2016 Detroit Policy Conference Speakers

• Mike Duggan

  Mayor, City of Detroit

• Clark Durant

  President, The New Common School Foundation

• Clay What?!?! Modelers play integral role in producing today’s automobiles

  In an era when supercomputing has penetrated every corner of product development, one of the automobile industry’s oldest design methods continues to play a major role in making the hottest cars and trucks.

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• Matthew Elliott

  Michigan Market President; Market Executive, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America

• Craig Fahle

  Director of Public Affairs, Detroit Land Bank Authority

• Nolan Finley

  Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News

• Michael Ford

  CEO, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan

• A Creative Craft

  In 2014, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) asked Sundberg-Ferar, a Detroit-based industrial design consultancy, to define a plan to grow the industrial design profession in Michigan. The result was the announcement of the Michigan Design Council (MDC) at the 2015 North American International Auto Show.

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• A Night of Design: EyesOn Design and Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment celebrate automotive design talent in Detroit

  Automotive design takes center stage during the first Tuesday of Detroit’s North American International Auto Show this year. First, the EyesOn Design Awards will recognize design excellence among concept and production vehicles making their worldwide debut at the auto show.

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• Design Driven: Toyota’s Kevin Hunter discusses his passion for automotive design

  As the president of Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American design studio, Calty Design Research, Kevin Hunter and his design team create innovative designs that appeal to the global consumer for Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands.

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