Program At-A-Glance

- Big Box Facilities Foodservice Planning & Design Small Box Personal Development/ Business Strategy
Sunday, March 7
1:00pm - 2:00pm Supplier Welcome Luncheon and Orientation
3:00pm - 3:30pm First-Time Attendee Orientation
3:30pm - 4:45pm Opening Address — Mike Eruzione, Always Go For The Gold!
5:00pm - 6:30pm SOLUTION CENTER OPEN
6:30pm - 8:00pm SPECS/2010 Welcoming Reception
Monday, March 8
7:30am - 9:15am Breakfast (7:30am-8:00am) and Keynote Address — Neal Petersen, No Barriers, Only Solutions
9:30am - 10:45am Dark Box Conversions Maintaining Your Facilities With Consistency – What’s in Your Playbook? Is Sustainability In Your Future? Retail Store Of The Year Balancing Capital Investment With Total Cost of Ownership (Double Session) Bring Yourself to Work
11:00am - 2:30pm SOLUTION CENTER OPEN (lunch and refreshments served)
2:45pm - 4:00pm Open Store Renovation – Best Practices For Remodeling Energy - Show Me The Money! A Bright Future With LED Hot New Retail Color Trends Balancing Capital Investment With Total Cost of Ownership (Double Session) Creating The Ultimate Brand, Through the Ultimate Customer Experience!
4:15pm - 5:45pm Exhibitor/Retailer Face-to-Face Information Exchange
6:30pm - 9:00pm SPECS/2010 Evening Reception
- Big Box Facilities Foodservice Planning & Design Small Box Personal Development/ Business Strategy
Tuesday, March 9
7:30am - 9:15am Breakfast (7:30am-8:00am) and General Session Address — Mark Zinder, The Economy Today: A Review on How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
9:30am - 10:45am 3-D Scanning - The Future of Accurate Building Surveys Parking Lots: Successful Life-cycle Management Multi-Unit Financing - Yes, There Is Money Available! Big Things In Small Packages: Creative Planning Trends in a Downsizing Economy GREEN: Let’s Get Started – So Simple a Caveman Can Do It The Economy Today: A Further Review
11:00am - 2:30pm SOLUTION CENTER OPEN (lunch and refreshments served)
2:45pm - 3:15pm Supplier Wrap-up Meeting
2:45pm - 4:00pm Concrete - Here And Now Driving Towards Zero Waste – 5 Major Strategies All Retailers Can Implement Today LEEDing ROI With Sustainability – It’s Not Who We Are Anymore, It’s Where We Are! Green Products – Identifying Materials that are a Great Value! Is Your Store in “Jeopardy”? Getting Your House in Order: The Keys to Increasing Efficiency While Reducing Stress
4:15pm - 5:30pm General Session Address — Justin Doak, Green for Retail Leadership Panel
5:30pm - 6:00pm Retailer Wrap-up Meeting
6:30pm - 10:00pm Retail Appreciation Party
Wednesday, March 10
8:30am - 10:30am Breakfast (8:30am-9:00am) and General Session Address — Anthony Galie, Subconscious Secrets of Business Success

An Energy/Sustainability Topic in Association with Green for Retail