Geography of Auto Production—Will Detroit Continue to Be the Industry's Hub?

November 3, 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago/Detroit Branch
160 W Fort Street
Detroit, MI

7:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.		Welcome Glenn Hansen, Senior Vice President, Detroit Branch and District Cash Operation
		Opening Remarks Michael Moskow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:30 a.m.		Session 1: Location Trends and Issues Location Trends for the U.S. Auto Industry (PDF,497KB) Thomas Klier, Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Location Incentives: The Cost of Attracting Auto Investment or "the New Normal"? (PDF,75KB) Maureen Appel Molot, Professor, Carleton University Global Auto Industry Trends (PDF,853KB) Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Senior Economist, Ford Motor Company
10:00 a.m.		Break
10:30 a.m.		Session 2: Industry Structure Speaker Which Big 3? Extinction of America's Car Giants (PDF, 1.9MB) Iain Carson, Industry Editor, The Economist Panelists Speech (PDF,71KB) Sean McAlinden, Director, Economics and Business Group, Center for Automotive Research Current Geography and Longer Term Perspective (PDF,1,095KB) Jim Rubenstein, Professor, Miami University
12:00 p.m.		Lunch Speaker The Auto Future: Fast, Fun and Scary (PDF,139KB) David Cole, Chairman, Center for Automotive Research
1:30 p.m.		Session 3: Policy Discussion Panelists Retention of Michigan's Auto Industry (PDF,143KB) Jim Donaldson, Vice President, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Ontario's Automotive Sector (PDF,172KB) Robert Séguin, Acting Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation Reinventing the Wheel (PDF,816KB) Steve Crosby, President and Publisher, Small Times Manufacturing: Important to U.S. and Michigan (PDF,327KB) Dan Luria, Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Work in SE Michigan: A Labor-Supply Perspective (PDF,172KB) David Fasenfest, Associate Professor, Wayne State University James Jacobs, Director, Center for Workforce Development and Policy, Macomb Community College
3:30 p.m.		Adjourn