Automotive News releases 2017 World Congress agenda

Tuesday, January 10:

12:00pm     

 Registration opens 

1:30pm 

Welcome

1:35pm 

Rick Hanna, Global Automotive Leader, PwC

1:45pm

Mark Rosekind, Administrator, NHTSA

2:15pm

José Muñoz, Chief Performance Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Chairman, Nissan North America

2:45pm

Wolfgang Dürheimer, Chairman & CEO, Bentley Motors

3:15pm 

Break - sponsored by Government of Canada

3:30pm

Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer, Daimler AG

4:00pm 

Peter Welch, President, NADA

4:30pm

John Krafcik, CEO, Waymo

5:00pm

Networking reception - sponsored by Georgia Allies

6:30pm 

Dinner - sponsored by IHS Markit

7:45pm

IHS Markit Loyalty Awards

8:00pm

Bill Ford Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

8:35pm

Afterglow – sponsored by Castrol

Wednesday, January 11:

8:00am 

Registration opens
Continental breakfast - sponsored by Government of Canada

9:00am

Welcome

9:05am

Donna Satterfield, Vice President, Americas Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, IBM

9:15am

Tony Fadell, Inventor of the iPod and iPhone, and Founder and Former CEO of Nest

10:00am 

Linda Hasenfratz, CEO, Linamar Corporation

10:30am

Break - sponsored by Government of Canada

10:50am

Future/autonomous Panel
     Peter B. Kosak, GM Executive Director, Urban Mobility Programs,
     General Motors
     Dr. Rachel Nguyen, Executive Director, Nissan Future Lab, Nissan
     Dinesh Paliwal, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harman International

11:40am   

John Mendel, Executive Vice President Auto Division, American Honda Motor Co.

12:15pm

Lunch - sponsored by Brose

1:45pm

John Murphy, Managing Director & Lead US Auto Analyst in Equity Research, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2:20pm

Supplier Panel
     Byron Foster, Executive Vice President, Adient
     Frank Jourdan, Member of the Executive Board and President of the
     Chassis & Safety Division, Continental AG
     Sachin Lawande, President and CEO, Visteon
     James Verrier, President and CEO, BorgWarner

3:30pm 

Break - sponsored by Government of Canada

3:50pm  

Sherif Marakby, Vice President of Global Vehicle Programs, Uber

4:25pm 

Joe Hinrichs, President, The Americas, Ford Motor Company

5:00pm 

Networking reception - sponsored by BorgWarner

6:30pm

Dinner - sponsored by IHS Markit

7:30pm

Automotive News/PwC Shareholder Value Awards

7:45pm

Presentation of the BorgWarner driver and team owner trophies

8:00pm

Mark Reuss, Executive Vice President Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply Chain, General Motors

8:35pm

Conclusion

Thursday, January 12

Tour the NAIAS during its second industry preview day. Shuttle transportation provided between Cobo Center and the Detroit Marriott beginning at 8:00am.