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Conference Co-Chairs
Eckhard Beyer, Fraunhofer IWS
Stanley Ream, Edison Welding Institute

Conference Chair Emeritus
Frank DiPietro

2008 Program Highlights

• Plenary Presentation – Advanced Propulsion
• Lasers for Fabricators: Your Competitive Edge Session
• Lasers in Automotive Sessions
• Keynote Presentation – Benchmark Automotive Manufacturing

ALAW is a 3-day event starting with a golf tournament on the first day followed by two-days of sessions designed to improve productivity, and reduce manufacturing costs with laser processing for manufacturers and job shops as well as automotive manufacturers and their suppliers.

The expanded ALAW 2008 conference will focus on laser solutions for new product design and real-world manufacturing challenges.

Automotive manufacturers, laser integrators, and Tier 1 and 2 suppliers from the global automotive industry deliver presentations and offer solutions on laser processing for automotive components; diode, fiber, and disk laser applications for welding and cutting; and how lasers are being used worldwide in the automotive industry. Topics include Body in White, Advanced Propulsion, Powertrain, Frame and more!

Who Should Attend
The automotive sessions of ALAW should be attended by manufacturing, production, product design and research/development engineers and anybody interested in using and/or developing flexible applications for automotive laser material processing systems to reduce costs, improve quality and provide flexible laser manufacturing.

The fabricators sessions of ALAW should be attended by owners, managers, supervisors of fabrication and job shops as well as new end-users who want to learn more about the benefits of using laser technology for new or different applications and the costs associated with.

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“It was great seeing advanced applications of laser technology and hearing about the direction laser technology is heading in the future. The conference speakers definitely opened my eyes to industry trends that were invisible to me in the past.”
– Vivek Gupta, Texas ProFab Corp. (first time ALAW attendee)

May 14 - Track 1 Lasers for Fabricators: Your Competitive Edge Sessions focusing on: Case studies (back by popular demand) Fundamentals of laser technology Application realities & solutions to practical problem
May 14-15 - Track 2 ALAW Conference Sessions focusing on: Laser solutions for new product design Real-world manufacturing challenges Improving productivity and reducing manufacturing costs with laser processing
May 13 - Golf Outing! Let’s kick off the event with an organized golf outing, conveniently located on the Inn at St. John’s beautiful golf course. Network with peers, enjoy food and drink, and win prizes on May 13th!