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Conference Presentations

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Breakout Sessions
8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

• Succession Planning: Finding Your Alpha Team – Mark Breslin, Kevin Yearout, Rob Biedermann
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan – Kevin Yearout
• Purchasing a Sheet Metal Company from the Buyers Perspective – Rob Biedermann
• Future Leaders Roundtable – Robert Wendover, Nathan Dills, Paul Le Bel, Jr.
• Partnering to Improve Workers’ Compensation Practices – Dick Robyn, Jim Bigham, Craig Sandberg, William Ecklund
• Sheet Metal Safety Roundtable – Mike McCullion, Charles Austin
• Bidding Green: The Future of Construction Contracting – Guy Gast, Matt Jesson
• Using Skill Certifications to Gain a Competitive Edge – Rick Reese, Roy Ringwood, Ken Senteney, John Hamilton, Kevin Casey, Howard Stine
• Single Source Responsibility – Howard Stine

Breakout Sessions
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

• Model Specs: Using the New Master Format Specs to Your Advantage – John Hamilton, Tom Glavinich

Breakout Sessions
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Communicating and Motivating Your Millennials – Robert Wendover, Nathan Dills, Paul Le Bel, Jr., Larry Lawrence, Dan Rose
• Generation Why? – Dan Rose
• Communicating With Millennials – Robert Wendover
• The Business Costs of Operating a Sheet Metal Business – John Eilerman
• Lean Contracting Practices – Dennis Sowards

Friday, April 4, 2008

General Session
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Opening Remarks: SMWIA General President Michael Sullivan & SMACNA President Ron Palmerick
• Mark Breslin: Alpha-Dogs, Face Challenges, Create Solutions
• National Best Practices to Expand Markets – Mark Watson, Joe Nigro
• Recruiting, Retaining and Motivating Your Workforce – Robert Wendover
• Attracting Your Workforce: Recruiting Blitzes & Sheet Metal Industry Nights for the Florida Initiative – Richard Compton, Susan Karr, Mike Jeske
• New Horizons Study of Union vs. Non-union Costs – Jay Bowman, Rick Reese

Regional Breakout Sessions
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• Northeastern Regional Breakout – Bob Lawless, Joe Sellers
• Midwestern Regional Breakout – Dick Cramer, Reggie Hohenberger
• South/Southwest Regional Breakout – Rob Biedermann, Rich McClees
• Western Regional Breakout – Matthew Smith, Bruce Word

Saturday, April 5, 2008

General Session
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• Mark Breslin: Regional Recap and Implementation Strategies
• Schedule Compression Effects on Labor Productivity – Dr. Awad Hanna
• Prompt Pay – David McCoy
• Partnering on Legislative Issues: A Focused Message for the 2008 Indiana General Assembly – Jay Potesta, Phil Gillespie
• Industrial Market Survey – Market Opportunities – Jay Bowman, Rick Reese, Mitch Hoppe
• Sullivan & Palmerick Closing Remarks

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