2024 KMCA Annual Convention Schedule of Events 

at Hilton Garden Inn, Manhattan, Ks. Register here.

For Sponsorship Registration click here.

Tentative Convention Schedule:

Wednesday, September 25

• 8:00 AM - Golf at Colbert Hills Golf Course, Manhattan
• 10:00 AM - Sporting Clays at Ravenwood Lodge, Topeka
• 3:00 – 5:30 PM - KMCA Board of Directors meeting
• Opening reception, sponsored by the Kansas Turnpike Authority

Thursday, September 26 -- All events at the Hilton unless otherwise indicated

• 8:00 – 9:30 -- Start-up breakfast - Alexandra Rosen, Director -- Legislative Affairs, American Trucking Associations
• 9:30 – 11:30 -- IRP history, The Plan, Clearinghouse, working with all jurisdictions, etc., presented by IRP, Inc, Ken Carey and Lacie Morrow.
• Kansas Department of Revenue title clarifications, Deanna Sheppard and Grace Bolze
• 9:30 – 11:30 --  Business Succession Planning: Assuring the Successful Continuation of Your Trucking Company while Navigating Tax Law Shift and Labor Challenges – Resnick Succession Group
• 9:30 -11:30 -- Spouses event – Escape room adventure and refreshments
• 12:00 – 1:30 -- Membership luncheon; Kris Kobach - Kansas Attorney General; Tort Reform with Brenda Neville - Iowa Motor Truck Association; KMCA Annual Business Meeting and election of officers
• 1:30 – 3:30 -- Regulatory afternoon presentation by Kansas and Oklahoma FMCSA offices, Kansas Corporation Commission and Kansas Highway Patrol
• 1:30 - 3:30 -- Diesel Fuel and EPA Emission Standards, presented by Gary Valadez, Hampel Oil
• 1:30 PM -- Annual Bunko Party
• 3:30 PM -- Ice Cream Social
• 4:30 – 5:00 -- Division meeting elections
• 6:00 – 6:45 PM -- Evening Social Hour
• 6:45 PM -- Banquet and entertainment. Entertainment by the Peterson Farm Brothers,      Assaria. KS
• 7:00 PM -- Grand Prize Drawing

Friday, September 27 -- All events at the Hilton unless otherwise indicated

• 8:00 – 9:00 AM -- Heading Home Breakfast, Speaker KDOT Secretary Calvin Reed
• 9:00 – 10:30 AM -- Safety Presentation: What To Do and Say After a CMV Accident - John Watt, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC

Adjourn