2003-2004 Conferences for
Logistics & Material Handling Professionals
Expand Your
Skills, Enhance your Knowledge, and Network with Other Professionals at
Logistics & Warehousing Conferences
For those in North Texas, or able to travel, this is an
excellent one-day conference featuring multiple sessions designed to
assist the distribution professional. The theme this year is
"Absolute DC Solutions". Cisco-Eagle?s Marc DeWall, Haynie Mayhew,
and Mike Palmison will be presenting Equipment Installation and
Coordination, a fast-paced course on what to expect at this
critical step of the process. It happens at the DFW Airport Marriott in
Irving, Texas on Thursday, October 16, 2003 (8:30 am to 3:00 pm). Fees:
$79 per person. The registration deadline is October 6, 2003. The fee
includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, event cap, and entry for portable DVD
player.
The
Council of Logistics Management holds its annual fall conference,
September 21-24 at Chicago?s McCormick Place. This year?s theme is: ?Changing
the Game, Maintaining the Passion.? The program includes 28
educational tracks to enhance your expertise and explore new areas of
logistics and supply chain management. You can
click
here to register or research the conference. Fees: $1,225 for
CLM members, $1,475 for new members, and $1,575 for non-members.
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The National
Industrial Transportation League (NITL) presents TransComp 2003,
November 15-19, 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. TransComp is a leading
tradeshow for transportation, distribution, and logistics professionals.
It's designed to provide attendees with key insights on business issues as
well as access to scores of exhibitors. Fees: $645 for members
before September 26, 2003; $845 after 9/26/03. For detailed information,
go to
http://www.nitl.org/annual.htm.
APICS, the
American Production and
Inventory Control Society, holds its fall Conference & Expo October
6-9 in Las Vegas with the theme ?Transform Challenges into
Opportunities.? The conference features exhibitions by over one
hundred vendors, a list of impressive speakers, the Interactive Supply
Chain Management Experience. In it, you?ll explore a six-node supply
chain network while dealing with issues of optimization in a competitive
environment. Expect a high level of audience participation throughout the
sessions with collaboration, interaction, games, and multiple voting
scenarios. This experience will culminate in a team competition and a
structured, interactive postmortem of real-world results. Added bonus:
Register for the APICS conference between August 12 and August 26 and your
name will be entered into a drawing for one of two free pairs of tickets
to see Myst?e by
Cirque du Soleil on Monday, October 6, in Las Vegas. Fees:
$1,099 for APICS members. More information is available at
http://www.apics.org/Conf&Expo/default.asp.
Scant details are currently available on The
Warehousing Education and
Resource Council?s 27th Annual Conference, slated for May 16 - 19,
2004 in Atlanta. The Atlanta Marriott Marquis hosts the conference. Visit
http://www.werc.org/conference for details as they become available.
WERC advises those who are interested in being involved in the conference
to Send an email to
wercoffice@werc.org or call (630) 990-0001. Fees: unavailable at this
time.
The
Internal Warehouse Logistics Association is an organization of
companies, which fosters and promotes the growth and success of public and
contract warehousing and related logistics services.
Its next annual conference is scheduled for Phoenix, March 28-31, 2004
? at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa. More details will be
available on the organization?s website as they become available.
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