Presenters at the 2019 Fleet Safety Conference discussed topics such as the importance of executive buy-in when implementing fleet safety policies, the importance of data in fleet safety, and emerging trends.
2019 Fleet Safety Conference in Pictures
(l-r) Ken Evans of Konexial; Mike Ahart of Omnitracs, Dave Osiecki of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting; Brian McCoy of MiX Telematics North America; and David Blackwell of Coretex discussed ELDs on the Fleet Safety Conference's pre-day.
Phil Moser of Syneos Health provided an insightful keynote address to kick off the 2019 Fleet Safety Conference.
This year's event featured a vehicle safety & technology showcase where attendees could see new safety products first hand.
(r-l) Kristofer Bush of LeasePlan USA and FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp.'s Jim Petrillo discussed the key ways to get driver buy-in for a safety program.
(pictured) Kevin Fisher of Mercury Associates was one of the closing keynote presenters. Scott Rood of Mercury Associates also provided a closing address.
Attendees had multiple opportunities to network with peers and event sponsors.
Brad Jacobs of Merchants Fleet, along with Sally Allen and Cindy Douglas of Tuff Shed presented case studies that revolved around developing safety programs that drive change.
Fleet safety professionals from across the country converged for the three-day event at the M Resort Spa Casino Hotel in the Las Vegas area.
(l-r) Tim Harrison and Sara Sweeney of Wheels touched on two topics that are becoming increasingly prevalent to fleet managers: cannabis and mobility devices such as e-scooters.
Dina Kushaliyeva, senior HSE Manager, North America, for Direct Energy was named the winner of the 2019 Fleet Safety award at the Fleet Safety Conference.
Ralf Wessel of AGCO Corporation started off the second day of the 2019 Fleet Safety Conference by sharing how his fleet implemented a comprehensive driver safety policy.
(l-r) Jim Noble of eDriving and Lamont Boyd of FICO discussed how prior driver behavior can provide enough data measure and improve fleet driving risk.
Rob Minton of Geotab discussed how data is only as valuable as the contextual data a fleet has to supplement it.
(r-l) Eli Rossiter of Donlen and John So of Nauto spoke about how artificial intelligence and the data provided by AI software can be leveraged to improve safety within a fleet.