The Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Center of CII is organizing the sixth edition of the one-day conference on 
“Automotive R&D Trends” with its theme “R&D Challenges for Sustainable Mobility” in Chennai on February 28. The conference aims to collectively address the rising needs of mobility with the support of the stakeholders across various sectors.
The key objectives of the conference are to provide a platform for stakeholders with multi-disciplinary expertise to interact on sustainable mobility, bring a systemic approach to address the important challenges in the area of mobility, understand the current trends in the automotive & transportation industry towards sustainability, highlight priority areas for developing robust systems and solutions through research and innovation, channel the technology development in the automotive industry towards a sustainable urban environment, aid the Government agencies in development of effective policy, help Indian industries in interactions with international networks for best practices, collaborative R&D, product development, etc., facilitate knowledge flow by working with international organizations through bilateral / multilateral co-operation mechanism, and create awareness among the end-users and consumers.
The conference is divided into four sessions: Sustainable green transportation – Role of Auto & Auto Component Industry; Government policies & R&D challenges in Urban Mobility; future of mobility – advanced & integrated systems in vehicles, transportation & infrastructure; and innovative technologies for changing mobility – affordable & profitable business models.
Speakers from leading OEMs, prominent auto component industries, transport organizations, infrastructure companies, service providers, system integrators, State and Central Governments, etc., have been invited to participate and share their knowledge.
The conference is an ideal platform where industries and organizations can engage themselves to explore opportunities for joint technology development, identify new business & technology areas, facilitate technology transfer, transfer commercially available off-the-shelf scalable technologies, actively collaborate with institutes & research labs, exchange knowledge through industry/institute exchange programs, etc.
Close to 250 senior management personnel from diverse industries from all over India and abroad are expected to attend the conference.
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