IT’S always nice to be popular – and this year our Car Dealer Conference is certainly proving to be quite a draw.

In fact, because of higher-than-expected demand from attendees and exhibitors, Car Dealer has moved its 2020 Vision Conference from the Heritage Motor Museum in Gaydon to Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire.

The date remains the same – Friday, June 20 – but the change of venue has enabled us to add some great new features to the day. As well as the speakers and exhibitors that we’ve already been proud to announce, there is even more reason for dealers to join us.

Among the main reasons is the excitement and status of Rockingham itself!

The circuit hosts a range of races each year, including the British Touring Car Championship, British F3/GT and the Pickup Truck Racing Championship. And it’s ideally equipped for our event too, with first-class facilities that will provide the perfect setting for the conference.

The superb speakers

• Google will be giving a presentation on the future of intelligent search and how customer research is changing. You’ll find out how you can stay ahead of the competition by offering better search options on your website.

• Lawgistics will be giving you advice on how changes to the Sale of Goods Act will affect car dealers. It will also be putting you in the picture and advising you how not to get caught out by the distance-selling directive when selling vehicles online.

• Performance Communications will be hosting a session on how to counter the threat of negative PR and how to manage your business PR in a crisis. In the world of social media, negative PR can ruin a company such as a car dealership. Performance Communications will be giving advice and guidance on how to address and counteract this potentially destructive problem.

• CAP will be sharing its vision of why data will be even more important in the industry in the future and explaining how you can make the most of this. Data is king and will always remain so. However, customers’ use of that data is changing. You’ll be able to discover what data is important to car dealers and how you can ensure you make this work for your business.

• Kia president and CEO Paul Philpott will explain how the company turned its operation around in the UK. As a brand, Kia has made great strides forward in only a few years. You’ll be able to find out how the company did this and how this can be applied to helping you expand your business.

• Sun Motors will be sharing its vision on the future of online car advertising and why the venture has been launched. Find out how the landscape will change for consumers and dealers in the next few years when they’re selling and buying online.

An excellent expo

We will have more than 40 exhibitors in the expo, sharing their latest innovations and products, all designed to save you time and money or improve your business and bottom-line profits – not just the big names from the industry, but also a number of companies that offer services you may not have heard of before.

These exhibitors all offer something to help improve your business, be it cost reduction, service improvement or enhanced revenue. Make your time work by seeing all the big suppliers to the industry in one place.

Free legal advice

Lawgistics will have the Car Dealer Club lawyers available to help advise on legal issues. Do you have a legal question that needs answering or just need general advice? Lawgistics will have fully-qualified lawyers on its stand available to talk to you on a one-to-one basis.

Catch up with colleagues

You will have the opportunity to network with more than 200 colleagues from around the country, sharing stories, advice and best practice.

The conference is designed to be a relaxed environment with a dedicated networking area to catch up with colleagues throughout the day. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, as well as a constant supply of coffee and tea.