Speed and Connectivity: The New Landscape is the Theme Of 25th Automotive News World Congress, January 15-18
18 December 2000
Speed and Connectivity: The New Landscape is the Theme Of 25th Automotive News World Congress, January 15-18
DETROIT, Dec. 18 DaimlerChrysler Chairman Juergen
Schrempp, General Motors North America President Ron Zarrella and Ford of
Mexico President and CEO Kathleen Ligocki are among nearly three dozen
automotive industry leaders addressing the 25th annual Automotive News World
Congress. The four-day program is slated for Jan. 15-18, 2001 at the Marriott
Renaissance Center in Detroit, Mich.
Speed and Connectivity: The New Landscape is the theme of the 2001
Automotive News World Congress, one of the world's top automotive events.
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 prominent automotive experts and top managers of the
industry's leading companies are expected to attend. The four-day agenda
includes:
* speaker presentations and panel discussions;
* lunch and dinner programs;
* The Gala Dinner and Automotive News/PricewaterhouseCoopers Shareholder
Value Awards presentation Wed., Jan. 17;
* networking opportunities; and
* a tour of the North American International Auto Show.
The registration fee for all four days of the Automotive News World
Congress is $1,095. The daily registration is $650 and additional dinner
tickets are $100 (individual) and $1,000 (table of 10). On-line registration
is available at http://www.autonews.com/events.htm . For a complete agenda or to
register, call 313-662-1827 or 866-ERIM-CAR.
The 2001 World Congress speaker schedule features:
2001 Automotive News World Congress Presenters
Individual presenters include:
* Gary Cowger, group vice president, manufacturing and labor relations,
General Motors
* Trevor Creed, senior vice president, design, DaimlerChrysler
Corporation
* Cynthia Hess, partner, Heartland Industrial Partners LP
* Mike Jackson, CEO, AutoNation, Inc.
* Michael Johnston, president/COO, Visteon Corporation
* Kathleen Ligocki, president/CEO, Ford of Mexico, Ford Motor Company
* Robert Lutz, chairman/CEO, Exide Technologies
* Joe Magliochetti, chairman/CEO, Dana Corporation
* Joachim Milberg, chairman, BMW AG
* Finbarr O'Neill, president/CEO, Hyundai Motor America
* Jeff Raikes, group vice president, productivity and business services
group, Microsoft
* Juergen Schrempp, chairman, DaimlerChrysler AG
* Ralph Szygenda, group vice president/CIO, information systems &
services, General Motors
* Ron Zarrella, executive vice president/president, General Motors North
America/General Motors
Panel discussions will feature:
* The Franchise System: Obsolete or Not?
* Chris Denove, partner, consulting operations, J.D. Power and
Associates
* Fritz Hitchcock, chairman/CEO, Hitchcock Automotive Resources
* Gary Lapidus, vice president/senior analyst, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
* Bill Lovejoy, group vice president, North American vehicle sales,
service and marketing, General Motors
* Joel Manby, CEO, Greenlight.com
* Collaborative Commerce: From e-Procurement to e-Design
* Larry Jutte, senior vice president/general manager, parts &
procurement; motorcycle & auto powertrain, Honda of America
Manufacturing, Inc.
* Alexander Preston, president/CEO, ANXeBusiness Corporation
* Richard Radecki, corporate director, e-business program office,
Delphi Automotive Systems
* Sue Unger, senior vice president/CIO, DaimlerChrysler AG
* Kevin Vasconi, chief technical officer, Covisint
* Marketing, Media and the Internet: Who Loses?
* Kayne Lanahan, senior vice president, News Corp One
* Bud Liebler, senior vice president, global brand marketing,
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
* John Middlebrook, vice president/general manager, vehicle brand
marketing, General Motors
* Jim Press, executive vice president, global marketing, Toyota Motor
Sales U.S.A.
* Jim Schroer, vice president, global marketing, Ford Motor Company
* Build to Order: the Five-day Car -- Logistics and Connectivity for the
Future
* J Ferron, Americas automotive consulting leader,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
* Emil Hassan, senior vice president, North American manufacturing,
purchasing, quality & logistics, Nissan North America, Inc.
* Harold Kutner, group vice president, worldwide purchasing, General
Motors
* Frank Taylor, vice president of material planning & logistics, Ford
Motor Company
* James Vendenberghe, vice chairman, Lear Corporation