Innovative Seating 2009:

As you are well aware, the seat is one of the most important components to differentiate from competitors. OEMs and supplier are under pressure to offer innovative seats with improved comfort and ergonomics and intelligent safety features. Furthermore, the industry is challenged to save weight and space in cars as well as in planes or trains. Therefore new materials, especially lightweight materials are getting more and more important as well as the intelligent integration of seat parts like seatbelts, head restraints. Besides the design challenges have to be overcome: The seat has to have a perfect styling and has to match the vehicles character. To help overcoming these issues the conference will provide a cross-industry insight into the latest seats developments.

Capitalize on the most promising developments in seat innovations:

• Identify how to successfully optimize seat materials and their thermal comfort by enhancing breathability, humidity absorption and thermal exchange
• Create the intelligent seat by effectively using sensors that detect
• Look beyond recession and explore how brand-building by innovative
• Learn how to permanently fulfil safety requirements to secure crash worthiness and suspension
• Explore how to successfully meet lightweight requirements by material substitution for seating upholstery

Hear 25 international top-level speakers:

Audi AG, Germany +++ Eurocopter, France +++ Jaguar & Landrover, UK +++ Johnson Controls GmbH & Co. KG, Germany +++ Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, India +++ Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile S.A.S, France +++ Sicma Aero Seats, Zodiac Group, France +++ Grammer AG, Germany +++ Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands +++ Research Institutes Hohenstein, Germany +++ German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband Deutscher Versicherer e.V., Germany +++ Formula BMW Talent Cup, Germany +++ Campaign Healthy Back (Aktion gesunder Rücken e.V.), Germany +++ Seton Lederfabrik GmbH, Germany +++ University of Aalborg, Denmark +++ J.D. Power and Associates GmbH, Germany +++ TNO , The Netherlands +++ Legett & Platt Automotive Group, Germany +++ Centro Ricerche Fiat S .C.p.A., Italy +++ Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen, Germany +++ TPV, Slovenia +++ BMW AG, Germany +++ RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG, Germany +++ Vistagy, USA +++ ESI Group, France

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time.

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