2025 Vehicle Finance Conference

January 20-23, 2025
The Roosevelt Hotel | New Orleans, LA

AFSA + NOLA: Let’s Geaux!


Immerse yourself in vibrant New Orleans at the historic, exquisite Roosevelt Hotel and drive your business forward at the 2025 AFSA Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo

A timeless experience awaits you in the heart of New Orleans. At The Roosevelt, you’ll enjoy luxury and elegance. Explore the French Quarter and Warehouse District just one block from your door. Take in city views from the rooftop and discover authentic New Orleans flavors at the famous Sazerac Bar or Fountain Lounge. Come for the elevated and unparalleled service and guest experiences; stay for the outstanding AFSA conference program.

With more than 700 attendees, you’ll meet key decision makers and the top minds shaping the industry, including:

  • Senior leaders from vehicle finance and leasing companies and banks
  • Risk management, marketing and sales, operations, remarketing and commercial credit executives
  • Legal, compliance, government affairs executives
  • Industry data, solutions and technology providers
  • Industry experts, consultants

The AFSA 2025 Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo has a dynamic lineup of speakers and topics offering invaluable insights for the fast-evolving vehicle finance landscape, tackling pressing challenges, highlighting potential opportunities, and presenting innovative strategies to address them.

The 2025 VF Conference promises insights and perspectives on the latest trends and technologies driving the transformation of your business and the consumer experience. If your priorities are…

  • Adopting the latest technology and business tools
  • Spurring growth
  • Connecting with consumers and your workforce

…then join us for the AFSA 2025 Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo.

Engage

with actionable general sessions and smart breakouts

Collaborate

with subject matter experts and key decisionmakers

Connect

with colleagues and industry executives

AGENDA

Monday, January 20
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. AFSA Registration Center  
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Business Partner Board  
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Women’s Leadership Council  
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. IN Auto Finance Execs Group Reception & Dinner  
Tuesday, January 21
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. AFSA Registration Center  
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. AWARE Board  
8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Independent Auto Finance Executives Breakfast  
8:40 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Independent Auto Finance Executives Meeting  
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SGA Committee  
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Vehicle Finance Credit Risk Committee  
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Joint Lunch: SGA & Law  
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Law Committee  
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Vehicle Finance Board Meeting  
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

General Session: Opening Remarks &
The Industry Pulse

 
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception with Exhibitors  
7:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Law Committee Reception & Dinner  
7:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Vehicle Finance Advisory Board Reception/Dinner  
Wednesday, January 22
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. AFSA Registration Center  
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast with Exhibitors  
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

General Session:
Keynote Address: Harnessing AI: Strategies to Transform Business, Empower Workforces, Delight Customers, and Contain Risks

AI Behind the Wheel: How It’s Steering Strategies for Auto Finance

 
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors  
10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Law Committee  
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. General Session
Innovations & Insights: Fraud and Data Trends 2025
 
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. General Session
Now What? U.S. Politics & Policy at a Crossroads
 
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch with Exhibitors  
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. General Session
Capital Policy Update
 
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. General Session
Driving Customer Engagement: Post-Sale Strategies for Success
 
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. General Session
Accelerating Talen Transformation: Key Tips and Emerging Trends
 
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Refreshments with Exhibitors  
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. General Session
Solutions Showcase
 
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Session
Innovations & Insights: Cybersecurity Threats and Trends 2025
 
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Reception with Exhibitors  
Thursday, January 23
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. AFSA Registration Center  
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast  
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. General Session
AFSA/NADA Exchange
 
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. General Session
Industry Keynote
 
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. General Session
CEO Panel
 
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ORCC Committee  
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Vehicle Commercial Credit Committee  

Schedule subject to change

Featured Speakers

Our 2025 lineup will inform and inspire you! Click below for more information on the speakers we have announced so far. 

HOTEL INFORMATION

The Roosevelt Hotel
130 Roosevelt Way
New Orleans, LA 70112

General information: 504-648-1200
Reservations: 504-335-3138

Just steps away from the French Quarter, The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is a beacon of New Orleans Hospitality. Displaying over 130 years of grandeur, the Grand Dame hotel is both an elegant time capsule and an architectural marvel. Visitors are invited to step back in time to experience a hotel whose very constitution is uniquely New Orleans.

GUEST ROOMS: DISCOUNTED RATE  $359 Hotel rooms are for registered conference attendees only. You must contact the hotel directly by Friday, January 3 to reserve your hotel room at the discounted AFSA rate. Reservations will be made on a space available, first-come, first-serve basis. A small portion of the room rate is applied to AFSA to offset conference expenses.


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GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Taxi: The fare for taxi service between the airport and the Roosevelt Hotel is approximately $25 and the travel time is approximately 20 minutes.

Sponsorships

These are our AFSA Business Partners and sponsors that help make our meetings a success. Click below to learn about our 2025 sponsors.