IMTS COMPASS

WELCOME TO THE IMTS COMPASS

There are 39 days left until IMTS! This is the 2nd email in a series of five email newsletters. See below for the latest update on IMTS 2008. Click here for archived issues of the "IMTS Compass". Want to be added to the weekly email list...see the imts e-newsletter box below the left navigation. Check the correct box, enter your email address and hit SUBMIT. We are here to help in any way we can. - IMTS Staff

July 31, 2008 Issue

» Register TODAY...Registration Price Increases After Tomorrow, August 1st
» You have to be at IMTS 2008 if CARS are your Business
» Hotel Rooms: Reserve by August 6th for Official IMTS Rates
» Innovation Center: Aerospace Day
» Making The Most Of Your Visit: myMap

REGISTER TODAY...REGISTRATION PRICE INCREASES AFTER AUGUST 1ST

Save Money with early registration! Register TODAY and the registration fee is $25 per person.

Exhibits Only - Individual Registration
» $25 on or before August 1, 2008
» $50 after August 1, 2008

Exhibits Only - Group Registration
Discounts for Groups. To qualify as a group, you must have 5 or more people from the same company, and everyone must register at the same time.
» $15.00 per person
» Register a Group

Manufacturing Business and Technology Forum Registration

Super Pass - access to all conferences and the exhibit floor all week

$600 on or before August 1, 2008

$700 after August 1, 2008

Daily Pass - access to all conferences on one day and to the exhibit floor all week

$400 on or before August 1, 2008

$500 after August 1, 2008

» Click here for all your registration options
» Ready to register click here

DON'T MISS CAR'S SESSIONS ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, GLOBALIZATION AND FUEL ECONOMY

The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a leader in automotive industry research, brings a team of automotive manufacturing experts to IMTS 2008 to explore the changing demands of automotive body and powertrain manufacturing. Register now - you cannot miss these sessions.

Join your peers for presentations by industry leaders and extensive audience participation. Don't miss this opportunity.

Flexible Automobile Manufacturing: From Tools to Cars
Monday, September 8 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
This session reviews state-of-the-art production technologies for automotive manufacturing (across the entire supply chain) and discusses what the future holds for this dynamic industry. Explore the major trends underway from tool making to part fabrication to assembly, including high-speed machining, robotics, and assembly technologies. Learn more.
Speaker: Jay Baron, Ph.D., President and CEO, Center for Automotive Research

Advanced Automotive Body Manufacturing
Tuesday, September 9, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
With the rise of globalization and advanced technologies, new strategies for body manufacturing are emerging. This session provides insights into the automotive industry at large, as well as the future direction of metrology and software. OEM and supplier participants in the federally sponsored Digital Body Development System project highlight some of the new technologies being implemented and the strategies they enable. Learn more.

Moderator: Richard Gerth, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Manufacturing Systems, Center for Automotive Research
Speakers: Jim Morgan, Ford Motor Company; Pete Champ, Hexagon; and Al Hufstetler, Siemens/UGS PLM

Manufacturing for Fuel Economy: Powertrain Manufacturing in the Next Decade
Tuesday, September 9, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Hear manufacturers and suppliers of advanced powertrain discuss the technology and the manufacturing requirements needed to meet new corporate average fuel economy standards. The automotive industry is looking to tooling suppliers for help in finding manufacturing solutions that make Hybrid powertrains, electric vehicles, fuel cells, diesel engines, turbochargers and automated manual transmissions viable alternatives in an uncertain marketplace. Learn more.

Moderator: Brett C. Smith, Assistant Director, Manufacturing and Technology, Center for Automotive Research

Registration rates increase on August 2 so register today and save.

The combination of CAR's sessions and the IMTS 2008 exhibit floor make this an experience that you cannot miss.

OFFICIAL IMTS HOTEL RATES AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 6TH

There are still hotel rooms available for IMTS, but the Official IMTS rates are only good till August 6th...so act now and book your hotel room!

INNOVATION CENTER: AEROSPACE DAY

Daily theme days take center stage at the new IMTS 2008 Innovation Center. Industry leaders from automotive, aerospace, quality control, power generation, medical and job shop manufacturing speak daily at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Make the Innovation Center part of your show schedule. Lakeside Center (East) Booth D-4168. Click here to learn more.

This week we're highlighting Aerospace Day which is Wednesday, September 10th:
Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis at the Teal Group will present an overview of the commercial and military aerospace industry, including current and projected build plans.

Mr. Aboulafia consults for commercial and military aircraft clients, including many aerospace leaders. He writes and edits Teal's World Military and Civil Aircraft Briefing, a forecasting tool covering more than 135 aircraft programs and markets.

Frequently quoted as an aviation expert by trade and news publications, he has appeared on TV and has spoken at a wide variety of professional conferences. Find out more here.

» Add Innovation Center to your myMap listing!

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT

Did you know that there are over 1,500 exhibitors that are going to be displaying the latest in manufacturing technology at IMTS? To help you get the most out of your visit to McCormick Place (and save some wear and tear on your feet), we have built a special tool called myMap for you. MyMap is the best place for you to build your own custom route along with a floor plan showing just the exhibitors you are most interested in visiting at the show. You can e-mail your map to your co-workers to get feedback to make sure you are all on the same page about what you want to see at the show.

When you sign up for myMap, you can choose to allow the exhibitors that you put on your myMap to see your contact information, allowing them to contact you in advance of the show to start a dialogue in advance of the show. Finally, you will be able to access your personal map at the show simply by putting in your e-mail address and password at any of the 50+ myMap kiosks that you will find at McCormick Place.

Create your own myMap today:
» Showroom myMap - html version
» myMap Interactive Floor Plan - Flash Program

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