Posted to News on 6th Sep 2007, 21:37
EMCUK 2007 to feature speakers from automotive industry
Speakers from the Ford Motor company, MIRA and other leading players in the automotive sector will come together at EMCUK 2007 to deliver an authoritative, challenging and expert conference session on 16 October.
With more and more electronics being routinely used in automotive electronic systems - from safety-critical applications such as ABS and airbags, through driver information such as engine performance and navigation systems, to driver comfort and entertainment units - all in a very electrically noisy environment, the challenges facing automotive designers is tougher than most.
Chaired by Martin O'Hara of the Automotive EMC Network, the full program is as follows:
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome and Notices
09:30 - 10:00 Keynote Presentation by Ayhan Gunsaya of the Ford Motor Company
10:00 - 10:30 Revision of ISO 7637-3 - An Introduction to the New Requirements, by Roland Spriessler, EM Test AG
10:30 - 11:10 Visit to exhibition stands; coffee
11:10 - 11:50 Modelling Antennas for Inter-Vehicle Communications, by John Rajeev Ojha of the Technical University of Hamburg
11:50 - 12:30 The Groundplane Resonance - Problems with Radiated Emissions Measurements below 30MHz, by Luke Turnbull of TRW Conekt
12:30 - 14:00 Visit to exhibition stands; lunch
14:00 - 14:40 Designing to Meet ISO 7637 Pulse 5 (Load Dump), by Tim Jarvis of RadioCAD
14:40 - 15:20 Electrostatic Discharge Testing for Automotive Applications, by Martin O'Hara, of the Automotive EMC Network
15:20 - 16:00 Visit to exhibition stands; tea
16:00 - 16:30 Relevance of Reference Levels for In-Vehicle Field Exposure Assessment, by Alastair Ruddle of MIRA Ltd
16:30 - 17:00 Noise Spark Current Level Caused by Capacitive Discharge in an Automotive Secondary Ignition System, by Xu Li of the Chongqing University
Now in its fourth successful year, EMCUK 2007 will be held, as in previous years, at the Newbury Racecourse Event and Conference Centre, Newbury Berkshire, on 16 and 17 October 2007.
An exhibition will take place alongside the conference, with 60 stands from companies spanning all aspects of EMC - including components, test equipment, test houses and consultancy services.
For more details and registration, visit www.emcuk.co.uk/visitors or contact Alan Hutley by email [email protected].
