Program Highlights
Monday, January 26 |
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| Registration | 5:00 pm | - | 7:30 pm |
| Welcome Reception | 6:00 pm | - | 7:30 pm |
Tuesday, January 27 |
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| Registration | 9:30 am | - | 7:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | - | ||
| Conference | 10:30 am | - | 5:00 pm |
| Networking Luncheon | - | 1:30 pm | |
| Coffee & Networking | 1:30 pm | - | 2:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | 3:30 pm | - | 4:00 pm |
| Reception & Table-top Event | 5:00 pm | - | 7:00 pm |
Wednesday, January 28 |
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| Registration | 8:30 am | - | 7:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | 8:30 am | - | 9:00 am |
| Conference | 9:00 am | - | 5:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | 10:30 am | - | 11:00 am |
| Visionary Award Nominee Presentations | 11:00 am | - | 12:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | 1:30 pm | - | 2:00 pm |
| Coffee & Networking | 3:10 pm | - | 3:40 pm |
| Reception & Table-top Event | 5:00 pm | - | 7:00 pm |
Thursday, January 29 |
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| Registration | 8:30 am | - | 10:15 am |
| Breakfast & Networking | 8:30 am | - | 9:00 am |
| Conference | 9:00 am | - | 10:15 am |
| Visionary Award Ceremony | 10:15 am | - | 10:30 am |
| Visionary Rewards | 10:30 am | - | 10:40 am |
Networking Made Easy – Informal, Fun & Effective
Welcome Reception
Come to the Monday evening reception at 6:00 pm and network with customers, suppliers and friends. It’s a great opportunity to do business in a relaxed setting.
Table-top Displays & Receptions
Fantastic food and business opportunities await you at the reception/table-top displays on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The entire value chain will showcase their products over heavy hors d’oeuvres. For more information on how to get your message in front of hundreds of decisionmakers, contact Tracey Bailey at 919-233-1210, ext. 129, tbailey@inda.org.
Tuesday Luncheon & Thursday Breakfast
Come to the Tuesday luncheon and meet decision-makers from across the industry. Discuss whatever you want . . . the morning program, hot industry issues or simply get to know your tablemates better.
Join us for breakfast Thursday morning just before a great presentation from Jeremy Gutsche on Innovation & Customer Obsession. Seating for both events will be in a round-table format to enhance networking.
Coffee & Networking
We encourage you to take advantage of the published Coffee & Networking opportunities by scheduling your key business meetings in advance of the event. The VISION Committee recognizes that networking is crucial to your company’s success, and we hope that you’ll use this relaxed setting to develop relationships and expand your contact list.
Experts! Strong Credentials!
Mark E. Bergen is a professor of Business Education Excellence at the Carlson School of Management. Bergen’s research focuses on pricing and channels of distribution, where he has studied issues such as pricing as a strategic capability, price wars, price passthrough, branded variants, dual distribution, gray markets, co-op advertising, and quick response. Bergen’s work has been published in the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Research, Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review and the Journal of Marketing.
Charles Fishman is an awardwinning
investigative and magazine journalist,
who has spent the last 20 years trying to get
inside, understand and explain important organizations, from NASA to Wal-Mart.
“The Wal-Mart Effect,” his first book, made the
bestseller lists of the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal and Business Week.
Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation
expert, a maverick speaker and the founder of
TrendHunter.com, the world’s largest network
for trend spotting and innovation. He has been
described as “a new breed of trend spotter” by
The Guardian, “an eagle eye” by Global TV and
“on the forefront of cool” by MTV.
Peter Leyden is a technology and future trends authority who was managing editor of the original Wired magazine and at the center of the Global Business Network’s pioneering think tanks on the future. He is also the co-author of two books on the coming decades: “The Long Boom” and “What’s Next.”
Joel Makower has nearly 20 years of experience in corporate environmental practices and green technology. The Associated Press has called him “the guru of green business practices.” The founder of Greenbiz.com, Makower provides information on environmental business issues and creative ideas for promoting marketplace sustainability. He is also co-founder of Clean Edge Inc., a research firm devoted to clean energy technology. He has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies, including Gap, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, Clorox and S.C. Johnson.
Kit Yarrow, Ph.D. is an awardwinning consumer researcher, a tenured professor of marketing and psychology, and a consultant. As a clinical psychologist, she has conducted research to understand and predict why people shop, what they’ll want to buy and how they’ll relate to brands and products. Kit’s a frequently quoted consumer psychologist and guest for the media, e.g., Good Morning America; ABC World News; National Public Radio.
