2025 Call for Speakers

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27

Step into the spotlight at Used Car Week (UCW) — where the entire used-car and remarketing ecosystem comes together to share ideas, tackle challenges, and shape what’s next. As a UCW speaker, you’ll command the attention of the biggest names in the automotive industry. If you have actionable strategies, fresh perspectives, and industry insights to share, we want to hear from you.

What We’re Looking For:

Insight over promotion. Bring us real solutions — not sales pitches.
Original content. Presentations should be new and tailored to this audience.
Clear takeaways. Share ideas attendees can apply in retail, finance, recovery, or wholesale.

Ready to Submit?

Please complete all sections of the form thoroughly and exactly as you’d like your session to appear in the official agenda. If your proposal is accepted, the information you provide will be used as-is for printed and digital conference materials. Edits will be minimal, so make sure all responses are complete, accurate, and presentation-ready.

🔹 Note: This form is for submitting your own session (general or workshop) that you will host and organize. If you’re hoping to join another session as a panelist or contributor, please do not use this form.

ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT A MAXIMUM OF 2 SESSION PROPOSALS PER SPEAKER.

If you have further questions about speaking at Used Car Week, please contact Conference Chair Bill Zadeits at bzadeits@cherokeemediagroup.com.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY: FRIDAY, JUNE 27

1a. SPEAKER INFORMATION (required):

Fill out the complete speaker information form in the way your speaker would like to be registered for the event and as they would like their name and title to appear on the agenda. In the event that your submission is accepted, we will register your speakers using this information. The headshot and bio you submit will be used on our agenda and in our printed materials.

First name:
Last name:
Job title:
Company name:
Email address:
Office street address:
Office city:
Office State:
Office postal code:
Cell phone number: *

* This number will only be used for speaker coordination and will not be shared with attendees

Speaker professional biography (800 characters or fewer):

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1b. SPEAKER HEADSHOTS (required):
For each speaker you are submitting, please upload a recent headshot, .jpg or .png, 300 dpi. Note: Most images downloaded from a website are low resolution and will not work for print.

MAX FILE SIZE: 2MB EACH:

Headshot (Speaker #1)*:

If you are submitting additional speakers, please include their headshots below:

Headshot (Speaker #2):
Headshot (Speaker #3):
Headshot (Speaker #4):
Headshot (Speaker #5):

2. SUBMISSION FOR SESSION AT (required):

Pre-Owned TrackAuto Fin TrackRepo TrackNRC

3. SESSION TITLE (required):

Limit your title to 50 characters or fewer. Keep it short and simple, but engaging. Attendees should be able to discern your presentation topic from just the title. Spend a minute or two thinking about the most important aspects of your presentation, and try to convey the tone of your session. Please do not include your company name in the title of your session.

4. SESSION DESCRIPTION (required):

In 800 characters or fewer, tell attendees why they should attend your session. And if it’s a workshop, why YOUR workshop is the one to choose over the others running concurrently. What will you cover in your session, and what knowledge can they expect to gain? If accepted, this is your opportunity to position yourself as an industry expert! Be specific!

5. INTENDED AUDIENCE (required):

In 800 characters or fewer, what types of attendees will get the most out of your session? Who do you think should attend? Be specific about the types of job roles to which your session will speak most directly.

6. COMMENTS (optional):

Feel free to share with us anything else that you’d like us to know! Let us know what you would bring to the discussion that is unique and fresh and why we should choose you to be a part of our event.

I consent to having this website store my submitted information so they can respond to my inquiry (see our privacy policy to learn more about how we use data).

If you’re having trouble submitting the form please make sure that:

Email address in section one is formatted correctly
Speaker biography is less than 800 characters
Headshot file size is 2MG or less
Session title is less than 50 characters
Session description is less than 800 characters (Use this tool to check character count: Character Counter)

*company names, your own or otherwise, are prohibited from session titles