AKRON (July 7)—Manfred Wennemer, chairman of Germany's Continental A.G., will be the keynote speaker at the 2003 Tire Society meeting in Akron Sept. 23-24. Wennemer, 55, chairman of Conti since September 2001, will be joined by W. Riley Garrott of the National Highway Traffic Safety Board, who will speak on "Vehicle Dynamics—Tires & Safety." The meeting will feature 30 technical papers on six topics: tire design; modeling of tire materials; tire wear; durability of tires and tire materials; tire noise; and vehicle dynamics. The meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel/Quaker Square in Akron. For more information, contact the Tire Society at 330-929-5238 or e-mail [email protected]
Wennemer to speak at Tire Society meeting
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