2003 DETROIT AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Lawrence Technological University

Wayne Buell Management Building, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI

Saturday, April 5, 2003

Detroit Chinese Engineers Association

Conference Chair:                          Alan Luo, General Motors Corporation

Technical Program Chair:              Sheng-Dong Liu, National Steel Corporation

 

Treasure & Site Coordinator:               Kingman Yee, Lawrence Technological University

 

Conference Language:                               English

 

Conference Program

9:30am – 10:00am                                  Registration and Reception                   Atrium

 

10:00AM – 12:00            SESSION I. TECHNONOGY OVERVIEW               Room M218

                                    Chair: Sheng-Dong Liu, National Steel Corporation

 

10:00AM        Overview - Technology Consortium of GM and Chinese Institutions for Materials and Tribology

Yucong Wang, General Motors Corporation

 

10:25AM            Steel to Aluminum Comparison for Automotive Applications

Ming Chen, US Steel Automotive Center

 

10:50AM            Automotive Applications of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys

Alan Luo, General Motors Corporation

 

11:15AM            Telematics Services and Strategies

Jay Song, OnStar

 

11:40AM            Bring More Science to Remarketing Business

Jie Du, J.D. Power & Associates

 

12:00 – 1:30pm            Luncheon Program                           University Dining Room

 

KEYNOTE SPEECH

“BEIJING JEEP: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE”

Ping Lee, Director – Advanced Product Finance

DaimlerChrysler Corporation

(Introduced by Connie Yao, DaimlerChrysler Corporation)

 

 

1:30PM – 3:00PM            SESSION II. Panel Discussion: China Experience            Room M218

                                    Moderator: Alan Luo, General Motors Corporation

 

The following panelists with work experience in the United States and China will discuss opportunities and risks associated with career development in China for US-educated professionals.

 

Panelists:            Shawn Gayden (Xiaohong Qiu), General Motors Corporation

            Hong Xing Hu, Matsushita (Panasonic) Electronic Components Corp. of America

                        Lee Liu, Detroit Chinese Business Association

                        Yucong Wang, General Motors Corporation

 

3:00pm –3:30pm            Networking (Beverages and Refreshments)                       Atrium

 

3:30pm                                    Adjourn

 

Registration Fee:     Free for DCEA members

                                    $10 for non-DCEA members

                                    $25 for DCEA lifetime membership

 

Pre-registration Contacts:

 

Tai Chan                                 tai.chan@gm.com                  586-986-2518

Jie Du                                     Jie.Du@jdpa.com             248-267-6812 X176

Hua He                                   hua.he@gm.com                    248-685-4055

Sheng-Dong Liu                   shengdliu@yahoo.com                     734-676-3550

Alan Luo                                 alan.luo@gm.com                  586-986-8303

Ming Shi                                 mfshi@uss.com                   248-267-2610

Lifeng Xu                                lxu1@ford.com                       313-323-6615

Connie Yao                             zy@daimlerchrysler.com       248-576-5180

Kingman Yee                          yee@ltu.edu                           248-204-2582

Scarlet Yuan                            syuan1@ford.com                  313-322-2610