Event registration is available by clicking here. On this page, visitors have the option of registering electronically or downloading a fax-back form.

Hotel reservations at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, Rosemont, Ill. can be made by clicking here. The AASA Vision Conference 2010 room rate of $129 per night and guaranteed room availability expire on Friday, Feb. 22, 2010.

More information about speakers and the conference program are available here.

Conference highlight include:

• Sales Force Panel Discussion, “What Channel Partners Expect:” Jack Cameron, vice president, member services and programs, AASA, moderater; panelists – David Barbeau, vice president global independent aftermarket business unit, Delphi Product & Service Solutions; Jeff Brekke, president, N.A. automotive aftermarket, The Gates Corp.; Jim Duckworth, president, Quaker City Motor Parts (NAPA); Tim Lee, President, Lang Distributing, Inc.; and Roger McCollum, president, N.A. Williams Co.
• Mark Saxonberg, manager - environment, health, safety and service support, industry and government relations at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., “Building Brand Loyalty through Outstanding Service Support in the Aftermarket”
• Keynote presentations by Larry Magee of Bridgestone/Firestone; Eric Hurst, Ph.D., professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; and Mike Hanley of Ernst & Young, “Driving Business Success in these Dynamic Times”
• OptiCat – panel of AASA member executives will discuss why they support the supplier-centric electronic catalog model
• “Member Spotlights,” featuring innovative business solutions at AASA supplier member companies
• Government affairs discussion led by Ann Wilson, senior vice president of government affairs, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA)

AASA Vision Conference 2010: “Know Your Parts,” exclusive to AASA member companies, will kick-off with a Welcome Reception on the evening of Tuesday, March 16, following meetings of the AASA Board of Governors and AASA councils.

The program will begin on Wednesday morning, March 17, with keynote addresses by aftermarket channel partners, best practice presentations by members and panel discussions of trends and challenges affecting automotive aftermarket suppliers.

Ernst & Young is the premier sponsor of the AASA Vision Conference 2010.