As the industry’s educational leaders, the Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) and the Congress of Automotive Repair & Service (CARS) have developed an expanded 2009 conference program delivering a total of 84 sessions (or 138 hours) of education focused on today’s industry professionals – all for the same cost as 2008.
The sessions will feature timely topics 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 three-hour timeslots. Tracks include management, vehicle repair (collision), technical (mechanical), women’s professional development, train the trainer, estimating, jobber, auto glass, and the all new tracks for lean and heavy duty truck –- due to the overwhelming request from post-show attendee surveys.
Both the upcoming NACE and CARS shows are sponsored by Automotive Service Association (ASA) and co-located at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 4-7, during the second annual Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW).
There are NACE-specific and CARS-specific sessions, but any registered attendee has access to any session he or she wishes 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 timeslots since more detail and instruction is required in order to achieve the level of expectation. Additional timeslots were added to the Thursday, Friday and Saturday overall 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.
For more event details visit www.NACEexpo.com or www.CARSevent.com.
