COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
Tuesday , 2nd March

PANEL SESSIONS:
Wednesday, 3rd March

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout sessions have been incorporated in the agenda to enhance the communication between carmakers, suppliers, and logistics providers. This will also allow delegates to focus on specific areas while facilitating the interaction with our expert panels led by independent chairmen

Thursday, 4th March 2004

08.30 Registration

09.00 Session 5:

• STREAM A) FINISHED VEHICLE LOGISTICS
  Carmaker executives will give their views on some of the most pressing current issues, including capacity constraints in road and rail - especially at the time of new product launches and registration change - the impact of road tolls and visibility through to the dealer.
  - Bert Bong, European Manager, Vehicle Logistics, FORD
  - Egon Christ, Senior Manager, Transportation Logistics Vehicles, DAIMLERCHRYSLER
  - Karl May, Director Group, Transport Logistics, BMW Group
  - Mike Sturgeon, General Manager, Vehicle Logistics Group,TOYOTA Motor
  - Claude Guetin, Director Business Development, GEFCO
  - Wolfgang Ellbracht, Consultant, LOGISTICS Consulting

• STREAM B) PACKAGING
  An opportunity to learn from executives who have taken control of packaging to improve returnable container management, improving efficiency and driving out cost. The session will also explore issues such as RFID tagging and the impact of elongated supply chains.
  - Dirk Schönrock, Manager, Container Steering, VOLKSWAGEN Transport
  - Rodney Salmon, Head of Sales & Marketing, LINPAC EuropeanAutomotive Packaging

10.30 Coffee Break

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11.30 Session 6

• STREAM A) SUPPLIERS' SUPPLY CHAINS
  Although carmakers have concentrated heavily on getting the best out of their relationships with their Tier 1 suppliers in the past, there is growing recognition that the same focus must be made further up the supply chain in effective information flow to achieve further time, process and cost improvements.
  - Bruno Lesage, Director, Supply Chain, Logistics, FAURECIA
  - Michael Kluger, Manager of Material Flow and Logistics Europe, FORD

• STREAM B) SERVICE PARTS LOGISTICS
  Availability of parts is as crucial to the service organization as it is to manufacturing operations, arguably even more so when it represents a higher profit source to carmakers. Carmakers and service provider executives will show how to improve delivery time and reliability to service organizations to improve customer satisfaction.
  - Ray Runza, General Manager, Logistics, HONDA
  - Dan Ellerton, President Automotive Europe, EXEL
  - Steve Kowalkoski, Vice President Automotive, SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Session 7: VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Some of the leading names in automotive logistics draw on the conference proceedings to present their ideas on how the pressures and realities of today may translate into the operations of tomorrow and how carmakers, suppliers and logistics service providers must adapt to meet the challenges.

• Thomas Blank, Senior VP Global Accounts, PANALPINA

• Plus other invited guests from vehicle makers and Tier 1 suppliers

15.30 Coffee Break and close of conference

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