FISITA 2014 World Automotive Congress will see renowned experts Prof. Rik Baert, TNO Automotive and Fontys University of Applied Sciences and Prof. Stefan Pischinger, Director, FEV GmbH and Professor, RWTH Aachen analyse the importance of the internal combustion engine to illustrate its continued importance.

Prof. Baert and Prof. Pischinger will investigate Clean and Efficient Engine Technologies in a special session on the future of the Internal Combustion Engine as part of the Executive Track at FISITA 2014, an innovation designed to bring all the most cutting-edge research and presentations together in one place.

Prof. Baert said, 'The future of the Internal Combustion Engine is leaner, meaner and greener...and here to stay. Affordable, compact, clean and tuned for high-energy fuels, this ICE will continue to be the principal automotive power source for decades to come.'

Prof. Dr.-Ing Pischinger will elaborate on the Congress theme: Intelligent transport to solve our future mobility, safety and environmental challenges and will deliver a keynote presenting his vision on future powertrains for passenger cars in 2020. This will be followed by 3 outstanding presentations:

◾Dr. Bas van den Heuvel, Ford Motor Company, Germany

Breaking the paradox: higher Diesel engine efficiency at lower cost and weight

◾Dr. Donald Stanton, Cummins Inc., USA

Commercial vehicle GHG regulation and technologies for HD on-highway diesel powertrains

◾Dr. Gautam Kalghatgi, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The outlook on transport fuels and gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engines

The FISITA 2014 World Congress technical programme features 10 topics, with this topic of Clean and Efficient Engine Technologies made up of 113 presentations over the 3 days for FISITA 2014. Clean and Efficient Engine Technologies presentations will cover:

◾New SI and CI engines and components

◾After treatment and emissions control

◾Fuels (including synfuels) and lubricants

◾Heat transfer and waste heat revalorization

◾Alternative engine thermodynamics

◾Advanced clean and efficient combustion concepts

◾Fuel injection and sprays

◾Flow and combustion diagnostics

◾Engine systems design and simulation

A full list of the Congress topics is available on the FISITA 2014 website: http://www.fisita2014.com/programme/topics.