2010 Convention & Exhibition schedule overview

 

Friday, June 25

Date/Time: Friday, June 25, 2010 - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Registration desk open

Saturday, June 26

Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 7:00am - 5:00pm
Registration desk open
Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 7:30am - 5:00pm
Chapter Officer Leadership Forum
Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 8:30am - 4:30pm
Optional Tour: Kennedy Space Center
Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Conflict in the Family Business: Managing the Inevitable

Robert Caldwell
Family Firm Resources
Charlotte, NC

Root Cause Failure Analysis: Stator Windings

Tom Bishop
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Vibration Testing in the Service Center

Gene Vogel
EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Take the Cold Out of Cold Call Selling

Sam Richter
SBR Worldwide, LLC
Minnetonka, MN

Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Succession Planning in the Family Business

Robert Caldwell
Family Firm Resources
Charlotte, NC

Using Sales Intelligence to Your Competitive Advantage

Sam Richter
SBR Worldwide, LLC
Minnetonka, MN

AC Motor Assembly and Testing

Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Field Service Vibration Analysis

Gene Vogel
EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sign-Ins & Youth/Teen Center open

Sunday, June 27

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:30am - 10:00am
Youth/Teen Center open (breakfast, sign-ins & tour departure )
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:30am - 4:30pm
Registration desk open
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 8:00am - 8:35am
Kickoff Breakfast
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 8:35am - 9:40am
Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker

Ross Shafer
Author of Nobody Moved Your Cheese, The Customer Shouts Back and Are You Relevant?
www.rossshafer.com

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Thermal Spray Technologies

Kent Henry
EASA Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Repair Tips for Submersible Pumps

Gene Vogel
EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Customer Surveys that Help (Not Harm) Your Business

Ross Shafer
Author of Nobody Moved Your Cheese, The Customer Shouts Back and Are You Relevant?
www.rossshafer.com

Electrical Safety in the Service Center: A 2010 Update

Ron Widup
Shermco Industries
Irving, TX

Out of Harm's Way: How to Handle Dangerous Situations*

Nancy Hightshoe
Nancy Hightshoe Seminars
St. Louis, MO

Recent Problems Experienced with Medium-Voltage Windings

Greg Stone
Iris Power Engineering
Mississauga, ON

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Blizzard Beach (Youth/Teen tour)
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 11:40am - 12:50pm
"Unstructured" Networking Lunch
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Exhibition Grand Opening
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
New Product Theater

2:30 - 3:00 pm
"Bearing Protection for IEEE 841 Motors with AEGIS 841 SGR"
Electro Static Technology-ITW

3:30 - 4:00 pm
"Saving Energy for the Next Generation"
Regal-Beloit Corp.

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Youth/Teen Center open (dinner, snacks, table games & videos)
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cash-bar cocktails
Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
THE Event

Monday, June 28

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:00am - 4:00pm
Registration desk open
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Youth/Teen open day
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:30am - 10:00am
Pricing for Profit in the New Economy

Al Bates, Ph.D.
Profit Planning Group
Boulder, CO

Wind Generator Technologies: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Keith W. Klontz, Ph.D., P.E.
Advanced MotorTech, LLC
Largo, FL

Diagnosing Motor Vibration Following Startup

Bryan Evans and Reed Hamm
TECO-Westinghouse
Round Rock, TX


Monday, June 28, 2010 - 9:30am - 4:00pm
Shopping shuttle*
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 10:20am - 11:50am
Wind Generator Technologies: Opportunities for the Repair Industry

Keith W. Klontz, Ph.D., P.E.
Advanced MotorTech, LLC
Largo, FL

Understanding Pump Curves for Troubleshooting Pump Performance

Gene Vogel
EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Key Considerations in Buying or Selling an EASA Firm

Bill Bundy and Clint Bundy
Bundy Group Mergers & Acquisitions
Roanoke, VA

Pricing for Profit: Developing Custom Pricing Solutions

Al Bates, Ph.D.
Profit Planning Group
Boulder, CO

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:00am - 3:00pm
Cooking Class at Wolfgang Puck Cafe with Lunch*
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Exhibit Showing
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm
New Product Theater

12:30 - 1:00 pm
"Newly-Patented Instrument: Superior Motor Performance Through Commutator Symmetry Measurement"
ICC International

1:30 - 2:00 pm
"Quattro & Super Premium W22: The Next Generation of Efficiency Motors"
WEG Electric Corp.

2:30 - 3:00 pm
"New High Efficiency Motors for IEC Standard Applications"
GE Energy

3:30 - 4:00 pm
"Liquid Electrical Insulation Solutions for Inverter Drives"
ELANTAS PDG, Inc.

Tuesday, June 29

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:00am - 2:00pm
Registration desk open
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:30am - 8:55am
Breakfast & Annual Business Meeting
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
Final Exhibit Showing
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:10am - 3:30pm
Scenic Winterpark/Park Avenue Shopping*
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:30am - 4:00pm
Shopping shuttle*
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:30am - 11:00am
New Product Theater

9:30 - 10:00 am
"Worldwide Electric NEMA Premium Efficiency Motors"
Worldwide Electric Corp.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 12:15pm - 2:00pm
Networking Luncheon—A Practical Economist's Outlook on the Recovery: How Long and How Fast

Alan Beaulieu
Institute for Trend Research
Boscawen, NH

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 2:15pm - 3:30pm
EASA Industry Update

Michael Marks
Indian River Consulting Group
Melbourne, FL

Expand Your Business: Benchmark Customers' Motors

Austin Bonnett
Austin Bonnett Engineering, LLC
Gallatin, MO

Synchronous Machine Repair Tips

Chuck Yung
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist
St. Louis, MO

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Creative Competitive Advantage in the "New Normal"

Michael Marks
Indian River Consulting Group
Melbourne, FL

Open Tech Forum

Discussion Leaders: EASA Education & Technology Consultant Austin Bonnett, Gallatin, MO; EASA Technical Support Specialists Tom Bishop, Kent Henry and Chuck Yung; and EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist Gene Vogel.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Youth/Teen Center open (dinner, table games & videos)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Chairman's Party at the EASA Lounge

Wednesday, June 30

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:30am - 8:00am
Registration desk open
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 8:00am - 10:30am
Optional Tour: TAW Orlando Service Center
* Spouse/Guest tour or event

Exhibit hours

Sunday, June 27
1:00 - 4:30 pm
Monday, June 28
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, June 29
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Reserve your room

You can get a significant discount on registration fees if you make your hotel reservations in EASA’s room block at the Gaylord Palms® Resort & Convention Center.

You can visit the Gaylord Palms™ Resort & Convention Center's online reservation system, where you can book your rooms now for the EASA 2010 Convention.

Or if you prefer, you may download, print and fax the housing reservation form to the Gaylord Palms reservation department.

After June 2, EASA’s special rates and rooms at the Gaylord Palms® may not be available.

Discount tickets

Tickets to Disney World, Sea World & Universal Studios theme parks are available at a discount through EASA’s official tour company, Convention Planning Services (CPS).

Click here to order online.

Order by mail or fax; ticket delivery; refund and cancellation policies

Questions?

Dale Shuter, CMP
Meetings & Expositions Manager

314-993-2220, Ext. 3335
E-mail: Dale Shuter