CONFERENCES

The CAR Conference Team provides total conference management to outside organizations including:

  • Coordination of meetings as small as twenty or as large as 2,000+
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Speaker selection and management
  • Complete registration management, including on-line registration
  • Vendor management and coordination
  • Exhibitor and sponsor contact and management
  • Site planning and logistics
  • Complete on-site conference management
  • Budget development and reconciliation

For information on how our conference team can help you manage your next event, please contact Lisa Hart, Vice President, Operations, CAR, (734) 662–1287 or lhart@cargroup.org.


 

CAR Management Briefing Seminars

Mark your calendar for the 2012 CAR MBS August 6-9!

The 2011 CAR Management Briefing Seminars took place August 1-4, 2011 in Traverse City, Michigan where more than 800 attendees heard from the leaders in the automotive industry.

Speaker presentations are available with permission, visit: Presentations.

To receive information regarding next year's event, as it becomes available, e-mail your information to: aely@cargroup.org.

For Sponsorship or Exhibiting opportunities, please contact Deborah Schilz at
(734) 929–0463 or dschilz@cargroup.org.

Presentations from MBS 2004, MBS 2005, MBS 2006, MBS 2007 , MBS 2008, MBS 2009, MBS 2010, and MBS 2011,are available for download.


Breakfast Briefing Series:

The Meaning and Impact of the New UAW-Detroit Three Agreements: Implications for U.S. Automotive Competitiveness

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
VisTaTech Center, Schoolcraft College
Livonia, Michigan USA

More than 100 people attended The Meaning and Impact of the New UAW-Detroit Three Agreements for an in-depth analysis of the first UAW-Detroit three agreements reached in the post-bankruptcy U.S. auto industry. The topics included: What's in the Agreements? A Look Back and a Look Forward and Well Who Won? Presentations are available with speaker permission.

To view the speaker presentations visit: Presentations


The Business of Plugging In
A Plug-In Electric Vehicle Conference

More than 300 people attended The Business of Plugging In that took place October 11-13, 2011 at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency. Speaker presentations will be available with permission.

For more information visit: www.bpiconference.com


March 29-30, 2011
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan USA

The Roads to Renewal conference brought together community leaders, elected officials, economic developers, educators, and workforce development professionals who learned how to partner, build on existing assets, support new and existing automotive jobs, and prosper in the new auto economy.

For more information on the Automotive Communities Partnership visit: acp.cargroup.org


Driving Change: Greening the Automotive Workforce Conference

May 3-4, 2011
Ford Conference & Event Center
Dearborn, Michigan USA

Presentations are available with speaker permssion: www.drivingworkforcechange.org