Five well known automotive industry executives will outline what used-vehicle channel companies are doing to find, develop, train, and motivate new management and leadership for the future of the used-vehicle remarketing industry at an afternoon session of the annual Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) 2001 in Las Vegas on March 20.

The panel presenters will be Andy Duncanson, Dunlo Motors; Tony Moorby, ADESA University; Ron Robbins, Manheim Auto Auctions; and David Walsh, Market-Wise Solutions/Autodaq with Pete Lukasiak, National Auto Auction Association (NAAA) as the facilitator.

Industry recruiting, hiring practices, sales training, management development, mentoring, diversity, and career pathing will be included in the scope of the workshop on Day Two of CAR 2001.

About CAR 2001

The sixth annual Conference of Automotive Remarketing will be held at the Las Vegas Hilton on March 19-21, 2001. The industry’s leading vehicle remarketing forum will also feature key executives from the manufacturers, remarketing companies, Internet sites, dealerships, service companies, banking institutions, and industry research and consulting firms including:

Dr. David Cole, U. of Michigan’s Office for the Study of Transportation

Mark Hogan, vice president, eGM

Stuart Angert, CEO, Remarketing Services of America

Tom Webb, chief economist, Manheim Auto Auctions

Bob Maguire, incoming president of National Auto Dealers Association (NADA)

Bruce Cavella, Standard & Poors Energy Group

Simon Rothman, vice president, Ebaymotors.com

Chris DeNove, senior analyst, J.D. Power & Associates

Jonathan Gaw, analyst, IDC Research

Don Himelfarb, president, Thrifty Rent A Car

Nick Stanutz, executive vice president, Huntington Bank

Kenny Osborn, president, National Auto Auction Association (NAAA)

Two intensive days of speakers, executive panels, and management workshops focused on current automotive industry issues and market trends will be presented at the annual conference sponsored and organized by Bobit Publishing Company and Automotive Information Networks, Inc.

Major industry speakers will brief the vehicle remarketing channel participants on the latest industry developments, issues, and emerging opportunities. Six management workshops on used-vehicle remarketing systems and technology, off-lease vehicle remarketing, alternative remarketing channels, recruiting and training of industry management, and outsourcing of vehicle remarketing services, auction remarketing management, Internet applications and remarketing are scheduled for day one and two of the conference.

The attendance for CAR 2001 is expected to exceed the CAR 2000 registrations of 750 industry and remarketing executives.

More than 50 industry companies will participate in the Products and Services Expo 2001 scheduled to open on the afternoon of March 19 with a Product and Services Expo on both days of the conference proceedings.

Registration Open

To register for CAR 2001 or to reserve exhibit space for the Expo, call (310) 533-2410, register online at www.bobitexpos.com, or fax your registration form to (310) 533-2506.

Hotel reservations should be made as soon as possible by calling the Las Vegas Hilton 1-800-732-7117. Ask the Reservation staff for the special hotel rate for CAR 2001.