AutoRomania: Your Source Of Information And Contacts In The Romanian Automotive Sector

MAIN CONFERENCE

DAY ONE: 23rd September, 2008

8.00 – 8.45	Coffee, Welcome And Registration
8.45 – 9.00	Chair’s Welcome Address
9.00 – 9.30	The Government’s Plans To Support Growth In Romania’s Automotive Sector In 2009 His Excellency Mr Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Prime Minister, Romanian Government
9.00 – 9.30
9.30– 10.00	An Evaluation Of The Benefits Of The Partnership With The Supplier Base In Romania Constantin Stroe, President and General Manager, ACAROM
9.30– 10.00
10.00 – 10.30	Romania – Spinning The Wheels Dragos Popa, Director Large Corporates, BRD GROUPE SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE ROMANIA
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.00	Production Developments At Renault/ Dacia From 2008: An Assessment Of How New Logan Models Are Driving Global Growth From Romania Francois Fourmont, Chief Executive Officer, DACIA/ RENAULT
10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30	Morning Coffee
11.30 – 12.00	FORD’s Plans For Supplier Localisation In Romania Colin Fearon, Senior Purchasing Manager, Emerging Markets Sourcing, FORD
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.30	IPEC - Industrial Site Location Strategy in Romania Matt Carnogursky, General Manager, IPEC MANAGEMENT EASTERN SRL
12.30 – 13.00	Renault’s Commitment To Supplier Localisation And Partnership Development In Romania For Improved Long-Term Relationships Eric Fraysse, Vice President Purchasing, RENAULT/DACIA
12.30 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.30	Renault/Dacia’s Top Quality Policy: How To Overcome Challenges Of Maintaining Continuous World-Class Results In Romania Francois Billaud, Vice President Quality, RENAULT/DACIA
14.00 – 14.30
14.30 – 15.00	Building The Logan’s Logistics Into A Combined Renault/Dacia/NISSAN Strategy Jean Detrun, Head of Logistics, RENAULT ROMANIA
14.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.30	Making Romania A Strategic Production Centre For Regional Growth Ferdinand Zilcher, Country Manager, Draexlmaier
15.00 – 15.30
15.30 – 16.00	Afternoon Coffee
16.00 – 16.45	Achieving Manufacturing Excellence For Continuous Growth In Eastern Europe Alain Prioul, Senior Vice President, FAURECIA
16.00 – 16.45
17.15 – 17.45	Minimising Your Production Costs In Romania Through Strategic Virtual Packaging Design: Case Study Christoph Dimer, Chief Executive Officer, MONTARA
17.15 – 17.45
17.15 – 17.45	Successful Strategies To Achieve Continuous Growth In Romania: AutoLiv Romania Case Study Adrian Suraru, Plant Manager, AUTOLIV Romania
17.15 – 17.45
17.45 – 19.00	Networking Drinks Reception Don’t miss this chance to join your colleagues and peers after a busy day to network informally over a glass of wine and canapés in the luxurious surroundings of the Hotel InterContinental. This is a unique chance for you to strengthen existing relationships and build new ones with key automotive customers and partners in Romania.

DAY TWO: 24th September, 2008

8.00 – 8.30	Coffee And Welcome
8.30 -8.40	Chair’s Welcome Address Professor Peter N C Cooke, KPMG Professor of Automotive Management, BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY
8.40 – 9.25	Strategic Automotive Investment Opportunities: Why Romania? Professor Peter N C Cooke, KPMG Professor of Automotive Management, BUCKINGHAM UNIVERSITY
8.40 – 9.25
9.25 – 10.00	VOLVO 3P Sourcing In Emerging Markets Jan Klingberg, Vice President Europe Purchasing, VOLVO 3P
9.25 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.35	Logistics Flows Evolutions In The Automotive Sector And Best Practices For Optimizing Supply Chain Management Emmanuel Arnaud, Automotive Business Line Manager, GEFCO
10.35 – 11.05	Morning Coffee
11.05 – 11.40	Pirelli Eco Technology bringing in Romania the Diesel Emission Contol production Bruno Tronchetti Provera, CEO, PIRELLI ECO TECHNOLOGY
11.05 – 11.40
11.40 – 12.10	Q&A Session With FIAT Sudhir Chickle, FIAT Group Purchasing, Director International FGA
12.10 – 12.40	ArcelorMittal, An Undisputed Partner For Automotive Manufacturers In Romania Peter Leblanc, General Manager, ArcelorMittal
12.40 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.30	VW Sourcing Strategies In Central And Eastern Europe: Focus On Romania Helge Zeuner, Manager Budapest Purchasing Office, VW
14.30 – 15.00	DuPont - providing local solutions for global challenges in the Automotive Industry Thierry Marin, Regional Director for Central Europe, Dupont

15.00 – 15.45	PSA Global Sourcing Strategy - Implementation in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania Charles Herval, Director, International Purchasing Network, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Georges Bui, Purchasing Director Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN
15.00 – 15.45
15.45 – 16.15	Afternoon Coffee
16.15 – 18.15	Romanian Supplier Partnering And Speed Networking Session September 24th, 2008 Hotel InterContinental Chaired By: Constantin Stroe, President and General Manager, ACAROM

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