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The Renaissance Center, nicknamed the “RenCen”, is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit. The central tower is called the “Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center”, with 73 floors and a height of 758 ft. The Coach Insignia, an exclusive restaurant at the top of the RenCen was the location of AutoComs SAE World Congress Media Dinner where clients and media interacted. The reason was the SAE World Congress 2007, an exhibition for automotive suppliers at the Cobo Center. The day of the event, Maggi and I went early to check-up the preparation. Before the first guests arrived, we had time to enjoy the wonderful view overlooking Detroit.




It was my first big event with AutoCom and I was very nervous. At 6 p.m. the first guests arrived at the Restaurant and I had no longer time to be concerned. After the set-up I went to my table and we started with the dinner. The food was awesome and I had a nice conversation with my tablemates Dr. Winfried Lehr (MANN+HUMMEL), Claude Mathieu (MANN+HUMMEL), Gerry and Pat Conover (Car-Smart), Jean-Pierre Vasaune (Wallonia) and Jack Harned (AutoCom).


It was very interesting to meet all the clients and the people from the media and I enjoyed the night at the RenCen.


Nicky

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Anonymous said…
From all reports this was another great AutoCom event. Unfortunately this also was the first SAE/AutoCom media dinner that I've missed. We other client commitments at the Shanghai Auto Show which happened to fall at the same time and I drew the short straw.

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