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The expo hall floor at the National Automobile Dealers Association's annual convention is where a lot of new companies and products make their debuts. 

The National Auto Auction Association will celebrate their own debut, of sorts, at NADA Show 2022 when it hosts a workshop at the dealer convention for the first time.

And that’s just part of the festivities for NAAA, which announced in December it would be is taking what has traditionally been its Spring Business Meeting and moving it to NADA Show 2022.

The meeting — which has been renamed Total Access — will be held in Las Vegas during March’s NADA convention and include sessions on electric vehicles, chip shortage, recruitment and more.

“Bringing our members to the NADA Show is going to be a great event. We'll have our own independent day before NADA Show gets kicked off. And we are looking forward to providing a lot of good educational content,” NAAA chief executive officer Tricia Heon told Auto Remarketing in December. “Topics such as electric vehicles and the chip shortage obviously will be top-of-mind, and we have industry experts continuing to monitor the situation and we'll be providing an update to the members on that. 

“But also, (we’ll also be) providing other content to our members. Auction standards are always top-of-mind for our members, and continuing that conversation, and getting input from our customers as to what they'd like to see,” she said.

Total Access, which will be held at the Resorts World in Las Vegas, kicks off March 10 with a day that includes NAAA committee and chapter meetings, an “Industry Celebration Lunch” and an afternoon session on “Chips, (EV) Chargers, and Chasing Inventory: Making Sense of 2022 and Beyond” with industry consultant Glenn Mercer.

Day 2 (March 11) includes committee meetings, as well as a meet-and-greet with NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith.

The lineup that day also includes a session on “Hired: Solutions to Improve Your Recruitment Process.” The evening agenda features a Dealer Appreciation Concert with Kool and the Gang.

On March 12, NAAA will host its first-ever NADA Show workshop, titled “Simply the Best: Why Your Dealership Needs NAAA Auctions to Get to the Next Level.”

NAAA will once again have a booth in the NADA Show expo hall, where it will bring some of its member and host booth events. Heon said NAAA members have attended the show in the past but not “in the large numbers that we’ll be bringing this year.”

Working with fellow trade groups, like NADA and the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance, remains a key priority for NAAA.

“The automotive industry is one ecosystem. And if you asked any of those organizations, they would completely agree. Working together is paramount. We are stronger together,” Heon said. “So, whether it's advocating on Capitol Hill as an industry, or just sharing resources, listening to one another. One of the things that we did for the first time is have joint committee meetings at IARA.

“And I will continue to open our doors at our association to continue to listen to their members' concerns and how we as an industry can address them together,” she said. “So, I think being connected as an industry is more important than ever. Especially entering this rapidly changing landscape.”