CONGRESS PROGRAM
THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 18ᵗʰ, 2025
16:00 - Start registration in hotel
19:30 - Welcome cocktail/dinner at the Hotel
FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 19ᵗʰ, 2025
08:30 - Registration
09:00 - Welcome to participants
Paul-Bernd Vogtland, President of ESF
09:15 - “Hydrogen Degradation and Its Alleviation in V-Added Induction Heat-Treated Suspension Spring Steel”
Dr. Young Soo Chun, POSCO Steel
10:15 - Coffee break
10:45 - “EU Automotive: Crisis or Disruption? - Strategic Outlook.”
Nils Poel, CLEPA
11:45 - “Economic Situation of the Spring Industry in different parts of the world”
13:00 - Lunch at hotel
14:30 - “Integrating AI Technologies in Machine Setup, Machine Maintenance and Teamwork”
Uwe-Peter Weigmann, WAFIOS
15:30 - Coffee break
16:00 - "The European Union's policies in a challenging world environment : what orientations and impacts?"
Yves Bertoncini, President of YB2i Consulting
17:00 - Closing of the congress
Paul-Bernd Vogtland, President of ESF
20:00 - Dinner at Restaurant : Le 1882 – Golf de la Boulie
Rue du pont Colbert, 78000 Versailles, France
PARTNER TOUR
Partner Tour designed for spouses and partners accompanying conference attendees
10:00 - Visit of PARIS (Notre-Dame cathedral)
12:30 - Lunch
14:00 - Louvre museum
17:00 - Arrival at hotel
SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 20ᵗʰ, 2025
The Palace of Versailles, whose origins date back to the seventeenth century, was successively a hunting lodge, a seat of power and, from the nineteenth century, a museum. With the gardens and the Palaces of Trianon, the park of the Château de Versailles spreads over 800 hectares.
10:00 - Visit of The Palace with a guide
13:00 - Lunch in park of Versailles - La Flotille
SPONSORS
HOTELS
Hôtel Le Louis
- 2 bis avenue de Paris, 78000 VERSAILLES, France
Le Louis invites you to discover its 4-star services in the heart of Versailles, just steps from the Palace.
Congress venue.
No more room available here
ibis Versailles
- 4 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 78000 VERSAILLES, France
The ibis Versailles Château hotel is ideally located just steps from the majestic Palace of Versailles and opposite the Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche train station.
The Ibis hotel is a 1-minute walk from The Louis hotel.