Advanced Driver Assistance Systems are a safety critical requirement to ensure a safe repair that protects the car driver, the technician and the workshop from the consequences of a poor repair causing a second accident. We discuss the technology and the required repair methods to ensure you can accurately apply international best practice standards in your business.

This session is an absolute must for any business owner or manager who is insuring or repairing ADAS repaired cars today without the knowledge, training and processes to protect them from future liabilities.

Speaker:

Aydin Almassian, Product and Technical Manager, Lifecycle Solutions, Hella Middle East FZE

Leaders and pioneers across many industry sectors are now harnessing the power of data to implement AI enabled operations into their businesses. We ask a panel of experts the big questions like; How well is the Automotive Industry adopting AI compared to other industries? What areas of the Automotive Industry are being impacted by AI already? And more specifically; What are the benefits of today’s AI enabled, digital and automated solutions, over traditional manual operations, for car drivers, insurance companies, workshops, bodyshops and the collision repair supply chain?

This session is an absolute must for any business owner or manager who wants to learn about how AI is now being used in real world automotive operations across the region today,  what they need to do to position their business to be ready for the AI enabled world and how that will support win-win solutions by providing increased operational efficiencies for all.

Panel speakers:

Ebrahim Sakhnini, General Manager, Bahrain Insurance Association
Maher El Ghailani, Area Managing Director, MENAT (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey & Azerbaijan), Solera-Audatex
Rob Carlton, Global Senior Vice President – Sales, Nybl
Maria Razmustova, Deputy CEO, Legal & Compliance, Claims at Liva Insurance

Before you can grow successfully you need to have a sustainable, scalable, reliable, and more importantly, profitable business model. So many businesses want to grow to make more profit, yet there is more profit in what they already do, but the opportunity leaks away throughout the repair process. We discuss how you can get more profit from what you do now, without needing to invest what it would take to grow, meaning you get the desired increases more easily and much quicker.

This session is a must for any business owner or manager who wants to make more profit from what they do now or wants to mitigate the effect of reduced work volumes.

Panel speakers:

Stephen Louis, Founder and Owner, Venn Automotive
Graham Threlfall, Global Key Account Manager - Vehicle Refinishes, AkzoNobel
Andrew Tindall, Commercial Director, INDASA

Data is the new oil and this is driving digital connectivity down through all business levels. In the very near future, everything will be connected to everything, but will you be part of the new global, regional and local ecosystem…. And what will be the consequences if you aren’t? We show how you can get started or how you can accelerate your digitisation journey, take away a plan for the next steps and benefit from future proofing your business.

This session is an absolute most for any business owner or manager who wants to get away from manual spreadsheets, T cards and other analogue processes and spend more time repairing cars and future proofing their business by ensuring they remain connected to the industry and the customer.

Speakers:

Sanel Hodžić, Founder and Owner, Cyber Automotive Solutions
Naseef Umar, Founder and Owner, Autosmart Technology