To all the auto financing executives and experts who came to Las Vegas for Used Car Week, we thank you for making this year’s SubPrime Forum and Re3 Conference the most engaging and successful industry gatherings Cherokee Media Group has hosted.

For segments of the auto financing community that couldn’t join us, here are some of the many highlights from the events:

—SubPrime Forum presenting sponsor Digital Recognition Network kicked off the discussion with an insightful and thought-provoking presentation by chief executive officer Chris Metaxas, who explained how critical location data can be not only during the recovery process, but also to enhance underwriting. Imagine knowing if the applicant actually spends significant time near the home and work addresses noted in the paperwork. Mitigating risk on the front end can help reduce the risk on the back end, according to DRN’s top executive.

—Experian Automotive’s Melinda Zabritski returned to the SubPrime Forum to share third-quarter data that was finalized just before she traveled to Las Vegas. Zabritski gave a rundown of the Q3 data that Experian will widely distribute soon in a presentation you can watch here.

—Whether it was during a presentation or networking times, the result of this year’s presidential election percolated throughout the session ballrooms and Used Car Week exhibit hall. Chris Stinebert, who oversees the American Financial Services Association, gave a wide-ranging recap of what’s ongoing within the Capitol Beltway. Stinebert touched on how regulations associated with auto financing, healthcare, taxes and more are likely to be modified when President Trump enters the White House. A portion of what Stinebert shared can be viewed here.

—And speaking of regulations, another cohort of auto finance executives and managers completed the National Automotive Finance Association’s Consumer Credit Compliance Certification Program in Las Vegas. More than 90 individuals finished the in-depth training offered by the NAF Association and orchestrated by Hudson Cook partners Patty Covington and Eric Johnson. It’s a program I’m looking to complete, too, as I detailed previously here and here. Throughout both the SubPrime Forum, which was put together in collaboration with the NAF Association, as well as the Re3 Conference sponsored by MBSi Corp., the importance of having trained employees and compliant service providers kept being repeated often by experts and other leaders in the field. The NAF Association is hosting another opening session of the certification program on Feb. 2-3. More details can be found at nafassociation.com.

—Cort DeHart of MBSi led one of the highest-attended sessions within the auto finance space. The Re3 Conference panel discussion focused on improving recoveries took on even higher importance as delinquencies and defaults tick higher as regulatory compliance demands intensify at an even greater rate.

—Along with the sessions already available online that I previously mentioned, Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby also hosted several sessions that might be of interest to auto finance executives, too. Joe connected with Steve Kapusta of SmartAuction about how the wholesale market continues to evolve. Furthermore, our friends at the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association — who also played a huge role in making Used Car Week successful — recorded select sessions throughout Used Car Week, and those videos will be available online soon.

—You also might be able to see who from your firm — or the competition — traveled to Used Car Week via the wonderful photo gallery assembled by Cherokee Media Group photographer Jonathan Fredin, whose collection of images can be viewed here.

In summation, to the all of the attendees of Used Car Week, a sincere thank you for carving out time on your busy calendars to travel to Las Vegas — in some cases for the fifth, sixth or umpteenth time in 2016. We hope you found the content to be informative and useful, the resort to be comfortable and enjoyable and the networking time to be fruitful and productive. Mark your calendars now as the next Used Car Week returns to southern California; this time at the La Quinta Resort & Club, a Waldof Astoria Resort, in La Quinta, Calif., on Nov. 13-17, 2017.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends!

Nick Zulovich is senior editor of SubPrime Auto Finance News and BHPH Report and can be reached at nzulovich@cherokeemediagroup.com.