GM Europe and FORD of Europe Head Honchos to visit AIC
To take part in European Automotive Congress with 350 automotive industry professionals LEADER awards to be handed out to European carmakers and tier one providers for technological or innovative development | 25/05/2010Bilbao, 25.5.2010--- The
president of General Motors Europe and the chairman of Ford Europe are to visit
AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center on June 22 and 23 during the Automotive News
Europe /ANE) European Automotive Congress which is expected to attract up to
350 professionals from the car industry.
For two days, Bilbao is set
to become the rendezvous for the European automotive industry, where vehicle
maker and supplier chiefs from all over the world will get together to analyze
experiences and look closely at present and coming trends on a broad front.
On this occasion, the
Congress runs under the title Solutions
After a Crisis, concentrating mainly on three major issues, the first
being intelligence, making the right decisions after a crisis, the second
innovation, finding solutions through technological advances and environmental
alternatives, and the third, integration, opportunities through collaboration
for OEMs and suppliers.
2010 speakers include carmaker executives like Ian Robertson, member of
the Board of Management, Marketing & Sales at BMW, John Fleming, executive
vice president and chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe, Nick Reilly, president of
GM Europe, Victor Muller, chief executive officer of Spyker and Saab, together
with Harald J. Wester and Alfredo Altavilla, chief technology officer and
executive vice president of business development at FIAT, respectively and
others from tier one suppliers like Magna.
An added attraction at this years edition are the first LEADER Awards (Leaders in European Automotive Development, Excellence and
Research) recognizing a manufacturer, supplier and retailer for technical
development and innovation excellence in the European industry.
The ANE Congress is a benchmark event in the automotive world that
attracts the main leaders in the industry to discuss issues of common interest.
The previous Congress was held two years ago in Turin.
AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center is a foundation promoted and backed
by Vizcaya Provincial Council, Amorebieta-Etxano and Ermua city halls, a group
of cutting-edge companies in the automotive industry
and Basque automotive cluster ACICAE. Using a market-oriented approach, AIC
integrates knowledge, technology and industrial development under one umbrella
in a bid to improve competitiveness in the industry.