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The automotive industry’s future appears bright after several years of darkness. While 2011 sales volumes remain at depressed levels, the industry has adapted by dramatically lowering its breakeven volume. Auto manufacturers have restructured their debt, realigned their supply chains and retooled their relationships with labor. This massive restructuring has set the stage for a period of potential profitability, but formidable challenges remain. As the industry takes aim at 2012 and beyond, uncertainties such as the pace of economic growth, volatile energy and material prices, global market vagaries, government policies, and technological change (e.g. advanced powertrains, advanced telematic systems, and advanced materials) are abundant. The challenge is will stakeholders be able to mitigate the complexity associated with so much uncertainty. It is in this context automotive industry leaders will address their expectations for a future that seems to be arriving—and changing—at an ever-increasing speed.
The Automotive sessions will include representatives from vehicle manufacturers and suppliers highlighting the strategies necessary to thrive in the new automotive world.
Chair:
David Cole, Ph.D., Emeritus Chairman, Center for Automotive Research Audio
Speakers:
Jonathan Browning, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Presentation Audio
Paul Skalny, Director, National Automotive Center, U.S. Army RDECOM TARDEC Presentation Audio
Mark Reuss, GM Vice President and President North America, General Motors Presentation
James Kamsickas, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, IAC Group North America and Asia Presentation Not Available Audio
Kirk Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation Presentation Audio
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