Automotive Content Professionals Network
To Educate, Inspire and Connect industry professionals who specialize in the management of automotive, heavy duty, equipment, agriculture, and/or powersports product related content.
The Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN), a community of the Auto Care Association, is a professional network with 500+ individual members employed in the aftermarket industry. It is the only community devoted exclusively to the educational, professional development, and networking needs of the content professional.
ACPN serves as the leader in content management and related activities; promotes industry data standards; and provides a forum for discussing and promoting best practices within the aftermarket industry, through in-person and virtual educational/networking events.
If you are a content professional in the aftermarket, no matter if you are in automotive, heavy duty, equipment, agriculture, and/or powersports, or just simply want to connect with great people, the ACPN community is the place for you.
Join the ACPN Community for free today and stay engaged and in the know about all things ACPN!
Membership* Includes:
- Exclusive LinkedIn Community Space
- Newsletters
- Access to Events
- ACPN Pipeline - 365 Video Content
- Awards
- Scholarships
- And More!
*To become an ACPN member, individuals must be employed by an Auto Care Association member company. ACPN Membership is a lifetime membership. Members can choose to end their membership at any time by contacting acpn@autocare.org.
Community Highlights
do you want to get involved?
Do you have a topic in the areas of technology and content management that you are passionate about and want to educate the industry on? Or do you have a suggested topic or speaker you want ACPN to consider for it's educational programming? There are three ways to get involved.
Click the link below to find out how you can get involved.
ACPN Leadership Council Applications Now Open!
The ACPN Leadership Council is a council of volunteer ACPN members who help plan and organize the ACPN conference program for the Annual Auto Care Connect conference, develop educational opportunities, and facilitate communication, best practices, and networking amongst the ACPN Community.
Deadline to Apply: Friday, March 29, 2024
Follow the link below to learn more and apply.
Get Involved and Drive Your Success
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The Automotive Aftermarket presents both professional and personal challenges, requiring navigation through multiple organizational departments and the varying requirements imposed by data receivers within ACES® and PIES™. Join us in this webinar as we explore avenues for engagement within your company, with your data receivers, and within the industry at large.
ACPN Leadership Council Applications Now Open!
The ACPN Leadership Council is a council of volunteer ACPN members who help plan and organize the ACPN conference program for the Annual Auto Care Connect conference, develop educational opportunities, and facilitate communication, best practices, and networking amongst the ACPN Community.
Follow the link below to learn more and apply.
ACPN Annual Sponsorships
Become an ACPN annual sponsor and show your support of the community, the educational advancement of content professionals across the industry, as well as get your company in front of thousands of content professionals year-round.
The annual
sponsorship program offers five tiers of engagement for Auto Care Association member companies only. For more information and to purchase, please visit the link below.
The largest gathering of content professionals
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May 5 – May 8, 2024
Hyatt Regency, Chicago
Join the ACPN Community at 2024 Auto Care Connect for the association’s largest educational event.
Engage with the entire industry in high level keynote sessions, networking opportunities, and discovering business solutions at the tradeshow or deepen your community knowledge and relationships in the ACPN Community specific learning track, ACPN Chair's Dinner, and networking events.
The ACPN community learning track at Auto Care Connect* is where most major manufacturers, distributors, and parts experts in the automotive, heavy duty, equipment, agriculture, and/or powersports content management space come together to share best practices, network with peers, and interact with business solution providers. At Auto Care Connect, content professionals can learn how to develop more accurate electronic catalogs, gain insights on more efficient production processes and become aware of new technology and techniques, which will ultimately help them and their companies:
- Sell more products
- Reduce costs
- Increase efficiencies
*formerly called the ACPN Knowledge Exchange Conference.
What Members Are Saying
The conference boasts a strong array of educational sessions and discussions centered around content management and the data standards of ACES and PIES.
Ethan Love Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc.
It is great to see that there is a whole industry of people dealing with the same challenges as me and working together to solve them.
Ben Blevins DRiV, Inc.
The conference was an experience unlike any other. It was refreshing to connect with professionals across the industry.
Kasandra Dore Global Parts Distributors
The many educational sessions, vendor trade show, and multiple networking opportunities covered all my goals for attending.
Michael Hamari Husky Spring
news and activities
community liaison
Tom Schiavo
Data Quality Manager & ACPN Liaison