Dallas--As the industry’s educational leaders, NACE and CARS have developed an expanded 2009 conference program delivering a total of 84 sessions (or 138 hours) of compelling and relevant education focused on today’s industry professionals, all for the same cost as 2008.
Timely topics will be offered that teach facility owners and managers how to stay ahead and focus on their businesses during the current economic climate.
The NACE and CARS conference delves into topics that are dealt with by both the mechanical and collision segments of industry professionals on a daily, weekly and annual basis. Sessions will be offered in both 90-minute and 3-hour timeslots.
Tracks include management, vehicle repair (collision), technical (mechanical), women’s professional development, train the trainer, estimating, jobber, auto glass, and the new tracks for lean and heavy-duty truck, due to the overwhelming request from post-show attendee surveys.
Both the upcoming International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) and the Congress of Automotive Repair & Service (CARS) are sponsored by Automotive Service Association (ASA) and located at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Nov. 4-7 during the second annual Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW).
There are NACE-specific and CARS-specific sessions, but registered attendees have access to any session they wish to attend.
The entire conference program was designed to meet the educational needs of today’s professional. With this in mind, all CARS technical sessions have been assigned to three-hour time slots since more detail and instruction is required in order to achieve the level of expectation.
Additional time slots were added to the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday schedules to provide more choices to fit individual agendas.
Management sessions are expected to be the most universal selection among both collision and mechanical professionals. These subjects generally cross the boundary of industry segmentation and pertain to both business models in a similar fashion.
“Each year the conference development and direction is created with the attendees’ needs as the foremost catalyst,” said Ellen Pipkin, Hanley Wood Exhibitions show manager. “But with the economy impacting this industry, special emphasis was given to 2009 topics that would help them keep their businesses vital and competitive.”
“We’ve added five new timeslots to the schedule offering an additional 7.5 hours of education,” Pipkin said. “It is our top priority to provide real knowledge and skills, delivering participants with an immediate take-away that makes their businesses work smarter, better, and more productively.”
For more event details visit www.NACEexpo.com or www.CARSevent.com.
