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2019 EBC Schedule
| DATE |
EVENT |
PRESENTER | SUBJECT |
| Sunday, April 14 | |||
| 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Check-in/Registration | ||
| 4 p.m. | EBC 2019 Kick-off! | Tim Fixmer, CEO CCI Media | Welcoming remarks |
| 4:15 p.m. | Lingrove Loft Development Lab | Joe Luttwak, CEO, Blackwood Guitars | |
| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Tariff Impacts on Cabinetry | John Sherwin, Project Manager, Custom Research, The Freedonia Group | exclusively for EBC 2019 |
| 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. | Online Parametric Furniture Design | Tino Go, CEO, Dimensionally Yours | Consumer furniture configurator exports G-code |
| 6 - 7:15 p.m. | Opening Reception | Icebreaker activity | |
| 7:15 - 9 p.m. | Dinner at the Marriott | Patrick Molzahn, MATC, Woodwork Career Alliance | Employee qualification credentialing |
| 9:15 p.m. | Nightcap Reception | ||
| Monday, April 15 | |||
| 8 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
| 8:45 a.m. | Day 2 Welcome! | Woodworking Network Staff | Agenda review |
| 8:55 - 10:10 a.m. | Opening Keynote | Luke Williams, Professor of Innovation and Design at New York University Stern School of Business | Disruptive Leadership |
| 10:15-10:40 a.m. | Case Study 1- Lewis Cabinet Specialties | Bobby Lewis, CEO & Beau Lewis, Advisory Board Member | Linking technology & workforce |
| 10:45 - 10:55 a.m. | Energy Break | Streaming Video | dukta Flexible Wood |
| 11 - 11:15 a.m. - | Tech Briefing: Wood-Ed Table | Wes Love, President, Taurus Craco | Augmented reality training |
| 11:15 - Noon | Educators Panel | Moderated by Patrick Molzahn, Cabinetmaking & Millwork Program Director, Madison College | Panelists from The MiLL, Seattle College |
| Noon - 1 p.m. | Luncheon Address | Danielle Clark, Director, Talent Development at Adobe | How Adobe inspires and develops its workforce |
| 1 - 6 p.m. | Plant Tours & Reception Mission Bell | Optional Tours: Adobe Headquarters, and Intel Museum | Natalie Engels, Principal, Gensler |
| 6 p.m. | Buses return to Marriott Hotel | ||
| 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Dinner at Marriott Hotel | Generational Differences: Thomas Allott, Manager, Stiles University | Employee expectations differ with age |
| Tuesday, April 16 | |||
| 8 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
| 8:50 a.m. | Day 3 Welcome Back! | Woodworking Network Staff | Agenda review |
| 9 - 9:30 a.m. | Case Study 2 - Tru Cabinetry | Butch Reimer, President, Truwood Cabinet Company | Targeting for sales from the best accounts |
| 9:35-10:05 a.m. | Surface Design Trends | Kenn Busch, Founder, Material Intelligence | Surface design trends |
| 10:10 - 10:50 a.m. | Tech Panel: Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) | Three cabinetry firms: American Woodmark, Monkey Bar Storage Systems & WB Mfg. Wisconsin Bench Cabinetry Div. | How MES networks plant floor operations |
| 10:55-11:05 a.m | Energy Break | Streaming video | SiS Sublimation on Wood |
| 11:05 - 11:20 | Technology Trends Forecast | Gary Wernlund, Office Furniture Sales Manager, Stiles | Previewing Ligna 2019 |
| 11:20 - Noon | CEO Panel: Technology Investments Today | Weighing Investment: Mark Trexler, ACProducts' Master Woodcraft div.; Mission Bell's Glenn Ripley; Butch Reimer, Tru Cabinetry | Rationales for tech investments |
| Noon -1:30 p.m. | Luncheon | First annual Market Leader Awards | |
| 1:35 - 2:05 p.m. | Case Study 3 - Bierson Corporation |
Don Casebier, CEO | Technology as the Mother of Invention |
| 2:10-3:30 p.m. | Closing Keynote | Alan Beaulieu, President and a principal, ITR Economics | Economic Outlook for 2019 and beyond |