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8:00 am |
Doors Open, Meet Your Peers |
8:30 am |
Welcome: Kickstarting New Products - Bill Esler |
8:50 am |
Opening Keynote: Designing Product Development -- Adam Rogers, Director of Design, Thos. Moser Contract Furniture, Freeport, ME
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10:00 am |
My Woodworking Start-up Case Study: Adapt & Thrive -- Jared Patchin, J. Alexander Fine Furniture, Boise, ID
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11:00 am |
Launching a Business: Marketing Is Key-- Chip Yawney, A Cut Above Inc. - Custom Cabinetry & Design, Jessup, MD
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
1:15 pm |
A Different Woodworking Path: Skipping Industry Norms - Corbin Clay, Azure Furniture, Denver
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2:00 pm |
Olde School: My Journey to Inventing - KornerKing Peter Mai, president, Olde School Cabinet
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2:45 pm |
Software: Why We Wrote Our Own Applications - Jonah Coleman, Fletcher Wood Products
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3:00 pm - 4:15 pm |
Presenter Panel & Open Forum – Peer to Peer Networking – moderated by Bill Esler
You’ll also hear about cooperative woodshop centers, where next generation woodworking “Makers” and “Crafters” collaborate in shared production facilities, lowering costs. Moderator Bill Esler will also present a mind-expanding recap of inventive wood products developed by cabinet shops and woodworkers across the country – creations that have allowed them to grow their businesses. |
Register now: “Woodworking Inventors” is a session you won’t want to miss!
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