Welcome!  We are pleased you decided to attend the second best-attended Auto Internet Roundtable in our history.  Perhaps this attendance is one of those “green shoots” for the economy.  Our team has brought together some of the thought and action leaders of the industry.

This year’s Roundtable has been molded based on your feedback.  You will see that the order panels roughly follows the consumer shopping process, from building consideration to a look at emerging new services.  And we have asked each panel to concluded their session with at least one idea that can be implemented tomorrow to improve the business.  Let’s listen for those.

We want this Roundtable to be as interactive as possible.  Each presentation will have the traditional Q&A session with cards, but we also invite you to Tweet questions (#JDPAIRT).  And any of our associates can get your input to be addressed privately or from the stage.

We’ll be checking in and reporting on this blog and Twitter (@jdpowerinternet) throughout the Roundtable and after. Your opinions and observations are the ones that shape this and future events, making them just as relevant, timely and informative as we think you’ll find the next few days to be.

We welcome the collaboration of Jumpstart Automotive Group, Reply! Inc., Specific Media, eBay, Vibrant Media, Cobalt Group, AOL, AutoTrader and Dealer.com. These companies have all contributed to the success of this Roundtable. A special thanks to all of our speakers and moderators for sharing their insight with all of us.

We look forward to providing a platform for you to learn and contribute leading edge ideas.  So that we can bring the customer back to the auto market.