This FREE conference by the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) will be held at Macomb Community College's South Campus on May 2, 2014. The event is targeted towards automotive industry workforce development representatives as well as secondary and postsecondary automotive educators, counselors and school administrators. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the Design and Manufacturing Alliance (DMA), and SAE International.

The conference theme You Can’t See the Future in the Rearview Mirror is inspired by how the rapid pace of change in the automotive industry will continue and, in many ways will accelerate in part due to increasing fuel economy standards and the new technology needed to meet them. This conference will examine the coming era for vehicle manufacturers and suppliers and what these changes in technology mean for educating and training the talent needed to support the industry now and in the future.