PACE 2006 to be held January 29-February 1 in Tampa, FL.Hosted by the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA PDCA Purebred Dexter Cattle Association PDCA Painting and Decorating Contractors of America PDCA Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (USA) PDCA Pile Driving Contractors Association PDCA Pug Dog Club of America ), St. Louis, MO, and the Society for Protective Coatings SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) is a professional organization for the industrial coatings industry. It was founded in 1950 as the Steel Structures Painting Council, a non-profit association concerned with the use of coatings to protect industrial steel structures (SSPC SSPC Society for Protective Coatings (formerly Steel Structures Painting Council) SSPC Steel Structures Painting Council (now Society for Protective Coatings) ), Pittsburgh, PA, PACE 2006 will be held January 29-February 1 at the Tampa Convention Center The Tampa Convention Center is a mid-sized convention center located in Downtown Tampa, Florida. Its location is ideal because it has both waterfront views, and views of the skyline. in Tampa, FL. The conference and exhibition is designed for those in the paint, coatings, and decorating industries, including manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, architects, designers, engineers, and industry consultants. It features commercial booth exhibitions and a comprehensive selection of technical education sessions. There are a number of new features at this year's PACE event. There will be a "Trading Places" activity where attendees will be able to apply decorative finishing and work with steel structures. Demonstrations on the exhibit floor will be scheduled in advance and announced for attendees' convenience. Plus, a new educational track dedicated to industrial and commercial contractors has been developed. Rich Teerlink will give the Keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. Speaker Award Address on Monday, January 30. Mr. Teerlink is the retired chairman of Harley-Davidson, and spent 18 years with the company. He held various executive positions including chief financial officer, president, and chief executive officer. He was named to the board of directors in 1982 and was part of the leadership team that led the revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. of the Harley-Davidson brand. An accomplished author, Mr. Teerlink will talk about the importance of a company's employees, as "people are an organization's only sustainable competitive advantage." PACE 2006 highlights also include a Presidents' Lecture Series, a number of joint PDCA and SSPC technical sessions, and the newly revised Contractor College Accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. Program offered through the PDCA Contractor College. For registration and additional information, visit www.pace2006.com, or contact PDCA at 800.332.7322 or 314.514.7322; or SSPC at 877.281.7772 or 412.281.2331. |
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