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