2025 Auto Care Connect Opens Registration for Industry’s Largest Learning Event

December 16, 2024


BETHESDA, Md. – December 16, 2024 – The Auto Care Association today announced Auto Care Connect Suite for WHITE _2025 registration is now open for its May 2025 Auto Care Connect (“Connect”) event. This is the second year of the redesigned Connect experience where the Auto Care Association welcomes nearly 1,000 registrants comprised of association volunteer leaders and premier industry thought professionals.  


Auto Care Connect will take place May 12 – 15, 2025, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, Ariz. Connect is the largest learning experience for the association and offers the opportunity for attendees to learn, collaborate, discover new business solutions and enhance their professional contributions for their organizations and the industry.  

A must-attend industry education event 
The Auto Care Association represents the full industry supply chain and attendees at this year’s Connect can expect to experience an environment where:

  • 97% of 2024 survey respondents would recommend Connect to another colleague;
  • Nearly 3 out of 4 companies that attended in 2023 returned for 2024; and
  • 24% of the attendees were c-level, presidents or vice presidents. 

  • Auto Care Connect is a three-day program that provides attendees with a range of engagement opportunities to fit their current career needs and goals. Attendees gather for learning sessions, social engagements, a trade show, and high-level association advisory and collaborative discussions. 


    2025 Keynote Speaker Kyle Scheele 
    Among its vast learning offerings, Auto Care Connect features three high-level executive keynote presentations to inspire, motivate and sharpen the industry’s professionals to elevate the industry. For its first keynote of the event, Auto Care Connect will welcome Kyle Scheele, who has been dubbed, “the patron saint of crazy ideas.” Scheele has gained recognition with:

  • Over one million TikTok followers overnight;
  • Crazy ideas featured in the Washington Post, Fast Company, Wired, GoalCast, UpWorthy, BuzzFeed, Yahoo! and more; and
  • Videos of his projects that have been viewed over 250 million times. 

     

  • By chasing his own crazy ideas, Scheele has inspired other people to chase theirs. Hear Kyle Scheele, patron saint of crazy ideas, on Tuesday, May 13. 

    For more details on Auto Care Connect and to register, please visit autocare.org/connect