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HPVA Spring Meeting
05-04-2008 @ 8:00:am |
HPVA PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL
813/874-1234; Fax: 813/207-6790
May 4-6, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
11:00 AM – 5:30 PM Registration Desk & Welcome Station
Noon – 6:00 PM Golf - The Tournament Players Club-Lutz, FL
The TPC Tampa Bay is an 18 hole, par 71 stadium-style course designed by Bobby Weed and Chi Chi Rodriguez. It was awarded a 4 1/2 star rating in Golf Digest’s Places to Play. Please arrange own transportation.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Visit Florida Aquarium
One of the top aquariums in the world with more than 20,000 aquatic plants and animals from around the world.
3:00 PM Supplier Division Product Showcase set-up
6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Welcome Reception – Sponsored Bar
Monday, May 5, 2008
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Supplier Division Products Showcase & Networking
Breakfast
Meet with HPVA suppliers one-on-one from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM to discuss new developments and products that can help you improve your operations.
7:30 AM to Noon HPVA Registration Desk & Welcome Station
9:00 AM - Noon Distributor Visit – Quality Plywood Specialties, Clearwater, FL
Awarded the 2007 “Top 5000 Privately Held Company” from Inc. Magazine, Quality Plywood Specialties is the premier wholesale distributor of plywood, lumber, veneers, and other fine wood products in Florida. Their inventory includes over 40 species of domestic and exotic plywood, over 80 species of veneer, and Q-Ply, their own brand of plywood.
Monday, May 5, 2008 (continued)
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Spouse Adventure to Ybor City with luncheon at the Columbia Restaurant
Ybor City’s buildings bespeak a bygone era when craftsmen prided themselves on quality workmanship. For more than a half a century, Ybor City was the “Cigar
Capital of the World” home to Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants who worked in more than 140 cigar factories.
The Columbia Restaurant, opened in 1905, is Florida’s oldest and the world’s largest Spanish restaurant. In 2005 it earned the “Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award of Excellence”.
Noon to 2:00 PM All meet in Products Showcase to get lunch.
Room: Plywood Manufacturers Meeting
Room: Veneer Manufacturers Meeting
Room: Engineered Flooring Manufacturers Meeting
Room: Distributors Meeting
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Registration Desk & Welcome Station
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Room: Technical Committee Meeting
Room: Marketing Committee Meeting
Room: Natural Resources Committee Meeting
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM Supplier Division Meeting
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM HPVA Board of Directors Meeting
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Networking Reception Cash Bar
In Suppliers’ Showcase Room
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Supplier Division Products Showcase & Networking Breakfast
Meet with HPVA suppliers one-on-one from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM to discuss new developments and products that can help you improve your operations.
8:00 AM - Noon Registration Desk & Welcome Station
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 (continued)
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM “It’s the Economy – Stupid!”
Knowledgeable speakers on:
China and International Trade
U.S. housing market and economy
Wall Street - REITs, TIMOs, log exports
10:30 AM – Noon “Where’s the Market Going?”
Panel: ●Architect ●Distributors ●Consumer ●Specifiers
Noon – 1:30 PM Lunch Served in Meeting Room
Noon – 1:30 PM New HPVA President, Kip Howlett, will review the results of the seven Town Hall meetings he held around the country and discuss the U.S. Political Mood.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM “North American Beauty – Green from Start to Finish”
Michael Keys, Porter-Novelli presenting the new HPVA marketing campaign
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Ice Cream Break - Same room as Products Showcase
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM “North America’s Hardwood Forest – Accessible and Certified”
Speakers from ●FSC
●SFI
●ATFS
●State Forester
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Grading and Specifying Workshop
Every distributor, purchaser, and seller of hardwood plywood should take this informative course.
Please complete the Workshop Registration Form located in your packet or on our website – www.hpva.org (Upcoming Events).
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