Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT), widely acclaimed by the global automotive fraternity, as a benchmark biennial international event, organized by ARAI, serves as a forum for exchange of ideas and brainstorming for the automotive industry, with participation of eminent experts worldwide in various automobile arenas.

I am delighted to announce forthcoming edition of SIAT, viz. SIAT 2024, the 18^th in the series, being organized by ARAI, in association with SAEINDIA and SAE International (USA), at Pune (India), from 23^rd – 25^th January 2024.

Theme of SIAT 2024 is “Transformation towards Progressive Mobility”.

All the SIAT Symposia in the past have witnessed huge gatherings of automotive technocrats, paper/keynote presentations, panel discussions and huge delegate participation, etc., besides participation in the Exposition. Overall scope of events in the symposia has increased multifold. In order to cover the ever-widening activities and give equal weightage to the Advanced Automotive Technologies, the size of the Symposium is being enhanced.

SIAT2024 will witness presentation of over 200 technical papers, including keynotes, on futuristic topics, by the renowned experts world-over. These papers will be published in the form of Symposium Proceedings. In addition to the Symposium Proceedings, Technical Reference Bulletin, containing technical articles, case studies, products / services information, etc. will be published. The concurrent SIAT EXPO 2024 would offer appropriate platform for spectrum of worldwide companies to showcase their products / technologies / innovations / services through various stalls.

I look forward to your active participation in SIAT2024 event.