September 6, 2011 (Fairfax, VA) – The Laboratory Products Association (LPA) will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting November 6-8 at the Naples Grande Resort in Naples, Florida. Attendees will be able to take advantage of extensive networking opportunities with senior level executives, outstanding business education, and up-to-date information on market trends, all focused on the meeting’s theme, Riding the Waves of Optimism.
This year’s meeting will feature three major keynote speakers. David Hale, who is a renowned global economist, will kick off the meeting on Monday. He will deliver an in-depth two-hour presentation on What's Next? Unconventional Wisdom on the Future of the World Economy. He will explain what is going on in key areas all over the world and what it means for LPA members' bottom line and the lab products industry. Hale is the founding chairman of David Hale Global Economics whose clients include investment management firms, major hedge funds, and multinational companies.
On Monday afternoon, customer service and emotional brand building guru Scott Deming will give a presentation entitled Creating the Ultimate Customer Experience. