2024 VMA - MCASC - NCMA Regional Meeting DOWNLOADABLES

Tuesday, August 27

Speakers:
 - Peter Pantuso, ABA
 - Ken Presley, UMA
 - Clifton Willey, FMCSA

Wednesday, August 28

8:30am – 9:30am

Tourism Focus - Kickstart Connections: Newcomer Welcome

8:30am – 10:00am

Operator Focus - Equipment Updates - ABC, Daimler, MCI, National Bus Sales, Prevost, & TEMSA

12:15pm – 12:45 /
12:45pm - 1:45pm

Unlock the potential of your business by merging passion with purpose. This dynamic combination fosters innovation, driving your business to new heights. Passion fuels creativity and vision, while purpose ensures alignment with meaningful goals. Together, they create a powerful synergy that inspires groundbreaking ideas and sustainable growth. Elevate your business impact by harnessing the full power of passion and purpose.

Lunch Sponsor: Motor Coach Industries

2:00pm – 3:15pm

Tourism Focus - Marketing & AI for Tourism - Chris Riddell

AI is a powerful tool that is reshaping every aspect of our businesses and our lives. In this session we will talk about how this tool is helping shape the tourism industry and what frontiers it is opening for new, better, more streamlined paths to profitably!

2:00pm – 3:15pm

Operator Focus - Coach Display Visitation and State Police Inspection Demo 

Vehicles on Display from: Daimler, MCI, National Bus Sales, Prevost, & TEMSA
Virginia State Police  Safety Division:  Senior Trooper Larry C. Dowdy & Senior Trooper James R. Street

3:20pm – 4:10pm

Tourism Focus - A Semiquincentennial - A Celebration 250 years in the Making.
Engaging in your regional America 250 events

Moderator:  Julie Levengood, Tuscarawas CVB
Guests:  Cheryl Wilson, VA250 Executive Director /  Mike Frontiero, VA250 Chief Communications Officer 

3:20pm – 4:10pm

Operator Focus - The State of Engines Today
Speakers: Kevin Shaw - Cummins, Robert Hitt - Prevost

5:10pm– 6:00pm

Tourism Focus - 5 "Ss" to Tourism Success - Stephan Cote

Achieve excellence in tourism with these five essential "S" ingredients. Learn how to deliver exceptional experiences, embrace friendly practices from the lessons you've learned, captivate audiences with compelling stories, ensure guest well-being, and collaborate with local communities. Integrate these elements to elevate your tourism business and create lasting success.

5:10pm– 6:00pm

Operator Focus - Driver Behavior: How much risk is too much? - Mike McDonal, Saucon Technologies
In monitoring driver behavior, how much risk are you willing to assume and what actions do you take?

Thursday, August 29

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Business Session - VMA

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Business Session - MCASC

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Business Session - NCMA