In continuing the national conversation on Detroit, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program is set to broadcast on Thursday from Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant in Flat Rock. “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough teased the trip to Detroit while appearing at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference and are returning to Michigan to focus their three-hour news show on Detroit’s turnaround.

Governor Rick Snyder will serve as the opening keynote speaker at the 2013 Michigan Automotive Summit on Wednesday, September 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at COBO Center. Gov. Snyder will take the stage to welcome attendees and provide opening remarks, affirming Michigan’s commitment to its foundation industry.

Join the Detroit Regional Chamber’s MICHauto program at the 2013 Michigan Automotive Summit on September 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., to hear from a panel of emerging automotive-professionals highlighting the wide spectrum of career opportunities available for young talent. Panelists will elaborate on what attracted them to the field, why more young professionals should consider an automotive career and how the industry can help attract more talent to the state.

Michigan lost an important leader and one of the manufacturing industry’s greatest advocates last week with the passing of Richard E. Dauch, the executive chairman and co-founder of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. Dauch, a past chairman of the Detroit Regional Chamber, was an outspoken advocate and a tireless campaigner at a time when few wanted to acknowledge the importance and potential of American manufacturing.