Toyota hybrid sales top 100,000























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Percentage of the Proceedings from GAC 2002 will go towards Humanitarian Efforts for the September 11 incident.

Governor's Message
"Global Benchmarking"


The Global Automotive Conference (GAC) is administered by the Office Of Global Business & Entrepreneurship of Western Kentucky University.

The conference was created to provide a unique opportunity for middle management of automotive  assemblers, suppliers,  and  service providers to network and learn key skills and emerging strategies of the future.  The conference serves as a venue where middle managers interact with practitioners and discuss emerging trends that will bring forth dynamic changes to  the industry. There are a wide variety of automotive conferences targeted at top-level management.  However, there  is a growing  need  for a well-rounded annual conference for middle managers in the automotive industry.

Middle  managers  are  the  future  leaders  of  this  changing industry.  In this era of rapid consolidations technological innovations, and changing markets, knowledge is a source of competitive advantage.  The GAC will give middle managers an opportunity to
receive first hand knowledge from innovative and successful industry leaders.

WKU Awarded Prestigious 2002 NABSITE Program of Excellence by 800 International Business Education Association.

"Bowling Green Named One of the South's Best Automotive Supplier Locations"

GAC 2001 Quotes

 "The GAC 2001
provided timely
information to many
businesses struggling
with the
E Commerce model
and how to integrate
this model into their
short and long term
strategic objectives"
--Tim Young
Maintenance Mgr
Outokumpu Copper

Honda hits record profit Outlook for 2002-03 even higher

Perceptron signs $2 million worth of contracts

Chrysler comeback begins

Daewoo Motor says GM agrees to retain all staff

GM plans more overtime, may add shifts

Ferrari may consider future stock listing

Cadillac stretches out with ESV

Michelin 2001 profit drops, outlook good