BATON ROUGE, LA — Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) announces that Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Association (DSEDA) will be co-locating its annual meeting at AED’s 2025 Summit. This strategic partnership aims to foster networking opportunities and knowledge sharing between industry professionals and peers by combining the strengths and expertise of both industry associations.

The 2025 AED Summit will take place January 15 to 17, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida. DSEDA will host its Annual Meeting concurrently January 16 to 17. Along with DSEDA’s annual meeting conference lineup of speakers, DSEDA members will have the opportunity to register for the AED Summit, which includes over 40 education sessions, expert panel discussions, and CONDEX with over 200 exhibitors. The 2024 Summit was attended by over 2,000 attendees who are involved in the sale, rental, manufacturing, and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture, and industrial applications.

"The Deep Southern Equipment Dealers Association is thrilled to partner with AED for this year's annual meeting," said Vince Zebeau, Jr., President & CEO of DSEDA. "By co-locating our event at the AED Summit, we are offering our members the benefit of not only attending our annual meeting for impactful educational content and networking opportunities, but also select Summit events and educational sessions."

"We are excited that DSEDA has decided to co-locate their annual meeting at the AED Summit this January in Orlando," said Brian P. McGuire, President & CEO of AED. "This is an opportunity to showcase how an AED membership complements a regional equipment dealers association membership. There is no better place for equipment dealers to focus on their dealerships through education, networking, and walking the exhibit floor than the AED Summit.”

DSEDA is the regional industry trade association representing the retail agricultural, industrial, outdoor power, forestry, turf, and irrigation equipment dealerships in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.