GPPS Forum18
We would like to thank all those who attended the GPPS Forum18 in Zurich. We appreciate the time you took out of your busy schedules to help make this event both valuable and informative for all those who attended.
In particular we would like to thank all those who presented, including our plenary and keynote speakers, and those presenting during the paper sessions.
Conference Chair
Prof. Reza Abhari
LEC, ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Review Chair
Dr. Jochen Gier
MTU Aero Engines AG
Germany
Technical Program Chair
Prof. Luis San Andres
Texas A&M University
USA
Also congratulations to our GPPS 2017 prize winners for best papers, innovation, early career, and lifetime achievement awards.
We look forward to seeing you again in Montreal later this year, and also in Zurich again next year.
GPPS Forum18 Speakers
Plenary Keynote Speakers
Dr. Abbas Aliabadi
MAPNA Group, Chairman and CEO
Dr. Carlos Härtel
GE Additive, CEO
Dr. Alan Epstein
Pratt & Whitney, VP Technology and Environmental Affairs
Dr. Stefan S. Florjancic
Ansaldo Energia
Christoph Manser
Swiss Life Asset Managers
Perry Stoneman
Capgemini, Executive VP & Utilities Global Sector Leader
GPPS Invited Technical Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mihai Arghir
Université de Poitiers, Institue P’prime: “Dynamic seals for the aircraft and aerospace industries”
Dr. Klaus Brun
Southwest Research Institute
Prof. Dara Childs
Texas A&M University: “The Remarkable Turbomachinery-Rotordynamics Developments during the Last Quarter of the 20th Century”
Prof. Hanno Gottschalk
University of Wuppertal, AG Stochastics, School of Mathematics and Science
Dr. Rainer Kurz
Solar Turbines
Prof. Ronald Mailach
TU Dresden, Institute o Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion
Dr. Tim Allison
Southwest Research Institute
Prof. Palaniappan Ramu
IIT Madras, Department of Engineering Design
Prof. Damian Vogt
University of Stuttgart
Panelists
Prof. Luis San Andrés
Texas A&M University
Luca Bedon
Engineering Technologies Leader, AvioAero – GE Aviation Business
Dag Calafell
prev. Exxon-Mobil Upstream, Chief Engineer
Dr. Stéphane Cueille
Safran Group, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Alan Epstein
Pratt & Whitney, VP Technology and Environmental Affairs
Carlos Härtel
GE Additive, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Dr. Stefan Florjancic
Ansaldo Energia, CTO
Kuniyuki Imanari
IHI, Deputy Division Director, Research and Engineering Division, Aero-engines, Space and Defence
Prof. Günter Kappler
prev. Rolls Royce AeroEngines GmbH, CEO
Dr. Rainer Kurz
Solar Turbines, Manager System Analysis and Field Testing
Junichiro Masada
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Integration Division, Deputy Head Of Turbomachinery Headquarters, Senior General Manager Gas Turbine Technology & Products
Prof. Francesca di Mare
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Florian Mauerer
OC oerlikon Management AG, BU Head Additive Manufacturing
Alan Newby
Rolls & Royce, Director Aerospace Technology and Future Programs
Dr. Mohammad Owliya
MAPNA Turbine Company, Deputy Managing Director
Devina Pasta
Siemens Power and Gas, Chief Digitalization Officer
Prof. Palaniappan Ramu
IIT Madras, Department of Engineering Design
Perry Stoneman
Capgemini, Executive VP & Utilities Global Sector Leader
Dr. Markus Seibold
Siemens Power & Gas, Head of Additive Manufacturing
Prof. Jörg Seume
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Joseph Thorp
Aramco Services, Engineering Consultant
Prof. AJ Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Turbofan Technology and Engineering Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Toshinori Watanabe
University of Tokyo
Dr. Soeren Wiener
Honeywell Aero Manufacturing Engineering, Director Technology & Advanced Operations
Jon Bygrave
Hanwha Power Systems, Executive Chief Engineer
Rienk F. Zwerver
Gasunie, Rotating Equipment Eng
Dr. Zuozhi Zhao
Siemens Power and Gas, CTO
