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Interview & Photo Opportunities: AMA President-Elect and Automotive Doctors to Address Quality and Value in Health Care at AIAG AutoMed Conference

  DETROIT -

  WHAT:  Dr. Ronald M. Davis, president-elect, American Medical Association
  and physicians from automotive OEMs and suppliers will address quality and
  value in health care at the Automotive Industry Action Group's (AIAG)
  AutoMed Conference on Dec. 1, 2006.  Dr. Davis will discuss preventative
  medicine and expanding health insurance coverage during his keynote
  address at 9 a.m.  Interview opportunities are available.  Other speakers
  include:

   * Dr. Ford Brewer, Toyota Motor Manufacturing N.A., Inc., who will speak
     to the company's integrated health care.
   * Dr. Joe Fortuna, Delphi Corp., who will discuss the initiatives of
     AIAG's Health Focus Group, charged with addressing the key issues that
     drive health care costs up.
   * Dr. Alan Mindlin, Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS), who will
     present MSMS' Future of Medicine initiative.

  For a complete list of speakers and presentation topics, please visit
  http://mows.aiag.org/staticcontent/AutoMed2006.pdf
  (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040719/DEM007LOGO)

  WHEN:  7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Dec. 1, 2006.  Registration begins at 7
  a.m.

  WHERE:  Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Mich.

  PRESS REGISTRATION:  Media interested in attending or arranging interviews
  may contact Leslie Santos-Cotham, AIAG, (248) 358-9794 or
  lsantos-cotham@aiag.org.

  About AIAG

Founded in 1982, AIAG is a globally recognized organization where OEMs and suppliers unite to address and resolve issues affecting the worldwide automotive supply chain. AIAG's goals are to reduce cost and complexity through collaboration; improve product quality, health, safety and the environment; and optimize speed to market throughout the supply chain. Headquartered in the metro Detroit area, its more than 1,500 member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers to the automotive industry. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.aiag.org.

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