THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING
AND CONFERENCE ON
TIRE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
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DoubleTree
Hotel Akron/Fairlawn
September 20-21, 2010 (Monday - Tuesday)
Akron/Fairlawn, Ohio, USA
The
2010
conference is being held Monday & Tuesday September 20 &
21, 2010 at the
DoubleTree Hotel Akron/Fairlawn west of downtown Akron, OH, USA. The conference dates and location
have been coordinated to allow attendees to consider also
attending ITEC2010
the same week, September 21-23, 2010, just 30
minutes north at the IX Center in Cleveland.
Preliminary details are provided below. A schedule
of the individual events will be available in August.
Register now! |
| Invited
Speakers |
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The Tire Society is pleased to
announce that Mr. Seung Hwa Suh, Vice Chairman and
CEO of Hankook Tire, will be giving the
keynote address, Dr. Yukio Nakajima, Professor,
Faculty of Global Engineering, Kogakuin University,
will present the
plenary lecture, and Dr. David Cole, Chairman of
the Center for Automotive Research, will be the
awards
banquet after-dinner speaker. |
| Technical
Program |
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Thirty
technical presentations are planned for the
conference. Click on the technical session below
to see presentation titles, abstracts and authors
planned for that session.
Wear/Friction/Rolling Resistance
Noise,
Vibration and Harshness
Simulation
Aging &
Testing
Materials
Student Sessions:
Session 1,
Session 2 |
| Business
Meeting & Executive Committee Election Results |
The 2010
State of the Society will be presented by
the Executive Committee at the conference & the
results of the election for the next Executive
Committee will be reported.
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| Conference Committee |
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Chair: Barry Yavari, The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Company
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Co-Chair: Saied Taheri, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University
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Conference Registration |
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Please
use
The Tire Society Online
Store to
register for the conference.
The
conference fee is $250 US for non-members and is
no-cost for current members. The fee
covers attendance for the two day conference,
first day luncheon and award banquet dinner,
session break snacks and refreshments; and a one
year membership
with subscription to Tire Science & Technology
print journal & access to on-line journal
archive. ($100
US for retirees; $50 US for students -
conference only; no membership)
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Hotel Reservations /
Accommodations |
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For
accommodations, the DoubleTree Hotel
Akron/Fairlawn Hotel
is offering a special Tire Society rate of
$99/night. Use the following link to
make reservations and automatically receive this special
rate:
DoubleTree Tire Society Hotel Room Reservation
The Akron area
also offers many hotels, restaurants, lounges and
entertainment facilities. Cleveland Hopkins
International Airport (CLE) and
Akron-Canton Regional Airport (CAK)
are both
within 30 minutes. |
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