Education sessions conducted during HDAW conference have been accredited for University of the Aftermarket Continuing Educations Units (CEU).
Heavy-duty industry professionals attending any or all of these sessions will be able to apply these CEU's toward their Automotive Aftermarket Professional (AAP) and/or Master Automotive Aftermarket Professional (MAAP) certificates.

Distributor education program participants can earn up to 1.0 full CEU credit for Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2011. Accredited sessions include:

* OEM Dealers vs. Heavy Duty Distributors: Point - Counterpoint
* The New Health Care Law: What It Means For Your Business
* Steps To Developing Sales Approaches That Inspire
* Left of Boom: How to Make Your Facility Immune to Union Organizing
* A/R Management: Turning Sales into Cash
* Today's Tactics for Tomorrow's Trucks
* Mobile Devices and Wireless Technologies for Better Connections
* CSA 2010: Threat or Opportunity for the Heavy Duty Aftermarket

Developed in partnership with industry associations and Northwood University, the AAP and MAAP certification programs are designed to highlight the educational and professional achievements of each recipient and, by extension, demonstrate the resulting competitive advantage for employers and the aftermarket industry.

Top Companies, Individuals to be Honored at Awards Luncheon

Two prestigious awards will be presented to outstanding individuals and companies at Thursday's Heavy Duty Aftermarket Awards Luncheon.

* Heavy Duty Aftermarket Journal Top 5, presented by Newport Business Media
* HD Hall of Fame Award 2011 Inductees: Don and Wayne Keller, former owners, Keller Truck Parts, Baltimore, MD, presented by Polk and Company

"Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week is a conference developed to bring together the best that the HD aftermarket industry has to offer," states Dave Willis, HDAW'11 co-chair. "The week will finish by honoring the best at the HD Aftermarket Industry Awards Luncheon."

"We are proud to have this opportunity to honor our industry, recognizing excellence, outstanding performance, and of course the legends of the heavy-duty aftermarket," states Terry Livingston, HDAW'11 co-chair. "The long-term committed companies, with their products and the Keller brothers have contributed greatly to the success and image of heavy duty distributors and suppliers should be recognized before their peers for their achievements."


HDAW '11 will be held at the Mirage, Las Vegas, Nev., Monday Jan. 17 through Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

For more information, go to www.hdaw.org, or contact W.T. Glasgow, conference management, at (708) 226-1300.