Australian companies involved in the motorsport and high performance tuning industries may want to check out an interesting discussion forum, next Tuesday night (yes the same night as In Pit Lane) in Melbourne.

The Australian Performance, Racing & Tuning Council have brought together a number of industry experts including Alan Evans (Dyno Dynamics), Nic Cooper (Turbosmart), Steve Broad (Redranger) and Paul Franks (ACP Publications) to be part of a moderated discussion led by Ben Bartlett (AAAA). Issues to be discussed include: affects of new vehicle technology and accompanying Government regulations, export opportunities, new media and marketing strategies, supply chain rationalisation and much more.

Paul Raike, PRTC Convenor, will present an update on a range of nationwide industry issues including emission testing & suspension modifications.

Francisque Savinien - Director of International Sales & Marketing, Performance Racing Industry (USA) – Will speak on key global trends in the automotive high performance and motorsport industries. Francisque will also be speaking about opportunities in the US market in particular utilising the PRI Show in Florida in December 2010.

As well In conjunction with the Victorian State Government, the AAAA has brought a number of high profile Warehouse Distributors of Performance & Motorsport products from the United States. These buyers will be in attendance at this event and will be available for additional meetings in the days following.

For further details go to http://www.aaaa.com.au/data/PRTC_MEL_INVITE2010.pdf.