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2021 Call for Presentations |
2021 Call for Presentations: NIADA Convention & Expo | August 23-26, 2021 | San Antonio, TX
The NIADA Convention Planning Committee invites you to submit a proposal for an education breakout session for the NIADA Convention & Expo, now scheduled for August 23-26, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas. The official convention hotel is the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter and the convention will take place at the Henry B. González Convention Center. The August date will provide much needed time for millions more Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, allowing us to put on a robust, well-attended, in-person event befitting the association’s 75th anniversary.
We are looking for sessions that will give attendees the skills, knowledge, and motivation to grow their businesses and increase their profits. Per NIADA’s Convention Planning Committee, there will be three primary education tracks: Retail (including subprime), Buy Here Pay Here, and Service. Submissions related to these activities will be given priority. Other topics of interest include alternative ownership models, online approval processes (specifically, BHPH), recall awareness and mitigation, reconditioning best practices, inventory acquisition, and aftermarket parts.
Those chosen to present at the NIADA Convention & Expo must agree to the following:
We are looking for sessions that will give attendees the skills, knowledge, and motivation to grow their businesses and increase their profits. Per NIADA’s Convention Planning Committee, there will be three primary education tracks: Retail (including subprime), Buy Here Pay Here, and Service. Submissions related to these activities will be given priority. Other topics of interest include alternative ownership models, online approval processes (specifically, BHPH), recall awareness and mitigation, reconditioning best practices, inventory acquisition, and aftermarket parts.
Those chosen to present at the NIADA Convention & Expo must agree to the following:
- Topics should address the issues that dealers find most challenging in their day-to-day operations.
- The committee is open to single speakers and panels. No more than two speakers or three panelists and a moderator per session.
- Sessions must be commercial-free and vendor neutral.
- Sessions should be approximately 50 minutes in length.
- Presentations should engage the attendees, not just speak to the audience.
- Presenters must abide by all deadlines set by NIADA Convention Staff.
- Presenting at the NIADA Convention & Expo is done on a voluntary, unpaid basis. Speakers/panelists will be required to pay for their own travel, lodging and meals. NIADA will provide a complimentary registration to the Convention & Expo for all presenters. A special registration code will be provided to each speaker/panelist for registration purposes.
- PowerPoint presentations are encouraged, but not required. If a PowerPoint presentation will be used, presenters must use the approved NIADA Convention & Expo PowerPoint slide template. The template will be provided at the time the session is approved.