Sema Show Daily 2018

Don’t Miss the IDEAS Collide Showcase!
For those still coordinating travel
arrangements for the 2018 SEMA
Show, you’re going to want to make
sure you budget plenty of time for
Friday events.
In addition to great Friday mainstays
such as SEMA Ignited, the Society
of Collision Repair Specialists
(SCRS) has announced the launch of
the IDEAS Collide Showcase, which
is quickly becoming one of the most
anticipated events in the collision
industry.
The IDEAS Collide Showcase will
highlight visionary disruption and
solution in the collision repair industry,
and serves as the newest extension
of the association’s ever-evolving
Repairer Driven Education series.
The two-hour-long session will run
from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. on Friday,
November 2, and will feature
10 fast-paced presentations designed
to stimulate thought, innovation and
resolution of business challenges with
brash, outspoken and thought-provoking
concepts from thought leaders
both in and out of the industry.
Meet and hear from captivating
individuals, concept-driven startups
and tenured companies with an eye
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The two-hour-long IDEAS Collide Showcase will run from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 2.
on the future—all of whom will take
center stage and present innovative
ideas, business models and concepts
that have the potential to revolutionize
the future of the collision repair
industry.
“The concept behind the event
was developed with an emphasis on
breaking away from how we believe
the industry needs to operate, and
exploring concepts and business solutions
that have the potential to create
real paradigm shifts in the businesses
we serve,” said Brett Bailey, vice chairman
of SCRS.
The presentation subject matter will
focus on either industry disruption or
industry solution:
• Industry disruption will rattle the
status quo with ambitious ideas that
have a transformative effect on the
industry. From conceptual alternatives
to existing business models,
technological advancements that will
shake up the automotive aftermarket
landscape, to changing the consumer
expectation of what is possible, this
segment is certain to leave heads
spinning with possibility.
• Industry solutions would offer conceptual
keys to resolving existing
market challenges, business consid-
erations, resources and
solutions that stem from,
or can be implemented
by, great minds within the
industry.
“We’ve really put an
emphasis in our Repairer
Driven Education sessions
on being practical,
tangible solutions to
bettering your business,”
said Aaron Schulenburg,
SCRS executive director.
“The IDEAS Collide
Showcase is really poised
to counter that by also celebrating
thinking that breaks past the practical
and explores what could be. We
sought dreamers, idealists, big thinkers
and people with a passion for promoting
change for the better within
the industry. Not every idea may resonate,
but they should all make you
think and inspire the audience to
consider what could be in the future
state of our industry.”
Those interested in securing
seats in the inaugural event can
do so in advance of the Show at
www.scrs.com/rde, or at on-site
registration desks.
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