Auto Rental News, the authority in the car rental industry for 25 years, will be hosting the Auto Rental Summit on Nov. 4-5 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This conference offers two days of training and education designed to improve customer service and enhance revenue of car rental operations.

Interested in speaking at the Auto Rental Summit? The conference planning committee is working on the 2013 agenda and is looking for input and ideas. Interested parties need to submit a topic idea and abstract that could be used as a session at this year's event.

To get started, please submit an unbiased and brand/product neutral session idea that falls within one of the following categories:

• Ideas to better customer service

• Employee training and motivation

• Sales management techniques

• Car rental market data or metrics-based analyses

Other requirements include an abstract of 100-200 words (including a title of the suggested presentation), a brief biography of the presenter or each panel member (max of 100 words) and presenter(s) contact information.

Please email the session idea and all needed materials to the conference manager, Adriana Michaels, at adriana.michaels@bobit.com by Wednesday June 19.

Once a session idea is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirming its receipt. And when the agenda has been finalized, the conference team will send chosen applicants any additional details.

If you have any other questions, please contact Adriana Michaels via email at adriana.michaels@bobit.com or by phone at 310-533-2476. Or contact Kaity Couch, conference coordinator, via email at kaity.couch@bobit.com or by phone at 310-533-2556.