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Expo West 2008

Doubletree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country, Rohnert Park, California
March 5th to 7th, 2008

Join us in Sonoma's Wine Country surrounded by colleagues and friends, beautiful mountains & desert ranges, never-ending golf and award-winning wineries!

Expo-West 2008 Downloads:
Registration Form
Schedule of Events
Awards and Photo Contest Form

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(some events are subject to change)

Wednesday - March 5th, 2008
End by 3pm : Set Up Photo Contest
9:30am - 11am : Board of Directors Meeting
9:30am - 10pm : Exhibitor’s Set Up
12:30pm - 5:30pm : Pre-Convention Event - Bus Tour of the Wine Country (box lunch included) and Dinner in Sonoma (on your own)
7pm - 10pm : Convention Registration
7pm - 10pm : Hospitality Room Open

 

Thursday - March 6th, 2008
7am - 5pm : Photo Contest Voting
7am – 8am : Breakfast
8am - 9:30am : Market Day Exhibits
9:45am - 10am : President’s Welcome and Expo Chairman’s Overview
10am – 11am : Speaker: Roger Owens, “The nuttiest guy you will ever meet”
11:15am – 12:15pm: Roundtable Discussion Group: Planning for Succession: Strategies to Exit Your Business (Facilitator: Bill Fuller, retired from Acme Awning Company)
11:15am – 12:15pm: Roundtable Discussion Group: Value Selling and Price Based Selling (Facilitator: Howard Goldstein, Alpha Awning Products / Sun Solver)
12:15am – 1:30pm : Lunch | IFAI Report | PAMA Report | WCPA Annual Meeting
1:30pm – 2:30pm : Speaker: Peter Fuller – founder & principal of SV-1, Marketing & Business Development
2:45pm – 3:45pm : Roundtable Discussion Group: The Impact of the Current Economic Environment on Our Businesses (Facilitator: to be named)
2:45pm – 3:45pm : Roundtable Discussion Group: Capacitating Employees: Building Your Team From Within (Facilitator: to be named)
4:00pm – 5:00pm : Speaker: Bud Weisbart, AR Tech, Corporate Culture
6:00pm - 10pm : Dinner
10pm – 11pm : Hospitality Room Open

 

Friday - March 7th, 2008
7:30am - 9:00am : Breakfast / vendor presentations (3 min. per vendor) (Facilitator: Roger Gilleland, Goodwin Cole Company)
9:00am – 11:00am : Market Day Exhibition
11:00am – 12:00pm: Speaker: Paul Tyler, John O’Groats Restaurant, Good Customer Service - Get It and Thrive
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Awards Luncheon
2:30pm : Conclusion of Expo, Exhibitors move-out
2:45 pm – 5:15pm : Post Expo Board of Directors meeting Note: Schedule subject to change

(some events are subject to change)

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