The Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) has scheduled its annual spring conference of distributor and supplier members for the 11th-13th of May in Boca Raton. Registration for the event is now open.
The Spring Management Conference (SMC) is being held at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort. Several hundred GAWDA members and their guests are expected to be present.
Keynote speakers for the conference include:
- Chris Mapes, Chairman, President and CEO of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
- Alan Beaulieu, President and Principal of ITR Economics, a new GAWDA consultant who will be talking on the industry economic forecast.
- Curt Steinhorst of the Center for Generational Kinetics, an expert on communication with and by millennial-aged people.
- Kelly Latimer, the Women of Gases and Welding Luncheon keynoter. A Test pilot for Virgin Galactic who also served 20 years in the US Air Force as an instructor pilot flying military transport and combat missions.
Also featured in the business session is a programme presented by GAWDA Supplier Member George Ratermann, of Ratermann Manufacturing. He will lead a panel discussion titled, ‘Generation Next, Part 2.’ It will feature a panel that looks at the consumer-customer transaction component of the industry from the millennial and next generation age-group perspective.
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