Robots Loose in the Streets - GRAND RAPIDS 

Automated Driver Assistance Programs ADAS - A look at all of the technologies that you need to be able to service

• ·        A brief overview of sensors with an in-depth look at how they work within their systems.
• ·        Networked, distributed computing enables ADAS how does it work?
• ·        Critical inputs for proper operation and how you should approach them.
• ·        Seeing eye cars with telepathy - Not science fiction; science now.
• ·        Is ICE Dead? Where do EV's fit in the ecosystem?

Telematics - The internet of Everything and how it affects repair shops

• ·        Telematics is the ability to send and receive data and all that that implies. 
• ·        Shops have new risk and opportunity associated with having vehicles like these in their facilities - How do we protect ourselves and our customers?
• ·        The Center Stack is the new frontier to be able to reach out to customers - apps and messaging are not just for dealers. 
• ·        Vehicles will be able to do more things than you can imagine - How will cars interact with the world around them?

Policy and Self-Driving Cars

Keeping the genie in the bottle and not allowing someone else to take control is the core issue that OE’s, policy makers, aftermarket and dealer associations are struggling with -

• ·        How are independent technicians going to be able to access vehicle information?
• ·        What are the current impediments to self-driving cars? 
• ·        What are the current definitions and time lines for autonomous driving cars?
• ·        NHTSA, DOT and other interesting acronyms.