Sunday, March 25th
2:00 - 4:30 Registration
Registration will be open from 2:00 to 4:30 with refreshment and snacks. Plan to stay to mingle with your colleagues over drinks. It is a great way to start the conference!
Sponsored by Showcare Solutions
5:30PM - Mentor/Mentee Reception
Is this your first SISO CEO Summit? If so, participate in the SISO Mentor/Mentee program. In March, an experienced SISO member will contact you by phone or e-mail to get to know you better. You will then meet at this reception. Throughout the CEO Summit, you can depend on your mentor to introduce you to people and make your attendance easy, comfortable, and pleasant.
Sponsored by Production Transport, Inc
5:30 PM - Sponsor Appreciation Reception - by invitation only. Sponsors are welcome to this event, hosted by SISO.
6:30PM - Opening Night Reception and Dinner
A great beginning to a great CEO Summit! See old friends and colleagues and meet new friends as the industry's top event organizers attend this premier networking event.
Reception sponsored by GES
Dinner Sponsored by Miami Convention Center and the Miami Convention and Visitor's Bureau
9:30PM - Chocolate Dessert Bar and After Dinner Drinks
Sponsored by Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau
Monday, March 26th
7:45-8:30 - Breakfast - start the first day of sessions with a hearty breakfast.
Sponsored by Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
8:30-9:15 - Introductions & Welcome - The best way to see who's who! This session sets just the right tone for the CEO Summit, so get in the spirit of the event. A SISO tradition not to be missed!
9:15-10:30 - The Annual SISO CEO Keynote Panel
Success through leadership and innovation is the theme of the 2007 CEO Summit - and the executives on this panel will share their insights regarding company and industry leadership, innovation as a management tool, and how a combinations of these key traits have paved their roads to success.
Moderator: Don Pazour, CEO, Access Intelligence
Panelists: David Levin, CEO, United Business Media PLC;
John French, Penton Media
Charlie McCurdy, CEO, Apprise Media
Chet Burchett, CEO, Reed Exhibitions
Sponsored by the Sands Expo and the Venetian
10:30-11AM - Networking and Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Orange County Convention Center and Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau
11 - 12:15 - The CEO & Financial Sponsor Relationship
This session examines the relationship between the Chief Executive and financial sponsors such as private equity firms and high net worth individuals that have backed trade show and media companies. Key points of defining the relationship will be discussed from those who have worked in one or more these environments.
Moderator: Galen Poss, Hanley Wood Exhibitions;
Panelists: Paul Mackler;
John Mooney, MC Communications;
Neal Vitale, 1105 Media
Sponsored by Berkery, Noyes, & Co., LLC
* * * *Click here to view the CEO & Financical Sponsor Relationship presentation.
12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch
Please join your colleagues for networking and a delicious lunch, Sponsored by Freeman.
12:40-12:50 - Member Meeting - Don Pazour, CEO, Access Intelligence and SISO Chairman, will give a brief overview of SISO's accomplishments and future goals.
1:45 - 3:00 - Protecting Your Market Position
Without the proper market insights, event organizers can easily allow the market or competition to overtake their major events. In this session Speaker Denzil Rankine, Chief Executive, AMR International Ltd will present real life examples of how research and innovation can lengthen and strengthen your event's success and industry dominance.
Sponsored by Global Spectrum
* * * *Click here to view the Protecting Your Market Position presentation
3:00 - 3:15 Networking and Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Orange County Convention Center and Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau
3:15-4:15 - Special Interest Group Meetings (SISO Members Only)
The Greening of Shows
The ecological impact, or footprint, of trade shows is quite dramatic. The amount of trash, waste. and indoor pollutants that each event generates is profound, and the residual impact - brochures printed on unrecycled paper, solvents that clean carpets and pipe and drape, perfectly good wood, paper, and other materials that are not re-used or recycled, but simply sent to land fills and garbage dumps - is profound. This session will be moderated by Mary Beth Rebedeau, SISO Executive Director, and will feature "green" show producers and others who will share their advice and offer steps we can take to minimize the footprint our events leave on the earth.
Sponsored by Direct Energy Centre
* * * *Click here to view the Greening of Shows presentation.
How to Fund Your New Tradeshow Venture
Learn from this panel of show organizers who recently borrowed money to expand or launch their businesses. How did they raise their money? What other sources of funding did they consider? How did they make their decision? What were the pros and cons? In hindsight, would they do anything differently?
Moderator: Sean Guerre, Tradefair Group;
Panelists: Denise Medved, The Tiny Kitchen;
Kerry Smith, Red 7 Media
Sponsored by Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
6:30 - Reception and Hor D’ Oeuvres
Once again, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will provide SISO members with an evening to remember. Please join your friends and colleagues for a wonderful reception under the stars. (And be sure to bring a jacket/wrap.)
