FADRA CONVENTION SCHEDULE - 2025
Room Title Speaker Description
   
  FADRA Golf Outing/Tournament   Course location: Cove Cay
  FADRA Board of Directors Meeting   All members welcome
  Registration Open    
  Buses Depart for StarLite Majesty Yacht Dining Cruise    
  StarLite Majesty Yacht Dining Cruise   Ticketed event @ $75 pp  - To include, Sunset Cruise, music,  appetizers, plated dinner with choice from 10 entrees, 2 drink tickets, soft drinks, coffee & tea
  Friday, July 18
         
7:00 - 8:00 am   Breakfast on Your Own    
8:00 am - 6:00 pm   Registration Open    
8:00 am - Noon   Decorator Setup   Booth Set-up begins
9:00 AM   Convention Welcome Phil Riffel, FADRA President Opening comments 
9:05 - 10:05 am   Keynote Address Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts  
10:10 - 10:30 am   Gold Vendor Spotlight Sessions 6 @ 3 minutes each. Gold Sponsor reps to speak $5,000 and over Gold Sponsors will have the opportunity to take the podium and give a 3-minute introduction of themselves, product / company 
10:35 - 11:20 am   The Do's & Don'ts of Running a Successful Salvage Yard Rob Rainwater, Profit Team  
11:20 am - 12:15 pm   Keeping You Out of the Slammer - HR Relations Craig Gleerup, LKQ Corporation  
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm   Lunch on Your Own    
12:15 - 5:00 pm   Vendor Set-up    
1:20 - 2:05 pm   Ask the Experts Panel  Tom Andrade, Everett's; Chris Sauls, GreenStar; Terry Thompson, Ole South; Shan Lathem, Cocoa Auto Salvage.  Moderator: Mike Kunkel, ProfitTeam  
2:10 - 3:10 pm   Using Social Media to Attract and Maintain Customers Heather Sauls, Dakota Todd, Green Star How to use various social media pages to boost your customer base and maintain them as valued customers.
3:20 - 4:35 pm   Material Harvesting & Scrap Sales - Taking a Deep Dive  Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts  
4:40 - 5:45 PM   Metrics - Daily, Weekly, Monthly..Evaluating KPI's Mike Kunkel, ProfitTeam  
6:00 - 8:30 pm   Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Wine or Whiskey Tasting in Golden Sponsor booths   
8:30 - 11:00 pm   FADRA Hospitality - Poolside   Open To All - Complimentary Beer served, live music. e.
  Saturday, July 19
Time Room Event/Session Speaker Description
7:00 - 7:45 pm   Prayer Breakfast Butch Thompson, Ole South  
7:45 am - 5:00 pm   Registration Open    
7:50 - 8:50 am   General Membership Meeting   Let's catch up on association business and hear from FADRA & ARA's Presidents. We will also announce the 2025 Scholarship recipients
9:00 - 9:50 am     Tom Andrade, Everett's Auto Parts How do they grow to larger size with sales staff? How much revenue do you expect? How to manage a lot of inventory? What is your process for taking apart so many cars? Self-service.
10:00 - 10:50 am   Making Sales Great Again Rob Rainwater/Mike Kunkel Profit Team  
10:50 am - 1:00 pm   Brunch with Exhibitors    
1:00 - 2:00 pm   Ask the Experts Sales Panel  Danielle Aungst, LKQ; Adam Cody, Cocoa Auto Salvage; John Krause, GreenStar.  Moderator: Mike Kunkel   
2:00 - 2:50 pm   The Devil is in the Details: How to Get Your Parts Sold Miranda Wroten, AESOP Auto Parts Part comments and images are integral to selling parts online. 
4:40 - 5:45 pm   Inventory Deep Dive: Quantity On-Hand vs. Quantity Sold Mike Kunkel What does pivot point on price mean? 
4:00 - 4:10 pm   Refreshment Break    
4:15 - 5:00  pm   Sales Trivia Competition  Tony Quarno, Host and  JC Cahill, VINMatchPRO Test your parts and automotive trivia knowledge 
6:00 - 7:00  pm   Recyclers Cross Dock Reception    
7:00 - 10:30 pm   Majesty of Rock to perform Majesty of Rock to perform Majesty of Rock to perform