Industry's Leading Executives Will Address Automotive News World Congress

DETROIT, Nov. 7 -- General Motors President and CEO Rick Wagoner and Nissan Motor Company President and CEO Carlos Ghosn are among nearly three dozen automotive industry leaders scheduled to address the Automotive News World Congress. The 2002 event is slated for Monday - Thursday, Jan. 14 - 17, at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, Mich.

2002: Meeting the Challenge of a Connected World is the theme of the 26th annual Automotive News World Congress, the world's leading automotive conference. Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, in cooperation with the Center for Automotive Research, the conference runs concurrently with the North American International Auto Show.

More than 1,000 automotive industry leaders and decision-makers are expected to attend the four-day conference, which features:

• an address by Nick Scheele, Ford Motor Company's newly appointed chief operating officer, during the Jan. 15 dinner program;
• remarks by DaimlerChrysler President and CEO Dieter Zetsche and Patrick le Quement, senior vice president, corporate design, Renault at the Jan. 16 Gala Dinner;
• presentation of the Automotive News/PricewaterhouseCoopers Shareholder Value Awards to manufacturers, suppliers and retailers (Gala Dinner);
• presentation of the BorgWarner Championship Driver's Trophy to Helio Castroneves, 2001 Indy 500 and Detroit Grand Prix winner and the BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy to Roger Penske (Gala Dinner); and
• a tour of the North American International Auto Show.

The early-bird registration fee for all four days of the Automotive News World Congress is $1,195 before Saturday, Dec. 1. The registration fee is $1,295 after Dec. 1. The daily rate is $695 and additional dinner tickets are $125 (individual) or $1,250 (for a table of 10). Online registration is available at www.autonews.com/anEvents.cms . For a complete agenda, or to register, call 734-662-6649 or 866-ERIM-CAR.

Other industry leaders scheduled to address the 2002 Automotive News World Congress include:

• Individual Presenters
• Kevin English, chairman, CEO and president, Covisint, LLC
• J Ferron, partner, automotive practice, PwC Consulting
• John F. Fiedler, chairman and CEO, BorgWarner, Inc.
• Mark Fields, president and CEO, Mazda Motor Corporation
• Mark LaNeve, general manager, Cadillac Division, General Motors
• Anne Stevens, vice president, North American vehicle operations, Ford

Motor Company

    Panelists
    * The Car of the Future
      -- Larry Burns, vice president, research and development and planning,
         General Motors
      -- David Garman, assistant secretary, energy efficiency and renewable
         energy, Department of Energy
      -- Gerhard Schmidt, Ph.D., vice president, research, Ford Motor Company
      -- David Wohleen, president, electronics and mobile communications
         sector, Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation
      -- Marios Zenios, senior vice president and general manager, automotive
         communications & electronics sector, Motorola

    * Real and Virtual Sales and Marketing in the Franchise System
      -- Phil Brady, president, National Automobile Dealers Association
      -- Steve Center, assistant vice president, e-business, American Honda
         Motor Co., Inc.
      -- Devon Cohen, CEO, FordDirect, Ford Motor Company
      -- Karen Francis, president and CEO, ConsumerConnect, Ford Motor Company
      -- Mark Hogan, president, e-GM, General Motors

    * The Trials, Tribulations and Opportunities for Suppliers
      -- Guy Briggs, vice president and general manager, vehicle manufacturer
         operations, General Motors
      -- Steve Girsky, managing director, Morgan Stanley
      -- Marty McQuade, vice president, Americas, DuPont Herberts Automotive
         Systems
      -- Tom Stallkamp, vice chairman and CEO, MSX International, Inc.

    * Buying Smart: Using Media Dollars Efficiently in a Down Economy
      -- Jed Connelly, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Nissan
         North America, Inc.
      -- CJ Fraleigh, executive director of advertising and corporate
         marketing, General Motors
      -- Jan Klug, vice president of global marketing, Ford Motor Company
      -- George Murphy, senior vice president, global brand marketing,
         DaimlerChrysler Corp.
      -- Randy Rothenberg, chief marketing officer, Booz Allen Hamilton