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International Conference : Motorisations Diesel, face au défi de la compétitivité / Diesel Engines, facing the competitiveness challenges
Rouen - INSA
May 26 & 27, 2010
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TABLE RONDE / PANEL SESSION
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Christian CHAPELLE
Christian CHAPELLE is Vice President for Powertrain and Chassis engineering, in the Manufacturing and Component Division of PSA Peugeot Citroën group.
Mr. CHAPELLE has more than 20 years experience in the field of internal combustion engines, primarily in Diesel engine development. He started his career as an engineer in the advanced engineering department, and then became project leader for the 1.4l and 1.6l HDi engines.
Mr. CHAPELLE moved to Peugeot Motocycles as engine manufacturing director in 2002.
Mr. CHAPELLE came back in the automotive division in 2005, as Diesel engineering director. From 2008 to mid 2009, he was program director for powertrains, until his current position as VP for powertrain and chassis engineering.
Mr. CHAPELLE has gained a mechanical engineer degree from INSA Lyon in 1984, with IFP School specialization in 1987.
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Odile DESFORGES
Born in 1950 in Rouen (France), Odile DESFORGES graduated from the Paris Ecole Centrale Engineering school in 1973. She began her career as Research Officer at the Transport Research Institute. She joined the Renault Group in 1981, with the Automobile Division Planning Department before becoming Product Engineer on the R19, then Product Engineer for the C segment (1983-1985). She moved to Purchasing in 1986 as Head of the Exterior Equipment department and was appointed Director, Body Hardware Purchasing, in 1992, for the joint Renault Volvo Purchasing Organization then, in 1994, for Renault only. In March 1999, she became Executive Vice President of the Renault VI-Mack Group, in charge of 3P (Product Planning, Product Development, Purchasing Project). In January 2001, she was appointed President of the Volvo Group’s 3P Business Unit.
She moved back to Renault in March 2003 as Senior Vice President, Purchasing, and Chairman and CEO of the Renault Nissan Purchasing Organization. At the same time she became a member of the Renault Management Committee.
From March 1st, 2009 Odile DESFORGES is appointed Executive Vice President, Engineering and Quality and a member of the Group Executive Committee. She reports to Patrick PÉLATA, Chief Operating Officer.
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John FUERST
John FUERST is General Manager, Delphi Diesel Engine Management Systems, for the company’s Powertrain division.
Fuerst started his career in valve train process engineering with GM in 1983. His most recent assignments were product line executive for gas engine management systems, as well as product line executive, gas and diesel controllers. In these concurrent assignments, he was responsible for introducing new technologies and managing growth with customers on a global basis.
Fuerst has a strong engineering and technical experience. He has held several other leadership assignments in powertrain product and manufacturing engineering; as well as positions in the company’s global operations, including manufacturing, finance, advanced development, and sales. He speaks several languages and has worked in both the United States and overseas operations.
Fuerst earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nebraska and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Juergen GERHARDT
Juergen GERHARDT works with Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart since 1984. He has been in charge of different tasks in the development of Gasoline Engine Management Systems, including system development, application & calibration as well as in the product development. From ’95 up to now, he was in charge of different management tasks in series and advanced engineering within the Gasoline Systems division. From 2003, he was Senior Vice President Gasoline System Engineering, responsible for system engineering of Powertrain and Gasoline Systems for both advanced engineering and series production, and since 2008, he is Senior Vice President Diesel System Engineering, responsible for system engineering of both advanced engineering and series production as well as calibration and world-wide technical centers.
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Helmut LIST
Helmut List is Chairman and CEO of AVL List GmbH. AVL is the world’s largest privately owned and independent company for the development of powertrain systems with internal combustion engines as well as instrumentation and test systems and employs in its worldwide network around 4,300 people.
List holds a wide range of industrial and public positions at national, European and international level. He is Vice-Chairman of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC), Honorary Consul of the Republic of Korea for Styria, an honorary professor at the Universities of Tongji and Jilin in China and chairman of the University Board of the Technical University Graz. He is an SAE Fellow and an associate member of the National Academy of Engineering and Technology. He has received numerous national and international awards and honors.
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