While near Traverse City for the CAR Management Briefing Seminar, Steve Purdy sits in for Chris Holman, and speaks with Sandy Baruah, President and CEO of Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, which is the fourth or fifth largest in the nation, and the 11 county region is the center of the automotive business in the world. In addition, there are 375 research and development centers, which is more than any area in the world.

They discuss the mobility and connected vehicles demonstration projects that are going on in the Mcity Test Facility, which is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sandy discusses the State of Michigan’s influence in the Aerospace industry, and touches on the upcoming 2015 MICHAuto Summit happening on September 30, 2015.