2025 Winter BISC-BusMARC-IMG Meeting
Meeting | Feb. 2-4, 2025 | 9 AM - 5:30 PM ET
Registration is now Open!
This meeting will feature tons of safety and compliance education as well as a ton of networking opportunities. We will also be holding a multi-hour TSA-led cybersecurity exercise.
There will also be Marketplace Education Bites taking place on the networking floor with hosts of safety, compliance and maintenance vendors that will help you protect and grow your business.
The Bus Industry Safety Council is your forum to address the latest safety and compliance topics that affect motorcoach operations.
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Location:
Philadelphia Convention Center
1101 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Meeting Agenda
| Date | Time | Session | Room |
| Jan. 31, 2025 | 1 – 5:30 pm | IMG Maintenance & Safety Forum Click here for more information | |
| Feb. 1, 2025 | 8:30 am – 5:15 pm | IMG Maintenance & Safety Forum Click here for more information | |
| Feb. 1, 2025 | 3 – 3:45 pm | Education Bite Driver Recruiting, Compliance and Training: Using AI to Give a More Personal Touch | Marketplace Networking Floor |
| Feb. 1, 2025 | 4 – 4:45 pm | Education Bite The Use of Technology Through the Differing Eyes of the Industry and the Legal System | Marketplace Networking Floor |
| Feb. 1, 2025 | 5 – 5:45 pm | Education Bite TBD | Marketplace Networking Floor |
| Date | Time | Session | Room |
| Feb. 2, 2025 | 7:45 – 8:45 am | Operator Breakfast | |
| 9 – 10:30 am | Opening General Session Session and Agenda Overview Keynote Address & Super Session Presented by National Interstate “Navigating the Legal Labyrinth: Insights from the Panel on our Litigious Society” | ||
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Networking Break Refreshments sponsored by: NIC Federal and Bridgestone America’s | ||
| 10:00 – 10:45 am | Education Bite Prevost | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 11 am – Noon | Super Session I: TSA-CISA Cybersecurity Briefing & Game Exercise | ||
| 11 – 11:45 am | Education Bite The Hidden Key to Combating Rising Insurance Costs and Nuclear Verdicts | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 12 – 3 pm | Lunch | ||
| 3 – 4 pm | Super Session II: TSA-CISA Cybersecurity Briefing & Game Exercise | ||
| 3 – 3:45 pm | Education Bite TBD | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 4 – 4:30 pm | Networking Break Refreshments sponsored by: NIC Federal and Bridgestone America’s | ||
| 4 – 4:45 pm | Education Bite TBD | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 4:30 – 5:30 pm | Cannabis in the Workplace: Drug & Alcohol Rules for Non-Driver Employees | ||
| 4:30 – 5:30 pm | Cybersecurity for Transportation | ||
| 5 – 5:45 pm | Education Bite TBD | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 7 – 9:30 pm | Marketplace 2025 All-Delegate Event | Adventure Aquarium | |
| Date | Time | Session | Room |
| Feb. 3, 2025 | 7:45 – 8:45 am | Operator Breakfast | |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | FMCSA Agency Update | ||
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | Crisis Ready: The Fundamentals of Effective Communication | ||
| 10 – 10:45 am | Education Bite MCI | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 10:30 – 11 am | Networking Break Refreshments sponsored by: NIC Federal and Bridgestone America’s | ||
| 11 am – Noon | Safety Director 101: The Intersection of Safety and Maintenance Compliance | ||
| 11 am – Noon | Safety Director 201: Shop Safety – Heat Illness Safety – Idling Safely | ||
| 11 – Noon | Live the Moment: Interactive Crisis Communications Simulation | ||
| 11 – 11:45 am | Education Bite Using Data & Technology to Improve Operations | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| Noon – 3 pm | Lunch | ||
| 3 – 4 pm | Understanding Important New York Regulations, Learn More About New York’s Periodic Inspection, 19-A and Seat belt Regulations & NYC Congestion Pricing | ||
| 3 – 4 pm | Emergency Operations: Preparing Your Facility to Comply with Fire Safety Regulations | ||
| 3 – 4 pm | OEM Round table: 2027 Emissions and Beyond | ||
| 3- 3:45 pm | Education Bite Motorcoach Parking Updates for Washington DC | Marketplace Networking Floor | |
| 4 – 4:15 pm | Networking Break Refreshments sponsored by: NIC Federal and Bridgestone America’s | ||
| 4:15 – 5:30 pm | Closing General Session – BISC Awards, BISC Election Results & Mock Deposition Super Session | ||
| 7 pm | Dinner on Your Own | ||
| 9 pm – Midnight | ABA Foundation Afterglow Party Ticket Information | Hard Rock Cafe | |
| Date | Time | Session | Room |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | 7:45 – 8:45 am | ||
| BusMARC Off-Site Vists | |||
| 8:30 am | Bus loading will begin Complimentary Bus Transportation Provided Courtesy of Starr Tours | ||
| 9:30 – 11:15 am | BusMARC Site Visit #1: Starr Tours 2531 E State St. Trenton, NJ 08619 * Facility Tour & Operational Discussion * Educational Session | ||
| Noon – 2:45 pm | BusMARC Site Visit #2: Motor Coach Industries Blackwood Service Center 14 Harmon Dr. Blackwood, NJ 08012 * Facility Tour & Operational Discussion * Educational Session Lunch Provided Courtesy of MCI | ||
| 3:30 – 4:15 pm | BusMARC Site Visit #3: David Thomas Tours 14005 McNulty Rd Philadelphia, PA 19154 * Facility Tour & Operational Discussion * Setting Up a Brand New Shop Facility * Q &A and Wrap Up | ||
| 4:15 pm | Return to Philadelphia Convention Center | ||
