Submit Your Ideas for the 2016 Fleet Safety Conference
If you have a stellar idea about how to make fleet operations safer and would like to be a presenter at the 2016 Fleet Safety Conference, the conference planning committee wants to hear from you.

Mike Watson, Shell's global road safety manager, discussed the importance of leader behavior in creating a safety culture during the 2015 Fleet Safety Conference. Photo: Chris Wolski

Mike Watson, Shell's global road safety manager, discussed the importance of leader behavior in creating a safety culture during the 2015 Fleet Safety Conference. Photo: Chris Wolski
If you have a stellar idea about how to make fleet operations safer and would like to be a presenter at the 2016 Fleet Safety Conference, the conference planning committee wants to hear from you.
Ideas must include: the title of suggested presentation; a three-sentence summary of an unbiased session idea; speaker(s) name, title, and organization; and speaker(s) contact information.
Ideas should be submitted to Amy Lanphear, conference manager, at amy.lanphear@bobit.com no later than December 23, 2015.
Once the schedule has been finalized, you will be contacted if your idea has been chosen, and sent additional details at that time.
The 2016 Fleet Safety Conference, now in its fifth year, will be held July 18-20 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Ill.
The Fleet Safety Conference is produced by Bobit Business Media, the publisher of the leading fleet publications Automotive Fleet, Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT), and Work Truck magazines. The Fleet Safety Conference is the only conference of its kind designed specifically for fleet, risk, safety, sales, human resources, and EHS professionals, and offers up-to-the-minute expert insights and practical education about improving fleet safety. Sponsorship sales is now open. The full schedule and attendee registration will be available February 2016. For more information about the Fleet Safety Conference, go to www.fleetsafetyconference.com.
Originally posted on Automotive Fleet
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