Adapting for Success in a Changing Automotive Market – Car Conference 2011

Posted by Bronwynn Tippett on Oct 6, 2011 in Events | 0 comments

Car Conference 2011, in association with Tracker, held for the first time in 1996, will again take place on 12 October 2011 at the Johannesburg International Motor Show, Expo Centre, Nasrec, Gauteng.

Brand Pretorius will be the CAR Conference chairman and the focus of the conference will be on the challenges facing automotive manufacturers, retailers and suppliers.

Some of the topics to be discussed by local and international speakers are:

• Adapting marketing strategies in a changing automotive market – Greg Levine, sales and marketing director, McLaren Automotive;
• Rebuilding a brand image and the lessons that could be applied in a changing automotive market – Xavier Gobille, managing director, Renault SA;
• Environmental challenges – electric vs. hybrid in an African context – Pierre Loing, vice-president of product planning and zero-emissions business unit at Nissan International;
• How the component industry is adapting to the ever-changing automotive market – Stewart Jennings, NAACAM president and chief executive of the PG Group;
• Changing profiles and behaviour of the South African car buyer: demographics and psychographics – Alan Todd, Bateleur Research Solutions.

Do not miss one of the most important automotive conferences in Southern Africa

Download the Car Conference 2011 agenda

Book Online at http://www.carmag.co.za/page/conference