Theme of the 2005 Global Automotive Conference

Global Automotive Conference 2006 Speakers:

Keynote Presenters

Mark Emkes
CEO and Chairman - Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. Firestone
CEO and Chairman - Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Anne Stevens
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Americas
Ford Motor Company
Phil Martens
President and Chief Operating Officer
Plastech Engineered Products, Inc.
   
Featured Presenters
Nancy M. Bacon
Senior Vice President
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics)
Ian Browde
Director of Strategy and Business Development, Enterprise Solutions division
Nokia
Peter Skarzynski
Founder and CEO
Strategos
Craig M. Fitzgerald
Partner
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Martha Layne Collins
Chairwoman
Kentucky World Trade Center
Scott E. Paradise
Vice President Global Marketing and New Business Development
Magna International Inc.
   
Panelists
Steve St. Angelo
Executive Vice President of Manufacturing
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Rich Iler
Managing Director,
Towpath Partners, LLC
Grant Bibby
Founder and CEO
Orchid International
Lyle J. Otremba
Vice President, Sales and Program Engineering
Global Sealing Systems
Cooper-Standard Automotive
John Edwards
Chief Executive
Advantage West Midlands, United Kingdom
Marc Vansteelandt
Principal Project Manager Information Systems
Toyota Motor Europe
John Waraniak
Vice President, Strategic Business Development
INCAT -- A TATA Technologies Company
Chris P. Theodore
Vice Chairman
American Specialty Cars
Chris de Boer
Director of Powertrain
MAHLE Powertrain LLC
Dr. Peter R. Frise, P.Eng., FCAE
Professor of Automotive Engineering
AUTO21 Scientific Director and Chief Executive Officer
The University of Windsor, Canada

Gregg D. Rasmussen
Vice President, Car Business, North America
SKF Automotive Division
Raj Kawlra
Director of Manufacturing (Quality)
Daimler Chrysler
Jim Hadden
Chief Operating Officer
Arup
Dr. Vallury Prabhakar
Chief Executive Officer
AutoForm Engineering USA
Jeremy Burne, MBE FRSA
North American Director
Motorsport Industry Association
   
Workshop Presenters
Robert L. Brown
Member, Louisville
Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC
Robert Chiaravalli, Esq.
Principal
Strategic Labor & Human Resources, LLC
Luis Alcantara
Assistant General Manager, Body Production Engineering
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America, Inc.
Erlanger, Kentucky
John David Higgins
Founder and Managing Partner
Bluegrass Logistics
Thomas J. Goldsby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky
Robert L. Brown
Member, Louisville
Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC
Roger Stephen Lewandowski
President
World Competition Consultants
Eric Kam
AutoForm Engineering USA
Brian Miller
International Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce
Louisville Export Assistance Center
Mark Peachey
Director, International Trade Division
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

 

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