Originally uploaded September 22, reloaded October 5th.
Wednesday, September 17th, MBN was on the road to Detroit for CAR - the Center for Automotive Research's  60th annual Management Briefing Seminars. The event moved from The Grand Traverse Resort & Spa to Michigan Central the refurbished railroad hub in the city.

This interview was with President Dr. Robert McMahan, Kettering University, Flint, MI.

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Overview of CAR MBS & 2025 Edition:

The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) returns with its flagship Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) 2025, scheduled for September 15–17 in Detroit, hosted in the iconic Michigan Central Station. This relocation signals a bold renewal, marrying automotive heritage with forward-looking mobility innovation.
The MBS platform is built to convene leaders across original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), suppliers, mobility services, government, and infrastructure, enabling connection at the nexus of policy, technology, and business strategy.

CAR’s 2025 tagline—“a new era, a new home”—underscores the intent to redefine expectation. MBS is positioning itself not merely as an industry conference, but as a decision-making engine: the place where executives, strategists, and policymakers gather to debate the future of mobility under one roof.

Content will explore major disruptions in the sector: electrification, autonomous systems, infrastructure, regulatory reform, and sustainable business models. Panel sessions and keynotes will examine how shifting global competition, supply chain sovereignty, and policy uncertainty challenge legacy businesses — and empower new entrants.

The agenda promises curated sessions across themes: policy and regulation, technology foresight, industry transformation, and strategic planning. CAR will deliver resources through the Whova app and partner portals — slides, video, and supplemental materials — ensuring attendees can revisit content long after the event.

Selecting Detroit and Michigan Central Station is deeply symbolic. It reflects a belief in returning to the roots of American mobility while leaning into reinvention. The venue choice embodies the tension the industry faces: honoring legacy while disrupting its own foundations.

For businesses and stakeholders, MBS 2025 offers several tangible value propositions:

Policy Intelligence: gain insights into regulatory trends, infrastructure planning, and legislative shifts critical to mobility investments.

Strategic Exposure: thought leadership, scenario planning, and competitive benchmarking beyond daily operations.

Network Leverage: depth of access — from OEM C-suite to technology firms to government actors — opening doors for partnerships, investment, and collaboration.

Content Longevity: recorded keynotes, slides, and materials will endure, making MBS a reference resource, not just a live event.

Ecosystem Alignment: bringing together fragmented actors in mobility to foster alignment around standards, strategy, and shared goals.

Challenges remain. The agenda is still in flux, meaning attendees must remain adaptable. Logistics of Detroit, legacy industry expectations, and maintaining inclusion for smaller firms will require careful curation and execution by CAR.

In short, MBS 2025 aims to be more than a conference — it wants to be a turning point in mobility strategy. By marrying Detroit’s symbolism with future-forward content, CAR seeks to reset how the auto/ mobility ecosystem convenes, defines direction, and collectively moves forward in an era of rapid transformation.

MBN On The Road | President Dr. Robert McMahan, Kettering  - CAR - 60th Management Briefing Seminars

Join Dr. Robert Williamson and your host, Bill Davis, as they discuss Robert's new book Reading the Bible with Brueggemann. Together they’ll dive into some of Dr. Brueggemann’s famous and lesser known works and why they matter for the church today.

"Reading the Bible with Brueggemann" can be ordered at https://store.acupressbooks.com/products/reading-the-bible-with-brueggemann

Reading Theologically with Robert Williamson

This LP of Javanese court gamelan, featuring enthralling, interwoven clusters of gongs, xylophones, drums, suling flute, rebab violin and eerie voices, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/11/indonesia-javanese-court-gamelan-volume.html

