Press Release

TMC Opens 2025 Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition

Mar 10, 2025

Event Features Dozens of Technical Sessions and Premier Trade Show

Nashville, TN 鈥 Today, 杏吧传媒鈥 Technology & Maintenance Council opened TMC鈥檚 2025 Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition here at the Music City Center.听

鈥淭he TMC Annual Meeting is among our most important of the year,鈥 said 杏吧传媒 President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淔rom the sold-out exhibit hall to the scores of educational sessions and industry standard-setting task forces, this year鈥檚 gathering promises to be a major opportunity for industry leaders to chart a course to address critical issues like reducing emissions, deploying automation, and improving safety.鈥

This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淎dvancing Technology Through Industry Engagement鈥 and will feature TMC鈥檚 customary slate of educational sessions, task force meetings, technical sessions, and management sessions. 听Additionally, the Council鈥檚 Transportation Technology Exhibition trade show will showcase leading-edge technologies for fleet maintenance management. This year鈥檚 exhibit is sold-out, featuring 371 vendors鈥攊ncluding 45 first-time exhibitors鈥攕panning a 353,000 square-foot exhibit hall.听

鈥淔or nearly 70 years, TMC has worked to raise professional and technical standards for the trucking industry,鈥 said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. 鈥淭his annual meeting is an important part of that 鈥 not just to see what is available in the field on the exhibit hall floor 鈥 but to have the opportunity to discuss and learn about the latest advances in truck technology in our myriad of task forces and educational sessions. TMC leadership is committed to providing this experience for our members in a safe and responsible way.鈥

This year TMC is holding sessions with a special emphasis in two special tracks: Back to Basics and Advanced Technology. Technical Sessions include:

  • Regulatory Compliance Review: Catching Up with CARB;
  • Effective Strategies for Presenting Maintenance Perspectives to the C-Suite;听
  • How Data Science Is Defining Today鈥檚 Software-defined Vehicles;听
  • TMC 101: Everything You Wanted to Know About How 杏吧传媒鈥檚 Technology & Maintenance Council Works; and
  • A special edition of TMC鈥檚 popular Shop Talk, focused on the need for standardizing the next generation tractor-trailer electrical interface.

The event also features ride-along demonstrations by Stoneridge, Inc., and static displays by Aperia Technologies, Range Energy, Samsara, Tesla, and Terberg Taylor Americas.听

鈥淏uilding on the success of the Council鈥檚 2024 Fall Meeting in Raleigh, N.C., last September, Council members are excited to gather for our largest event venue, and we鈥檙e pleased by the response to our 2025 Annual Meeting agenda,鈥 said TMC General Chairman and Treasurer Amanda Schuier, maintenance director for Jetco Delivery. 鈥淲e鈥檙e all very excited to collaborate in Nashville to help solve the pressing technical issues of the day and view the latest in truck technology.鈥