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February 20-22, 2013. AUSA is the Association of the United States Army, and it works to support all aspects of national security while advancing the interests of America’s Army and the men and women who serve. AUSA welcomes anyone who subscribes to the philosophy of a strong national defense with special concern for the Army. Community businesses and defense industry companies are also welcome to join. The association supports America’s Army – Active, National Guard, Reserve, Civilians, Retirees, Government Civilians, Wounded Warriors, Veterans, and their family members. It also provides numerous Professional Development Opportunities at a variety of events both local and national. AUSA has 125 chapters located worldwide, made up entirely of volunteers, and these provide recreational and educational opportunities to soldiers. Most importantly, they support deployed soldiers and the families they leave behind while on active duty or training. Ten-hut!
July 20-24, 2012. IAVM is also known as VenueConnect. Approximately 1,400 venue management professionals and exhibitors arrived in Fort Lauderdale from as far away as Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe. Attendees gained valuable insights into the latest research, innovations and products tailored to large venues such as amphitheaters, arenas, auditoriums, performing arts centers, stadiums, university complexes, and convention centers. Visitors participated in educational sessions covering subjects as varied as crowd safety and management, ticketing, weather-related safety, sustainability practices, and how to handle sponsorship and naming rights for venues. Keynote speaker Frank Abagnale Jr., the notorious (but now reformed) 1960′s fraudster, imposter, and the base-character for the movie Catch Me If You Can discussed how venues can protect themselves from embezzlement, forgery, counterfeit currency, check fraud, identity theft and internet fraud. Can you seriously counterfeit a whole venue?
Feb. 24-26, 2012. The Retail Packaging Association, commonly referred to as the RPA, serves the entire retail packaging industry. RPA hosts this annual trade show and educational conference every spring. RPA is a self-governed not-for-profit organization comprised of professionals involved in all facets of the production and distribution of retail packaging products, including boxes, bows, bags, tissue, wrapping paper, tape, and more. The RPA was formed in 1989, and now has 250 member companies representing all entities of retail packaging, nationwide and abroad. Being held on Florida’s eastern seaboard, the theme was “Packaging in Paradise”. Okay, you want a to-go box for that tropical fruit display?
Jan. 18-20, 2012. TPIE is for the Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition, and it comes with oversight from the FNGLA, or Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association. This is a trade event about showcasing the latest trends in foliage, floral and tropicals in South Florida. Delegates were welcomed to TPIE’s trade show exhibit area – 200,000 square feet of living and vibrant plants creating a virtual indoor garden of showstopping displays. Additional educational opportunities were available through free demonstrations held each day, as well as a line-up of sessions specific to interiorscape professionals and business managers. With more than 500 exhibiting companies, TPIE offered wholesale buyers the widest array of resources for foliage and tropical plants in the country, it was claimed. This thing seems to be growing…
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