Ce congrès international sera une formidable opportunité pour les experts de l'industrie automobile, du poids lourd et du véhicule industriel, des équipementiers associés, de l'industrie pétrolière, des laboratoires de recherche et des universités d'échanger leurs points de vue et informations sur les évolutions de la motorisation Diesel pour répondre aux défis technologiques du futur.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES
Global warming related to increasing quantities of greenhouse gases, in particular CO2, is now a universal issue that must be faced by the industrial world. Every engineer and scientist must become involved in the search for new solutions. The stakes for future generations are enormous and the sector of transport and thus of the automobile are directly concerned.
By continuing to lower fuel consumption and having overcome its main faults of the past, the Diesel engine is considered in Europe as one of the low CO2 emitting converters of the future. North America, Japan and emerging nations are now starting to express interest. There are increasingly more stringent requirements concerning regulations and goals announced by certain countries to reduce by 4 their CO2 emissions by 2050. This represents new complex technological challenges that are exciting for the community of engineers and scientists involved in the development of Diesel engines that are increasingly more environment-friendly.
Following the success of the SIA 2006 congress centred on this reality and entitled: «The Diesel engine: The low CO2 and emissions reduction challenge», this new meeting will be the occasion to understand the current situation and present the latest developments as well as quantum-lead innovations that will contribute to advancing the Diesel engine even further in the challenge to simultaneously reduce emissions of both greenhouse gases and pollutants. This progress also requires taking into account the increasing constraints imposed by customers in terms of cost, acoustic and thermal comfort, and vehicle performance.
To face these considerable environmental and economic stakes, France has recently created Competition Poles devoted to transports. In this respect, the Basse Normandie, Haute Normandie and Ile de France Regions are consolidating the major leading talents in research and development on Diesel engines and powertrains for automobile applications. This is being done within the competitiveness cluster Mov’eo and via its "Energy & Environment" Strategic Activity Domain. In order to encourage the dynamics that has been created around this initiative, the SIA is providing clusters with its know-how in terms of circulation of scientific knowledge and for this has decided to organise the 2008 meeting of its traditional Diesel congress in Rouen, headquarters of the cluster Mov'eo.
This International Conference will be an exceptional opportunity for experts in the automobile, truck and industrial vehicle industries, those of equipment suppliers, the petroleum industry, research laboratories and universities to exchange their points of view and information on progress in Diesel power to respond to the technological challenges of the future.