SAE 2016 WORLD CONGRESS PREVIEW

‘POWERING POSSIBILITIES’ IS TOYOTA'S GOAL AT SAE 2016 WORLD CONGRESS

THE 2016 SAE WORLD CONGRESS (http://www.sae.org/congress/) will have a decidedly futuristic flavor, covering topics from fuel cells to flying cars. The event is slated for April 12-14 in Detroit and has for a theme, “Powering Possibilities.”

Most responsible for adding the tantalizing technical ingredients is Toyota, which is providing Executive Leadership for the Congress with assistance from the event's Tier One Strategic Partner, Aisin. The two companies are closely aligned in the marketplace and will share booth space on the Congress show floor. One of the booth features will be a Patent Bar-computer screens that will allow attendees to search Toyota's patents related to fuel cells. The automaker has made those patents (about 2,000 of them in English) available for free to the public, with the goal of spurring development of a far-reaching “hydrogen society.”