2024-4-10-Education/Marketing Meeting notes

   CIECA 500 Westover Dr  #11617; Sanford,  NC  27330 

Date

Apr 10, 2024

Chair: Don Porter

Agenda

Antitrust Statement

• This meeting is subject to the terms of our anti-trust statement shown above. In addition, this meeting will be recorded. 

• Review and approval of minutes

• CIECA Webinars

• CONNEX:

  • Agenda, number of speakers before and after lunch

  • Sponsors

  • Speakers

Meeting Minutes

• The antitrust was read and the minutes were approved.

• CIECA Webinars:

  • April: Architecture Committee will be giving an update on CAPIS. Speakers include Architecture Chair Dan Webster, Enlyte; Andy Bober from Entegral; and Jeff Schroder and Mike Hastings from Car-Part.com. Paul and Paulette are working with the speakers to prepare the presentation.

  • We started off the year really strong with webinar presenters and then we had one cancel and some of the other presenters are going to take part in CONNEX instead, which left some openings to fill.

  • Pete Tagliapietra from DataTouch offered to present on data privacy and security.

  • Reached out to CCC about having them present about their Crash Course findings. Bart Mazurek may present.

  • We talked to Rav Mendiratta from Propel about presenting about AI fundamentals. He is tentatively scheduled on May 16. Rav leads AI workshops for small business owners.

  • Nick Dominato from I-CAR agreed to present but no data has been set yet.

  • Arif Rafiq has offered to present on data usage and we’re going to set up a meeting to discuss the topic.

  • Others on the list of possibilities that have been reached out to include Doug Hamilton from the American Battery Technology Company, representatives from Peachtree Corners, Solera, and the Transportation Research Center in Ohio.

  • We’ve talked to Joshua Thompson from GM Financial regarding sharing information about OnStar and he asked us to wait a month until some legal issues about sharing information are resolved.

  • We met with Michael Lastuka, the OEM automotive industry liasion from State Farm and he was going to find out if he or Chris Evans might be available.

  • OEMs: we’ve reached out to representatives from Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz, GM, Audi and BMW.

  • We met with Ronald Trozzo from Tesla and he seemed interested in presenting and was going to reach out for permission.

  • Jeff Wildman had suggested topics regarding AR/VR, 3D printing and EV battery materials and we’ve reached out to talk to him about the contacts for all three.

  • Pat Blech at OEC seemed interested in presenting.

  • Linda Gaines from Argonne National Lab has been contacted to present about some of the research she is doing regarding battery materials.

  • The PR firm for Opus IVS reached out with some information about EV collision claims and I asked if someone might want to present during a webinar. They suggested Frank Terlep might be available. I explained that we have a good relationship with him and would typically reach out directly.

  • Rav reached out to the VP at AutoZone to ask if he might be interested in presenting about AI. He leads the commercial side of the business. We let Rav know that we would be happy to set up a meeting with him if it’s helpful.

• CONNEX Overview

  • Theme: Intersection of Data & Mobility

  • Date: September 24 & 25

  • Hotel: MGM Grand Detroit in Detroit, MI

  • Tour: American Center of Mobility

  • Emcee: Bill Garroutte

• CONNEX Sponsors

  • With the new sponsorship model this year, we have two platinum sponsors, OEC and IAA, and one gold sponsor, http://Car-Part.com.

• CONNEX Agenda

  • We discussed the number of speakers we should have during the conference. Don asked how many minutes we are planning for presentations and Paul said it’s typically 40-45 minutes. Don suggested reducing the speaking time and having 30-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon and maybe an hour and a half at lunch. Jeff agreed and said it gives time to get something to drink or go to the restroom and still have time for networking. Kim thought we had time for networking with the schedule last year.

• CONNEX Speakers

  • Confirmed speakers include:

    • Greg Horn, PartsTrader, will provide an industry update.

    • American Center for Mobility will provide one or two speakers.

    • Emil Nusbaum, Vice President of Strategy, Government and Regulatory Affairs at ARA will discuss EVs, hybrids and batteries.

