| TIME |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2008 |
| 4:00 - 5:00PM |
Registration Open
First Floor Foyer |
|
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM |
ETA Annual Meeting
Taggart |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
Welcome Reception
Pluto's Alley |
| TIME |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008 |
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM |
Registration
First Floor Foyer |
| 8:00 - 9:30 AM |
Welcome Address/General Session
Antitrust and Deregulation in Software, Telecommunications, and Electricity: Current Directions
Timothy Brennan
Windsor B |
| 9:30 - 9:45 AM |
Break |
| 9:45-10:30 AM |
BioMedical Technology Overview
Glen Wolfe
Windsor B |
RESI Competencies and Careers
Kevin Burkett
Clifton |
| 10:30-10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM |
Emerging Radio Technologies – Maximizing Spectrum and the Radio
Tom Janca
Taggart-1 |
Awesome Cube
Jeff LeSueur
Clifton |
| 11:30 - 1:00 PM |
Lunch
Windsor B |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
 Keynote Speaker
Building Services as the Differentiator
Bill Scapin
Vice President, Motorola Sales and Services, Inc.
North America Service Operations
Windsor B
|
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM |
You Will Be Green! The Future of Technology in a World that is Running Out of Everything.
Jay Warmke
Windsor B |
| 2:45 - 3:00 PM |
Break |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
Break |
TRADE SHOW OPENS
ELECTRONICS MODULE Demo
David Carroll
Kevin Gulliver
Clifton |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM |
Marketing to Women & Minorities in the Technology Field
Beverly Turek
Windsor B |
| 4:30 - 4:45 PM |
RESI Training Systems for your School or Industry
Kevin Burkett
Clifton |
| 4:45 - 6:00 PM |
Break |
| 6:00 - 9:00 PM |
COURTYARD EVENT
Terrace |
| 9:00 PM |
TRADE SHOW CLOSES |
| TIME |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008 |
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM |
Registration
First Floor Foyer |
| 8:00 - 8:45 AM |
General Session - All About ETA Membership, student chapters, state reps
ETA Expert
Taggart |
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM |
Break |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Wireless Open Forum
Tom Janca, CETsr
Andre Smalling, CET
John Baldwin, CETsr
Taggart |
TRADE SHOW OPENS
CPLD Programming in the Electronics Classroom
Fred Weiss
Clifton |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 AM |
The Past, Present and Future of Fiber Optics and Communications
Thomas Bonner
Taggart |
| 11:30 - 1:30 PM |
Box Lunch & Author Signing
Terrace & Foyer
TRADE SHOW CLOSES |
| 1:30 - 2:15 PM |
Market & Manage Your Brand
Beverly Turek
Hickman |
Avionics
Richard Booth
Taggart |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM |
Break |
| 2:30 - 3:15 PM |
BioMedical Electronic Fields
Glen Wolfe
Hickman |
RFID
Andre Smalling
Taggart |
| 3:15 - 3:30 PM |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Then, Now and Tomorrow, a path for future technical education
Tom Janca
Hickman |
| 6:00 - 9:00 PM |
Awards Dinner - Announcement of 2008-2009 Officers
Clifton |
| TIME |
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Deployments Explored-Globally (ETA around the World)
Windsor A |
| 8:30 - 8:45 AM |
Latest Certifications & Testing-What can you expect from ETA in 2009
ETA Expert
Windsor A |
| 8:35 - 9:00 AM |
Break |
| 9:00 - 10:45 AM |
Certified Service Center (CSC) Informational Session
Windsor A |
| 10:45 - 11:00 AM |
Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 PM |
Educators Forum
Windsor A |
| 12:00 PM |
Conference Concludes |
