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 & |
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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: AI Behind the Wheel: How It’s Steering Strategies for Auto Finance |
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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 |
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11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | General Session Now What? U.S. Politics & Policy at a Crossroads |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch with Exhibitors | |
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | General Session Capital Policy Update |
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1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | General Session Driving Customer Engagement: Post-Sale Strategies for Success |
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2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | General Session Accelerating Talen Transformation: Key Tips and Emerging Trends |
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3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Refreshments with Exhibitors | |
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | General Session Solutions Showcase |
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4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | General Session Innovations & Insights: Cybersecurity Threats and Trends 2025 |
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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 |
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8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | General Session Industry Keynote |
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9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | General Session CEO Panel |
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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.
Your Booking Website: https://book.passkey.com/event/50770077/owner/77358/home
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.