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OESA Events
March 8 | 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. | Virtually via Zoom
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OESA has partnered with Foley & Lardner LLP to present the webinar, Export Controls on Russia and the Impact on Automotive Suppliers, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 via Zoom.
Sweeping sanctions and export controls issued by the U.S. government and other nations have immediately transformed Russia into one of the most-heavily sanctioned countries in the world. Companies that operate in Russia, have Russian affiliates, or otherwise conduct business with Russian parties are encouraged to attend this event, as well as those that have concerns about the impact of government sanctions and export controls on Russia.
Ann Marie Uetz, Christopher Swift, and Mike Walsh, partners, Foley & Lardner, will discuss how Russia’s invasion on Ukraine is impacting the global automotive supply chain, export controls, and government-imposed sanctions. The Foley & Lardner team will also discuss how suppliers can assess the potential risks before conducting any new commercial and financial transactions with Russian parties.
The webinar will also help organizations understand new licensing requirements, new entity and territory restrictions, and new Foreign Direct Product Rules (FDPRs) that impact the sale of certain products manufactured outside the United States. Discussion topics also include the prohibition of financial transactions with many of Russia’s largest commercial banks and impacts of sanctioning Russian government officials and President Putin.
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OESA members and industry guests may register for OESA events at www.oesa.org. For registration assistance, contact OESA at 248.952.6401 or info@oesa.org.
Breaking the Code: Software Ts and Cs
March 11 | 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Virtually via Zoom
Special Terms and Conditions (Ts and Cs) for software and related items are becoming more and more commonplace for OEM customers. Several OEMs have already added software-specific language to their general Ts and Cs. How suppliers should approach software issues differs greatly from how they approach goods and services in a contract.
Supplier professionals in sales, purchasing, engineering and legal functional roles are invited to gain insight on the 5 major issues regarding OEM Software Ts and Cs at the 2022 OESA Breaking the Code: Software Ts and Cs. Presented virtually by seasoned attorneys Jennifer Dukarski and Mitchell Zajac, Shareholders, from Butzel Long, the event will offer insights on:
• The Reality of Software Warranties: Duration, Cost, and Breadth of Commitments
• Ownership under Software Ts and Cs: When Derivatives and Uses Translate to “What’s Mine Is
Theirs”
• Regulatory Risk and Guidance: How NHTSA’s Guidelines and Possible Critical Infrastructure
Regulations Impact Security and Design
• The Risk of Open-Source Strategies: The Impact of Your Software Bill of Materials, Copyleft and
Cascading Rights Under the Ts and Cs
• The Most Critical Part of the Agreement: What’s in the Software Specifications and What Is a
Defect?
Each topic will be covered with an emphasis on the areas of greatest interest to attendees. Deep-dive topics will be selected by polling throughout the session.
Following the presentations will be an interactive Q&A session with the Butzel attorneys facilitated by Ginger Juncker, Vice President, Programming, OESA.
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OESA invites industry executives, analysts, and strategy professionals to attend the OESA 2022 Strategic Insights Executive Series: EV Sector Gains, Strains & Costing Dynamics on March 15, 2022. This is the first of two executive briefings, presented in-person and virtually, addressing actionable insights in electrification. Attendees will gain intelligence to inform planning frameworks from industry experts within forecasting, consumer & product research, leading automakers, and premier industry consultants.
The OESA 2022 Strategic Insights Executive Series offers compelling insights to contend with the dramatic pace of industry change, technology advancement, sales volatility, and production sourcing dynamics.
Leading experts from LMC Automotive, including Bill Rinna, Director, Americas Production Forecasting, and Kevin Riddell, Senior Manager, Powertrain Forecasting, will highlight the industry outlook in North America within a compelling global context. Learn the latest on the state of supply chain issues and gain insights on new vehicle launch activity along with strategic impacts from the pending EV product surge.
Florian Waimer, Senior Consultant, A2Mac1 and Christian Fusik, Business Development Manager, The Americas, A2Mac1 will showcase how cutting-edge automotive benchmarking is deployed to reconcile technology and cost throughout the product lifecycle. Learn how detailed cost engineering and analysis are vital inputs to achieve cost optimization in product development and purchasing. Learn to prioritize and select optimal approaches for specific functional requirements armed with competitive costing by EV application type.
Martin Ross, Senior Manager, Purchasing, from Volkswagen, will share key insights on enhancing the BEV consumer experience while highlighting efforts to expand local supplier partnerships. Learn key takeaways on supplier collaboration efforts to support ambitious electrification plans as Martin takes audience questions.
Attendees will gain a rich understanding of planning priorities and competitive parameters to inform resource allocation strategies and better position their organizations for future success.
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With constant change and turnover in the automotive industry, the importance of solid business relationships is at an all-time high. Suppliers professionals at every level must continually identify and build new cross-functional relationships within their customer base to maintain and grow business.
OESA is pleased to announce the 1Q OESA Master Class Workshop: Relationship Mapping - Improving Your Customer Relationships. The two-part series workshop is being presented virtually and in-person at the OESA Conference Center on March 18 and April 8, 2022.
Presented in cooperation with Sandler Training and Gerry Weinberg & Associates, this workshop is designed to help supplier professionals map and improve their customer relationships; it will also provide strategies to help deepen them to be better prepared when they lose their key contacts.
Alana Nicol, President, Sandler Training and Gerry Weinberg, Founder, and Gerry Weinberg & Associates will provide actionable insights on how to:
• Strategically map customer relationships within customer organizations
• Create equal business stature at all relationship levels
• Identify the strength of relationships
• Leverage internal and external relationships to obtain new relationships
• Use new strategies to enhance and build the relationships
Cross-functional teams are encouraged to take the workshop together to effectively map out their customer relationships.
OESA members and industry guests may register for OESA events at www.oesa.org. For registration assistance, contact OESA at 248.952.6401 or info@oesa.org.
