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Last year, our conference theme The Perfect Storm addressed the emerging drama that was developing in the automotive industry—an unusual confluence of powerful forces that has created an extraordinarily turbulent and challenging period. Clearly, the industry is traveling a sea still filled with dangerous waves. This year we will examine: “Is there calm water ahead?” The industry continues to be stressed on all fronts. Global overcapacity ensures intense competition in every market. Profitability across the structure of the industry is inadequate to maintain the status quo, and costs of such critical factors as basic materials and health care continue to escalate well beyond the rate of inflation. Still, the future looks promising for those that survive the current turmoil by superior execution on all aspects of the business—as they pursue an improved business model. One of the most important attributes of the survivor will be the ability to effectively collaborate with competitors, customers and suppliers. Join us as industry leaders discuss their vision and strategies for success in these turbulent times.
Special Thursday Afternoon Session: Health Care and Industry Competitiveness: The Suppliers PerspectiveWith over 700,000 employees, the U.S. automotive parts manufacturing industry is the largest single manufacturing industry in the nation. The industry has faced many serious business and policy challenges in recent years—including price deflation for its output at the same time prices for its major inputs, materials and energy, have increased at double-digit rates. The U.S. Department of Labor has estimated that U.S. employer cost of health care increased by 61 percent between 1998 and 2004. Many supplier firms have been forced to ask their employees for higher co-pays on contract premiums, prescriptions, and other provider services, or reduce their coverage of medical expenses. Higher costs for medical benefits in the future are a given, and the ramifications for U.S. supplier competitiveness, or even business viability, is significant with potential severe consequences for the industry and the nation. The MBS session will first define the health cost challenge to U.S. auto suppliers in terms of competitive positioning and the likely outcomes for suppliers if no private or public sector actions are taken. The second task of this session is to review and gauge the value of innovative private sector solutions to the current crisis through process improvements, automotive-health industry partnerships, and changes in company and employee behavior. These actions, of course, are meant to be tactical responses that suppliers must implement to reduce current cost escalation. Finally, the likelihood of new government policies at the national and state levels will be discussed that might provide long-term, structural solutions.
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Confirmed SpeakersSpeaker presentations are underlined.Wednesday,
August 3, The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Governor, State of Michigan Jim Press, President, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. John Sanderson, President and CEO, Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation Peter Rosenfeld, Executive Vice President, Procurement and Supply, Chrysler Group Jose' Maria Alapont, Chairman, President and CEO, Federal-Mogul Corporation Rodney O'Neal, President and COO, Delphi Corporation Bill Kozyra, President, Continental Automotive Systems, NA John Fikany, General Manager, US Enterprise Manufacturing Sector, Microsoft Thursday,
August 4, George Dettloff, President SKF Automotive Division North America John Smith, GM Group Vice President, Global Product Planning, General Motors Corporation Adriane Brown, President and CEO, Honeywell Transportation and Power Systems Phil Martens, Group Vice President, Product Creation, Ford Motor Company Charles Allen, Senior Vice President, Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Chair:Dave Cole, Ph.D., Chairman, Center for Automotive Research 
Lunch SpeakerDonald A. Young, M.D., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThursday,
August 4,
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Friday Morning Breakout Sessions 8:30–1:00 p.m. (choose one):Inside India and China: A View of Their Automotive FutureThe opening of the Indian and Chinese automotive industries to foreign manufacturers and suppliers has contributed to the explosion of their markets for automobiles. Automotive manufacturers and suppliers view India and China as the largest combination of domestic automotive market and outsourcing opportunities to appear in decades. North American companies are deluged with information about the potential opportunities, but typically know very little about what the Indians and Chinese think about their automotive future. This session will provide attendees with the perspectives of Indian and Chinese manufacturers, suppliers, government, and consumers on what they think the future will hold for this industry and their countries.
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Friday, August 5Linda Ban, Global Automotive Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value Denton Dance, Senior Manager, Asia Pacific Forecasting, J.D. Power and Associates Dr. V. Sumantran, Executive Director, Passenger Car Business Unit and Engineering Research Center, Tata Motors Cuneyt Oge, Director, Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial, PRTM Jinyun Liu, Ph.D., Co-director, University of Michigan Center for China Employment and Labor Relations Jun Ni, Ph.D., S.M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center, University of Michigan Arval Krishna , Vice President, Business Development, Hindustan Motors, Ltd. USA Co-Chairs: Walter McManus, Ph.D., Director and Research Scientist, and Bruce Belzowski, Assistant Research Scientist, Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
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Advanced Powertrain ForumAdvanced powertrain technology
continues to be an increasingly important and dynamic arena. There
are numerous on going technological developments in advanced spark-ignition
engines, clean diesels, and hybrids. Further changes in federal
and state regulations are on the horizon. Given the significant
investment required for powertrain development and implementation,
as well as the uncertainty in customer acceptance, this is an area
that must continue to be carefully monitored by all industry stakeholders.
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Friday, August 5Frank Klegon, Vice President, Product Development Process and Components, Chrysler Group Dave Hermance, Executive Engineer, Toyota Technical Center Mary Ann Wright, Director, Ford Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Programs, Ford Motor Company John German, Manager, Environmental and Energy Analyses, American Honda Motor Company Uwe-Dieter Grebe, Executive Director, GM Powertrain Engineering Operations, General Motors Corporation Co-Chairs: Dave Cole, Ph.D., Chairman and Brett Smith, Assistant Director, Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology, Center for Automotive Research
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