More CAR: Which Way Now? CAR Keynote to Focus on New Realities
Auction Panel to Make Sense of Short-, Long-Term Outlooks for Industry
The Conference of Automotive Remarketing will bring together some leading executives on stage to take on the full gamut of changes and innovations sweeping the marketplace.

The Conference of Automotive Remarketing will feature a keynote panel on the current and future challenges of the auction industry. (L to clockwise): Moderator Charlie Vogelheim, R. Charles Nichols, president of BSC American and president of the National Auto Auction Association; John Hammer, president of ADESA and chief commercial officer of KAR Global; Cam Hitchcock, CEO of XLerate Group; and Grace Huang, president of Manheim.
Photo collage: Panelist companies / Bobit
With all the industry shifts and global eruptions of 2020-2022, how do auctions now navigate this other-worldly market terrain? As if the evolution of digital marketplaces wasn’t enough, now auctions face an array of pivotal circumstances temporarily and permanently altering the way of business, online and in-lane.
To help attendees gain greater understanding, a keynote panel discussion will be held at the 2022 Conference of Automotive Remarketing on Thursday, March 24 at 9:45 a.m. featuring: Grace Huang, president of Manheim; John Hammer, president of ADESA and chief commercial officer of KAR Global; R. Charles Nichols, president of BSC American and president of the National Auto Auction Association; and Cam Hitchcock, CEO of XLerate Group.
CAR, co-produced with the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance, is being held March 22-24 at Caesars Las Vegas. AGENDA HERE.
“The remarketing Industry has experienced unprecedented challenges and change over the past several years,” said panel moderator and CAR emcee Charlie Vogelheim. “Through it all the auction industry has adapted and implemented new practices along with accelerating the implementation of digital tools.”
Attendees will want to attend this keynote as these executives elaborate on what innovations they will keep and where they envision continued transformation in the near and long term, Vogelheim added.
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