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Dr. Florian Diehl, Director Sales & Marketing, is responsible for the renewable functional filler (RFF) business at UPM Biochemicals. He studied rubber technology at the German DIK, holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the university of Mainz together with a master’s degree in business administration from WHU business school and has close to 15 years of work experience in rubber and plastics industry. Before joining UPM in early 2019, he was working in various positions including R&D, application development, and technical marketing in carbon black business.
Dr. Tom Rosenmayer has worked in sustainable polymers since 2009, after an early career in electronic materials and nanocomposites. He is currently Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Silpara Technologies Inc. Prior to this, he was Chief Technical Officer at Lehigh Technologies through its growth phase and acquisition by Michelin. Rosenmayer holds a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Rice University. He has authored more than 20 refereed journal articles and has presented at technical conferences on four continents. He holds 15 US patents. Rosenmayer serves on the External Advisory Board for the School of Materials Science & Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and also as a Review Panelist for the US National Science Foundation.
Li Lun, Senior Director of Chassis Development Department of FAW R&D Institute of China, Deputy Director of Youth Working Committee of China Society of Automotive Engineering, and a special reviewer of China Automobile Magazine. He has 16 years of experience in independent development and testing of chassis systems. Focusing on the development and testing technology of intelligent chassis system (including intelligent tires), he has presided over a number of FAW National Key Laboratory Open Fund projects and FAW key scientific and technological research projects in the past five years. He has won the first prize of China Productivity Promotion Award and the first prize of Jilin Science and Technology Progress Award.
Dr. Pang Chong Hau has a distinguished career marked by leadership roles across diverse sectors, substantiated by relevant academic accomplishments over the years. With a PhD in Materials Science and LEAN Six Sigma black belt, Dr Pang is also a Chartered Environmentalist registered with the UK Society of Environment. He is hence deeply committed to sustainability, often exploring different systematic approaches to create a positive, long-lasting impact to our planet.
Dr Pang’s expertise include solar manufacturing, waste water treatment and creating due diligence system for sustainability governance. Since 2022, he assumed a pivotal role at the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), leading supply chain initiatives to integrate sustainability practices. Notable accomplishments include pioneering solutions like Singapore's first carbon calculator model for Digibank's "LiveBetter" app which has won accolades such as “SG Mark Platinum 2022” winner and Tier 1, Informa FinTech Futures Banking Tech Awards 2022 for Best Green Initiative.
Dr. Pang also held leadership roles as National Sustainable Procurement Roundtable (NSPR) Head, Secretariat, driving collective action for sustainable procurement in 2022/2023 which advocates for best practices within Singapore's supply chain, fostering industry-wide transformation before joining Giti Tire.
Randall Grein, RFID Business Development Manager and lead for the Embeddable Tire Tag program, has been instrumental in advancing Hana's tire program. With over a decade of experience at Hana RFID, Randall has played a key role in fostering the adoption of RAIN RFID within the tire industry. His efforts have been widely recognized by leading tire manufacturers, positioning Hana as a pioneer in embeddable RFID tire tagging. While integrated into tire molds, these tags ensure robust functionality throughout the tire’s lifecycle, from production to recycling, and enabling maintenance recording, inventory tracking, fleet management, and innovative (sustainable) business models.
Graduated from Tsinghua University, Automotive Engineering department. 31 years in automotive and components industry and over 19 years technical standards, regulations and product certification work experience. Since 2013, served Continental tire company as director of APAC Standards & Regulations.
Xu Wenying, female, born in 1972, is a member of the Communist Party of China with a master's degree and a senior engineer. She is currently the President of the 10th Council of China Rubber Industry Association. Since 1994, she has successively held the posts of Manager of Consulting and Cooperation Department, Manager of Exhibition Department, Assistant to General Manager of China Rubber (Group) Corporation, Director, Deputy Secretary General, Executive Deputy Secretary General of Information Exhibition Department of China Rubber Industry Association, and Director General of Rubber Material Professional Committee. Since October 2012, she has served as the Vice President and Secretary General of the 8th and 9th Council of China Rubber Industry Association.
Li Lun, Senior Director of Chassis Development Department of FAW R&D Institute of China, Deputy Director of Youth Working Committee of China Society of Automotive Engineering, and a special reviewer of China Automobile Magazine. He has 16 years of experience in independent development and testing of chassis systems. Focusing on the development and testing technology of intelligent chassis system (including intelligent tires), he has presided over a number of FAW National Key Laboratory Open Fund projects and FAW key scientific and technological research projects in the past five years. He has won the first prize of China Productivity Promotion Award and the first prize of Jilin Science and Technology Progress Award.
From 2005 to 2010, Amy worked in Giti R&D Center as PCT PCR & Racing tire engineer. From 2010 to 2012, she joined Linglong R&D Center as International OE Department Manager. After that, Amy worked in Ford Research Engineering Center, served as Tire Supplier Technical Assistant Specialist (2012~2014) and Global Advanced Tire Core Specialist (2014~2018). Since 2018, Amy has been holding the position of Senior Technical Expert in Geely Research Engineering Center.
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Graduated from Tsinghua University, Automotive Engineering department. 31 years in automotive and components industry and over 19 years technical standards, regulations and product certification work experience. Since 2013, served Continental tire company as director of APAC Standards & Regulations.
General Manager of Smithers (Suzhou) Bachelor degree of Measurement & Control Technology and Instrument, Master degree of Business Administration. Henry has been working in tire & wheel testing industry as test Engineer, Lead Test engineer & Lead quality system. Main responsibility of Henry is Tire & wheel testing, data analysis, test method development, company operations & management.
