Cabinets & Closets/Wood Pro Expo Texas agenda at a glance
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The Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo will be colocated with Wood Pro Expo Texas at the Arlington Convention Center March 11-13, 2020.

Wednesday, March 11

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Continental  Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Keynote-Barry Moltz Keynote: get Unstuck, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward. Barry will share simple, strategic steps to facilitate change.



WOOD PRO TRACK

9:05 AM - 10:00 AM  “Quality Testing and Green Standards Mean Business for your Business” (Chuck Arnold, Director of Certification, KCMA)

10:10 AM - 11:05 AM  “Smart Diversification Can Add to Your
Bottom Line” (CMA panel with Chris Valenti, Rick Thaler, Matt Wehner)

11:05 AM - 12:00 PM “The Wood Doctor’s Prescription: Trouble Shooting Wood Technology” (Gene Wengert)

12:00 PM -1:00 PM  Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM “Solving the Pricing Puzzle” (Will Sampson)

2:25 PM - 5:30 PM Buses depart for Plant Tours. Tour A -1st Source Millwork. Tour B - Techline Furniture, Cabinetry, & Closets showroom. (All tour attendees are invited to a reception at 1st Source.)

 

 



 

 

 

 



CLOSETS TRACK

 9:10 AM - 10:40 AM Barry Moltz Workshop:  get Unstuck part II-keeping your pipeline full, closing sales and marketing for your future

10:50 AM - 11:50 AM Installation Best Practices - Top 10 Installer tips - learn from the experts what works and what to avoid. David Marshall, Kitchens and Closets by DEA 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Design Hacks - Panel with top designers including NAPO members on 5 tricks to try for improving your designs: Ursula Hegvik, Smart Spaces; Alice Riiski Kempton, S&S Cabinets and Closets; and Jerry Courter, Techline Furniture, Cabinetry, & Closets

2:25 PM - 5:30 PM Buses depart for Plant Tours. Tour A -1st Source Millwork. Tour B - Techline Furniture, Cabinetry, & Closets showroom. (All tour attendees are invited to a reception at 1st Source.)

 


Thursday, March 12

9:00 AM to 9:50 AM Joint keynote: “Preparing Youth for Woodworking Careers” (Joe Davis, 2018 WMIA Educator of the Year)

10:00 AM to 5 PM -- Expo Hours

Free Networking and Learning events

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM -- CMA Roundtables: “What’s Your Problem?”

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM -- ACSP Roundtables
Lighting: Greg Price, Hardware Resources

Software: Joe Bergamo, Closet Pro Software

Garage Design 101: Shaun Oriold, Closet Envy

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- ACSP Certification

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM -- Top Shelf Design Awards and Reception - AT&T Stadium, Draft Kings Lounge at the 50 yard line! Trolleys will be available for transport to and from the convention center/hotel

 

Friday, March 13

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM “How a Custom Woodworking Shop Uses Technology for More Efficient Workflow” (Greg Lutz, Lutz Woodwork, Wylie, Texas)

10:00  AM to 3:00 PM -- Expo Hours

Free Networking and Learning events

11:00 to 12:50 PM -- Closets Program TBA

 

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Harry Urban is the retired publisher of the Woodworking Network. Urban spent more than 30 years working in business-to-business publishing, trade shows, and conferences. He has travelled extensively throughout North America and overseas visiting and reporting on major manufacturing facilities and trade shows. In retirement, he's still following the woodworking industry, but he plans to do a lot more fishing.