Overdrive in ’25! AASPI Annual Conference & Virtual Trade Show Expo – S IL

8:00am Check In/Breakfast
8:30am Presentation of the Colors/Pledge/National Anthem
8:35am AASPI Welcome & Sponsor Recognition
8:50am Opening Speaker, Mike Anderson, Collision Advice, Parts Best Practices
10:05am BREAK
10:15am Workshop Sessions, pre-selected with one to be broadcast and others available via recorded link: Tom Zoebelein, Vaultoniq, From Dent to Delivery, Automating Your Body Shop with AI; Pete Tagliapietra, DataTouch, Are You Unknowingly Contributing to the Industry’s Dirty Little Estimating Data Secret? And a P-Pages AI Estimate Demo; Matt DiFrancesco, High Lift Financial, Building Value to Exit on Your Terms; Carl Dumele, Aeromotive Services, Inc., Technologies Impact on Evaluating Wire Damage
10:15am LEGISLATOR SESSION, Erica Eversman, J.D., Automotive Education & Policy Institute, Understanding the Practical Impact of Conflicts Between Insurance Laws and Consumer Protection Requirements
11:15am Featured Speaker, Cole Strandberg, Focus Investment Banking, The Era of the Single-Store Generalist Body Shop is Coming to an End
12:05pm BREAK/Lunch Pick Up
12:15pm Lunch & Learn Panel, Mike Anderson, Collision Advice, Developing the Talent Pipeline and Building Apprenticeship Programs in the Collision Repair Industry: Octavio Cavazos, College of Lake County; Jon Ross, Parkland College; Brandon Eckenrode, CREF; Cole Strandberg, Focus Investment Banking; Dara Goroff, I-CAR; Jennifer Maher, TechForce Foundation; Mike Barna, Arlington Toyota Collision Center; TBD, Student Apprentice
1:45pm BREAK/Snack
2:00pm Featured Speaker, Yanni Koutmous, EagleMMS, Inflation and Margins Analysis of Materials in the Collision Industry and What YOU Can Do About It
3:00pm Trade Show Expo Virtual
3:35pm BREAK
3:45pm Closing Panel, Mike Anderson, Collision Advice, Crashing the System: Consumer Advocacy in Collision Repair’s Wild Midwest; Erica Eversman, J.D., Automotive Education & Policy Institute; Wade Ebert, American Auto Body; Ken Klein, Consumers’ Automotive Detective; Alex Simmons, Collision Safety Consultants of IL; Drew Plischke, Gold Coast Auto Body
4:45pm, President’s Closing
5:00pm The End