Partnership Opportunities in the Automotive Industry

Goa, India - The Summit is aimed at uniting key leaders of the automotive industry on a single platform to interact and voice their opinions through presentations on critical topics, intriguing panel discussions, growth workshop, and structured meetings in a relaxed environment.

The Indian automotive industry today is witnessing phenomenal growth. Frost and Sullivan expects the industry to grow at a rate of approximately 15 % in the next 3-4 years whereby positively affecting its related customer base.

India as a country has significant cost advantages in manufacturing, research and development (R&D), skilled labor, and software, encouraging global automakers to view India as a major sourcing hub. The Government is also keen to promote its domestic automotive industry with favorable investment policies and initiatives which aims at an increased contribution of 10% to its GDP by 2016.

Frost and Sullivan consider it an honor to be a part of this outsourcing evolution and play its part in fostering such partnerships through Consulting and Research assignments.

Frost & Sullivan is proud to announce the first edition of the Automotive and Transportation Summit, being held at The Leela, Goa from September 10-11, 2007.

'Partnership Opportunities in the Global Automotive Industry' - a 2 day summit organized by Frost and Sullivan is meant to serve as the right foundation for nurturing strategic business decisions by bringing together key decision makers and thought leaders from the Indian and International Automotive Industry.

The Summit is aimed at uniting key leaders of the automotive industry on a single platform to interact and voice their opinions through presentations on critical topics, intriguing panel discussions, growth workshop, and structured meetings in a relaxed environment. There is not only an incredible opportunity for learning and knowledge sharing, but also a perfect setting and ambience for business networking at leisure, leading to partnerships.

The discussion topics have been finalized after considerable analysis, and suggestions received by key industry participants from across the globe. They represent a mix of strategy and innovation topics, both of which are essential to the growth prospects of any company in this highly competitive market.

International Participants and Speakers expected are decision makers from top management, global sourcing and procurement divisions, contract research, manufacturing and alliance management.

The Indian community would include top management, strategic business development, and heads of Automotive Tier I suppliers.

It is Frost & Sullivan's endeavor to address the most prominent issues though this summit.

Following are the highlights of the summit :

Workshop which will have 'Expert groups' formed within the participants where the groups would brainstorm, discuss and highlight innovations / trends in the Automotive industry, specific to the theme identified to them

Presentations on strategic issues affecting the industry today (and those that are expected to affect in future) by global leaders, with specific focus on the Indian players and how they can cache in on this opportunity

A focused discussion panel where the men behind some great automotive companies share their views on opportunities in the automotive arena

Panel discussions on strategic topics where industry experts share their knowledge, followed by interactive question and answer sessions

A full-fledged case study based growth workshop that simulates a real life business decision
A great opportunity to network and talk business

Advantages of Participating in the Summit:

Opportunity to listen to the analysis of core outsourcing issues affecting the automotive industry globally, and the way business is done with Indian companies, presented by leaders in the industry

A chance to personally interact with key decision makers from medium to big sized automotive companies, all under one roof, in a span of two days

An ideal platform to talk shop and initiate business alliances

Opportunity to participate in interactive panel discussions, growth workshops and case study presentations where knowledge exchange is at its highest level

Opportunity to understand key strategies that will help improve attendees' performance in a competitive business environment - strategies that help drive change and sustain growth

A perfect setting for informal interactions, providing a good blend of business and relaxation

Participating delegates get to receive free compendiums of Frost & Sullivan research services of their choice, from a list of recent studies on the industry

Ravinder Kaur
Corporate Communications – South Asia & Middle East
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Nimisha Iyer
Corporate Communications - South Asia & Middle East
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From 10 Sep 2007
Until 11 Sep 2007
Goa, India
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