The Paint, Body and Equipment Specialists (PBES) segment community of the Auto Care Association announced initial planning details for the 2017 PBES Spring Conference, to take place May 16-18, 2017, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in Chicago.    

“Innovate to Dominate” is the theme for the annual conference, providing unique opportunities for individuals and companies in all facets of the PBE industry to network and access educational resources.

“Speakers are encouraged to challenge the norm in business process thinking in an effort to generate improvements,” said Keith Bell, U.S. sales manager-east, AkzoNobel, and chairman, PBES Committee. “The conference will focus on building networking opportunities and speakers will be guided to tackle the need for businesses to bring critical thinking regarding innovation to all facets of the business process.”