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NECA 2008 Schedule  - Convention

NECA 2008 Chicago – October
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
28 29 30 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11

All Sessions to be held at the McCormick Place, Lakeside Center.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

For more info on a session click on the session’s title.

7:30AM – 8:45AM Communicating Effectively with Difficult and Challenging Personalities - MPLC M-23
7:30AM – 8:45AM Deciphering Lockout/Tagout - MPLC M-22
7:30AM – 8:45AM Lessons Learned from the Florida Initiative - MPLC M-21
7:30AM – 8:45AM Measuring Labor Productivity for Electrical Contractors, ELECTRI International Research Project - MPLC M-20
7:30AM – 8:45AM Principles of Job Productivity Assurance and Control (JPAC), ELECTRI International Research Project - MPLC M-19
7:30AM – 2:00PM Registration - McCormick Place Lakeside Center
9:00AM – 10:15AM General Session Three - Bob Costas-Winning Through Teamwork & Fair Play - Arie Crown Theatre
9:00AM – 1:00PM New & Featured Product Room - McCormick Place Lakeside Center
10:00AM – 2:00PM Trade Show Hours - McCormick Place Lakeside Center
10:30AM – 11:20AM Business & Politics: NECA Government Affairs on the Election, 111th Congress, & the Issues Affecting the Industry - Tradshow Floor ET10
11:00AM – 1:15PM Lunch - Trade Show Floor
12:00PM – 12:50PM Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Photovoltaic Solar, and Energy Storage - Show Floor GT-4
12:00PM – 1:30PM Management Committee Luncheon - MPLC 272A
12:30PM – 1:20PM Fuel Cells: Real World Use - Show Floor GT-5
2:00PM – Daily Prize Drawing - Show Floor
8:00PM – Closing Celebration / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Arie Crown Theater
Key to Session Types:
Management
Technical workshops
Show
Convention

  • Schedule at a Glance

    The NECA Show is packed with valuable opportunities; take advantage of our exciting schedule and plan now!

    Schedule at a Glance

  • Welcome from NECA

    It happens every year in a different city, the excitement stirs, contractors come together to network, be educated, and learn about new products and services. The NECA Show is a place where you can renew old acquaintanceships, make new ones, take advantage of specialty pre-convention workshops, attend technical workshops, participate in informative management seminars, stroll the aisles with hundreds of manufacturers and distributors on the show floor. Every year it gets bigger and better. This year on October 4–7, 2008 you can find this all at the NECA Convention and Trade Show in Chicago, IL.

    The NECA Convention website will walk you through all the details and attractions of the NECA Convention and Trade Show. I invite you to join us for this exciting event … the NECA Convention and Trade Show!

    Beth Ellis

    Executive Director, Convention–Exhibition