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Wednesday 2/11
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Board of Directors Meeting
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM NOMMA & NEF Boards combined meeting
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Exhibitor Move In
12:00 PM – 6:30 PM Registration Desk Open
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Welcome Reception & Quick Connect: Vendor Networking Session
Thursday 2/12
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM Registration Desk Open
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Welcome and Breakfast (full buffet)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Ignite: Forging the Future—Expert Insights on the Next Era of Metalwork
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Break with Exhibitors
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Breakout Session #1
Track 1: Industry Trends
Leveraging Public Policy & Community Engagement for Industry Growth & Impact
Cole Porter, Porter Steel president
Track
2: Business Development
Set Up for Growth: Obtaining and Retaining Quality Employees
Cris Merry, Bend Tech president
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Breakout Session #2
Track 1: Industry Trends
Strategies for Getting Paid
Jason Copley, Cohen Seglia partner
Track
2: Business Development
Scaling a Steel Business: The Holistic Blueprint for Growth
David Lopez, DL Metal
Design president
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch on your own
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Breakout Session #3
Track 1: Industry Trends
The Fun Part of Building Codes & Standards and Why You Need to Know Them!
Tom Zuzik, NOMMA code consultant
Track
2: Business Development
How to Attract Your Next Client and Employee from LinkedIn
Jonathan Cor, Founder at Customer Growth
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Break with Exhibitors
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Metal Meetup (casual networking time|forge new connections at our roundtables)
5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Awards Dinner & NEF Auction fundraiser (dinner at 6 PM), Roger Carlsen auctioneer
Friday 2/13
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Top Job Jamboree
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Shop Tours: Stodtmeister and TBD
Saturday 2/14 {OPTIONAL ADD-ON DAY}
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Shop Tours: Peppermill geothermal facility and The Reno Generator
*This agenda is preliminary and is subject to change. Education sessions will be announced as they are confirmed. Please check back here for regular updates.
About our Shop Tour options:
The Reno Generator is a large, inclusive art space and maker space located in Sparks, Nevada (part of the Reno metropolitan area). It is a workspace where artists and community members can build large-scale art, including many of the mutant vehicles and art installations seen at the annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City. It provides infrastructure, tools, and a community for creative projects.
The Peppermill Casino & Hotel Geothermal facility: The Peppermill is the only resort in the U.S. deriving all of its heating from a geothermal well on the property saving $2 million in energy costs annually. It is a role model for geothermal utilization. The hotel not only derives parts of its electricity from geothermal plants in the neighborhood of the city, but also generates its own heating from a geothermal well on the property. In 2009 it even briefly generated power from the geothermal well with a low-heat power generation unit by Pratt & Whitney. The hotel and casino features two 19-story towers with 2.1 million square foot (195,000 sqm) interior, 1,635 guest rooms, 43,000 square-foot (3,995 sqm) spa and all the other elements of a traditional casino with restaurants, casino etc. The Peppermill resort is, according to Dr. Jim Combs of Geo Hills Associates “the only resort in the United States whose heating source is totally provided from geothermal energy produced on the immediate property.”