APRA European Symposium 2023

16:30 - 18:30

General Assembly of APRA Europe AISBL members

members only

19:00 - 22:00

Welcome reception

Welcome get-together including drinks and fingerfood

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome by the Chairman

Dr. Daniel C. F. Köhler (Chairman, APRA Europe, Belgium)

9:00 - 9:45

The role of OEM in growing a network economy for remanufacturing

Tommaso d'Alessandro (CNH REMAN EMEA Senior Manager, CNH Industrial, Italy)

9:45 - 10:15

Major European legal highlights in 2022 - Software and the principle of exhaustion – does it apply to remanufacturing?

Dr. Johannes Graf Ballestrem (Partner, Osborne Clarke, Germany)

10:15 - 10:45

to be confirmed

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 - 11:45

Understanding the true remanufacturing opportunities that new powertrain systems offer in 2023 – 2035

Mike Rayne (Member of the Board of Directors, Lucas Diesel, Spain)

11:45 - 12:15

A remanufacturer’s sustainability journey - Why and how data driven LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and ESG (Environmental Social Governance) reporting pleases both customers and investors

Line Steen Meldgaard (Group Project Manager, BORG Automotive, Denmark)

12:15 - 12:45

Better than new, how Diesel engine injector remanufacturing can improve the power and efficiency of heavy duty engines

Mariano Schroeder (Director, Power Train Technologies, Chile)

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

13:45 - 14:15

to be confirmed

14:15 - 14:35

University Session - How remanufacturing can benefit from the new open and collaborative data ecosystem CATENA-X

Julian Große Erdmann (Research Associate, Fraunhofer IPA, Germany)

14:35 - 14:55

University Session - title to be confirmed

to be confirmed (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

14:55 - 15:15

University Session - Battery remanufacturing - to be confirmed

Jan Koller (Research Associate, University of Bayreuth, Germany)

15:15 - 15:45

Cleaning as a core process in remanufacturing - Challenges and optimization

Benjamin Wachtarz (Country Manager, DST Chemicals, Denmark)

15:45 - 16:15

Coffee break

16:15 - 16:45

Major European legal highlights in 2022 - Secure gateways for vehicle diagnosis, electronically processable datasets and fees:  Regulation 2018/858 and important clarifications for the Aftermarket by the European Court of Justice

Marcus Sacré (Partner, Osborne Clarke, Germany)

16:45 - 17:15

Tesla can make them, who is going to support them?

Craig van Batenburg (CEO, ACDC Hybrid and EV Training, USA)

17:15 - 17:30

Lucas Diesel company presentation (plant tour on day 3)

Oscar Villafranca (CEO, Lucas Diesel, Spain)

17:30 - 17:45

BORG Automotive company presentation (plant tour on day 3)

(BORG Automotive, Spain)

17:45 - 18:00

Symposium wrap-up

Peter Bartel (APRA Europe, Vice Chairman, Belgium)

19:00 - 22:00

Dinner

Joint networking dinner

9:00 - 14:00

Plant tour at BORG Automotive and at Lucas Diesel

Including bus transportation, coffee break, light lunch

14:00 -

Latest return at venue hotel