Thursday, 22 November, 2018 - 08:00 to 17:00
The Automotive Supply Chain Roadshow
Organiser
Welcome to the The Automotive Supply Chain Roadshow November 22nd 2018
Our Agenda:
- 08:00 Registration & Morning Refreshments
- 08:30 INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR:
- Roadshow kick off with Chair Mr Christopher Plant, The Voice of Business
- Welcome the Slovak Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mr Lubomir Rehak
The Central & Eastern European Regional Market Update
Opening Plenary Session: Keynote Speech:
- An overview of the Central and Eastern Europe – Setting the Scene:
- Business opportunity / Industrial overview / Doing Business in the CEE
- Speaker: Andrew Dickson, Director at Grant Thornton based out of Prague working across CEE
Panel Discussion with our CEE Representatives
- Introduction to the Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary & Poland
- Looking at Automotive in these V4 countries in the CEE.
- Opportunities in the Region / State Aid - Tax, incentives, universities, R&D
GUESTS
- Czech Republic: Mr Andrew Dickson, Director, Network Capability Europe
- Hungary: Mr Janos Kovago, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton Hungary
- Poland: Mr Prem Polaczek, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton Poland
- Slovak Republic: Ms Eva Duricova, Senior Trade Advisor, British Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic
Coffee break
Panel Discussion:
- Automotive & British Business Expert Panel
- Discussion on how they expanded business into the CEE and Slovakia.
- Panel discussion led by Christopher Plant
Our Guests:
- Mr Les Ratcliffe MBE, Voice of Automotive Ambassador & CSR Expert
- Mr Neil Barrell, Partner, Global Head of Automotive Grant Thornton, UK.
- Mr Christopher Black, Global Sales Director of Automotive Business Development, TR Fastenings
- Mr Keith Jackson, Plant Manager, Arlington Automotive
- Mr Chris Baumann, CEO, Aktrion Automotive Group
- Mr Craig Humphrey,Coventry & Warwickshire Growth Hub
12.45 Buffet networking lunch – Meet the Sponsors
Import & Export Support:
- Meet the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce & the Growth Hub
- Speaker: Mr Ajay Desai, Trade Director, Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce
- Importers & exporters support via the international trade service.
Case Study Section:
- Speaker: Marián Christenko, CEO KOSIT: Looking at the environmental impact of Waste Management in Automotive in the CEE.
- Speakers: Hakan Guzel and Andrej Štefánik, CEIT 4.0 Technology and advanced engineering in Slovakia.
- Speaker: Vlastimil Mazal, SSC Slovakia, Competent IT Services: A Look Beyond Simple Outsourcing
Business Development Workshop
- Speaker: Alan Henderson
- Starting the conversation – The hardest thing to do, The Voice of Business business development experts
- Presenting the best solutions on the market from the #CEE
- Using automation to bring customers to you
- Social Selling - how social media has changed business development
- Public profiling / Brand awareness and Lead generation
- B2B vs B2C models - tailoring marketing for B2B campaigns
- Automation v Humans - how is AI changing the roles humans excel at.
B2B Networking Meetings
- Meet a representative from Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia at our b2b meetings. Mr Paul Goff, Global STA Director, Interiors & European Operations
Networking Sessions
- An opportunity to meet all of our guests and our CEE delegates
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