Speakers
Audrée ANDERSEN
Director Development E-Coat & New Technologies EMEA
BASF COATINGS
1979 Born in Québec, Canada,
1998-2001 BSc Chemistry, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2001-2002 MSc Physical Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
2002-2006 PhD Physical Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute of colloids and interfaces/Uni Postdam Germany
2006-2012 Lab Manager, Research Department, BASF Coatings GmbH, Münster Germany
Field of work: Coatings for Plastics, Interfacial adhesion/molecular interactions between paint layers for automotive
2012-2016 Head Competence Center Total Layer & Primer EMEA, Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions Europe, BASF Coatings GmbH, Germany
Field of work: molecular interactions between paint layers, paint build-up formulation, primer business (technical)
2016-today Director Development E-Coat & New Technologies EMEA, Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions Europe, BASF Coatings GmbH, Germany
Field of work: Formulation and related activities in the field of E-Coat & New Technologies, incl. Low Bake activities
Luciano BIONDO
Vice president Electro & LCV
RENAULT
Jorge BROTO
CEO
EINIES VISION
Paul CZONRIJ
Head of NA Design
BASF COATINGS
Ralf DUNKER
General Manager Painted Body
MAGNA STEYR
Lars FRIEDRICH
President & CEO
DÜRR SYSTEMS
Takeshi GOTO
Director Engineering
NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION
Sabine GRIESBECK
Styling Manager
PPG
Vincent GUILLIN
Automotive Program Launch Manager
PSA GROUPE
Thomas HEUSSER
Head of Technology Development Materials and Process Engineering
AUDI
1994 Quality Management Paintshop Ingolstadt; Neckarsulm
2002 Head of Paintshop Product Planning AUDI
Since 2013 Head of technology development / materials; process engineering
Frank KERSTAN
Director E-Mobility Europe – Sales & Business Development
HENKEL
Luigi LAZZARI
Vice President Sales
GEICO TAIKISHA
Fei LIU
Engineer
Lichao LIU
Paint Specialists
NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS
Neil MURPHY
Senior Scientist
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS
Riccardo NUTINI
Paint Materials Specialist
Sven REIL
Application Manager EMEA
PPG
Stefan REIPRICH
Head of early phase product, product and process planning paint and finish
BMW
Sebastien SALZE
Automotive Market Manager
SAMES-KREMLIN
Alexander SCHMUNK
HEAD OF SALES
David TRUDELL
Paint Process Specialist
GENERAL MOTORS
Rebecca WALDMEIR
Color and Trim Manager - Global Exterior Paint and Advanced Design
GENERAL MOTORS
Bruno WELSCH
Member of the Board
DÜRR SYSTEMS
1985 – 1995 Various positions at Zertz + Scheid Ingenieurgesellschaft in electrical hardware design and software development, among others
1996 – 2000 Career start at Dürr: electrical hardware design and software development
2000 – 2001 Team leader software development
2002 – 2005 Project manager
2005 – 2008 Managing Director of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V.
2008 – 2010 President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems of
Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. and
Vice President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems North America
2010 – 2018 President & CEO of Dürr Systems North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador)
since August 2018 CEO of the Paint and Final Assembly Systems division and
member of the Board of Management of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart