'Nation's Hottest Pundit' to Keynote Society of Automotive Analysts Automotive Outlook Conference
18 December 2000
'Nation's Hottest Pundit' to Keynote Society of Automotive Analysts Automotive Outlook Conference
DETROIT, Dec. 18 The Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA)
will present its annual Automotive Outlook Conference January 8, 2001 in
conjunction with the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
This year's keynote speaker is Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar at the
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, who has been
referred to by The Columbia Journalism Review as "the nation's hottest
pundit." His topic could not be more timely or more important: "New Economy,
New Political Landscape, Collision Course or Peace?"
Ornstein also serves as an election Analyst for CBS News, writes regularly
for USA Today as a member of its Board of Contributors and writes a column
called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper. In 1997-98, he was co-
chair, with Leslie Moonves, President of CBS Television, of the President's
Advisory Committee on the Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television
Broadcasters. He is currently leading a coalition of scholars and others in a
major effort to reform the campaign financing system. Along with Tom Mann of
the Brookings Institution, he is also co-directing a project led by former
senators George Mitchell and Bob Dole to examine alternatives to the
independent counsel statute. He is directing a multi-year effort, called the
Transition to Governing Project, to create a better climate for governing in
the era of the permanent campaign. In addition, he serves on the Council on
Foreign Relations Commission on The Future International Financial
Architecture.
Ornstein has worked with Al Franken as a commentator and pollster for The
Comedy Central Television Network's political coverage, and is a senior
advisor to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. His frequent
appearances on television include Nightline, Today, Face the Nation, and
The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (now The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer), where he has
had a nearly twenty year relationship as consultant and contributor. He
served on the board of the National Commission on Public Service (the Volcker
Commission) and as co-director of the Renewing Congress Project, a major,
comprehensive examination of Congress that played a significant role in the
reforms of the past three Congresses.
Ornstein, a PhD from the University of Michigan, writes frequently for The
New York Times, Washington Post, and other major newspapers and magazines.
His books include "Lessons and Legacies: Farewell Addresses From the U.S.
Senate"; "Debt and Taxes: How America Got Into Its Budget Mess, and How We Can
Get Out of It", with John H. Makin; and "Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes
Health Policy", with Thomas E. Mann. Ornstein has been profiled by the New
York Times, Washington Journalism Review, The Associated Press, and NBC
Nightly News, among others; National Journal called him "an icon of the
press." He has won the National Capitol Area Political Science Association's
Pi Sigma Alpha Award and was co-winner (with Tom Mann) of the Policy Studies
Organization's Hubert H. Humphrey Award, both for distinguished public service
by a political scientist.
Other highlights of the conference will include the panel discussions on:
* "Flexible Capacity and Its Impact on the Bottom Line"
* "2001 NAIAS Preview: What's Hot, What's Not?"
* "Election Aftermath: What's Next?"
* "The Leading Economists' Annual Report."
For additional information, including conference registration, contact SAA
member services at 800-704-0051; fax 734-677-2407; e-mail to
info@autoanalyst.org , or visit the SAA Web site at http://www.autoanalyst.org .
The Society of Automotive Analysts is dedicated to providing outstanding
educational programs and superior networking opportunities to its members by
offering conferences, program, and other forums in which to discuss, debate,
and learn about a broad variety of subjects and timely industry issues. The
society is comprised of over six hundred individual members.