News | February 19, 2010

Registration Is Open For 2010 NAED National Electrical Leadership Summit, Chicago, Illinois May 15-19

St. Louis, MO - The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) announces that registration is open for the 2010 National Electrical Leadership Summit. The Summit will take place May 15–19, 2010, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Ill. The agenda features an expanded lineup of top-quality speakers, industry panels, educational sessions, and networking opportunities that will provide members with the ideas, strategies, and trend analysis needed to help their companies survive today's economic challenges and create new opportunities to thrive.

With the theme "Redefining Distribution: New Challenges, New Solutions," the conference will focus on strategic leadership issues in key areas of new markets, finance, risk reduction, and the economy.

Sponsors of the National Electrical Leadership Summit include: diamond sponsor Legrand; platinum sponsors Eaton Corporation, Hubbell, and Rockwell Automation; and gold sponsors ABB, Duracell, Infor, Leviton, and OSRAM SYLVANIA. Additional companies are sponsoring at the silver level or onsite events.

Keynote speakers include: Alan Beaulieu, senior analyst for the Institute for Trend Research who will present "The Recovery – How Long and How Fast: Economic Indicators for the Distribution Channel;" Herb Meyer, vice chair of the CIA National Intelligence Council during the Reagan administration who will present "What in the World is Going On? A Global Intelligence Briefing for CEOs;" and Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on the subjects of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents who will present "The Art of the Steal," followed by an in-depth seminar, "Preventing Theft and Fraud in the Electrical Distribution Industry."

Other highlights include:

  • A variety of information-packed panels and education sessions including: "Washington Insider Panel: A View from the Hill", "The Train Left the Station in the Middle of the Night" a look into the regenerated IDEA and how it has already become the quiet game-changer in how suppliers and distributors deal with each other, "Competitive Advantage: Is Yours a Hit or a Myth?" and "Create New Market Space with ‘Blue Ocean Strategy'."
  • Special networking opportunities including the newly expanded Strategic Planning Booth Sessions over two days which provide opportunities for high level trading partner executives to meet, and the Women in Industry Networking Luncheon where Hattie Hill will present "Building a Legacy of Leadership."
  • The NAED Education & Research Foundation's 40th Anniversary Legacy Awards Banquet.

Visit http://www.naed.org/meetings/national/ to register. The early bird registration deadline is ?March 26. For more information, contact the NAED Conference Department at (888) 791-2512.

SOURCE: NAED