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2003 Conference Programme - Day 1

COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
Tuesday, 4th March

PANEL SESSIONS:
Wednesday, 5th March

PANEL SESSIONS:
Thursday, 6th March

PANEL SESSIONS: Wednesday 5th March

08.30 Registration

09.00 Session One: Order to Delivery

How different carmakers and logistics companies have faced up to the challenges of Order-To-Delivery.

Panel Members:

  • John Love,,
    Head of Business Consulting,
    G-log

  • Philipp Beisswenger,
    Chief Executive Officer,
    Flexis

  • Mike Dickinson,
    Executive Director Global Logistics Europe,
    General Motors

  • Winfried Feldkamp,
    Director,
    Win Win Advice

  • Hermann Krog,
    Executive Director, Logistics,
    Audi

  • Elliot Swiss,
    Director European Operations,
    Vector SCM

10.30 Coffee Break sponsored by DHL Solutions

          

11.00 Session Two: Globalization

Does the perfect emerging market with low-cost production and logistics expertise and infrastructure really exist? can current practices utilized in existing markets be transferred to developing areas? Is the perfect market a global market?

Panel Members:

  • Richard Viereckl,
    Consultant,
    Management Engineers

  • Thomas Blank,
    Senior VP Global Accounts,
    Panalpina

  • Johannes Fritzen,
    President,
    Volkswagen Transport

  • Leigh Pomlett,
    President, Global Automotive,
    Exel

  • Paolo Saccomano,,
    Business and Project Development Director,
    TNT Automotive Logistics SPA

12.30 Lunch sponsored by Schneider Logistics

         

14.00 Session Three: Service Parts

How can the supply of service parts be optimized? What are the best ways to cut costs?

Panel Members:

  • Brian Hancock,
    VP and General Manager,
    Schneider Logistics

  • Reinhard Rank,
    Senior VP Automotive and Industrial,
    DHL Solutions

  • Chris Senior,
    Director of European Operations and International Marketing,
    TNT Automotive Logistics S.p.A

15.30 Coffee Break, Sponsored by DHL Solutions

          

16.00 Session Four: Supplier’s Supply Chain

Parts suppliers’ own supply chains are becoming increasingly diverse and complex as carmakers push more responsibility up the supply chain.

Panel Members:

  • David Henderson,
    European Logistics Manager,
    Cooper-Standard Automotive

  • Tony Humphreys,
    Director, Production Control & Logistics Europe,
    Delphi

  • Wes Johnson,
    Director, Customer Logistics & Planning,
    Robert Bosch Group

  • Caroline Stolze,
    Industry Sector Manager Automotive,
    Schenker AG

18:30 - 22:00 Gala Networking Dinner and boat cruise

To launch Autologistics Europe 2003 in style, a gala networking dinner is included in the conference price.  This will take place on Lake Geneva on the evening of 5th March.  A meal will be served on board the Ville de Geneve luxury cruiser as it tours the lake, allowing you to enjoy the fabulous scenery and catch up with industry colleagues in a relaxed environment.