SPONSORS	2006 Speakers (Click on name to get bio; click on title to get abstract) Asahiro Ahagon The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. EFFECT OF DEFORMATION ON AGING OF RUBBERS Gilbert Anthoine: Co-author Flexsys N.V. IMPROVE THERMAL AND THERMAL OXIDATIVE AGING RESISTANCE OF RUBBER COMPOUNDS John M. Baldwin, Ph.D. Ford Motor Company TIRE AGING UPDATE Laurie Baulig, Esq. Rubber Manufacturers Association TIRE SERVICE LIFE: RESULTS FROM AN RMA STUDY OF SCRAP TIRES Helen-Marie Berthold Ehren-Haus SETTING THE STANDARD FOR LINERS/"SEPARATORS" William Blythe, Ph.D. William Blythe, Inc. PEER REVIEW: THE IMPORTANCE OF TIRE TREAD DEPTH AND PLACEMENT FOR WET TRACTION, BY WILLIAM BLYTHE THE IMPORTANCE OF TIRE TREAD DEPTH AND PLACEMENT FOR WET TRACTION Maurizio Boiocchi Pirelli Pneumatici SpA KEYNOTE ADDRESS Gary Bolden Standards Testing Laboratories (STL) STRUCTURAL IMPACT DAMAGE UNDER VARYING LABORATORY CONDITIONS OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Frank Borzenski Farrel Corporation THE "RAM POSITION INDICATOR" FOR BATCH MIXERS Sean Boyle Tire Stamp, Inc. A NEW PARADIGM FOR TIRE OXIDATION AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS Marvin Bozarth Tire Industry Association SETTING PASSENGER/LIGHT TRUCK TIRE INSPECTION CONDITIONS GUIDELINES FOR DEALERS - Session 1 SETTING PASSENGER/LIGHT TRUCK TIRE INSPECTION CONDITIONS GUIDELINES FOR DEALERS - Session 2 Jean-Claude Brico Forensic Tire Expertise LLC PROCESS MARKS IN DISABLED TIRES OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Juergen Buschmann Continental Tire THE LATEST MEMBER OF CONTINENTAL'S EXTENDED MOBILITY PORTFOLIO: THE NEW SEALANT KIT Antonio Chaves, Ph.D. Momentive Performance Materials GE'S NEW ETHANOL FREE SILANE FOR SILICA TIRES John Daws, Ph.D. Daws Engineering L.L.C. ON THE IRREGULAR WEAR OVER TREAD BELT SEPARATIONS OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Horst Deckmann, Ph.D. GABO QUALIMETER Testanlagen GmbH TWO IN ONE--A MODERN UNIVERSAL FLEXOMETER AND A DYNAMIC MECHANIC THERMAL SPECTROMETER Stefan Dengler SDS Systemtechnik GmbH NEW OPTICAL MEASURING TECHNIQUE TO DETECT STRUCTURAL AND GEOMETRIC ANOMALIES IN A TIRE Joe DePaso, Ph.D. Intralox PRODUCT AND PROCESS INNOVATION THROUGH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP John S. Dick Alpha Technologies THE SINGLE TEST SOLUTION FOR RUBBER MIXING IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY Herman Dikland, Ph.D. DSM Elastomers A HIGHLY PROCESSABLE LOW UNSATURATION EPDM FOR INNER TUBE APPLICATIONS Li Dongping Guilin Rubber Machinery CHINA TIRE INDUSTRY: CURRENT STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF CHINESE RUBBER MACHINERY Florian Fischer VMI-AZ PLANETRUDER, THE SYNTHESIS OF AN EXTRUDER AND A GEAR PUMP Helen Gaitanis Nielsen BuzzMetrics BREAK-OUT SESSION: INTERNET COMMUNICATION--WHAT CONSUMERS ARE SAYING ONLINE Riley Garrott, Ph.D. NHTSA PHOENIX, ARIZONA TIRE DATASET OVERVIEW(ORAL/POWERPOINT) Lloyd A. Goettler, Ph.D. The University of Akron (retired from) RUBBER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR TIRE APPLICATIONS (ORAL ONLY) Pierre-Emmanuel Goutorbe Rhodia HIGH PERFORMANCE SILICA: PROVIDING VALUE IN ENERGY EFFICIENT TIRES Gary Hamed: Co-author The University Of Akron, Polymer Science Dept., Rubber