    • Richard Mueller, DTE Energy, will talk about the how EVs will impact the grid.

    • Michael Anderson, Guidewire, will participate in a panel discussion focused on Digital Claims.

    • Paul Barry will present on The Anatomy of an API

    • We’re still trying to confirm a meeting with Harold Sears and Mario Dimovski who we asked to talk about the 3D Printing Auto Repair Task Force and 3D printing initiatives taking place in automotive.

    • We asked Michael Giarrizzo from DCR Systems, a CIECA member company, to be part of a panel discussion with an OEM and insurer. His company developed a digital claims portal and he is one of the more progressive collision repair businesses in the industry.

  • Potential speakers:

    • We had several submissions from paid speakers. Details can be found in the minutes.

    • Tara at the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) believes she has a prior commitment but will confirm.

    • OEMs

      • Chris Wallace, Ford

      • Ronald Trozzo, Tesla

      • John Eck, GM

      • Benito Cid, Mercedes-Benz

      • Mark Allen, Audi

      • Mark Buffa and Jeff Bengstrom, Stellantis

      • Marco Sanchez, BMW

    • Ohio Transportation Research Center representative

    • We’ve reached out to Michael Lastuka from State Farm to speak or possibly Chris Evans.

    • Pat Blech, the new head of advanced repair technologies from OEC

    • Kims shared two contacts from Duck Creek and they are interested in learning about about the conference and potentially speaking.

    • Kim talked to Jeff Lauman at Enterprise about sharing information about AI and he is able to present. She has heard him present to multiple groups about AI and she said he does a great job explaining what it is. Kim will set up a time for us to meet over the next couple of weeks. Rav was interested in what he will talking about since he will also share information about AI during the May webinar.

    • Jeff suggested having one of their color designers, Liz, talk about automotive color trends and how they might impact radar and Lidar issues. She is based in Michigan. He was also going to share a contact about EV battery materials. Since BASF is located in Michigan, we suggested having one presentation during CONNEX where BASF is able to share some of the initiatives they are taking in different areas (3D printing, EV battery materials, the impact of colors on radar and lidar, and AR/VR)

    • Linda Gaines at Argonne National Labs might be available to share information about EV battery materials.

    • LexisNexis has been contacted again about presenting.

    • AI: Rav looked into possible AI presenters and his contacts were outside of the collision space, including a contact at AutoZone. He researched some companies in the collision industry, including Marcel Horstmann from Tractable and Summit Chauhan from Cerebrum X who spoke during a CIECA Webinar. We invited Rav to set up a meeting to discuss his background in AI. Kim suggested a speaker who can provide an overview of AI and will reach out. Paul would like us to share information about how AI works rather than the implementation of it.

    • Paul said one of the goals of the conference is to try and bridge the gap between business and technical people. He said it would be good to have a couple of sessions tackling a technical subject in layman’s terms.

    • Jeff said he has a BASF contact who might be able to discuss EV battery materials in Detroit.

  • Possible topics:

    • AI

    • EVs and hybrids/batteries

    • OEM insurance/telematics-we can ask board next week

    • OEM panel

    • Data privacy-Rav suggested that Tesla and/or GEICO might be able to share information about driving statistics and data/data privacy. A couple of years ago, he heard an insurance aggregator using past data to provide better rates depending on the miles driven. He said that about six months ago, Tesla opened their APIs. He said data is going to become even more important with EVs. Kelly said that as a consumer she would want reassurance that it’s not going to be used irresponsibly or maliciously.

Great meeting everyone. Thank you for your participation. Have a great week!

Up Next

• Antitrust Agreement and Meeting minutes acceptance

Action items

• Stacey will reach out to Pete for ideas on other speakers who might be able to share information about data privacy.

• Paul invited the committee to reach out with other speaker suggestions.

Decisions

Participants

• @Stacey Phillips - Facilitator

• @Paul Barry

• Kelly Lawlor

• Kim DeVallance Caron

• Rav Mendiratta

• Sandy Blalock

• Greg Best

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