Retail Packaging Show 2011 - Rio Hotel
Retail Packaging Association: RPA? It stands for Retail Packaging Association. And what better venue for a packaging exhibition than Las Vegas, which wrote the book on “packaging” glitzy experiences? Manufacturers, distributors and manufacturers’ representatives in retail packaging need to hold an annual meeting to facilitate new business development and networking. And the RPA, formed in 1989, provides plentiful educational and networking opportunities at its annual trade show and conference. It has 250 member companies representing all corners from the retail packaging world, America-wide and overseas. In a survey, the vast majority of delegates filling in their questionnaires opined that the length of the show was “just right”. So we assume these RPA organizer folks, like the glittering City of Las Vegas itself, are fundamentally pretty good at, well… packaging…
Western Veterinary Show: This is the Western Veterinary Conference, or WVC, and you’ll be pleased to hear that it was “practical, progressive and educational, at least if the publicity materials were to be believed.
Western Veterinary Conference 2011
Do you have any idea how long it takes to study and qualify as a veterinarian? Minimum is 7 years, and you first need to take the required undergraduate courses, which take 3 years. Many candidates prefer to get their bachelors before applying. It can take 5 years in vet school itself. You can specialize in horses, small animals, farm-stock, exotics… but you have to learn a lot more weird biology than the average sawbones who merely treats human beings. Once you are done, you will have a doctorate in veterinary medicine, and one-seventh of your adult life will be used up before you send out your first invoice. So, in view of what these dedicated individuals have to go through in order to become employable… “don’t forget: hire the vet!”
Wedding & Portrait Photographers International:
Sometimes, just to keep our readers on their toes, we’re going to do a show synopsis based only on delegate feedback, and you’re going to have to guess what the show was all about, okay? Try this: “WPPI was a whirlwind, and although I didn’t have time to attend any classes or speaking events or even any parties, it gave me some good insight into what the event is like, and I’m really looking forward to going next year. No sleep, dying iPhone battery, drinks with photographer friends, lots of walking, lots of talking, work emails and more work emails… Then back from the sunny desert of Las Vegas to the snowy chill of Seattle”. Guessed yet what WPPI stands for? How about if I tell you the above was posted by a visitor from an outfit called Cowbelly? Give up? Okay. WPPI stands for….. Wedding & Portrait Photographers International. Just goes to show that some show visitors get more specific experiences than others….
Wedding & Portrait Photographers Expo 2011
10,000 visitors at last year’s event, similar figure claimed this year. Pups not included. Sign up for the show and you are automatically a WVC member for a year. Big plugs for the association’s Oquendo Center for clinical education, right there in Vegas.
