AVL Technology Cafe Schedule Set for SAE World Congress

PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 8, 2008 -- To demonstrate AVL's commitment to technology development and automotive industry excellence, AVL is again sponsoring the AVL Technology Cafe at SAE World Congress, directly adjacent to the AVL Technology Theater in booth #1387.

The AVL Technology Cafe will host intimate forums of focused, professional dialogue. These specially scheduled sessions will be lead by industry experts covering a selection of technical and industry topics. Participation will be limited to six attendees per one-hour session to keep a keen focus on quality interaction between the Discussion Host and guests. There will be 26 sessions across the congress.

  The AVL Technology Cafe schedule:

  Monday, April 14
  11 AM - 12 PM
     1.  Engine Downsizing with Boosting, Thomas Grissom, Borg Warner Turbo
     2.  Increased Complexity in ECU Calibration Increases the Risk of
         Vehicle Recalls - true or false?; Rainer Pientsch and Thomas
         Guntschnig, AVL

  1:30 - 2:30 PM
     3.  Advanced Combustion Technology for Compression Ignition Engines;
         Dr. Rolf Reitz, University of Wisconsin Madison
     4.  AVL DRIVE Applications; Gernot Leitner, AVL

  3 - 4 PM
     5.  Low Cost Dynamic Testing for Performance and Race Engines; Lee
         Carducci, Power-Tec Engineering
     6.  AVL California Technical Center; Bruce Falls, AVL

  Tuesday, April 15
  9:30 - 10:30 AM
     7.  Globalization of Test Systems; Thomas Herold, Cummins
     8.  EPA 1065 Application on Test Systems; Johannes Kregar, AVL

  11 AM - 12 PM
     9.  Employ the Strengths of Model-based Design with Code Generation;
         Rich Swortzel, MotoTron Corporation
     10. Opportunity Assessment for Clean Diesels in the North American
         Light Duty Market; Kevin McMahon, Martec

  1:30 - 2:30 PM
     11. Advanced Transmission Development; Dr. Burkhard Pollak, AVL
     12. Considerations for Balancing Powertrain-Related Performance
         Attributes During Initial Design Concepting; Tom Mitchell and
         Wendell Creps, LMS Engineering Services

  3 - 4 PM
     13. Advanced Fuel Economy Simulation to Address EPA 5-Cycle Test
         Requirement; Sadek Rahmen, Chrysler
     14. Single Sequential Turbo Concept; Steve Arnold, Honeywell Turbo

  Wednesday, April 16
  9:30 - 10:30 AM
     15. Reliability Demonstration of Complex Systems; Shawn Casper, AVL
     16. Power, Energy, Mobility and Fuels:  the Military Partners with
         Industry to Move Forward in the 21st Century; Paul Skalny, US Army
         TARDEC

  11 AM - 12 PM
     17. Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles - The Impact of Realistic Driving
         Conditions; Dr. Zoran Filipi, University of Michigan
     18. Critical Pre-engineering Requirements for Establishing a Test Lab
         Facility; Chuck Fulk, AVL

  1:30 - 2:30 PM
     19. Full-toroidal Traction Drive Technology in a CVT Application for a
         Mechanical Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS); Chris Brockbank,
         Torotrack
     20. Syngas as a Platform for Engine and Emission Systems Optimization,
         Erik Johannes, Nxtgen

  3 - 4 PM
     21. Operational Characteristics of Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filters
         Including Delta Pressure to PM Mass Correlations; Drs. Jeffrey
         Naber and John Johnson, Michigan Tech University
     22. Advanced Hybrid Powertrain Development Methods & Technologies;
         Chris Hennessy, AVL

  Thursday, April 17
  9:30 - 10:30 AM
     23. Turbo Technologies for new Global Emissions Standards; Dennis
         Brookshire, Honeywell Turbo
     24. AVL California Technical Center; Bruce Falls, AVL

  11 AM - 12 PM
     25. A New Class of Vehicle Crafting Environmental Responsibility with
         Exhilarating Driving Experience; Stephen Duffy, Venture Vehicles
     26. Dynamic Design of Experiments for Customer-Representative
         Reliability Validation, Dr. Nikolaus Haselgruber, AVL

SAE World Congress attendees wishing to participate in the AVL Technology Cafe should contact Amy Rauser at aerauser@avlna.com or 734.414.9608.

AVL is the world's largest privately owned and independent company for the development of gasoline, diesel and alternative fuel powertrain systems, as well as fuel cell and hybrid technologies. The company offers combined solutions of powertrain engineering, simulation software and testing and instrumentation systems. AVL's North American Headquarters is located in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth, Michigan. For more information, AVL can be found at www.avl.com.