ARLINGTON, Va. (Dec. 23, 2014) — ‘Fueling the Future' will be the theme of the American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council's 2015 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, to be held Feb. 16-19 in Nashville.
The event will highlight important discussions about fuel economy standards, alternate fuels, asset utilization and tire deployment strategies, the TMC said.
Among the highlights of the 2015 meeting will be:
- “Green Trucks, Green Shops, Green Incentives,” a discussion of how to develop and implement an alternate fuel vehicle program;
- “Maximizing Asset Utilization: A Fleet-Service Provider Dialogue,” an examination of outsourced vehicle maintenance;
- TMC Study Group sessions on topics ranging from low-rolling resistance tires to heavy-duty vehicle fuel-economy testing; and
- An exhibit hall with nearly 400 exhibitors displaying the latest in industry technology, including for the first time an Alternate Fuels Pavilion.
Featured speaker Donald Broughton, chief market strategist for Avondale Partners, will provide a “bottoms-up” differentiated dissection of the U.S. economy and financial markets.
The event will be hald at Nashville's Music City Center. First-time attendees are eligible for discounts on registration, the TMC said, as well as those who register before Jan. 23.
For more information on the TMC's 2015 Annual Meeting, go to tmc.trucking.org or call 703-838-1763.
The TMC is a technical society for truck equipment technology and maintenance professionals and comprises equipment managers, service-dealers, owner-operators, industry suppliers and manufacturers, educators, academia and others that support the trucking industry.
