2007 Forecasting & Global Marketing Conference

From Indiana to India - Technological change is driving new business opportunities in new market areas -- Where will you find your future profits?
Monday, October 15, 2007

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Registration

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Opening Remarks
Rodger Pinney, President & CEO, United Grinding
Chairman, AMT Economics & Statistics Committee


1:15 pm - 2:05 pm
The Lighter Side of Economics
Dr. Gene Stanalan, President, GSE, Inc.


2:05 pm - 3:00 pm

Global Forecast
John Walker, President, Oxford Economics USA


3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Break

3:20 pm - 4:10 pm
787 Dreamliner Program: Designs and Technologies that Will Impact the Future
Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analyis, The Teal Group


4:10 pm - 5:00 pm
U.S. Capital Spending Survey & Forecast for the Machine Tool Industry
Steven R. Kline, Executive Vice President, Gardner Publications Inc.

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Reception

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Dinner

   
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:15 am
Supporting Your Customers Globally
Robert J. Rubenstahl, President & CEO, Command Tooling Systems LLC
Chairman, AMT Global Marketing & Sales Committee

8:15 am - 9:15 am
Enabling Technologies for Use in the Field of Alternative Energy
Andre Metzner, Manager Strategy and Communications, Hybrid Development Center, Chrysler

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Manufacturing
Outlook for the Orthopedic Device Market

Matt Jamison
Director
Michael Gross
Vice President
P&M Corporate
Finance, LLC
Manufacturing
Competitiveness -
Revealing the
Cost Advantages

Jeremy A. Leonard
Economic Consultant
Manufacturers Alliance/
MAPI

Assessing New
Market Segment Opportunities

Dr. James D. Hlavacek
Chairman and CEO
The Corporate
Development Institute,
Inc.

New Directions and
Opportunities in China

Xingbin Li
Chief Representative
AMT - Beijing
Representative Office

Harry Xiao
General Manager
AMT Shanghai
Technology & Service Center

10:00 am - 10:20 am
Break

10:20 am - 11:10 am
Forecasting &
Planning with
Distributors

Robert L. Segal
Principal
Frank Lynn &
Associates, Inc.
Capital Spending Survey for the Job
Shop Industry

Robert Akers
Chief Operating Officer
National Tooling &
Machining Association (NTMA)

Capital Spending
Survey for Mexico
and Brazil

David Ashe
President
B2Bportales, Inc.

New Directions and
Opportunities in India

Arun Mahajan
General Manager
AMT - India Office

11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Machine Tool Forecast and General Industrial Machining Outlook
Eli Lustgarten, Senior Research Analyst, Longbow Securities

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Managing Your Risks by Utilizing Key
Indicators

Rodger Pinney
President & CEO
United Grinding
New Directions and
Opportunities in Mexico

Carlos Mortera
General Manager
AMT - Mexico Office

Felipe Tobin
Regional Manager,
Central Mexico
AMT - Central Mexico

1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Switch

1:55 pm - 2:40 pm
How to Do Business
with the Japanese
in North America

Mario Winterstein
Business Development Director,
AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology
Kim W. Beck
President & CEO
Automatic Feed Co.
James T. Diederich
VP Marketing
Assembly & Test Worldwide, Inc.
Joseph G. Butler
Vice President Sales
Kaufman Mfg. Co.

Using Market Data
to Understand
Business Cycles

Patrick W. McGibbon
Vice President, Strategic Information & Research
AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology

A Look at the Offroad and Mining Industry
Jim Mahan
Director of Engineering
Lovejoy, Inc.

New Directions and
Opportunities in Central Europe and Russia

Hubert Sawicki
AMT - Central Europe Director

Malcolm Mason
Business Development Director
AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology

2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Break

3:00 pm - 3:55 pm

Panel: Results-Oriented Advertising, Marketing and Web Design
Mike McCloud, President/CEO, MMA Creative
Rodger Pinney, President & CEO, United Grinding
Bob Goossens, Director of Marketing & e-Business, Ellison Technologies
Robert Ianitelli, Vice President, Belmont Equipment & Technologies


3:55 pm - 4:55 pm

Automotive Industry Outlook
Kim Korth, President & Owner, IRN, Inc.


* Invited
Westing Detroit Metropolicat Airport - Detroit, Michigan