ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan’s annual automotive Management Briefing Seminars, held next week at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa near Traverse City, Mich., will feature a live video Webcast of its e-Friday session 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 11.

The Webcast session, which will focus on electronic commerce in the auto industry, can be accessed by logging onto the U-M Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation (OSAT) Web site at www.osat.umich.edu.

Sponsored by IBM, the e-Friday session is part of the Auto 2000: Fasten Your Seatbelts seminar held Aug. 9-11. Featured speakers include Gary Dilts, senior vice president, e-connect Platform Team, DaimlerChrysler Corp.; Ralph Szygenda, vice president and chief information officer, General Motors Corp.; Brian Kelley, vice president and chief operating officer, Ford Motor Co.; Steve Ward, general manager, Global Industrial Sector, IBM; and Kevin Schick, vice president, Product Marketing, Commerce One.

“This group of thought-leaders will lead the way in setting the automotive e-commerce agenda over the next several years,” OSAT Director David E. Cole says. “We’re extremely pleased to have them share their valuable insights with us on such an exciting and important topic.”

The Management Briefing Seminars, held Aug. 7-12, are sponsored by OSAT, a division of the U-M Transportation Research Institute, and the Center for Professional Development at the U-M College of Engineering.

Office for the Study of Automotive TransportationDavid E. ColeTransportation Research Institute