Research Center OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Steven Henning Sartomer Company, Inc. THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACRYLATES AS ANTI-REVERSION AGENTS Mike Hill: Co-author Tokusen America IMPROVED BONDING OF BEAD WIRE TO RUBBER USING SILANE TECHNOLOGY Ju Hongzhen CRIA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF CHINESE RUBBER INDUSTRY William Hyde Chemical Market Associates, Inc. GLOBAL TRENDS IN TIRE RAW MATERIALS: NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER Frederick Ignatz-Hoover Flexsys America L.P. Q-FLEX QDI QUINONE DIIMINE ANTIDEGRADANT -IMPROVED MIXING CHEMISTRY RESULTING IN A BETTER BALANCE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVE THERMAL AND THERMAL OXIDATIVE AGING RESISTANCE OF RUBBER COMPOUNDS Kees Janszen VMI Americas Inc. MODULAR TIRE MANUFACTURING Jorg Jetter JET Lasersysteme LASER ENGRAVING DOT CODES, INDIVIDUAL SERIAL NUMBERS AND MORE—ANSWERS TO THE TREAD ACT AND IMPROVED TIRE TRACEABILITY Richard J. Jorkasky II Kobelco, Stewart and Bolling Inc. MIXING PARAMETER EFFECTS Uday Karmarker, Ph.D. Akron Rubber Development Laboratory (ARDL) EFFECT OF NITROGEN PURITY ON THE OXIDATION OF BELT COAT COMPOUND REVIEW DISCUSSION: NITROGEN INFLATION EFFECT ON TIRE OXIDATION/DISCUSSION OF STATISTICAL DESIGN AS USED IN PAPER 19B Oliver Klockmann, Ph.D. Degussa Corporation PROCESSING OF NEW RUBBER SILANE VP Si 363 Armin Krause, Ph.D. Dahmen GmbH DIRECT MILLING OF TREAD SEGMENTS Bruce D. Lambillotte Smithers Scientific Services, Inc. ROLLING RESISTANCE TEST PROGRAM (PART 1): CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION'S FUEL EFFICIENT TIRE PROGRAM (ORAL) Chris Laursen Rubber Division, ACS LOCATING PATENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET LOCATING PATENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET Jerry J. Leyden: Co-author Akron Rubber Development Laboratories (ARDL) ANTI-DEGRADANTS IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS: WHERE ARE THEY? John R. Luchini, Ph.D., P.E.: Co-author Cooper Tire and Rubber Company COMPARISON OF AND ISSUES BETWEEN THE SAE ROLLING RESISTANCE TEST RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (PART I) COMPARISON OF AND ISSUES BETWEEN THE SAE ROLLING RESISTANCE TEST RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (PART II) Sue MacDonald Nielsen BuzzMetrics CONSUMERS ON THE INTERNET: WHY YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION Edward G. Markow Retired from Grumman/NASA RUNFLAT SUMMARY - EXPLOITING ADVANCED COMPOSITES FOR PRESSURIZED AND ZERO PRESSURE OPERATION Lester McFarland Beaumont Machine A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATE METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IMPROVED "PIN VENT HOLES" IN TIRE VULCANIZING MOLDS VIA THE "FAST HOLE" ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING PROCESS Steven Monthey Rhein Chemie USING PRE DISPERSED RESIN CURE PACKAGES TO IMPROVE BLADDER LIFE R. Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. / HASETRI FUTURE PROSPECTS OF INDIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TYRE INDUSTRY Paul Nave MTS Systems Corporation NEW LABORATORY METHODS FOR MECHATRONIC DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION Werner Niedermeier, Ph.D. Degussa AG PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT IN RUBBER BY MODERN FILLER SYSTEMS Toshikatsu Nonaka Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc. HIGH SPEED TIRE UNIFORMITY MACHINE Mike Norman VMI Americas Inc. AUTOMATIC BEAD/APEX ASSEMBLY Walter Pastorius, Ph.D. LMI Technologies, Inc. NEW LASER LINE TECHNOLOGY FOR SIDEWALL INSPECTION AND DETECTION OF THE SMALLEST DEFECTS Robin Pearl Nitrogen Inflation Association NITROGEN TIRE INFLATION FOR THE GENERAL MARKET Marion Pottinger, Ph.D. M'gineering, LLC COMPARISON OF AND ISSUES BETWEEN THE SAE ROLLING RESISTANCE TEST RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (PART I) COMPARISON OF AND ISSUES BETWEEN THE SAE ROLLING RESISTANCE TEST RECOMMENDED PRACTICES (PART II) James D. Rancourt, Ph.D. Polymer Solutions Incorporated ANTI-DEGRADANTS IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS: WHERE ARE THEY? OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Jason Robbins YXLON International Inc. CURRENT STATE OF THE ART FOR FULLY AUTOMATIC X-RAY INSPECTION OF TIRES Vern Robertson JEOLusa, Inc. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY Robert Robson Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company BASICS OF AIRCRAFT TIRE DESIGN Jerry Saxion: Co-author Excel Polymers THE SINGLE TEST SOLUTION FOR RUBBER MIXING IN THE TIRE INDUSTRY David Scribner Hunter Engineering A NEW TIRE/WHEEL BALANCING METHODOLOGY BASED UPON ABSOLUTE FORCE CALCULATIONS Charles Smith: Co-author Tokusen America IMPROVED BONDING OF BEAD WIRE TO RUBBER USING SILANE TECHNOLOGY Ronald W. Smith RWS Consulting BELT-LEAVING-BELT RUBBER TEAR SURFACE MORPHOLOGIES: WIRE FILAMENT TWIST EFFECTS OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS DEALING WITH SIGNIFICANCE OF TIRE FAILURE TEAR PATTERNS AND LAMINATE FRACTURE AS INDICATORS OF CAUSE OR DISABLEMENT/ACCELERATED WEAR RATE OVER BELT DELAMINATION Mike Snow: Co-author LMI Technologies NEW LASER LINE TECHNOLOGY FOR SIDEWALL INSPECTION AND DETECTION OF THE SMALLEST DEFECTS Bill Stephenson Nielsen BuzzMetrics BLOGS: WHAT ARE THEY, WHO’S WRITING THEM, AND WHY SHOULD TIRE MANUFACTURERS PAY ATTENTION? Ed Terrill, Ph.D. Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. SOME KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT WIRECOAT COMPOUND AGING Byron H. To Flexsys America L.P. IMPROVE THERMAL AND THERMAL OXIDATIVE AGING RESISTANCE OF RUBBER COMPOUNDS Q-FLEX QDI QUINONE DIIMINE ANTIDEGRADANT -IMPROVED MIXING CHEMISTRY RESULTING IN A BETTER BALANCE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE Thi Thuy Hoa Tran, Ph.D. Vietnam Rubber Association SPECIAL PRESENTATION: AN OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM TIRE INDUSTRY--A FUTURE DESTINATION FOR TIRE MANUFACTURERS Mamoru Uchida Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PETROLEUM FREE TIRE William Van Ooij, Professor University of Cincinnati IMPROVED BONDING OF BEAD WIRE TO RUBBER USING SILANE TECHNOLOGY John Vander Kooi, Ph.D. Struktol Co. of America PROCESSING INFLUENCES OF ADDITIVES ON A SILICA FILLED TREAD Wesley Wampler, Ph.D. Sid Richardson NEW CARBON BLACKS FOR TIRE APPLICATIONS Naoki Yukawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. SPECIAL SILENT TECHNOLOGY FOR RADIAL PASSENGER TIRES