A presentation to bring independent repair professionals up to state of the art.

Automated Driver Assistance Programs ADAS – A look at all of the technologies that you need to be able to service

• A brief overview of sensors with an in-depth look at how they work within their systems.
• Networked, distributed computing enables ADAS how does it work?
• Critical inputs for proper operation and how you should approach them.
• Seeing eye cars with telepathy – Not science fiction; science now.
• Is ICE Dead? Where do EV’s fit in the ecosystem?

Telematics – The internet of Everything and how it affects repair shops

• Telematics is the ability to send and receive data and all that that implies.
• Shops have new risk and opportunity associated with having vehicles like these in their facilities – How do we protect ourselves and our customers?
• The Center Stack is the new frontier to be able to reach out to customers – apps and messaging are not just for dealers.
• Vehicles will be able to do more things than you can imagine – How will cars interact with the world around them?

Policy and Self-Driving Cars

Keeping the genie in the bottle and not allowing someone else to take control is the core issue that OE’s, policy makers, aftermarket and dealer associations are struggling with

• How are independent technicians going to be able to access vehicle information?
• What are the current impediments to self-driving cars?
• What are the current definitions and time lines for autonomous driving cars?
• NHTSA, DOT, SAE and other interesting acronyms.

Cyber Security

• Learn how to bad guys are trying to get your information
• If all of your employees are not up to speed on this topic the consequences could be huge
• What can a cell phone do?
• What is social engineering?
• How about a little phishing?
• Networks enable our work. Networks enable the bad guys.
• They aren’t interested in me. What do I have to lose?

Vehicle technology

• Let’s break down a couple of systems
• Sensors
• What is the strategy?
• Where do I find the information to repair?
• What are the challenges/opportunities
• How do I tell if a vehicle has Advance Tech?

Presented by: Donny Seyfer – Seyfer Automotive, Inc.

Donny is the Executive Officer for the National Automotive Service Task Force. His responsibilities include assisting automotive technicians and locksmiths with information necessary to repair vehicles. NASTF helps to resolve information gaps by acting as a conduit between the repairer and the OE in service information, tool information, education and NASTF’s marquee program, the Secure Data Release Model which allows independent service professionals to apply and received credentials to access key and immobilizer codes from NASTF’s OE partners.

He is the immediate past chairman of the Automotive Service Association. The largest association in the US representing independent repair shop owners.

Donny is widely sought as a speaker on the topic of Advanced Vehicle Technologies as they relate to the consumer and service repair environments. He has presented at such industry events as AAPEX, AASA Vision, TU Auto, The ASA/Auto Alliance Technology and Telematics Forum, Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum and the NAPA EXPO.

As the Co-Owner of Seyfer Automotive Inc. in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, founded in 1961. He has well over three decades of automotive service experience as a technician, manager and service consultant – expertise he shares in various industry roles.

Donny is an ASE Master / L1 advanced diagnostic technician and C1 service consultant, and has been a participant writing test questions and working on passing score studies for ASE.

He is a contributing editor to Babcox publications, and a has contributed to Autobody Repair News (ABRN), Motor Age, Aftermarket Business World and AutoInc. Magazine. He also co-authored an article on vehicle information for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

As a technical and management instructor Donny has provided training for NAPA Autotech, Automotive Service Association, The Auto Alliance, WorldPac, MACSVISION, ATE, NACE, CARS and others.

Donny also is active as a telematics/connected car initiatives leader; member of the Aftermarket Telematics Task Force; a member of ASE Education Foundation board of directors and the Automotive Management Institute board of directors where he holds an Advanced Automotive Manager Accreditation.

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COST 200.00 PER SHOP UP TO 4 PEOPLE