Javanes Court Gamelan - Gending Bonang Babar Layar

This recording captures memories of the ferry crossings over the River Tay from Fife to Dundee before the Tay Road Bridge opened in 1966.
Ferries have plied the Tay for hundreds of years. In this area there were four main services: Balmerino, Woodhaven, Seamills (Newport) to Dundee, and Ferryport-on-Craig (Tayport) to Broughty Ferry. Competition was fierce, especially between Woodhaven and Seamills, and early ferries were unsafe, irregular, and overcrowded.
After a tragic accident in 1815 claiming 18 lives, regulation and improvements followed. The Tay Ferry Trustees took over in 1819, reducing the number of boats, selecting reliable crews, introducing tickets, and establishing regular sailings.
The introduction of the steamship Union in 1821 transformed the service. By 1822, Newport became the primary crossing point, and new piers designed by Thomas Telford and Robert Stevenson in 1823 improved safety and efficiency.
The final ferry crossing took place on 18 August 1966, shortly after the Tay Road Bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The Scotscraig carried some 200 passengers on the historic last trip, marking the end of an era fondly remembered by locals.

Ambulance by Ferry across the Tay before the Road Bridge

Eastern Voices work in progress

2000 club mix (feat. Sebilikmik90)

Siker és életbölcsességek, Koltai Róbert - Cross GPS 2025. 11. 18.

“Memoirs of Miles” es un homenaje profundo al legado de Robert Miles, creador de melodías eternas que definieron una era.
En esta versión, RAGEMPA transforma la nostalgia del piano original en una atmósfera melódica, oscura y trance, donde cada nota busca conectar memoria y emoción.
Un viaje diseñado para sentir, recordar y perderse en el sonido.

“Memoirs of Miles” is a heartfelt tribute to Robert Miles, the genius behind melodies that marked an entire generation.
In this version, RAGEMPA blends nostalgia and emotion into a dark, melodic trance atmosphere, turning the iconic piano essence into a new immersive experience.
A journey to remember, feel, and drift away.

Memoirs of Milles

Memoirs Of Miles (Melodic Dark Trance • Tribute to Robert Miles)

Tnx Bro - work in progress

Les Orchestrate Rues De Berlin

Fake Real Figures

Desert Freak Dancing On The Mountain Cloud

Santa Got His Drummachine-Sampler-something-bla 24.12. II - work in progress

Our Sonic Museum project will build an audio collection highlighting the cultural, human, and natural wealth, history, and diversity of communities across North East Fife and the East Neuk – a digital storehouse of land, sea and people stories. The Sonic Museum will allow collaborations with heritage, community groups and arts organisations, encourage community involvement, and allow people to learn new skills, produce podcasts, write, perform and explore their creativity.

Recent funding from the Community Learning and Development Device Fund managed by SCVO has led the charity to develop a new initiative called The Sonic Museum. A field recording lending resource (comprising 12 professional digital field recording kits) allows communities to explore the impact of sound on our lives, capture memories, nature soundscapes, songs and sonic postcards. Four pilots are underway with the Youth Ambassadors affiliated with Balmerino, Gauldry, Kilmany and Logie Community Council, St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden, and volunteers from Kilmany Parish Hall in the remote village of Rathillet and the Hamlet of Collessie. 

We have also started a collaboration with the Fife Writes Charity, a peer support group for published and unpublished writers. This new collaboration will further enhance the Sonic Museum's content, allowing members to record spoken word, short stories, poetry, and audio plays that bring landscape, history, and heritage to life.

RAGEMPA es un artista cuyo viaje musical comenzó en 1992, cuando tocó el piano por primera vez y descubrió, sin saberlo, una pasión que marcaría toda su vida. Formado de manera completamente autodidacta, evolucionó desde el mundo del piano hasta convertirse en DJ y productor, desarrollando un estilo propio con una identidad inconfundible.

Especializado en Techno House underground, RAGEMPA crea música diseñada para clubes europeos, fusionando energía, emoción y una estética sonora actual. Su sonido combina atmósferas intensas, bajos contundentes y un enfoque creativo que hace que cada pista tenga personalidad propia.

📍 Residente en Barcelona
🎧 Productor & DJ – Techno House / Techno / House
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The Home of Business in Michigan. Get on-demand access to audio programs, articles and resources presented by savvy business leaders and industry experts.

In this podcast reboot, our new host the Rev. Bill Davis gathers a diverse group of friends, mentors and colleagues for conversations around spirituality, leadership, theology, and much more. Topics are current and fresh, and the conversation is always engaging.

New tracks tagged #robert