Conference Day Two: Tuesday, 10th February 2009

9:00 Chairman’s welcome & opening address

Dr.-Ing. Christian Mergl
Coordinator of the Comfort Team
Audi AG, Germany

Realizing thermal comfort

9:10 Thermal comfort of the seat

• How to measure the perceived thermal comfort of the seat
• How to design thermal comfort on the basis of the properties of materials and components of the seat
• High thermal comfort seats: Innovative concepts and future developments

Salvatore Demontis
Vehicle Architecture, Interior Modules Design Unit Manager
Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A. Italy

9:50 Measurement and evaluation of the physiological comfort of car seats

• Thermo-physiological function and climatic comfort of car seats
• Measurement of the thermo-physiological function with the Skin Model and an upholstery tester
• Seat trials with human subjects
• Constructional parameters for the optimization of the climatic seat comfort

Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Umbach
Director of the Department of Clothing Physiology
Hohenstein Institutes, Germany

Cross industry insights

11:10 Accelerating the Seat Cover Design Process with Master Models

• Issues that slow the seat cover design process
• The nature of complex data that is needed to fully define a seat cover
• How design and manufacturing engineering processes can be modified to improve throughput
• How software applications can be applied to support these processes

Ed Bernardon
Vice President, Business Development
VISTAGY USA

11:50 Factors in rear seat design

• The market trends and requirements (global markets, feature and functionality, sustainability)
• Packaging challenges (occupant considerations, vehicle body proportions, adjacent vehicle systems, cargo carrying capability)
• Meeting the design challenge (potential approaches to meeting the design challenge, satisfying the market requirements)

Feisal O'Neill
Senior Manager – Seating Systems Product Development
Jaguar and Landrover UK

12:30 Different technical requirements for helicopter seats:

• Weight analysis (regarding new technologies and materials)
• Material requirements: UV light and abrasion resistance
• Suspension and crash worthiness – Safety requirements
• Strong ergonomic requirements for the pilot

Dr. Virginie Hyerard
Senior Industrial Designer
Eurocopter France

14:30 The complexity of aircraft seating development: The IFE factor

• Internal factors: Dynamic testing, industrial capacity, configuration management
• External factors: Marketing needs from the airlines, kerosene costs, airworthiness requirements, IFE integration
• The IFE factor: Actual situation regarding architecture - risks and lead time, integration/lack of synergies
• A unique approach from Sicma: The SiT (Seat Integrated Technology) – Architecture, integration, maintainability, revenue generation

Laurent Stritter
Marketing Innovation Director, Sicma Aero Seats
Zodiac Group, France

15:10 Virtual Seat Prototyping: To build it right the first time

• Cost-cutting with Simulation-Based Design
• How to integrate Comfort, Safety, and Manufacturing requirements, from the beginning of the design process
• How to predict the impact of innovative, lightweight materials on the overall seat performance
• How to estimate the impact of production variations before SOP

Nicole Montmayeur
Seat Design Product Manager
ESI Group, France

15:50 Special Design Features and Unique Requirements of Aircraft Seats

• Introduction and some historic aspects of aircraft seating
• Special environment for aircraft seats
• Special design features to meet customer demands
• Unique qualification and certification requirements
• Future trends, summary, and outlook

Dr. Holger Friehmelt
Manager, Product Group Management
RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

17:00 Different types of vehicles mean different ergonomic and comfort demands for seats

• Specific innovations for truck/bus driver seats, forklift and tractor seats, seats for construction machinery, passenger seats
• Static and dynamic comfort
• Research for improving drivers comfort and workplace design

Alexandra Polster
Senior Manager Pre-Development
Grammer AG, Germany

17:40 First hand experience from Germany’s youngest female formula racing driver – Racing drivers’ expectations on the seat

• Specifics of racing car seats
• Comfort and safety – What do racing drivers expect from seating manufacturers?
• The race driving experience – Exposures on the human body

Jackie Weiss
Racing Driver
Formula BMW Talent Cup, Germany

18:20Closing remarks of the chairman and end of Congress Day One

18:45 Evening get -together

At the end of this congress day IQ PC invites you to a guided tour through the beautiful town of Wiesbaden. At first the Dorint Hotel will invite you to enjoy some hot drinks and afterwards you have the opportunity to discover Wiesbaden. Take advantage of an informal exchange of experiences and enjoy this perfect platform for networking!

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