Do you think these potential topics adequately cover the areas most beneficial to growing the automotive industry in the South? Do you have suggestions for changes or additions? Do you have suggestions for potential speakers?
Please feel free to comment below on your perspectives of what this conference should include. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.southerngrowth.com/conference/conf.html.
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POTENTIAL SESSIONS FOR DISCUSSION
- • Domestic Cars and Domestic Parts
- o U.S. cars: Where do the parts originate?
o International issues
- • Southern Automotive R&D
- o What prompts R&D location?
o Southern strengths and weaknesses
o Increasing R&D investment
- • Workforce: Issues
- o Costs and skills within U.S.
o Costs and skills outside U.S.
- • Workforce: Solutions
- o Federal/state/local collaboration
- • Building cars for the world
- o Increasing investment, domestic and foreign
o Increasing exports
- • The Role of Parts Suppliers
- o Is there a shortage of Southern suppliers?
o Impacts of consolidation
- • Improving Business Climate
- o Energy requirements
o Infrastructure improvements
o Incentives
- • Creating an Automotive Culture of Innovation
- o The importance of innovation
o Creating an innovative region for automotive