NATM 2014 Convention Agenda

Dec. 1, 2013
  ► Tuesday, February 25 Golf tournament, Silverstone Golf Club, Noon– 5 pm Registration   3–6 pm PAC Reception (Private Event)   7–8 pm   ► Wednesday, February 26 Registration   8 am–7 pm Board Meeting    8–10 am Workshop Session 1 •  Attracting & Retaining Quality Employees   10–11:30 am Technical Forum

► Tuesday, February 25

Golf tournament, Silverstone Golf Club   Noon– 5 pm

Registration   3–6 pm

PAC Reception (Private Event)   7–8 pm

Wednesday, February 26

Registration   8 am–7 pm

Board Meeting    8–10 am

Workshop Session 1

•  Attracting & Retaining Quality Employees   10–11:30 am

Technical Forum

•  Brake Panel    10–11:30 am

Trailer Industry Update Luncheon   11:30 am–1 pm

Exhibitor Move-In   Noon–6 pm

Workshop Session 2

•  Who is Ron Howard to You? Working with a
    Multi-Generational Team
   1:30–3:00 pm

Technical Forum   1:30–5 pm

•  Trailer Testing and Performance

•  Selection of Surface Preparation, Coatings, and Corrosion
    Control

•  SAE Trailer Committees Update

Newcomer Orientation   3:30–4:30 pm

Newcomer Reception   5–6 pm

President’s Reception   6–7:30 pm

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Registration   7 am–5:30 pm

Exhibitor Move-In   7:30 am–noon

Association Awards Breakfast   8–9:15 am

Coffee Break   9:15–9:30 am

Workshop Session 3   9:30–11 am

•  Transitions: How Successful Family Companies Structure
    Their Business for Future Success

•  FMVSS 108 for Lighting & Signaling Devices: Recent
    Modifications in the Safety Regulation That Impact Testing
    & Recommendations to Maintain Product Compliance

Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon   11:15 am–1:30 pm

Membership Meeting   11:15 am – 11:45 am

Lunch Served   11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Lowell Catlett   12:15 – 1:30 pm

Trade Show   1:30–6 pm

Trade Show Reception   4:30–6 pm

Friday, February 28, 2014

Registration   8 am–noon

Trade Show   8 am–noon

Breakfast with the Exhibitors at 8:00 – 9:30 am on the Trade Show floor

Breakout Product Demonstrations & Door Prizes   9:45 am–11 am

Exhibitor Move-Out   Noon–6 pm

Committee Meetings   1 pm–4 pm

Closing Banquet   6– 9:30 pm