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Schedule

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

Friday, April 27
2:00pm - 5:30pm  
Convention Registration
2:20pm - 2:50pm  
Committee Chairman Briefing
3:00pm - 4:00pm   Information Technology & Supply Chain Committee
4:10pm - 5:10pm   Distributor/Manufacturer Relations Committee
5:20pm - 6:20pm   Educational Services Committee

 

Saturday, April 28
7:30am - 9:30am   Convention Registration
7:50am - 8: 50am   Long Range Convention Planning Committee
9:00am - 10:00am   Past Presidents Council
10:10am -12:10pm   Board of Directors Meeting
12:00pm - 5:00pm   Convention Registration
5:00pm - 6:00pm   Future Industry Leaders Happy Hour
12:30pm - 3:30pm   Naples Segway Tour (meet at the hotel lobby at 12:15pm) SOLD OUT
Afternoon   Family Free Time
     

Sunday, April 29
7:00am - 11:30am  
Convention Registration
7:15am  
Breakfast
7:45am - 8:15am  
Annual Business Meeting
8:15am - 9:15am   Business Session: Industry Update
BSA Update, Distributor Survey Results
Bill Stevens
ABMA Update
Pete Eich
9:15am - 9:45am   Networking Break
9:45am - 11:15am   Embrace Technology to Drive Your Business Process Transformation
Daniel Burrus
12:00pm – 4:45pm   Golf Clinic & 9 Holes of Golf with Lunch (meet at the hotel lobby starting at 11:45am)
12:00pm – 4:00pm   Junior Clinic & 5 Holes of Golf with Lunch (meet at the hotel lobby starting at 11:45am)
12:00pm - 4:30pm  
Tennis Clinic and Round Robin with Lunch, All Levels Welcome (meet at the hotel lobby starting at 11:45am)
7:00pm - 10:00pm   Margaritaville Reception & Dinner
9:30am - 12:00pm   Spouse's Spa Event (please arrive at 9:15am)
11:20pm - 1:50pm
   Spouse's Spa Event (socialize with spa participants from both groups from 11:30am-12:00pm)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
   Share Your Favorite Apps
Matthew Bookspan will facilitate
   

Monday, April 30
7:00am - 7:30am   Continental Breakfast
7:30am - 8:30am   Business Session: Facing the Forces of Change: Wholesale Distribution Trends and Imperatives
Guy Blissett
8:30am - 9:30am   Business Session: Productivity and Social Media: The Good News and the Bad News
Matthew Bookspan
9:30am - 10:00am   Networking Break
10:00am -11:00am   Business Session: Strategic Vision: Mobility and Beyond
Brian Eccles
12:30pm tee time   Golf Tournament (meet at the hotel lobby starting at 11:30am)
1:00pm - 5:00pm   Fishing Tournament (meet at the Belvedere Terrace at 12:45pm)
7:00pm - 10:00pm   Lawn Party at the Flying "W" (Webster's) Ranch
9:00am - 11:00am
   Morning Bunco for the Spouses
2:00pm - 4:00pm   Grapes and Hops: Wine and Beer Tasting with a Sommelier
     

Tuesday, May 1

8:00am - 11:00am   Manufacturer Hosted Conference Tables
(Eight 20-minute sessions)
1:00pm - 5:00pm   Individual Private Meetings
7:00pm - 7:30pm   President's Reception for All Attendees
7:30pm - 10:00pm   Dead Eye Webster's Bodacious Roundup Extravaganza
8:00am - 11:00am
   Shelling Excursion (meet at the Belvedere Terrace at 7:45am)
12:30pm - 3:30 pm
   Naples Segway Tour (meet at the hotel lobby at 12:15pm)
2:00pm - 4:00 pm
   Watercolor and Printmaking Workshop

Wednesday, May 2

9:00am - 12:00pm   2013 Convention Planning Committee Meeting

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