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It's time to get out of our office and refresh yourself -- discover new markets, product ideas, places and people. Below you will find a list of events that are of interest to a wide segment of the community.
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November 13 - 19 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress09/.
November 14 - 20 Supercomputing 2009, Portland, Ore., http://sc09.supercomputing.org/.
November 15 - 18 FABTECH and the American Welding Society Welding Show (Including METALFORM), Chicago, Ill., http://www.fabtechexpo.com/.
November 17 - 20 World Class Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy, Atlanta, Ga., http://www.scl.gatech.edu/professional-education/on-campus-courses/course.php?id=wclscs.
November 30 - December 3 Defense Manufacturing Conference 2009, Hilton Orlando, Fla., http://www.dmc2009.com/.
December 1 - 2 Photonics in Communications, Santa Clara, Calif. Sponsored by the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, http://www.oida.org/events/forum09reg
December 2 - 3 3rd Annual Symposium on Avoiding, Detecting, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Sponsored by the Surface Mount Technology Association, http://www.smta.org/education/symposia/symposia.cfm#counterfeit.
February 1 - 2 Defense Metals Technology Center's 2nd Annual Strategic Materials Conference, Cleveland, Ohio https://www.defensemetals.org/dmtc/app/smc_feb2010
February 2 - 5 Supply Chain Analytics, Georgia Technology Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Atlanta, Ga., http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/edu.gatech.conted.course.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=341.
February 17 - 18 2010 Product Safety & Product Liability Prevention Seminar, Milwaukee Wisc., http://randallgoodden.com/
March 8 - 9 Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Phoenix, Ariz., http://www.asq.org/conferences/six-sigma/index.html.
March 10 - 11 The Annual West Coast Product SafetyÊConference, Los Angeles Calif., http://randallgoodden.com.
March 14 - 16 International Conference on ISO 9000, Orlando, Fla., www.iso9000conference.com.
March 21 - 25 American Mold Builders Association's Annual Convention, Orlando, Fla., http://www.amba.org/index.php?pr=2010_Annual_Convention.
March 23 - 25 WESTEC 2010, Los Angeles, Calif., www.westeconline.com.
March 25 - 26 Product Safety & Product Liability Prevention Seminar, Orlando Fla., http://randallgoodden.com.
March 29 - 31 Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides, Long Beach, Calif. Sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation: http://www.mpif.org/
April 14 - 15 Micromanufacturing And Nanomanufacturing Conference and Exhibits, Mesa, Ariz., www.sme.org/micro.
April 18 - 21 International Conference on Laswer Peening, San Francisco, Calif., http://www.laserpeening.utcdayton.com/index.html.
April 19 - 23 Hannover Messe, Efficiency, Innovation and Sustainability, Hannover, Germany, http://www.hfusa.com/.
May 3 - 6 Hydrogen Conference & Expo. Sponsored by the National Hydrogen Association. Long Beach, Calif., www.hydrogenconference.org.
May 4 - 7 World-Class Inventory Planning & Management, Atlanta, Ga. Sponsored by the Georgia Technology Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/edu.gatech.conted.course.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=141.
May 10 - 13 Aircraft Airworthiness & Sustainment, Austin, Texas, http://www.airworthiness2010.com/pages/exhibit.html.
May 11 - 12 Training Within Industry Summit Las Vegas, Nev. www.twisummit.com.
May 11 - 12 Annual Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement in Healthcare Summit, New Orleans, La., http://www.wcbf.com/quality/5104/.
May 17 - 19 Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show, Montreal, Quebec, www.mmts.ca.
May 18 - 20 Rapid 2010 and 3D Imaging Conference & Expo, Anaheim, Calif., www.sme.org/rapid; www.sme.org/3di.
May 25 - 27 EASTEC 2010, W. Springfield, Mass., www.easteconline.com.
June 1 - 4 Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., http://www.ectc.net/
June 6 - 8 2010 SME Annual Conference, Nashville, Tenn., www.sme.org/conference.
June 6 - 11 Logistics Short Course, Atlanta, Ga. Sponsored by Georgia Technology Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, http://www.ctl.ca/Events/PreviewEvent.asp?event_id=35404&ref=CTL34368EF2694732179-1.
June 21 - 23 Biological Production Forum 2010, Frankfurt, Germany. Organized by the World Trade Group, http://www.biologicalproduction.com/.
July 12 - 13 Lean and Green Summit, Savannah, Ga., www.leanandgreensummit.com.
August 19 - 21 American Renewable Energy Day, Aspen Colorado, www.areday.net.
September 21 - 22 Lean Accounting Summit, Las Vegas, Nev., http://www.leanaccountingsummit.com/agenda.asp.
October 25 - 26 The Financial Supply Chain Management Connection, Atlanta, Ga. Sponsored by Georgia Technology Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/edu.gatech.conted.course.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=222.
November 3 - 5 Warehouse/ Distribution Center Layout, Atlanta, Ga. Sponsored by Georgia Technology Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, http://www.pe.gatech.edu/conted/servlet/edu.gatech.conted.course.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=232
November 2 - 4 FABTECH & AWS Welding Show including Metalform, Atlanta, Ga., www.fabtechexpo.com.
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence lists conferences on its Web site: http://www.ame.org.
MIT's Sloan School runs interesting courses and seminars for executives: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/execed/epp/date.php.
The International Quality and Productivity Center sponsors events on Six Sigma, Lean and many other topics: http://www.iqpc.com/
The Surface Mount Technology Association runs a variety of conferences throughout the year: http://www.smta.org/news/smta_calendar/calendar.cfm.
The Lean Enterprise Institute has a variety of conferences: http://www.lean.org.
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