| Agenda |
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| Location | Marriot Sand Key Clearwater Florida |
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| Dates | April 28-29, 2026 |
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| Conference Registration | April 27th (4:30 – 6:00pm) April 28th (7:30 – 8:30am) |
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| MEET THE VENDOR | SPONSOR | MILWAUKEE TOOL |
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| LOCATION | 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE AREA |
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| DATE AND TIMES | APRIL 28TH 4:00PM TO 6:00PM |
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| Hospitality Room | SPONSOR | MILWAUKEE TOOL |
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| LOCATION | 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE AREA |
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| DATE AND TIMES | APRIL 28TH 4:00PM TO 6:00PM |
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| Day One |
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| Time | Moderator | Presenter | Title |
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| 7:30am to 8:30am | Breakfast (Conference area second floor) |
| 8:30 am | Alan Still | Alan Still | Call to order / Sergeant of arms |
| 8:30 am to 8:45 am | Alan Still | Brian McCord and Ginger Slack | Welcome Speeches |
| 8:45 am to 9:30 am | Pete Scalione | Father Brian | Keynote |
| 9:30 am to 10:00am | Alan Still | Todd Hill and John Daniel | SMART Update / SMACNA Update |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am to 10:45am | Mike Hughes | Otto Tech Systems | The World’s First “Smart Ladder System” |
| 10:45am to 11:30am | John Espinos | Mark Belland | Policies and your JATC |
| 11:30am to 12:00pm | Scott Demers | TBD | 617 Recruitment and Social Media |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch at Watercolours |
| 1:00pm to 1:30pm | Tim Benner | Warren Faust | “Everyone is an Organizer” – Embedding Organizing into Apprentice Education |
| 1:30pm to 2:00pm | Alan Still | TBD | Vendor Presentations |
| 2:00pm to 2:15pm | Break |
| 2:15pm to 3:00pm | Ruben Valasquez | Joe Pickens | TAB Lab Certifications – Streamling the Process and Growing the Industry / Rigging & Signaling Certification |
| 3:00pm to 4:00pm | TIm Benner | Holly Gould | Trimble in Education |
| 4:00pm to 6:00pm | Meet the Vendor Cocktail Reception |
Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference 