2007
NAIAS :: Detroit Auto Show :: Supporting Events
- North
American Car of the Year and North American Truck of the Year
Awards - NAIAS Stage, Michigan Hall, Cobo Center,
10:30 a.m. The 14th annual awards recognize vehicles that
have become benchmarks in their respective segments. (Sunday,
January 7, 2007)
- Society
of Automotive Analysts (SAA) 19th Annual Automotive Outlook
Conference - Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center,
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Jim press, President of Toyota Motor
North America will make a keynote address. Chief Economists
from DiamlerChrysler, General Motors and Ford will make their
sales forecasts for 2007. Of the scheduled speakers, Van Jolissaint,
Mustafa Mohatarem and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick. All registered
conference attendees receive an "Analyst Pass" providing
access to the auto show on Tuesday. For complete conference
details, visit www.cybersaa.org,
or call 734.677.3518 or 800.704.0051. (Tuesday, January 9,
2007)
- EyesOn
Design at NAIAS
- Cobo Center, NAIAS Stage, Michigan Hall, noon. Presented
by Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. Presentation of international
design awards to honor and recognize the most significant
automotive designs on display at NAIAS. Awards are judged
and presented by a panel of world renowned designers led by
Thomas Gale, former Executive Vice President of Global Design
for DaimerChrysler Corporation. (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)
- 11th
Annual Urban Wheel Awards
- The 11th Annual Urban Wheels Awards is scheduled to begin
at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 at the Max M. Fisher Music
Center, located at 3711 Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Mich. Presented
by On Wheels, Inc., publisher of African Americans On Wheels,
Latinos On Wheels and Asians On Wheels magazines. The awards
recognize the top African-American, Asian and Latino executives
in the automotive industry. The Awards are also bestowed upon
the most significant new car and truck/SUV to urban-based
drivers as well as major corporations and minority suppliers
for their efforts and their ability to promote diversity in
their areas of expertise. Four dollars, four siblings and
a language barrier were the humble beginnings of comedian
actor Alex Reymundo
who will co-host the 11th Annual Urban Wheel Awards alongside
Vivica A. Fox.
For further information or ticket, call 313.963.2209 or www.onwheelsinc.com.
(Tuesday, January 9, 2007)
- 3rd
Annual Auto Show Discussion - Compuware World Headquarters,
6:00 p.m. "Is Product King?" A comprehensive, thought-provoking
and candid look at the critical forces connecting consumers
to the automotive market. This product-oriented panel will
address balancing function and performance with style and
the emotional connection necessary to generate an innovative
and successful product. Panelists include David Davis Jr.,
Editor-in-Chief of Winding Road Magazine; Joseph Dehner, Dir.
of Jeep/Truck Design Studio; Jim Dunne, Detroit Editor of
Popular Mechanics; Peter Horbury, Exec. Dir. of Design, The
Americas for Ford Motor Co; Jim Taylor, Gen. Mgr. of Cadillac
for General Motors and Charles Vogelheim, V.P. of Automotive
Development for J.D. Power & Associates. (Tuesday, January
9, 2007)
- 14th
Annual Auto Week Design Forum - Cobo Center, Riverview
Ballroom, 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. "Design for Success"
is the theme of the forum at Cobo Center. The event examines
design in the auto and consumer product worlds and celebrates
design as the ultimate differentiating factor between products,
the catalyst of passion, and the primary force that drives
consumers' interest and purchase decisions. Additionally,
AutoWeek Editors' Choice Awards will recognize the Best in
Show, Most Fun, Most Significant and Best Concept vehicles
of the NAIAS 2007. Visit www.autoweek.com/dforum
for additiional information and to register online. Complimentary
registration for the forum is available to credentialed media.
