportation system - Integrating safety & technology | Adaptive cruise control | Cyber security | Embedded Systems |Telematics, V2X and IoT | Big Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation | Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) | Advanced Body Electronics| Electrified Powertrain | Hybrid and automotive Powertrain
• Panel Discussion on Future of Electric Vehicles in India
  Focus Area: EV Evolution: Challenges & Solutions | EV Adoption: Challenges in the last mile & solutions | EV Batteries: Roadblock or Enablers | EV Charging Eco Systems in India: Bottleneck or a boon

More than 250 senior management personnel from diverse industries all over India and abroad are expected to attend this summit. Profile of summit delegates include MD's, CxO's, President’s, VP’s, GM's, Subject experts, Head of R&Ds, Managers, Engineers, Senior & Middle Management officials, Business Development, Communication Specialists & Professors.

Companies like Ashok Leyland, Bosch, Tata Motors, Ford India, Honda, Maruti Suzuki, Ola, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, L&T Technology Services, Visteon, Tech Mahindra, Siemens, Rane Group, TVS Group, MRF, Ceat Limited, Schneider Electric India, Minda, Hinduja Tech, ARAI, Natrip, Pricol, Simpson & Co, Bosch India, Harman, Continental Automotive, TVS Group, Valeo, TCS, CTS, Infosys, Wipro, Siemens, Ansys, Bosch, NXP, Mathworks, Vector, Dassault Systems, IOCL, Stratasys, Delphi, Autodesk etc., are expected to participate in this proposed summit.