EXHIBITOR2013 Announces Conference Advisory Board

8/27/2012 - A key reason for the successful 25-year run of EXHIBITOR Learning Events is its Conference Advisory Board. Each year, EXHIBITOR conference participants, who have different ranges of experience and come from different industries, are invited to participate on the Conference Advisory Board. Those who accept are asked to attend a two-day spring meeting and to bring their ideas for improvement.

“EXHIBITOR show management works to reinvent and create a better show each and every year,” said Brad Montgomery, Chair of EXHIBITOR2013’s Conference Advisory Board, and Marketing and Communications Director for Accuform Signs. “Each year, the advisory board convenes to discuss the successes of the show and becomes a think tank for new and bigger ideas for the next year,” Montgomery continued.

“To me, this shows EXHIBITOR’S absolute commitment to staying close to the market it serves. People come back year after year because the curriculum is just what they need, incorporating all the base knowledge as well as all that is new,” Montgomery continued. “And on the exhibit hall floor, the exhibitors are the companies that can solve their problems.”

Along with contributing ideas for new session topics that they find relevant or important for their careers/jobs, many of the advisory board members are candidates for or have received their Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM) certification and are giving back to the industry by speaking at EXHIBITOR2013, which meets from March 17-21, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.

In addition to Montgomery, Conference Advisory Board members for EXHIBITOR2013 are: Ashley Backhus, CTSM, Business Development Coordinator, TranSystems; Lisa Beckerman, CTSM, Associate Director—Events and Trade Shows, Verizon Wireless; Glenda Brungardt, CTSM, Tradeshow/Event Manager, HP Imaging and Printing Group Americas Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company; and Marc Crosier, Manager, Tradeshow & Events, Philips Lifeline.

Others include: Nina D’Amico, Manager, Marketing Communications, Lockheed Martin; Abbie Martin, CTSM, Marketing Communications Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Felicia Kaban, Manager, Conventions and Events, LifeScan, Inc. & Animas Corp, part of the Johnson & Johnson Family; Deanna Kraus, CTSM, Senior Marketing Manager, Marcom and Events, HD Supply, Facilities Maintenance; Roger May, Senior Director of Marketing, Siemens Healthcare; Joseph Porporino, CTSM, CMP, Manager, Business Customer Events, United States Postal Service; and Marc Wallis, Events Program Manager, Intel Corporation.

For more information about CTSM certification, go to www.CTSM.com. For more information about EXHIBITOR2013, go to www.exhibitor2013.com.


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The leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, Exhibitor Media Group publishes EXHIBITOR magazine - best practices in trade show marketing. EXHIBITOR also produces EXHIBITOR2013, the trade show and corporate event industry's top-rated educational conference; EXHIBITORFastTrak regional accelerated learning conferences; EXHIBITOR eTrak live online educational sessions; and GRAVITY FREE, the World's Only Multidisciplinary Design Conference. EXHIBITOR is the founder and sponsor of CTSM (Certified Trade Show Marketer), the industry's only university-affiliated professional certification program. EXHIBITOR'S website, www.ExhibitorOnline.com, is the trade show and event community's most comprehensive online resource.



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