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1:30 p.m. |
Conference Opening |
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1:45 p.m. |
Opening General Session: |
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What Good Companies and Great Managers Do in Bad Times |
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Speaker: Jeffrey Fox, Marketing Consultant and Author
of How to Become a Rainmaker |
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3:30 p.m. |
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Jeffrey Fox |
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Where the Wild Things Are, The Impact of Business Climate Change on the Jungle of Electronics |
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Speaker: Derek Lidow, President, iSuppli Corporation |
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5:30 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
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Evening |
Open (ERA White Pin Dinner - by invitation) |
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8 a.m. |
General Session: |
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CONQUERING KEY EMERGING MARKETS - PART I (Renewable Energy) |
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Moderator: Mark Conley, O'Donnell Associates North; participants will include: Robert Rose, Executive Director, U. S. Fuel Cell Council; Shyam Mehta,
Senior Analyst, Solar Markets GTM Research/Greentech Media; Fred Schinkowski, Field Application Engineer, Energy Applications & Systems Engineering, GE Energy |
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9:45 a.m. |
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11:15 a.m. |
General Session and Working Lunch: |
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Change - DEMYSTIFYING THE FINANCIAL MARKETS -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
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Speaker: Jack Ablin, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Harris Bank of Chicago |
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1:00 p.m. |
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2:30 p.m. |
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4:00 p.m. |
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WEB 2.0 AND BEYOND: JOIN THE REVOLUTION IN MARKETING AND SALES
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Speakers: Rob Birse, Vice President / Marketing, Future Electronics, and Bobby McLain, Marketing Director, Scan Source, Inc.
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7:00 p.m. |
ERA 75th Anniversary Party (optional event) |
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Join the celebration as ERA kicks off its DIAMOND JUBILEE ...
... with a reception and dinner-dance in the gorgeous Marquis setting at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort. All guests will enjoy three hours of an open wine and beer bar, a multi-course dinner (with choice of entree) and music for easy listening and dancing by the Matt Nelson Jazz Trio.
You are invited to catch up with old friends and enjoy a relaxing evening "off" from the business of the conference. There will be no formal entertainment program, but there will be several special introductions, a brief trip down "memory lane" and perhaps a surprise or two! COST: $75 per person - register by September 28th! Download registration form ... |
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8:00 a.m. |
General Session: |
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CONQUERING KEY EMERGING MARKETS - PART II (Wireless, Medical Electronics, Power Consumption/Batteries)
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Moderator: John O'Brien, CPMR, Coakley, Boyd & Abbett, Inc.; Participants: Dr. Lei Mercado, Strategic Marketing Director and Business Growth Leader, Honeywell Sensing & Control; Wade Patterson, CEO, Synapse; and Alan ElShafei, CEO/President, MicroSun Technologies. |
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9:45 a.m. |
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REP PARTNERSHIPS: CHANGING THE GAME TO SECURE YOUR FUTURE
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Speaker: Rick Dwyer, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, and General Manager, Worldwide Embedded Sales Group, Intel |
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11:15 a.m. |
General Session: |
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NAME YOUR TOP TWO ... OR TEN ... ACTION ITEMS
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Noon |
Conference Closing |
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