The ATA is gearing up to launch its 2024 Technology and Maintenance Conference (TMC) on October 21-23 at the Kangan Automotive Centre of Excellence in Docklands, Melbourne.
Sponsored by PACCAR Parts, the event is the trucking industry’s premier national gathering featuring truck service and maintenance professionals, from fleet and workshop managers to technical regulators, mechanics and service technicians.
With over 400 attendees, more than 30 speakers and 150 companies in attendance, the event shares the latest in truck maintenance technology to enable operators to minimise breakdowns and save thousands of dollars through enhanced maintenance and smart purchasing decisions.
The Conference boasts a return attendance rate of 60 per cent, with 95 per cent of attendees recommending the event to a colleague.
Participants highlight several key features: the relaxed PACCAR Parts Fun Night for unique networking, the interactive exhibition area showcasing products and services from engine manufacturers, parts suppliers, industry press, and truck technology/telematics operators, and the prestigious Castrol Awards Dinner, which celebrates the leading lights in truck industry workshops.
This year, the ATA will be bringing back the PACCAR Parts Fun Night to the cherished Fox Collection Classic Car Museum.
Attendees can enjoy an exhilarating evening networking with peers amongst some of the world’s most prestigious vehicles. The night also features the opportunity to participate in large-scale slot car racing, sit-down Daytona USA machines with plenty of exciting prizes to be won.
TMC’s plenary sessions will focus on supporting innovation to reduce truck emissions, creating thriving workplaces and a technical Q&A with the audience featuring with a panel of enforcement officers and leaders to discuss.
Attendees will also get to choose among a range of truck technology, productivity and safety sessions on electronic work diaries (Safee), trailer coupling technologies (JOST), driver assistance and braking technology (Knorr Bremse), safety standards for construction trucks (CILTA) and feature speakers from the National Transport Commission, Cummins and Healthy Heads in Trucks and Sheds among many others. Check out the full program at: truck.net.au/tmc/tmc-program.
Join us at TMC 24 and explore industry best practice and expertise through:
- Interactive hands-on demonstrations and training
- A showcase of the latest products and services at the TMC EXPO
- Exclusive networking opportunities, such as the PACCAR Parts Fun Night
- A chance to dress up and celebrate the industry’s finest at the Castrol Awards Dinner.
Whether you’re planning to attend just for the day, exploring our new Fun Night +One day combination pass or keen on a full 3-day conference experience, secure your ticket today at truck.net.au/tmc.
Spotlight on Speakers
There is a host of great speakers on the lineup for TMC 2024 – here are just two examples, and what we can learn from them.
Chris Loose
Chris Loose has spent his professional life absorbed with trucks and the product planning involved with them.
His first job among several truck manufacturers was with Isuzu, after graduating as a mechanical engineer from Melbourne’s Monash University.
International/Iveco followed, then a decade-long stint with Mercedes-Benz Australia looking after the Sterling and Freightliner products.
This was followed up with a stint at the ATA, then the Truck Industry Council and now he’s almost retired, but still sharing his vast knowledge.
Chris will be running an informative session on “Side Underrun Protection: What you need to do.” Attendees will explore what side underrun protection devices are intended for, the ATA’s guidance on side underrun protection, including clarifications sought by users, and the results of the engineering validation of the ATA’s construction advice.
Karyn Welsh
Karyn Welsh has been the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia (CILTA) for the past six years.
Karyn’s background spans major accounts and corporate strategy, while becoming heavily involved in the multi-corporate e-commerce platform CorProcure. She has authored several international papers and led one of Australia’s first e-freight market places.
At this year’s TMC, Karyn will be speaking on the topic of safety standards for construction trucks after operator registrations under the new Australian construction logistics standard, CLOCS-A, opened in July.
You’ll get the details of the new standard and find out how governments are already improving road safety as they build major infrastructure projects.