AGM Sessions
Bus Operator Sessions
Get Connected with GroupConnect
(Monday 9:00 am – 9:45 am)
Find out how GroupConnect, an ambitious joint venture of OMCA and ABA, will revolutionize the way that tour and group travel is planned, executed and measured. Group Connect is the premier online internet application for the searching and booking of hotels, attractions, food services, transportation and related components of packaged travel by tour operators. Learn how GroupConnect can benefit coach operators as a source of information, networking, training and education.
Coach Operator Annual General Meeting
(Monday 11:00 am – 12:00 noon)
Meet the OMCA Coach Operator Council members and learn about the current state of the industry and the OMCA from the President’s, Chairman’s and Treasurer’s remarks. Nominate and cast your vote for Coach Operator Council and operator members of OMCA and use this opportunity to raise any issues of concern during the general discussion period.
MTO – Medical Review and Driver Control Section
(Monday 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm)
Representatives from MTO’s Driver Improvement Office will describe their operations in regard to the medical review and driver control sections. Find out how driver medical reports are processed and what triggers various Ministry responses. Other topics include driver suspensions, reinstatements and the demerit point system and how they are applied to a driver record.
Coach Operator Forum and G8 Summit – Integrated Security Unit
(Monday 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm)
The G8 Summit will take place in Huntsville, ON in June 2010. Representatives of the
Integrated Security Unit will provide coach operators with an overview of security and coach transportation issues that will affect operators involved in the event or travelling anywhere in the Huntsville area. If time permits following the G8 Summit discussions, coach operators can discuss current issues and concerns facing our industry today.
Coach Operator Social – Sponsored by Harper Power Products Inc.
(Monday 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm)
After a full day of business sessions on Monday afternoon, coach operators are invited to kick back and relax with friends and colleagues in an informal setting. Enjoy refreshment and snacks, compliments of Harper Power Products Inc.
US DOT – Roadside Motor Coach Inspections
(Tuesday 9:00 – 10:00 am)
Senior staff with the US Federal Motor Carrier Administration will present the results of their Passenger Carrier Strike Force activities and Operation Safe Student roadside inspection blitzes. Learn about the most common vehicle, paperwork or driver defects that can lead to out-of-service orders and fines for coaches travelling in the USA.
Transport Canada Update – Motor Coach Crash Testing Research
(Tuesday 10:15 am – 11:30 am)
Transport Canada’s Director of Crashworthiness Testing, Suzanne Tylko, will provide an update on the progress of crash testing research. Transport Canada’s coach crash test research responds to industry requests for a seat belt standard to be developed by government to guide the industry in this area, for both new and existing coaches. Ms. Tylko will discuss the various tests designed to analyze how test dummies of various sizes and with different restraint types react in a crash, which will hopefully lead to a standard the industry will be able to live with.
Supplier Sessions
The Power of Your Brand
Sunday Nov. 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Tuesday Nov. 10 - 9:00am - 10:30am
OMCA’s New & Improved Website
Sunday Nov. 7 2:45pm - 4:00pm
Tuesday Nov. 10 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Tour Operator Panel
Monday Nov. 9 9:00am - 10:15am
Tuesday Nov.10 10:40am - 11:45am
