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OESA Events
Volkswagen Town Hall
Oct. 5 | Noon - 4 p.m. | Laurel Manor, MI
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OESA members are invited to attend the 13th Annual OESA Members-Only Volkswagen Town Hall Meeting on October 5, 2022. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to hear updates directly from Volkswagen procurement and engineering leadership teams and to meet in person with commodity buyers.
Inga von Seelen, senior vice president Purchasing, Volkswagen of America, Inc., will share a North American organization update, as well as provide information on stabilization and digitalization in the supply chain, and Volkswagen’s BEV transition. Shaquanta Locke, manager, Supplier Diversity, will also give an update on Volkswagen Supplier Diversity.
Following the Volkswagen update, von Seelen and Locke will be joined by Joel Karlsberg, director, interior commodity, and additional Volkswagen executives, for the Q&A panel moderated by Julie A. Fream, president and CEO, OESA. Additional Volkswagen executives will be added in the coming weeks.
Upon conclusion of the formal meeting, attendees will have the opportunity to network with Volkswagen commodity buyers. A list of commodity areas will be made available.
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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.
Raw Materials Summit: Material Advantage
Oct. 13 | 8 a.m. - Noon | OESA Conference Center, Southfield, MI
OESA invites industry executives, analysts, and purchasing and strategy professionals to attend the annual OESA 2022 Raw Materials Summit: Material Advantage on Thursday, October 13, 2022. It will be held at the OESA Conference Center in Southfield, Mich.
The program is structured to provide suppliers with a robust materials market outlook, as well as a legal review of contracting safeguards and an understanding of material cost management tools and strategies. Gain detailed insights to manage risk including price drivers as well as sourcing shifts and market impacts on a broad range of raw materials in a dynamic session. Empower your organization with actionable takeaways, as experts share detailed analyses on materials from base metals to the energy and petrochemical sector along with rare earths and technology metals. This annual summit features industry insiders including Peter Nagle, senior research analyst, S&P Global Mobility and Edwin Pope, principal analyst, S&P Global Mobility. Nagle will review the current commodity pricing environment, highlighting the latest forecasts considering ongoing supply chain constraints and shifting sourcing patterns. Pope will highlight the raw material landscape in North America versus global demand trends and regional applications with a focus on divergent supply risks. Learn from raw materials experts, Terry Glass, vice president, Polymers, Argus Media and Mark Seddon, senior manager, Metals Consulting, Argus Media. Glass will review prospects for key raw material feedstocks coming from crude oil with a focus on the outlook for polypropylene and nylon. Seddon will discuss the supply of materials involved in battery construction including Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel and others along with an update on semiconductor dynamics. The session will conclude with compelling insights from Daniel Bonucchi, associate, Warner Norcross + Judd. Bonucchi will highlight legal best practices for raw materials and supply chain contracts including the leading edge of indexing as the industry races toward electrification. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions of and network with the presenters.
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Automotive Tooling Update
OESA and Harbour Results Inc. are pleased to host the 2022 Automotive Tooling Update on Oct. 25, 2022, at the Laurel Manor in Livonia, Mich. Automotive tooling executives from supplier companies, OEM purchasing, sales, marketing and engineering professionals in the automotive mold and die industries should plan to attend. This annual event brings automotive tooling professionals together with industry experts to discuss supply chain and labor challenges, the production outlook and unique opportunities for tooling manufacturers to put their organizations in the best position for success. Industry experts lending insight include Cara Walton, director, Harbour Results, Inc. (HRI), who will share an update on the current economy and its impact on the manufacturing industry. Joe McCabe, president and CEO, AFS, will share an automotive industry forecast to help executives prepare their companies for future production demands. Scott Walton, CFO, Harbour Results, Inc. will share insight on what we learned from COVID and where we go from here. Laurie Harbour, president and CEO, HRI, will discuss the forecast of the tooling industry and automotive supply chain implications. The event will also include a forward-looking presentation on EVs and the impact on the suppliers. Mike Canales, director of Supply Chain Resiliency, General Motors Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, will present and participate in the final Q&A session. The event will also feature two Q&A portions as well as a reception following the presentations.
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