Mike Anderson of Collision Advice presented "Be Extraordinary."
The second annual Southeast Collision Conference (SCC) ran April 14-15 at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, VA, just north of Richmond, co-hosted by the Washington Metropolitan AutoBody Association (WMABA) and the Carolinas Collision Association (CCA.)
Autobody News' Stacey Phillips attended the show April 14 and provided exclusive coverage.
The trade show floor was sold out and packed with about 50 vendors with more booth space than before, allowing them to bring a more interactive experience with more product demonstrations. Among those vendors were EV start-ups Rivian and Lucid. The education sessions and panel discussions were also more interactive and hands-on where possible.
The collision repair industry gathers for Anderson’s presentation
Jordan Hendler, left, and Josh Kent, right, are the executive directors of the two co-hosting associations, WMABA and CCA, respectively.
Steve Dawson at the Hunter Engineering booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Matthew Caron, Kevin Lombard, Kristina Kolodziej, Nick Hutter, Bonnie Caron and Kathlyn Hastings at the Lombard booth.
Alicia Fairall, left, and Eric Bromly, right, at the Opus IVS booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Avery Canady, Gregory Williams, Blake Harris, Dillon Meacham, Mike Davis and Mike Westmoreland at the Shop Fix/Blue Ridge Color Booth.
Left to right are Josh Armour, Aaron Sworden and Tim Morgan at the Spanesi booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Mike Mac, Chris White and Danny Hacker at the KECO booth.
Laura Gay, left, and Chad Smith, right, at the Consolidation Coach booth.
Robert Gruskos at the RAE booth.
Owen Parker at the ADAS Solutions LLC booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Tim Ronak, Drew Holdren, Michael McCrary and Winston Cover at the AkzoNobel booth.
Ross Whiteley, left, and Chris Bonneau, right, at the SUN Collision booth.
Aaron Schulenburg, left, and Richie Seaberry, right, at the SCRS booth.
Scott Ayers, left, and Danny Gredinburg, right, at the SCRS booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Jacob Autrey, Terry McDaniel, Chris Aktalay and Ken Uyeda at the Axalta booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Jill Michaels, Joe Dorcak, Greg Merritts, Rick Rios and Thaddeous Green at the BASF booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Thomas Brown, Rick Williams, Jennifer Jarzembowski, Rafael Ochoa, Randall Foster, Brad Panichella and Brian Davies from Body Works Plus. Not pictured is Amanda Valmonte.
Chris Sobieski and John Solanoc at the John Bean/Snap-on booth.
Giant Fumero and Sara Nye at the OEConnection booth.
Al Kiepert and Mike Choma at the Mitchell booth.
Nan Jiang at the IST Intech booth.
James Rome at the Rome Acquisition booth.
Joe Maitland, left, and John Benskin, right, at the CAS of New England booth.
Pictured, left to right, are Art Ewing, Keith Egan and Kelly Roberts at the BETAG booth.
Kurt Lammon at the Polyvance booth.
John Pankau, left, and Jesus Munoz, right, at the Solidus booth.
Paul Hill, left, and Jeff Russell, right, at the I-CAR booth.
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Abby Andrews