The best possible place to network with not just members of the tire industry but also the vehicle OEM customers - Goodyear
Previous year's Tomorrow's Tire Summit was successfully held in Shanghai, China from 13-14 November 2019. Following on from the hugely successful Traction Summit in North America, Tomorrow's Tire will provide you with an exclusive opportunity to meet and network with tire industry professionals and stakeholders from China and other Asia-Pacific regions.
Join us and you will have the chance to meet with the technical experts and core personnel of entire value chain, and discuss future developments of the tire industry.
Josh Guilliams, Vice President of Consultancy leads, Smithers’ technical consulting team based in Akron, Ohio. Josh manages client relationships and works with other Smithers experts on complex projects. He also conducts in-depth investigations of a wide variety of rubber materials and final products on behalf of clients.
Before joining the team at Smithers, Guilliams spent several years in leadership at Polymer Valley Chemicals, Inc., as Technical Director and Vice President of Technical Operations. Prior to his time at Polymer Valley Chemicals, he held technical and commercial roles at Hankook Tire, EASTMAN Chemical Corporation, LANXESS Corporation, and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations.
I am Lv manyi, from chassis Development Institute of FAW Corporation. I am engaged in tire dynamics testing and modeling.
Edward graduated from Anhui Agricultural University with bachelor’s degree，major in Vehicle Engineering. In the past 11 years, he worked in Giti, FCA, Ford and Smithers. His experience and research area cover target setting, design & development, tuning/test and experimental validation of tires for passenger vehicles. Edward now works as the Lead Technical Engineer for Materials Science and Engineering Division, Smithers.
Audit, Consulting and Training Experience in the automotive and tire industry for 8 years; Experience in R & D, technology and process improvement in tire industry for 20 years; More than 50+ experience in tire factory audit, training and consulting; Familiar with quality system and OEM special requirements, good at quality system operation diagnosis and risk analysis; Systematically master the process and problem method identification, analysis and improvement, and good at the analysis and improvement of tire life-cycle product problems; Good at planning and implementing the training of working skills and worker management ability and middle-level staff in production enterprises; Good at planning and implementing the training of working skills and worker management ability and middle-level staff in production enterprises.
Li Lun entered the passenger car section of RDC of FAW in 2007 after graduating from JiLin University majoring in vehicle engineering. From 2008 to 2013, Li Lun worked for FAW as DRE of HQ-H7 chassis parts; and from 2010 to 2015, he was responsible for A-class platform tires; from 2014 to 2017, he led HS7 Chassis system integration as Program Manager. Since 2017, Li Lun has been holding the role of Section officer of General R&D Institute of FAW Chassis Rig Test Unit.
Lei Changchun, Male, who was born in October 1973. Master Degree, Professor level senior engineer. He is currently the Vice president and Secretary General of the 10th Council of China Rubber Industry Association(CRIA). He was graduated from Hubei University of Technology in 1994 , majoring in rubber and plastic engineering. From July 1994 to September 1996, he served as an engineer in the technical department of Wuhan Plastic Machinery General Factory.
He was graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 1999, majoring in polymer materials and engineering. From July 1999 to December 2012, he served as an Engineer and Manager of Rubber Department of China United Rubber Group Corporation. He joined China Rubber Industry Association(CRIA) in January 2013. He used to be the Secretary General of the Tyre Marketing Committee and the Secretary General of the Rubber Testing Committee.
Xia Xunmao is the Chairman of Qingdao Xunmao Intelligent Tire Technology Co., Ltd. In 2010, he was selected as the Expert of “National 1000 Talents Program” as well as the Overseas Expert of “Taishan Scholar” in Shandong Province.
Dr. Xia Xunmao has more than 20 years of overseas technology and management experience (Continental & Goodyear), and 12 years of domestic senior management experience (tire/automotive companies). The team led by Dr. Xia mainly works on R&D strategic planning for large and medium-sized tire companies, providing consultation service for tire companies on high-profile OE Projects, and on individual technique engineering and innovative product development.
Li Lun entered the passenger car section of RDC of FAW in 2007 after graduating from JiLin University majoring in vehicle engineering. From 2008 to 2013, Li Lun worked for FAW as DRE of HQ-H7 chassis parts; and from 2010 to 2015, he was responsible for A-class platform tires; from 2014 to 2017, he led HS7 Chassis system integration as Program Manager. Since 2017, Li Lun has been holding the role of Section officer of General R&D Institute of FAW Chassis Rig Test Unit.
From 2005 to 2010, Amy worked in Giti R&D Center as PCT PCR & Racing tire engineer. From 2010 to 2012, she joined Linglong R&D Center as International OE Department Manager. After that, Amy worked in Ford Research Engineering Center, served as Tire Supplier Technical Assistant Specialist (2012~2014) and Global Advanced Tire Core Specialist (2014~2018). Since 2018, Amy has been holding the position of Senior Technical Expert in Geely Research Engineering Center.
Mr. Hu Houbao, who joined Prinx Chengshan Holdings Co., Ltd. in July 2020, is currently the Assistant President of the Group, and also serves as the Director of Quality Management Center, Manager of Strategic Planning Department, and Director of Industry-University-Research Cooperation Committee. Prior to joining Prinx Chengshan, Mr. Hu worked as an engineer in the technical department of Anhui Jiatong Tire Co., Ltd. from July 2001 to August 2004 and as a Lead SQE (Supplier Management Lead Engineer) at SAIC Motor Co. Mr. Hu is also a member of the National Technical Committee for Tire Rim Standardization, a member of the Technical Expert Group of the Waste Rubber Comprehensive Utilization Branch of China Rubber Industry Association, a member of the Technical Expert Group for the Certification of Compulsory Products (TC14 Motor Vehicle Tires) of the National Certification and Accreditation Commission, and has chaired a soft science project of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and published several academic articles.
Graduated from Tsinghua University, Automotive Engineering department. 27 years in automotive and components industry and over 15 years technical standards, regulations and product certification work experience. Since 2013, served Continental tire company as director of APAC Standards & Regulations.
Jimi Han is chassis senior manager of NIO, in charge of Tyres, Wheels, TPMS, TWA, Tools, damper and Accessories. He graduated from Beijing university of technology, and issued seven patents during work, four of them are Patent for Invention.
He has participated more than ten programs, like NIO ES8, ES6, EC6, ET7, ES7 and Volvo S90, S60, XC60 and so on. I have developed high performance tire, low RRc tire, silent and self-sealing tire for NIO programs.
He likes to invest new technology, and defined new functions and new features for NIO programs.