Hamburg is the gateway to the world. Germany's second largest city preserves Hanseatic merchant virtues such as reliability and at the same time is open to new ideas. Thanks to this mixture of cosmopolitanism and tradition, Hamburg is the ideal venue for the

1st Junior Congress of the Automotive Trade.



The specialist congress offers female and male junior managers, young entrepreneurs and successors in their parents' car dealerships a forum for an intensive exchange of experiences and ideas as well as for networking. "We don't just want to deepen professional and personal skills at our congress. The junior congress is intended to be a platform for both female and male junior managers, where the collegial exchange with like-minded people in particular helps them to gain further self-confidence for their role in their own company," says

"kfz-betrieb" editor-in-chief Wolfgang Michel.



Christa Mesnaric will open the two-day event with her keynote speech on the topic of "Change Management". This will be followed by the workshops. The topics on offer are "Generational change without conflict", "Car sales 2.0" and the personal development workshop "Are you already leading or still discussing?". Exclusive highlight: On the evening of the first day of the congress, "kfz-betrieb" and Santander Consumer Bank, together with partners Shell Deutschland Schmierstoff and the company Christoph Kroschke, will present the "Junior Award 2012" to the best up-and-coming manager in the automotive industry.



The Junior Congress will take place on:

12/13.10.2012 in Hamburg



Further information about the event can be found at www.junioren-kongress.de, more about the "Junior Award" and the application requirements at www.junioraward.de.



"kfz-betrieb" is the most widely read trade magazine in the automotive industry and has been informing the automotive trade and service sector for over 100 years. "kfz-betrieb" is the official organ of the German Motor Vehicle Trade (ZDK), the professional interest group for around 38,000 car dealerships and workshops. News from the entire automotive industry is available at www.kfz-betrieb.de and in the daily newsletter. The parent company Vogel Business Media is one of the leading German providers of specialist information with over 100 trade journals, over 100 web portals, over 100 business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The company celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2011.