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Executives from J.D. Power and Associates will be on hand to present their 2011 Certified Market Report at the Certified Pre-Owned Forum, a part of Used Car Week and presented by AutoTrader.com, which will be held Nov. 14-15 in Las Vegas.

Stephan Schroeder, senior director at J.D. Power and Associates/PIN, and Joe Derkos, director of consulting and analytics at J.D. Power and Associates/PIN, will present this opening keynote session, which will provide the latest data and information about the certified pre-owned marketplace.

In addition, dealers and corporate executives will be in attendance from many OEMs, including General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, Lexus, Honda/Acura, Chrysler, Nissan/Infinity, Subaru, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Mazda and others. Additionally, dealers and executives from CarMark Certified Pre-Owned, MotorTrend Certified and others will be attending the event.

The focus of the conference will be on giving dealers the information they need to be successful in the certified pre-owned marketplace, and much of that information will be coming from successful dealers, speaking from experience about the tools and techniques that have gotten them to where they are today.

Featured dealers who will be presenting at the event include:

—Brian Benstock, Paragon Honda/Paragon Acura
—Chris Little, Hendrick Automotive Group
—Bob Andersen, Bergstrom Automotive
—Chad Lemieux, Conant Auto Retail Group (CAR Group)
—Marc Ray, Grogan’s Towne Chrysler Jeep Dodge
—Adam Simms, Price-Simms Automotive Group

The 2011 CPO Forum is one of three conferences that constitute Auto Remarketing’s Used Car Week, a weeklong event that also includes the 2011 National Remarketing Conference, presented by SmartAuction, and the brand-new Re3 (Recovery, Repossession and Remarketing) Conference. All three conferences will be held at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas the week of Nov. 14–18.

For more information about the 2011 CPO Forum, which will be held Nov. 14–15; the 2011 National Remarketing Conference, which will be held Nov. 16–18; or the Re3 Conference, which will be held the morning of Nov. 16, visit www.usedcarweek.biz.

For more information about sponsoring or exhibiting at any of the Used Car Week events, please contact Bill Zadeits at bzadeits@autoremarketing.com or call (919) 674-6020, ext. 117.