The 4th International TAYSAD Aftermarket Conference will take place in Istanbul on Thursday 30 May 2013.
TAYSAD, the Turkish association of automotive parts and components manufacturers is hosting the conference and invites international industry experts and executives for knowledge exchange.
This years conference will mainly focus on:

  • The Current and Future Trends in the Global Automotive World
  • Opportunities and Challenges in Automotive Aftermarket Business
  • Trends and Developments on the Aftermarket Sector in Europe and Emerging Countries
  • Challenges & Solutions in IAM Sales, Distribution, Service & Logistics Networks

Helmut Wolk is speaking about the future trends and challenges in the European Aftermarket.

  1. Facts & trends in the European Aftermarket
  2. Future challenges to OEM´s
  3. Decreasing gross margins
    1. Increasing costs of service support
    2. Car manufacturers discover IAM garages
    3. After sales goes online
  4. Routes to the aftermarket 2020

Agenda:

09:30 Welcome Speech
Dr. Mehmet Dudaroğlu, President of TAYSAD
Orhan Sabuncu, President of OIB

10:00 The way the Automotive Aftermarket is going
Josef Frank, Former Senior Adviser Aftermarket Department, CLEPA

10:30 Future Challenges and their impact on the Automotive Industry
Dr. Ralph Heck, Director, McKinsey&Company – Germany

11:00 Q&A

11:15 Coffee Break & Networking

11:45 Discussion
Trends and Developments on the Aftermarket Sector in Europe and Emerging Countries
12:30 Q&A

12:45 Lunch & Networking

13:45 New Trends in Automotive 
Aykut Özüner, Marketing, Sales and After Sales Assistant General Manager, Ford Otosan, Turkey

14:15 “Future Aftermarket Challenges to OEM´s – Facts & Trends in the European Aftermarket” 
Helmut Wolk, CEO, Wolk After Sales, Germany

14:45 Q&A

15:00 Coffee Break – Networking

15:15 Discussion
Challenges & Solutions in IAM Sales, Distribution, Service & Logistics Networks

16:15 Trends & Future Strategies for Fleet Operators – “Future Services Between Customer-Fleet Operator-Supplier – Electronics Usage in Fleet Operations”
Türkay Oktay, General Manager, Leaseplan

16.45 End of the program – Concluding Remarks