To register in advance, contact Pat Adanti-Joy, APR, via email
at pat.joy@comcast.net
or call 586.939.3429. (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)
- 6th
Annual Newspaper Association of America Automotive Advertising
Symposium
- The Annual NAA/ANSR Automotive Advertising Symposium will
take place again during the North American International Auto
Show in Detroit early in the new year. Top executives from
the auto industry will be on hand to give us a “heads
up” on how they hope to go to market in the year ahead
and what the newspaper industry can do to help advance those
efforts. Join your colleagues for what promises to be a profitable
day-long session on what newspapers are doing to meet the
auto industry’s advertising challenges.For more information,
contact Jake Kelderman, Newspaper Association of America,
703.902.1649, or email keldj@naa.org.
(Tuesday, January 9, 2007)
- The
Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Symposium
- Cobo Center, NAIAS Stage, Michigan Hall, For more information,
visit www.michigan.org/autoshow
or call 800.946.6829.
- Inforum's
Annual Auto Show Breakfast - 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.,
Detroit Marriott, Renaissance Center. “Going Green –
Detroit’s Growth Engine for the 21st Century”
You’ll also get a special preview of the new “green”
machines – some of which we’re confident you’ve
never seen up close and personal before. In fact, some of
these marvelous models have so excited customers, there are
waiting lists already. We can tell you that you’ll be
among the first to hear about the new environmentally conscious
business models – an absolute imperative for the future.
Companies who don’t “go green” will be likely
to “lose green.” For more information, please
visit http://inforummichigan.org/
(Thursday, January 11, 2007)
- Detroit
Economic Club - North American International Auto
Show 2007 Luncheon - Riverview Ballroom, Cobo Center, noon.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be the speaker. (Friday,
January 12, 2007)
- Charity
Preview
- Cobo Center, Doors open to show floor 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Since the show became international in 1989, the black tie
event has raised over $64 million. For more information on
the NAIAS 2007 Charity Preview, call 248.643.0250 or email
the Charity
Preview Department. Tickets are $400 each. (Friday, January
12, 2007)
- Automotive
News World Congress
- Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn; January 15-18, 2007. Theme,
'Life in the Fast Lane: The Pace of Global Competition' Keynote
speaches will be made by Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of
General Motors; Roger Penske, Chairman of Penske Corporation;
J. Mays, Vice President, Design and Chief Creative Officer
of Ford Motor Company and Dick Dauch, Chairman and CEO of
American Axle & Manufacturing. More than 20 other speakers
will make an address. A full agenda and online registration
are available at http://www.autonews.com/files/07_anwc/.
To register for this event, please click
here. (Monday, January 15-Thursday, January 18, 2007)
- NAIAS
Automotive Education Day - Presented by State Farm
Insurance. Cobo Center, January 17, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. The 3rd Annual Automotive Education Day is designed
to provide a fun learning experience for school groups, allowing
them to explore career paths in all automotive fields. Hilary
Will, a KB Racing Top Fuel Dragster will make the opening
remarks at 9:00 a.m. Students will have access to the auto
show from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, please
contact Michelle Collins at (248) 458-1127 or visit www.naias.com/SubPage.aspx?id=500
. To purchase
tickets for this event, please click
here. (Wednesday,
January 17, 2007)
- NAIAS
Auto Racing Day
- For one action-packed day, the NAIAS 2007 will celebrate
the excitement and history of auto racing during its Auto
Racing Day, presented by Michigan International Speedway.
A Racing Day theme will overtake Cobo’s concourse, and
attendees with the need for speed can ride in race car simulators.
Enthusiasts also can meet with several celebrity drivers in
attendance, including Helio Castroneves, Indy Car racer; Sam
Hornish, Jr., Indy Car racer; Ron Fellows, American Le Mans
Series racer; Hillary Will, NHRA Top-Fuel dragster racer;
and Chris Dyson, American Le Mans Series racer.
The event will host exhibits showcasing different aspects
of racing, such as Michigan International Speedway, the Detroit
Belle Isle Grand Prix, the American Le Mans Series, Micro
Reality race cars and MSU Formula One Racing. (Thursday, January
18, 2007)
|
