SAMPE Journal - May/June 2017 - 30

Europe News
Gary Turner
European Section Editor
gt@ttrc.de

Focus on Paris: SAMPE Europe Summit 17
Conference Report
Sunny skies welcomed speakers and delegates to Paris, 13 March, a day
before the JEC show began and twelve top notch speakers gave effective
presentations at Summit 17. Building on the success of last year's daylong event, SAMPE Europe's third Summit conference again took place
in the Hotel Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel, close to the city's landmark Eiffel
Tower. Early registration was available on Sunday, followed by welcome
refreshments in the hotel's Frame restaurant.
This year's excellent program was themed: Visions on Composites Innovation
in Automotive, Aerospace and More. Four sessions addressed Automotive,
Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Materials and Aerospace. Three of the
world's top aircraft manufacturers were on stage, as well as speakers from
many countries. Briefly summarized: Block A's Automotive topics included
new thermoplastic composite solutions; Volvo's vision on composites in
cars, plus design of lightweight materials for innovative concepts. Block B,
on Advanced Manufacturing had advanced manufacturing of structural
thermoset composites for automotive; crash worthiness of composites in
cars, together with "Vision of the Fjords - Ship of the Year 2016 - a 42m
carbon fiber sightseeing catamaran". Block C's Advanced Materials offered:
Consolidation and maturing of the carbon fiber industry - what's happening
and who will survive? Recent advances in shape memory composites
and their structures, plus Advanced materials for aerospace solutions.
Block D on Aerospace brought topics like Composite R&D challenges for
Embraer, Making the most of NDT for aerospace composites, and Future
Developments at Airbus. A strong panel comprised of all speakers and
moderated by Professor Jyrki Vuorinen wrapped up the day's technical
offerings.
SAMPE Europe President Jyrki Vuorinen opened the conference on
the hotel's 10th floor (with a panoramic view of the city) welcoming all
and adding pertinent details for the day. Delegates received a USB stick
containing the proceedings as part of the registration package. Coffee breaks
were adjacent to the conference room, with lunch served in the lovely Frame
restaurant on the ground floor. In the best tradition of SAMPE Europe, at the
conference dinner Jyrki Vuorinen thanked all for attending and presented
gifts to the two lady volunteers who ably supported the event. As usual,
SAMPE was also visible at the JEC show, 14-16 March, Stand U36 in Hall
6. Thanks are extended to our main sponsor, the JEC Group, in addition to
our several industry partners. As SAMPE Europe President Jyrki Vourinen
observed, this generous support contributes to our continued success.
And a reminder: SAMPE Europe's main annual event, held in the Fall
- Conference 17 - will take place this year from 14 to 16 November, in
Stuttgart, Germany. Predictably, in this location, major attention will be
given to various aspects of advanced M&P in the automotive sector, with
rewarding excursions anticipated to local area car manufacturing plants
such as Mercedes Benz, Porsche and Audi. We look forward to welcoming
you to this exciting endeavor.
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