Photo Gallery: On the Scene at the 2026 Southeast Collision Conference
The annual Southeast Collision Conference, a partnership of the Carolina's Collision Association and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association, held its 2026 event in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area April 23-24, at the Embassy Suites in Concord following the Collision Industry Conference the day before. Attendees were treated to a trade show Thursday and Friday morning, a keynote speech by FenderBender Columnist Mike Anderson of Collision Advice, and educational sessions both days covering technical and operations topics ranging from corrosion protection to tactics for getting paid.
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Jay Sicht
Editor-in-Chief, FenderBender and ABRN
Jay Sicht is editor-in-chief of FenderBender and ABRN. He has worked in the automotive aftermarket for more than 29 years, including in a number of sales and technical support roles in paint/parts distribution and service/repair. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Central Missouri with a minor in aviation, and as a writer and editor, he has covered all segments of the automotive aftermarket for more than 20 of those years, including formerly serving as editor-in-chief of Motor Age and Aftermarket Business World. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
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