Cassie is mainly responsible for consulting projects in the Asian market, covering tires, materials, packaging and other industries. She joined Smithers for more than two years . Prior to that, she had three years of consulting experience. As a team member based in Suzhou China, Cassie supports consulting team to provide solutions for solving issues and improving efficiency to clients. Recently Cassie presented Smithers outlook on OTR tire market at China Rubber Conference in Qingdao, China. The white paper Sustainability in Tire - 6 Ways The Tire Industry Is Addressing Sustainability she is responsible for, will be published during our conference.
Koen is an independent consultant in the go-to-market space of the off-the-road tyre
industry.
A bachelor’s degree in transport economics, Koen has worked in the off-the-road and
industrial tyre business since 1998 and has built up extensive managerial and
operaNonal experNse across the world.
He has successfully managed a variety of services, innovaNon, sales, markeNng,
technical and R&D projects complemenNng the OTR tyre business in Europe, Russia
& CIS, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and South America.
Zhou Yong graduated from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology.Research on off the road tire has nearly 11 years. Previously worked for several leading tire companies in china，responsible for the development of off the road tire formula and process research. Currently serving as the Technical Director for off the road tire at Shandong Linglong Tyre Co .Ltd . Responsible for the development of off the road tire formulas, and process research.Lead the establish and development off the road tire formula systems, as well as the development and application of C3 new technology for agricultural tires.Complete the upgrade of curing technology of off the road tire. Has rich theoretical knowledge in the research and development of off the road tire technology and experience in solving production process problems.
Dr. Mahesha Ranasoma currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at Global Rubber Industries (GRI). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK, an MBA from the University of Wales, UK, and a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the University of Peradeniya.
With a distinguished career in leadership, Dr. Ranasoma has served as a board member of Hayleys PLC, Managing Director of Dipped Products PLC, and Country Chairman of Shell Companies in Sri Lanka. This wealth of experience has granted him profound insights into various industries and corporate dynamics.
In addition to his corporate achievements, Dr. Ranasoma has made significant contributions to academia and research as a Senior Lecturer in Coastal Engineering at the Open University of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, he has worked as a Consultant in Environmental Management for the private sector and multiple donor-funded projects.
Dr. Ranasoma's unwavering commitment is geared in steering GRI in a path towards sustainability and championing a greener world. His leadership has seen GRI initiate various environmentally responsible practices, reflecting his vision for a sustainable rubber industry and a more eco-conscious global community. His continuous efforts inspire both GRI's workforce and the broader society, establishing him as a formidable advocate for a greener and more sustainable future.
Ciaran is responsible for delivering Smithers global growth initiatives and supporting Smithers Asian client base.
Ciaran has been working for Smithers for nearly twenty years supporting the packaging, print and paper value chains with key market and technical information in the form of conferences, reports and consulting. Ciaran has worked on winning and delivering a wide range of market consultancy projects to major industry players, recent projects include a global assessment of printing and packaging growth trends and market assessment for a major new product launch for one of the world’s largest packaging converters.
Ciaran has launched and managed many international conferences in this sector including Digital Print for Packaging, SustPack, Specialty Papers and Print Futures.
Deputy Secretary General at China Rubber Industry Association and Secretary General China Rubber Industry Association Tyre Branch. He graduated from Qingdao University of Science and Technology in 1987, majoring in rubber machinery. He has been engaged in tire manufacturing technology and management in Double Coin Group for 26 years, and joined the China Rubber Industry Association Tyre Branch in 2013, mainly responsible for association management and industry development research. The association has maintained statistics on the production and operation of domestic backbone tire enterprises for 37 consecutive years, and he is responsible for the compilation of the "13th Five-Year Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan" development planning guidelines for the rubber industry.
Greg Hanna was appointed Vice President, Product Development & Quality, Asia Pacific of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on September 1, 2022. Immediately prior to this role, he was Director of Product Development, Goodyear Latin America. Hanna has extensive technical experience in product development and management and is a proven leader in launching innovative, high-value-added products to the market.
In 1994, Hanna began his career at Goodyear with Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He joined Goodyear Global Headquarters and Innovation Center in Akron, Ohio, in 2000.
Hanna started his career designing and launching innovative products as a tire designer across Consumer, Commercial and OTR businesses where he earned multiple tire design patents for tire construction and tread pattern designs. He then transitioned into Product Marketing with assignments in both North America and Latin America. As Director of Consumer and Commercial Product Marketing in Latin America, Hanna implemented a new market-backed product creation process with which he launched over 85 new products. The new process has significantly increased product performance and vitality, market coverage and growth potential. In his current role, Hanna successfully launched 4 strategic product lineups for Goodyear across Asia Pacific in September 2023.
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.
Ye Wei, worked in the Industrial Standards and Government Regulations department of Michelin (China) Investment Co., Ltd., mainly engaged in tire raw materials and environmental related standards and regulations. Currently is the Vice President of Xingda Group, in charge of sustainable development and other related businesses.
I am Lv manyi, from chassis Development Institute of FAW Corporation. I am engaged in tire dynamics testing and modeling.
Xu Ting, with a PhD in Vehicle Engineering from Jilin University and a joint national scholarship from the University of Waterloo in Canada, is dedicated to the research of non pneumatic tires, tires, and vehicle dynamics. Currently, she is the head of the intelligent new NPT R&D team at Jihua Laboratory and the founder and chairman of Jihua Heyue Technology (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
In the past 5 years, we have been striving for a total contract amount of approximately 80 million yuan for research and development expenses related to non pneumatic tires; Applied for over 70 related invention patents and granted over 40 patents; Publish 8 SCI papers in the third district or above as the first author or corresponding author; Received honors and awards such as the second prize (third author) of the Science and Technology Invention Award issued by the Ministry of Education, the "Foshan Youth May Fourth Medal" and the fifth "Foshan Top Ten Outstanding Youth", and the silver award of the "2023 Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Cultivation Layout Competition".
