SPE announces details for 13th Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition

The organizing committee for the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) announced the dates, theme, and location for this year's show and issued its annual Call for Papers.

This year's show, now in its 13 years, will be held from September 11-13 in a new venue, The Diamond Center in Michigan, the US with the theme "Composites: Lightweighting the Cars of Tomorrow".

Creig Bowland, Senior Research Associate at PPG Industries, 2013 SPE ACCE conference Co-Chair explains, "Our conference has been fortunate enough to enjoy excellent growth the past few years so much so that we have literally outgrown our home of 12 years. We and management at our previous venue tried everything we could to make the most of the space we had, but it became clear during last year's ACCE that we needed to make a change."

Adds conference Co-Chair, Antony Dodworth, Managing Director, Dodworth Design, "It'll be great to have all our exhibitors together in a single room for the first time since 2007, and this facility is still convenient to major highways in the Detroit area. In fact, a brand-new hotel is being built adjacent to the Diamond Center and that will make the show even more convenient for out-of-town guests."

Those interested in speaking at this year's event should submit abstracts by March 29 and full papers or presentations are due May 31 to the review committee, according to the announcement. Authors who submit papers (not presentations) in the proper format will be considered for the conference's Best Paper Awards, which will be presented during the event's opening ceremony.