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Presented by the Western Canvas
Products Association
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)
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Wednesday - March 5th, 2008 |
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End by 3pm
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Set Up Photo Contest |
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9:30am - 11am
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Board of
Directors Meeting |
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9:30am - 10pm
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Exhibitor’s Set Up |
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12:30pm -
5:30pm : |
Pre-Convention Event - Bus Tour of the Wine Country (box
lunch included) and Dinner in Sonoma (on your own) |
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7pm - 10pm
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Convention
Registration |
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7pm - 10pm
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Hospitality Room Open |
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Thursday - March 6th, 2008 |
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7am - 5pm
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Photo
Contest Voting |
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7am – 8am
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Breakfast |
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8am -
9:30am : |
Market Day
Exhibits |
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9:45am -
10am : |
President’s Welcome and Expo Chairman’s Overview |
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10am –
11am : |
Speaker:
Roger Owens, “The nuttiest guy you will ever meet” |
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11:15am –
12:15pm: |
Roundtable
Discussion Group: Planning for Succession: Strategies to
Exit Your Business
(Facilitator: Bill Fuller, retired from Acme Awning Company) |
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11:15am –
12:15pm: |
Roundtable
Discussion Group: Value Selling and Price Based Selling
(Facilitator: Howard Goldstein, Alpha Awning Products /
Sun Solver) |
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12:15am –
1:30pm : |
Lunch | IFAI Report
| PAMA Report | WCPA Annual Meeting |
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1:30pm –
2:30pm : |
Speaker:
Peter Fuller – founder & principal of SV-1, Marketing &
Business Development |
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2:45pm –
3:45pm : |
Roundtable
Discussion Group: The Impact of the Current Economic
Environment on Our Businesses (Facilitator: to be named) |
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2:45pm –
3:45pm : |
Roundtable
Discussion Group: Capacitating Employees: Building Your
Team From Within (Facilitator: to be named) |
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4:00pm –
5:00pm : |
Speaker:
Bud Weisbart, AR Tech, Corporate
Culture |
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6:00pm -
10pm : |
Dinner |
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10pm –
11pm : |
Hospitality Room Open |
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Friday
- March 7th, 2008 |
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7:30am -
9:00am : |
Breakfast
/ vendor presentations (3 min. per vendor)
(Facilitator: Roger Gilleland, Goodwin Cole Company) |
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9:00am –
11:00am : |
Market Day
Exhibition |
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11:00am –
12:00pm: |
Speaker:
Paul Tyler, John O’Groats Restaurant,
Good Customer Service - Get It and Thrive |
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12:30pm -
2:30pm: |
Awards
Luncheon |
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2:30pm : |
Conclusion
of Expo, Exhibitors move-out |
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2:45 pm –
5:15pm : |
Post Expo
Board of Directors meeting Note: Schedule subject to
change |
(some events
are subject to change) |