2009 North American CWG Conference in Marco Island, Florida, USA, October 5-7

This year the North American CWG Conference is scheduled for early October in one of our favorite venues; Marco Island, FL.  We are planning on having a Welcome "Meet and Greet" on Sunday evening and weather permitting, this will be an outdoor activity, so plan on joining us to meet others and have some fun.    

The conference begins early on Monday with everyone in a General Session.  We will have a yet to be announced keynote speaker and there will be updates from the President of CWG, Dave Loomans, updates and news about CWG Chapters and some sessions that were asked to be repeated from the Berlin conference including:  Product Data Replication, Characteristic Value Planning (Best Practices), Variant Configuration Tips & Tricks (back by popular demand).  

Tuesday will have multiple tracks including: SAP, Best Practices and Partner Tracks.   There are many exciting informational and innovative presentations planned this year.  We also took your advice and added time to breaks and lunch for more networking opportunities. There will be more opportunities to network and sessions are planned for the novice and for the more advanced user.

Wednesday is planned to be a full day and with presentations oriented to the General audience with updates from SAP and customer projects.  

This year there will be three training opportunities after the conference similar to last year.  This year there are three workshops planned including a 2-Day Basic VC Modeling Training [Thurs and Fri] and two 3-Day [Thurs, Fri and Sat] for IPC 5.0 Technical Training and Advanced VC Modeling Workshop.   These are not included in your conference fee and more information about these will be provided in the upcoming weeks, so plan on staying over and getting a refresher course or get an update on some advanced modeling techniques.  The Hilton Hotel will offer the same great rates for these days, too.