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Agenda
| Thursday,
January 29th |
| 12:30 pm |
Registration
Opens |
| 1:00 pm |
Meeting Begins
Steve Goodall, President
and Chief Executive Officer
J.D. Power and Associates
Market Outlook and Annual Automotive
Franchise Review |
| 6:00 pm |
Reception |
| 7:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 8:00 pm |
Evening
Keynote Speaker
Jeffrey
N. Shane, Under Secretary of Transportation
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Friday,
January 30th |
| 7:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 8:00 am |
Meeting
Begins
Panel Discussion: "Issues – 2004"
Moderator: Susan Page,
Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today
Panelists:
Donna Brazile, Chair
of Democratic National Committee Voting Rights Institute (former
Campaign Manager-Al Gore Presidential Campaign)
Stuart Rothenberg,
Editor and Publisher,
The Rothenberg Political Report
Matthew Dowd,
Senior Advisor-Republican National Committee and Campaign
Strategist,
Bush-Cheney 2004
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Roger Staubach,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
The Staubach Company
Coffee Break
General Mark Rosenker,
Vice Chairman,
National Transportation Safety Board
Morning Keynote Speakers
Prof. Jürgen Hubbert,
Member of the Board of Management,
DaimlerChrysler AG
David Thursfield,
President, International Operations
and Global Purchasing, Ford Motor Company |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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Afternoon
Keynote Speakers
Gary Cowger, President,
General Motors North America
Jim Press, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer Toyota Motor Sales,
U.S.A., Inc.
Bob Garfield,
Columnist, Advertising Age
Coffee Break |
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Retail Panel Discussion "Retailer
Challenges–2004 "
Moderators:
Keith Crain, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief,
Automotive News
Dave
Power, Chairman, J.D. Power and Associates
Retail Panelists:
John Bergstrom,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bergstrom Corporation
(2003 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award Recipient)
Bert Boeckmann,
President, Galpin Motors
(#1 Volume Ford Dealer in the World)
Dave Conant,
President, Conant Auto Retail Group
(#1 Honda Dealer in the World Since 1991)
Roger Burdick,
President, Burdick Automotive (Family of Dealerships Include
20 Different Franchises)
Fritz Hitchcock,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hitchcock Automotive
Resources (NADA Board of Directors—Southern CA)
Joe Herman,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Planet Automotive
Group, Inc. (Operates
68 Franchises in 8 States)
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| 5:00 pm |
Meeting Concludes |
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