Southeast Collision Conference Reveals Tradeshow Floorplan; Save Your Seat Today
The Southeast Collision Conference comes to Richmond, Virginia, next week and there’s still time to register and save a seat for Collision Professional Repairer Education Program (P.R.E.P.) education.
SCC released the floor plan for this year’s tradeshow floor, which features more than 40 vendors covering every aspect of the collision repair industry. The tradeshow runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
Education sessions run from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on both days. Attendees will learn about emerging insights in the repairability of advanced vehicles and management for profitability and success. The conference centers around a vibrant tradeshow of vendors, offering cutting-edge business tools and products for the industry.
The lineup kicks off on Friday, May 2, with industry favorite and hometown friend Mike Anderson’s “Stay Humble, Stay Hungry” session, which is followed by an OEM panel discussion lunch-and-learn. Attendees can choose from “Death of the Estimator Role” by Andrew Batenhorst, body shop manager of Pacific BMW, and “Keep it Kleen: The True Cost of Contamination” by Rick Selover, national account manager at Garmat. Rounding out the first day is Danny Gredinberg, administrator at Database Enhancement Gateway, and Kyle Motzkus, trainer/repair planner at Quality Collision Group. They will discuss how to streamline the repair process. Kaye Gitibin, CEO of Go Rentals, will host an informative session on elevating customer service.
Saturday, May 3, starts with two options: Lee Rush, manager of business consulting services at Sherwin-Williams Automotive, hosts “There's Big Money in Workshop Organization” as a critical component of an agile shop and Steve Dawson, mid-Atlantic regional manager for Hunter Engineering, will lead a discussion on the team approach to “Taking the Blind Spots out of ADAS Calibration.”
The lunch-and-learn is about how “Change is Inevitable, Growth is Optional,” featuring Mike Jones, president of Discover Leadership Training. For the final sessions of the conference, repairers can attend an interactive panel discussion with shop owners, led by Anderson, about how to research, perform, and document safety inspections. Taylor Moss, manager of the Repair Intelligence team at OEConnection, will discuss the effects of AI in collision repair and what they can mean for you.
The sessions will inform, engage, and challenge what repairers think about the current and future state of the industry and their place in it. It will present opportunities to implement new strategies to improve business operations and the way repairers interact with the larger industry segments.
The 4th annual conference is held in the Greater Richmond Convention Center. For more information about the Collision P.R.E.P. schedule or to register, visit the SCC page here.
