Pub. 3 Issue 3

27 FALL 2015 Auto Conference LA Wrap-Up More than 300 industry executives attended AutoConfer- ence LA, which preceded press days at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The keynote speakers were Bill Fay, Toyota division group vice president and general manager at Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., and Scott Keogh, president of Audi of America; as well as Bill Fox, NADA chairman; Finbarr O'Neill, J.D. Power president; and Peter Welch, NADA president. "I especially want to thank our Toyota dealers who joined here today," Fay said at the half-day conference, which was presented by NADA and J.D. Power. "They've made Toyota the No. 1 retail brand in California for 15 consecutive years." Other speakers included Steven Szakaly, NADA chief economist; John Humphrey, senior vice president of the global automotive practice at J.D. Power; Alexi Venneri, CEO of Digital Air Strike; AutoNation's Marc Cannon and Famous Rhodes; and Steve Lind, president of Kelley Blue Book and others.  For more information about future conferences and sponsorship opportunities, contact Albert Gallegos with NADA Industry Affairs at agallegos@nada.org or call 703.821.4612. Bill Fox, NADA President Bill Fay, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.