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Download the 2019 GAWDA Annual Convention Mobile App before Arriving in Washington, D.C.
The 2019 GAWDA Annual Convention App is now live in the App Store and Google Play Store! This indispensable tool will benefit anybody who is planning attending the 2019 GAWDA Annual Convention which takes place from September 28 - October 1, 2019, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
To access the event, you must download "Attendee Hub" in the App Store or Google Play Store and search for the GAWDA 2019 Annual Convention. If you are reading this on your mobile device, click
here to download the app. To gain access to event content, you will be prompted to confirm your registration to the GAWDA 2019 Annual Convention.
To view the Annual Convention website, click
here
.
Here are 9 Important Reasons to Download the 2019 GAWDA Annual Convention Mobile App
1. Stay up-to-date with announcements & event reminders
2. Get full access to the attendee list
3. Message & set up meetings with attendees
4. View the schedule of events & set your schedule
5. Learn about our Featured Speakers
6. Post & share on our social media wall
7. Easily view area maps & meeting locations
8. Plan your Contact Booth experience with interactive floorplans & Exhibitor Info
9. Call an UBER back to the airport when it's time to go home
We look forward to seeing all of you in Washington, D.C.!
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2019 GAWDA Professional Compliance Seminars
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Join GAWDA from October 29 - 31 in Aurora, Illinois at Weldcoa to get the latest certified DOT Function Specific Training and FDA Food/Drug CGMP Training. Weldcoa will present their new Fill Plant Operations Training including a Tour of Weldcoa’s newly updated facilities including the first of its kind Weldcoa Innovation Center. For more information about the event, including a detailed agenda, or to register, click
here.
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2019 Annual Convention Is Less Than TWO WEEKS Away!
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GAWDA's 2019 Annual Convention takes place Saturday, Sept. 28 – Tuesday, Oct.1, 2019 at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington, DC. Register now to reserve your spot at this unmissable industry event. Speakers include:
- Brian Beaulieu, CEO & Principal of ITR Economics
- Don McMillan, Futurist and Engineer
- Phil Kornbluth, President of Kornbluth Helium Consulting
- William McRaven, Retired U.S. Navy Four-Star Admiral and former Chancellor of the University of Texas System
Read more about the speakers
here
. Download the agenda for the entire Annual Convention
here
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*Please note that the attire for the President's Farewell Gala is semi-formal/cocktail
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Jackets are required but ties are optional.*
Things to Do Before the Annual Convention
- There is no shortage of things to do in Washington, D.C. Be sure to bring your family to share this incredible opportunity to visit the nation's most spectacular museums and monuments. See the White House, stand in the halls of history in the Capitol Building, visit one (or more) of the many Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, view Ford's Theater, marvel at the scale of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, visit the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court, pay your respects at Arlington, and much, much more! For more information about things to do and see in our nation's capital, click here.
- Make sure to download the GAWDA event app (called Attendee Hub in the app store) and search for the GAWDA 2019 Annual Convention. The app is live now, so make sure to start planning out your schedule directly in the app!
- Get social! Use #GAWDAAC2019 in the run up to and during the GAWDA Annual Convention to make sure that other attendees and social media users in the industry can see your posts. The Convention hashtag is a place where all social content surrounding the AC can be seen in one place!
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Contact Booth Program
M2 Level - Marquis Ballroom
Mon., Sept. 30: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Prize drawings: 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Click the link above and scroll to the bottom to submit your prize, or email Hannah directly at
[email protected]
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GAWDA Gives Back Charities Named
GAWDA President
Brad Peterson
and his wife,
Gaby
, have selected two Washington, DC charities as recipients of donations from the 2019 GAWDA Gives Back Program. Donations from the Gives Back campaign will fund specific projects at these two worthy organizations
:
Community Lodgings
– This group was founded in 1987 by a group of eight churches. At the time, the need was to provide shelter for the homeless, so the churches came together to buy three properties. They continue to own those properties to this day, but the mission of the organization has greatly expanded. In addition to providing below-market housing on a rental basis, the group provides for the greater family and community need in helping to educate and lift people out of the cycle of poverty.
Our Military Kids
– This organization provides scholarships to children of military members who are deployed or hospitalized, for extra-curricular activities. These activities help the children focus on something other than their parents’ absence or disability and keep them connected to “regular” kids and activities. These scholarships might provide the opportunity for a camp, for karate lessons, or for some other “normal” activity.
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We Need Your Help With the GAWDA Archive Project
There's still time to donate to the GAWDA Archive Project. Things that we would love to have include:
- old pictures
- meeting badges
- early publications
- supplier giveaways to the GAWDA archives
- At the 2019 GAWDA Annual Convention, a camera crew will be on hand to interview members about the 75th Anniversary. Members with stories or memories about GAWDA's history are encouraged to share them for this video project.
In preparation for GAWDA’s 75th Anniversary Celebration in 2020, we are collecting GAWDA-related memorabilia for use in the magazine and newsletter, for a mobile display during events and to preserve as a permanent archive at the GAWDA Headquarters in Hollywood, FL.
Donated items can be mailed directly to GAWDA at 1 Oakwood Blvd., Suite 195, Hollywood, FL 33020.
For more information, please contact
Andrea Levy
,
Director of Member Services & Programs, at 954-367-7728, ext. 260 or
[email protected]
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(Please note that donated items will become a part of the permanent collection and cannot be returned.)
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2020 SPRING MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
April 5
–
7, 2020
J.W. Marriott Austin
110 E 2nd Street
Austin, TX 78701
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2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION
September 25
–
28, 2020
J.W. Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
5350 E Marriott Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85054
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2021 SPRING MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
March 29 – 31, 2021
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
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2021 ANNUAL CONVENTION
October 6 – 9, 2021
The Broadmoor
1 Lake Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
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In our communications with members and research for the GAWDA publications, we often come upon links that are worth sharing. Check them out, and if you come across any interesting business or industry stories, please send them to
[email protected]
.
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