Ex-Autobytel boss in AM conference speaker line-up Former Autobytel UK chairman Kevin Turnbull completes the speaker line-up at AM's spring conference on June 7, the day after the AM100 dinner. Both events are at the Belfry Hotel, Wishaw, near Birmingham, where delegates can watch the England v Argentina World Cup match on widescreen TV during the lunch break.

At the conference - entitled Dealers are dead: how to prosper as a 21st century automotive retailer - Turnbull will set out the challenges facing the franchised sector.

Christopher Macgowan, SMMT chief executive, is the conference chairman.

Other speakers are Lookers executive chairman Fred Maguire (RMI president from this week), Ford of Britain chairman Roger Putnam, former Reg Vardy and RAC executive Graeme Potts, iSky chief operating officer Wendy Jones and De Vere Hotels and Leisure director Nick Turner. For bookings and information, call Sue White on 01733 468272.