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Schedule At-A-Glance
4:00 – 6:00 pm – Badge Pick-Up and Vendor Hospitality
6:00 – 7:30 pm – Welcome Reception (sponsored by Edifice Information Management)
Monday, May 7
7:00 am – Continental Breakfast (sponsored by Wilson)
7:30 am – Welcome with NSGA President & CEO, Matt Carlson, and Conference Moderator, Rusty Saunders
7:45 am – (All) Climbing Back to the Top of the Mountain – One More Time with Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton (Bio)
9:00 am – Networking Break (sponsored by GroupeSTAHL)
9:15 am – (All) ESPN: Building a Brand: Serving the Fan with Sean Bratches, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ESPN (Bio)
10:15 am – (Conference Track) Retail Workshops
(Dealer Track) Collections: Minimizing Potential Headaches with attorney Louis LeLaurin III (More Info)
11:00 am – (Dealer Track) 12 Audacious Questions to Answer When Considering Succession Planning with author Tom Deans, Ph.D. (More Info)
NOON – Inaugural All-Star Awards Luncheon
1:30 pm – (Conference Track) – The New Rules of Retail: Competing in the World’s Toughest Marketplace with author and consultant Michael Dart (Bio)
(Dealer Track) Then and Now: Comparing High School Athletic Directors' Sentiments in 2009 and Today with James Hartford, CEO & chief market analyst, SportsOneSource Group (More Info)
2:30 pm – (All) – Sales Negotiation: More is Better with negotiation expert Ed Brodow
3:30 pm – (All) – Employee Benefits Strategies in the Era of Health Care Reform, with Willis of Wisconsin Human Capital Consultant David Wierkiewicz
6:00 pm – Reception (sponsored by SofSole)
Tuesday, May 8
7:00 am – Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – (All) American Manufacturing: The New Balance Approach with Rob DeMartini, President & CEO, New Balance (Bio)
9:00 am – (Conference Track) Five Essential Rules Every Business Needs to be Successful with Daymond John, founder of FUBU, TV personality on ABC's Shark Tank (Bio)
(Dealer Track) – Best Practices in Decorating Panel Discussion moderated by SGIA's Johnny Shell (Bio)
Panelists: Dave Wheatley, GroupeSTAHL (More Info)
John Reglein, The Graphic Edge (More Info)
Bruce Perryman, Embroidery Unlimited Inc. (More Info)
10:15 am – Networking Break
10:30 am – (Conference Track) The Face of Retail in the Next Five Years moderated by Formula4Media's Mark Sullivan
Panelists: Al Meyers, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (More Info)
Sam Poser, Sterne Agee (Bio)
(Dealer Track) Social Media: Are You In The Game? with Jake Wengroff, Global Director, Social Media Strategy and Research, Frost & Sullivan (Bio)
11:30 am – Golf Tournament Buffet Lunch (registered golfers only)
12:30 pm – Official NSGA Golf Tournament (sponsored by SPS Commerce)
1:00 pm – (All) Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions with Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D., Steven Roth Professor of Management, Tuck School at Dartmouth College (Bio)
2:00 pm – Inaugural Management Conference Table Tennis Tournament
6:30 pm – Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame Festivities (sponsored by GE Capital, Mizuno, New Balance and W.L. Gore)
Wednesday, May 9
8:00 am – Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – (All) A Patriot’s Calling with Dan Rooney, Retired U.S. Air National Guard, Founder of Patriot Golf Day (Bio)