LAS VEGAS – With the theme of "The Next Decade in the Commercial Vehicle Industry," this year’s annual Heavy Duty Dialogue ’10, taking place Monday, Jan. 18, at The Mirage, Las Vegas, will again be an exceptional one-day business conference for executives and thought leaders in the CV industry.
The featured opening presenter will be Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett. Barnett is a strategic planner who has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War and has operated his own consulting practice (Barnett Consulting) since 1998. Barnett currently serves as senior managing director of Enterra Solutions LLC, a strategic advisory and technology firm. Barnett is a noted expert on issues relating to international security, commerce and economic globalization.
"We are extremely pleased that Dr. Barnett, who first presented at HDD’08, will be presenting his views on the emerging global power dynamics at HD Dialogue ’10," said Tim Kraus, president and COO of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA). "His presentation is timely, with the abruptly changing political climates in the U.S. and world.”
A New York Times bestselling author and a nationally known public speaker who’s been profiled on the front-page of the Wall Street Journal, Barnett is in high demand within government circles as a forecaster of conflict and an expert on globalization, as well as within corporate circles as a management consultant and conference presenter. An award-winning professor, Barnett has written for Esquire, Wired, Good, National Review, U.S. News & World Report and the Washington Post, and has been interviewed by Rolling Stone, The Economist.com, Time.com, BBC World Service, CNN, Fox News and Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan’s Nikkei News). Having granted numerous interviews since 9/11, Barnett has been described by U.S. News & World Report‘s Michael Barone as "one of the most important strategic thinkers of our time."
Barnett is best known as the author of "The Pentagon’s New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century" (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004), "Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating" (2005), and "Great Powers: America and the World After Bush" (2009).
Heavy Duty Dialogue ’10 immediately precedes Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week ’10. More details are available at www.hdma.org.
