8:00am - 9:15am

9:30am – 10:45am

9:30am – 10:45am

11:00am - 12:00pm

11:00am - 12:00pm

1:00pm - 2:00pm

1:00pm - 2:00pm

2:00pm - 4:30pm

5:00pm – 6:00pm

CTDA Marketing/PR Committee

CTDA Education Committee

CTDA Convention Committee

CTDA Membership Committee

CTDA Certification Task Force Committee

CTDA Stone Committee

CTDA Mold Committee

Board of Directors Meeting (directors only)

New Member Orientation

7:30am - 8:30am

8:30am - 9:00am

9:00am - 10:00am



10:00am - 10:30am

10:30am - 12:00pm


12:00pm - 1:00pm

1:00pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 2:00pm

2:00pm - 3:30pm


3:30pm – 4:30pm


6:00pm – 7:30pm

Breakfast

Hall of Fame Presentation #1

Best Practices: Technology and Leadership
Keynote Address: Jim Carroll “Coping with Ketchup:
How To Adapt to a World of Constant Change”

Networking Break

Best Practices: Marketing and Value Added Services
James Feldman: “Shift Happens”

Lunch

Hall of Fame Presentation #2

CTDA Annual Business Meeting

Best Practices: Sales
Mac Fulfer: Every Face Tells a Story

CTDA Best Practices Session
The Growing Concern about Mold

Opening Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Turkish Ceramic Association

Manufacturer Breakfasts

Distributor Forum (distributors only)

Networking Break

Company Performance Report: Al Bates

Tour Palm Springs Aerial Tram with a City Tour and Shopping

Tour Indian Cultural & Lost Legends Jeep Adventure

7:00am - 8:30am

8:30am – 9:30am

9:30am – 10:00am

10:00am - 11:00am


12:30pm - 5:00pm

12:30pm - 5:00pm

12:30pm - 5:00pm

7:00pm – 10:00pm

Manufacturer Breakfasts

The Porcelain Jungle

Networking Break

Best Practices: Human Resources
Eric Chester: The Aliens Have Landed – Meet Generation Why

Golf Tournament

Tour Living Desert Wildlife and Botanical Park

Tour Hiking in the Indian Canyons

President's Dinner Celebration