Date: December 1-3, 2006

Venue:

Lake View Garden Hotel, Wuhan, China

Details:

http://www.pdma.org/news.php?ID=213&PHPSESSID=9e5ee24303005d8fa75bdb21b31beb3d

Presentation:

The First International Conference on China’s Automotive Industry Innovation aims to create China’s premiere forum for discussion on how to guide China’s Automotive Industry to mature growth through Innovation.

The conference is a joint effort of PDMA, PDMA-China and Wuhan University of Technology. It brings together global automotive Innovation experts from academia, industry and government sectors for enhancing communication and cooperation among the various stakeholders and for fostering independent innovation to make the industry globally competitive.

CONFERENCE THEME: China’s Automotive Innovation and Independent development

The conference focuses on technology and management practices relevant to automotive innovation in China, future trends and possibilities of independent development, and their effects on Chinese and Global economy. The Conference invites representatives from the automotive industry, Research Centers and Universities to present and discuss these aspects, which will be covered in two parallel tracks.

Track 1: What we know today and what can we predict about future of Chinese automotive industry?

The rapid changes and growth experienced in China’s automotive industry raises many questions. What factors are fuelling this growth? Is it sustainable? How are indigenous enterprises responding to the challenges posed by rapidly increasing markets and growing customer expectations? What problems and opportunities await both Chinese and non-Chinese enterprises attempting to take advantage of the developing automotive market in China? How do Chinese automotive companies drive and manage innovation? Is innovation being driven by corporate research, by cooperative programs with other OEMs or suppliers, with integrated programs for rapid implementation and/or proof testing of innovative new technology and concepts? How is technical advancement and innovation in China tracked in companies, in the automotive industry, and across the scientific community? What development policies are currently being pursued by the Chinese Govt. and what are their implications for the Chinese Automotive industry? What does the future hold for market development and in commitment for independent development. These questions will be addressed through extended, in-depth keynote sessions, lectures, and case studies in this track.

The track will focus on:

Government Policy and Industry strategies for automobile innovation in China

Innovativeness of Chinese automobile industry and its implications

China's domestic market for automobiles and Global market opportunities/ challenges for Chinese Auto Manufacturers

The Future of Chinese Automotive Industry

Track 2: What can we learn from the best practices and how can China implement key learnings?

What can China learn from the global best-practices in innovation processes? What will be the role of independent R&D in the Innovation Economy? Does independent R&D have an opportunity to transform Chinese automotive industry’s economic future? How will the infusion of innovative thinking into the development process facilitate bringing new technologies to market effectively, bringing significant improvements to the quality of Chinese automotive products? Is the Chinese automobile Industry prepared to meet these coming challenges? Are educators building programs to provide leadership for these imperatives? Understanding and answering these questions is a formidable challenge that this track will attempt to answer.

The track will focus on:

Best practices in automobile innovation (innovation process)

Best practices in value chain development (supply chain)-Supply Chain/Value Chain reference models

Managing Innovation and driving innovation through research

Technology and IP development

Joint Ventures and collaboration optimized for innovation