Sponsored By Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority |
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Tuesday, March 27
7:15-8:00 am - Breakfast -Start the day off right with a good breakfast.
Sponsored by Salt Palace Convention Center and Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau
8:00-9:15 - State of the Industry
The CEIR Index will be presented once again at the SISO CEO Summit. This fundamental platform is designed to help attendees understand the recent performance of the trade show industry and determine where to invest their resources over the next few years. Two economists will provide global analytical reviews and trend analysis by examining the overall growth potential in different industries. The CEIR Industry Index analysis, examining exhibition trends by industry, will be provided by Doug Ducate, CEIR President; Kathleen Camilli President of Camilli Economics and Richard Mead, Managing Director of the Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc. Use the question and answer time to determine your future strategic moves.
Sponsored by The Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc
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9:15-10:30 - Transformative Trade Show Technologies
The Internet has revolutionized trade show marketing and registration in ways hard to imagine even ten years ago. But other technologies - some Internet driven, some not - are also dramatically changing the way we run our event businesses. This session will bring to life several of the most promising applications and devices with an eye toward their real-world practicality, cost and long-term impact.
Moderator: Carl Pugh, President, Radius Events
Speakers:Mike Broderick - President & CEO, Turning Technologies, LLC
Jo-Anne Kelleway - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Info Salons Group
Ivan Lazarev - President, CEO & co-founder, ITN International, Inc
Steve Moster - Executive Vice President of
Product and Services, GES
Rajiv Jain, CEO of A2z Inc
Sponsored by CompuSystems
10:30 - 11:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Orange County Convention Center and Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau
11:00-12:00 - Keynote –Charles Fishman: Award-Winning Journalist and Author of The Wal-Mart Effect Will Discuss Lessons for Business From the Most Successful Company in History
In this informative, enlightening and entertaining keynote, Charles Fishman explores the what, why, and how of Wal-Mart's incredible success, and the lessons this holds for other companies. Pursuing one overarching goal—always lower prices—the company has been a constant innovator and trend-setter in virtually every aspect of modern business. Told with precision and clarity and informed by a deep understanding of the challenges of facing today's businesses, the story resonates well beyond the confines of retailing, offering vital information for managers and executives from virtually any industry.
Sponsored by a2z, Inc
12:00 - Box lunch for golfers
1:00 p.m. - Golf Tournament - The Doral Golf Course
Sponsored by Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority
12:00 - 1:30 – Networking Lunch
Sponsored by NYC and Company and Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
1:45-2:45 - Special Interest Group Meetings - for SISO Members Only
Outsourcing
Many companies outsource to help in busy times, to handle on-site event duties, and to serve as an extended staff throughout the year. Also, many SISO members offer their services to others - as event management companies for companies and associations, as on-site floor managers, as conference management and as booth and sponsorship sales agents. This business may fill gaps during down times or be used as a business model. This panel, moderated by Sam Lippman of ism2, will explore all sides of outsourcing - why companies offer their services to other event producers or associations, what services these companies typically offer, how they structure fees, what they outsource, how to find outsource providers. For those looking to develop new revenue streams, it will also address how to get outsource business. Panelists will include: Tamara Christian of National Trade Productions and Chris Brown of the National Association of Broadcasters.
Sponsored by AsiaWorld-Expo
International Opportunities for Increased Business
Two European and trans-globe leaders in the trade show industry will join SISO's International Committee Chair to discuss the global view. Trends, emerging markets, and opportunities for joint ventures, co-locations, and pavilions will be discussed. If you are already operating internationally, or if you are thinking about expansion into new/other countries, this is a can't miss session.
Moderator: Cherif Moujabber, Creative Expos
Panelists: Jochen Witt, KolnMesse and
Sandy Angus, Montgomery Exhibitions
Sponsored by the Mexico Tourism Board
3:00PM - Croquet Tournament
This annual event started small several years ago - and had become as popular as the SISO Golf Tournament! Play for fun, play for glory, play to beat the mallet out of your opponent's hands - but play is the key word. Whatever your skill level, whatever your level of competition - this promises to be a wonderful time with your colleagues. There will be plenty of adult beverages available to help improve the player’s level of skill.
Sponsored by Cort Trade Show Furnishings and Judy Venn & Associates
6:30 PM - Awards, Reception, Dinner, and Afterglow
Reception Sponsored by ExpoCad
Dinner Sponsored by the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Afterglow Sponsored by the Renaissance Schaumburg
End the CEO Summit on a high note - with an evening of camaraderie, fun, and laughter. Awards will be given to winners of the golf and croquet tournaments. And enjoy the Afterglow - after dinner drinks and entertainment in the lobby bar area.
Updated 3/14/07 |
