I-CAR has announced that Chrysler Group LLC’s director of regulatory affairs, Reginald R. Modlin, will serve as keynote speaker during its Inter-Industry Conference, schedule for July 24-25 in Boston. He will focus on the topics of CAFE compliance and impact on vehicle design, specifically lightweighting.
As director of regulatory affairs, Modlin is responsible for all aspects of product safety and environmental compliance. His key responsibilities include policy development to guide reaction of legislation and regulations in the NAFTA regions vehicle emissions certification, fuel economy strategy and reporting, and vehicle safety compliance demonstrations and resolution of compliance issues with EPA and NHTSA. Modlin has been serving in this capacity for 14 years and has been with Chrysler for 38 years.
In addition, Autoline TV host and author John McElroy will serve as moderator of "Driving Excellence…in Technology – The Changing World of Vehicle Technology & What it Means to You" over the course of the conference’s two days.
Day one focuses on advancement in integrated vehicle safety systems, evolving vehicle-to‐vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, and related background on driver behavior, trends and related regulations. The general session concludes with a Q&A speaker panel.
Day two focuses on the topic of CAFE and its impact on vehicle design. The conference concludes with an inter-industry panel that will bring together thought leaders from all realms of the collision repair world.
I-CAR speakers include technical leaders from NHTSA, IIHS, the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), vehicle OEMs and OEM suppliers, who will share their knowledge on the rapidly evolving vehicle technology developments in the collision repair industry.
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