Paul Shaw, 2011 Ambassador Laureate
Three of Canada’s top automotive CEOs will take part in a manufacturer’s panel at the CADA Summit event being held at the Hilton Toronto on February 13, 2013.
These automotive leaders are part of more than 20 all-star speakers and panelists from Canada and the U.S. that will present their insights at this dealer-focused event.
Joining the manufacturer’s panel are: John White, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group Canada, Dianne Craig, President and CEO Ford Motor Company of Canada, and Maria Soklis, Vice-President and COO Kia Canada. This panel will be moderated by Niel Hiscox, publisher of Canadian auto dealer magazine and will tackle the theme of renewal.
CADA also announced this week that Paul Shaw, a 2011 Ambassador Laureate will be joining fellow Laureates Christian Chia and Trevor Boquist on the retail panel moderated by Canadian auto dealer columnist and industry analyst Chuck Seguin. Noted innovation and retail guru Jim Carroll will also join that panel after his presentation on future retail trends.
The event’s other featured keynotes are Bob Lutz, automotive industry legend and former Vice Chairman of General Motors and Steven Rattner, who was appointed by President Obama’s administration to oversee the historic restructuring of the U.S. auto industry.
Lutz is one of the most high-profile auto executives in the world with almost 50 years in the business. He left an indelible mark on all three of the big U.S. automakers. Known as Detroit’s “ultimate car guy” Lutz has championed the ascendency of designers and engineers over the industry’s bean counters, according to his bio on the Leigh Bureau website.
Steven Rattner is also a contributing writer for the op-ed page of The New York Times, the author of a monthly column for the Financial Times and the Economic Analyst for MSNBC’s Morning Joe. He chronicled his time as Obama’s “Car Czar” in his book, Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry.
After the first month in the market, organizers say the CADA Summit is already more than one third filled up and due to limited seating, the organizers are encouraging dealers to sign up early.
TD Auto Finance is the exclusive CADA Summit sponsor.
Apart from Bob Lutz and Steven Rattner, and the manufacturer’s CEOs listed above, CADA Summit speakers include:
- Jim Carroll, author, columnist, media commentator and consultant, who focuses on linking future trends to innovation and creativity;
- Preet Banerjee, the personal finance columnist for the Globe and Mail and host of The Oprah Winfrey Network Canada’s “Million Dollar Neighbourhood”;
- Ramesh Swamy, member of the U.S. Deloitte National Retail & Distribution Leadership team and a Leader of the Retail & Distribution Sector practice for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP;
- Chris Hill, President and CEO of Electric Mobility Canada, a national membership-based not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the promotion of electric mobility as a readily available and important solution to Canada’s emerging energy and environmental issues;
- Chuck Seguin, industry expert, and President of Seguin Advisory Services will moderate a retail panel that will have futurist and retail expert Jim Carroll join acclaimed CADA dealer Laureates for a discussion about the current state of the automotive retail industry and where it’s headed. CADA Laureates Christian Chia, President & CEO, OpenRoad Auto Group, and Trevor Boquist, Dealer Principal, Bennett Dunlop Ford Sales Ltd. will take part in this retail panel along with Paul Shaw, Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota, Toronto, Ont.
- Garth Turner, former federal Member of Parliament and a nationally-known speaker and lecturer on macroeconomics, the housing market and investment techniques, as well as the author of 14 books;
- Jason Stein, editor of Automotive News in Detroit, who directs the print and online operations for one of the world’s largest automotive business-to-business news outlets, and oversees a global network of 50 reporters and editors.
- Michael Hatch, the Chief Economist for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, and a frequent commentator on public policy issues on Business News Network, the CBC, and in other major TV, print and broadcast media on behalf of the retail auto sector.
- Niel Hiscox, President of Universus Media Group Inc., publishers of Canadian auto dealer magazine andAffaires automobiles magazine, who is recognized as one of Canada’s leading experts on business-to-business publishing and its migration to new media. (Read Niel’s Publisher’s note in Canadian auto dealer about this event.)
- Todd Phillips, Editorial Director of Canadian auto dealer magazine and its sister publication Affaires automobiles, who will moderate a panel of media experts.
For more information visit: www.cadasummit.ca
To view the agenda visit: www.cadasummit.ca/agenda
To view the speaker’s bios visit: www.cadasummit.ca/speakers
To register, visit: www.cadasummit.ca/registration
The event is being held at the Hilton Toronto at 145 Richmond Street West, Toronto, and CADA has booked rooms at a special CADA Summit rate. You can book your rooms here:
www.cadasummit.ca/hotel