Sunjay Dodani is the CEO and co-founder of Revvo Technologies. He is responsible for driving the company strategy and product vision for enabling every tire to be a smart tire. Revvo automates the management of tires for big and small fleets. Its AI-powered TireIQ™ platform offers fleets improved operational efficiency and increased vehicle uptime, safety, and performance.
Sunjay earned his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Liu Zhengguo, Senior Engineer, is currently responsible for the chassis components business at the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) Component Company. He holds a master's degree from Dalian University of Technology and has extensive experience in the evaluation and research of key technologies in automotive chassis systems and components. Since 2016, he has led a team in researching tire and brake wear particle emissions performance, keeping pace with international regulations such as UN/WP.29 GRPE PMP/GRBP TFTA/ISO. He has conducted extensive research and established in-depth collaborations with domestic and international universities, enterprises, and research institutions on tire and brake system wear particle emissions performance based on Chinese driving conditions.
Nick founded Emissions Analytics in 2011 to understand real-world emissions and fuel economy and emissions from vehicles, which evolved into understanding the holistic environmental impact of vehicles on air, soil and water, from tyre wear rates to volatile organic compound emissions.
Nick is chairman of the European standardisation CEN Workshop 90 on collecting real driving tailpipe emissions data, which led to the publication of the AIR Index. He is also chairman of CEN Workshop 103 on standardising the measurement of vehicle interior air quality, and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
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.
Camille Barré is Director, Transport and Mobility at ETRMA, the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association. In this role, she leads the Associations work and representation towards the European Institutions on tyre regulated performances and digital issues. Ms Barré has spent her career working in public policy, particularly in the automotive sector. She holds a master’s in international relations from the University of Kent and speaks French, English, Spanish and Dutch.
Mr. Benson Yu was appointed as the Director of PEFC China Initiative since April of 2007 and responsible for the promotion project of PEFC in China.
Before joining PEFC Mr. Yu worked in the timber trading, wood processing and forestry industry and for 14 years in China. From 2000 to 2007 he worked in IKEA as the Forestry Manager of IKEA Trading Greater China and the Wood Procurement Manager of IKEA Trading (North China). During this stage he involved in the process of Chinese forest certification and several important forestry projects related to forest certification promotion and standard setting.
Mr. Yu has a bachelor degree of Economics and a master degree of Forestry Science.
Byeongho Seo (Aiden) is the project leader in sustainable material development at Hankooktire.
He has been working in the tire industry since 2005. He received a Ph.D. focused on the improvement of silica dispersion for tire tread compounds and joined Hankook R&D Center in 2014.
He specializes in developing advanced materials for special tires such as self-sealing and silent tires and takes responsibility for advancing sustainable materials to achieve sustainability goals.
Danniel Liao is Supervisor for Product Application and Development. He has a Bachelor of Science from National Chi Nan University and Master of Science in Chemistry from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan. Danniel joined OSC four years ago after working as a compounding engineer in research at Cheng Shin Tire, and has co-authored two publications in Rubber News since joining us
Jian Feng is the global marketing manager for sustainable solutions of
Reinforcement Materials business segment at Cabot Corporation. He has over 18 years of experience in the rubber and carbon black industry. He joined Cabot in 2012 and started his marketing role in 2015 after 3 years role in technical service manager, where he has held different marketing role in the business, including regional marketing manager, global marketing manager for industrial rubber products, and most recently was appointed as global marketing manager for sustainable solution. In this new role, he leads the strategy development for Cabot Sustainable solutions and leads various sustainability projects and commercialize Cabot EVOLVE sustainable solutions
Jean-Nicolas Helt joined OCSiAl 8 years ago as Global Product Development Leader for Elastomers, in charge of advanced single wall carbon nanotube solutions for the elastomers industry as well as the support to customer for implementation. Previously, he was at Goodyear’s research and development center in Luxembourg working on advanced tire technologies for 17 years. He holds an Engineer’s degree in Material Science and a Master’s degree in Physics.
Calvin, graduated from Dalian University of Technology, has nearly 20 years of experience in leading companies in rubber industry. He worked at Michelin, responsible for formula development and factory quality improvement. Then ExxonMobil on technical services for synthetic rubber and resins, as well applications development technologies for tires and rubber products. And then Cabot Corporation as China technical services manager and later on as Asia Pacific Center R&D manager, and as well the lead scientist. Calvin is now the general manager of Shanghai Veco New Material Technology Co. Ltd.
Jet Li was born on Jan 6, 1976. He graduated from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology in 1997 and has been working in tire industry for 27 years. Before joining Prinx Chengshan Tire in 2020, he had been working 10 years in Giti Tire and 13 years in Cooper Tire. He is very proficient in tire compounding and testing.
Stefano Savi is the Director of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR), a multi-stakeholder initiative aiming to address the sustainability issues arising around the natural rubber supply chain. Before this, Stefano was the Global Outreach and Engagement Director for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, overseeing the design and implementation of RSPO Global Outreach and Engagement strategy. A Physics graduate, Stefano believes in building conditions for people to act freely and creatively, so that they can co-create a path forward. He believes success is the next step together in the right direction.
