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Summit V: Are the Imports Unstoppable or
has Detroit Turned the Corner
Bel Air Partners Elite Dealer Summits are intentionally limited to a small group of the country’s leading dealers to encourage a frank exchange with our speakers and resources. Your active participation adds immeasurably to each session and helps us all learn even more. The agenda is filled with topical issues and is constructed to keep you informed about some of the most important issues affecting the future of our industry. Click here for other Elite Dealer events.
Thursday — April 8, 2004
1:00-5:00 PM
"Press Day Preview" of the New York Auto Show
Jacob Javits Convention Center 34th
Street & 11th Avenue, NYC
Bel Air Hospitality
— 4A/B Terrace
5:00 PM Return Transportation — Provided to Sheraton Hotel
6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
Rialto Room - Remi Restaurant 144
West 54th Street, NYC (private entrance)
212-581-4242
7:30 PM Dinner
SPEAKER: Chris Cedergren CEO, NexTrend
Friday — April 9, 2004
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers 811
Seventh Avenue at 52nd Street, NYC
212-581-1000
8:00 AM State of the Global Auto Industry
Stephen Girsky Managing Director, Morgan
Stanley
8:45 AM Can Detroit Answer The Challenge?
OBSERVER
PERSPECTIVE:
MODERATOR: Keith Crain Publisher & Editor in Chief, Automotive News
Jamie Kitman, Esq. New
York Bureau Chief, Automobile Magazine
Alex
Taylor Senior Editor, Fortune
Tom
Gibson Founder/Chairman Emeritus, Asbury
Automotive Group
Glenn Mercer Director of Automotive Services, McKinsey
& Company
INVESTOR
PERSPECTIVE:
MODERATOR: James Barrett Managing Director, Bel Air
Partners LLC
Scott Sprinzen Managing Director, Standard
& Poor’s
Maryann Keller Maryann
Keller Associates
Nick Lobacarro Managing Director, Hunter
Global
10:45 AM Coffee Break
DEALER
PERSPECTIVE:
MODERATOR: William Lovejoy Vice
President of Sales,
Service & Marketing, General
Motors (Retired)
Hoot
McInerney CEO, Star Lincoln Mercury
Michael Lazarus Executive Vice President, Long
Island Automotive Group
Rhett Ricart CEO, Ricart Automotive Group
Sidney DeBoer CEO, Lithia Automotive Group
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM The Art & Science of Deal Making — Real Life Case Studies
MODERATOR: Sheldon Sandler Managing Director, Bel Air
Partners LLC
Joseph Aboyoun, Esq. Aboyoun &
Heller
Jay Ferriero Senior Vice President, Capital
Automotive REIT
3:00 PM Meeting Adjourns