Welcome to the inaugural AHRI Leadership Forum! We are pleased
that you are registering to attend this exciting new event!
The AHRI Leadership Forum is a brand-new association event that
will offer critical, strategic industry and association information in an
interactive, dynamic setting. The sessions at this meeting will offer solutions
on a variety of pertinent topics to all AHRI member companies. This event has
been carefully designed to feature dynamic speakers, stronger peer engagement
opportunities, and leadership presentations to further AHRI’s and member
companies’ goals.
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 11
OPENING
SESSION: “AHRI Need-To-Know Presentation” (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
In this popular session, you will learn about the many benefits of your
company’s membership in AHRI; be introduced to AHRI staff so that you can put
faces with names; be briefed on the federal, state, and global issues facing
our industry and how your association will respond to those issues over the
coming months; and review the 2018 AHRI Leadership Forum program of events and
activities.
WELCOME
RECEPTION AND DINNER: “Tribal Chic” (7:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
Join friends, colleagues, and AHRI staff at the “Tribal Chic” welcome reception and dinner as we kick off
the inaugural AHRI Leadership Forum! The reception will be hosted at the Starr
Circle/Foyer. Dress is casual.
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 12
ANNUAL
CHAIRMAN’S BREAKFAST, INDUSTRY AWARDS, AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS (7:30 AM - 9:00 AM)
Join
AHRI Chairman Chris Peel for the Annual Chairman's Business Meeting Breakfast,
during which he will report on the state of the association and present the
AHRI Industry Awards. Following the awards, Chris will welcome keynote speaker
Jake Harriman, Former Marine Platoon Commander and Founder and CEO of Nuru
International, a U.S. –based social venture that empowers individuals living in
remote and rural areas to combat extreme poverty in their communities.
SESSION
#1: AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS CHANGE, IS THE HVACR
INDUSTRY RIPE FOR DISRUPTION? (9:15 AM – 11:30 AM)
Our
first Strategic Session is designed to introduce all attendees to the issues we
will further address in Sessions #2 and #3. Our keynote speaker, Boxed CEO
Chieh Huang, will discuss the ways in which rapidly advancing technology
continues to drive innovation and disrupt traditional products and services.
After Huang sets the stage, we will look carefully at how the innovative use of
technology -- including the rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms
-- might have the potential to disrupt the HVACR industry. Our industry experts
will discuss the evolution of Intelligent Services for their products, as well
as the impact of standards and regulations on the future of connected devices
and those who purchase HVACR products.
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 13
WOMEN’S NETWORKING BREAKFAST (7:30 AM – 9:00 AM)
Please join us for AHRI’s professional women’s networking
breakfast event. Meeting attendees, spouses, and guests from all
professional backgrounds are invited to join us for breakfast to
network with other women. Our guest of honor will be Ms. Sandra Cosimano.
Sandra worked for Johnson & Johnson for 35 years and retired in 2010 as the
Director of Financial Strategy and Evaluation/Mergers & Acquisitions. She
then enrolled in the New York School of Interior Design and became President of
Sandra Marie Interior Designs. She is a wife, a mother of two adult sons, and a
breast cancer survivor. She will share her lessons learned and the importance
she places on always challenging the status quo.
SESSION #2: SUSTAINABILITY: CURRENT FAD OR
DRIVER FOR CONTINUOUS CHANGE AND INNOVATION? (8:30 AM – 9:30 AM)
Strategic Session #2 will focus on
sustainability, featuring David Miller, former Toronto mayor and head of World
Wildlife Fund Canada. Miller will outline the many current and planned global
sustainability initiatives and set the stage for a discussion of these
measures.
SESSION #3: INDUSTRY SECTOR BREAKOUTS (9:45 AM
– 11:30 AM)
Breaking into product sector groups (Applied
Products, Heating, Refrigeration, Unitary), we will look ahead to 2019 and
beyond to identify the certification, regulatory, standards, codes, analytics, and
legislative issues that each industry sector must address to be prepared for
the future. Meeting as a broader sector group of manufacturers of products and
components from similar or related technologies will provide opportunities to
discuss strategies to address the common and cross-cutting issues impacting
each sector. Click
here to see which product sections map to each sector group, bearing in mind that some map to more than one.
For maximum
effectiveness, companies that participate in more than one sector should plan
to have at least one staff member in attendance at each relevant sector
breakout session. Breakout sessions will
have similar agendas, making it unproductive for one person to try to attend
more than one.
INCOMING
CHAIRMAN'S LUNCH, SPORTS AWARDS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER (12:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Join incoming
chairman Bill Steel (Bard Manufacturing Company, Inc.) for the Incoming Chairman's Luncheon and
Sports Awards, during which Bill will outline plans for his tenure as AHRI
Chairman. Following his address, Bill will introduce the 2018 Golf and Tennis
Chairman, who will present the entertaining and popular awards. Following the awards, Bill will welcome keynote speaker Amy Walter, National Editor of the non-partisan Cook Political Report, and the former
political director of ABC News. Just a week after the mid-term elections, Amy
will expertly dissect the results and what they might mean for our industry and
the nation.
SESSION
#4: ADVOCATING FOR THE HVACR INDUSTRY: HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO SHAPE OUR
FUTURE? (2:30 PM – 5:30 PM)
Strategic
Session #4 will focus on advocacy efforts from a local, state, national, and
global perspective. A regulatory panel will discuss the major issues requiring
AHRI’s attention, and breakout sessions will allow attendees to choose between
learning more about the impact of the recent election or about building an
advocacy program for their large, medium, or small business.
CHAIRMAN'S
ULTIMATE DISCO RECEPTION AND DINNER-DANCE (6:30 PM - 11:00 PM)
Join
colleagues during the closing reception and dinner-dance as we transport
you back to the 1970s with a high-energy performance by Boogie Knights, which will
perform your favorite 70s disco songs. We will honor outgoing chairman Chris
Peel and welcome newly elected chairman Bill Steel. 70s attire is highly
recommended, so scramble for your grooviest 70s look and come ready to boogie!
This event will celebrate the conclusion of our inaugural Leadership Forum. Can
you dig it?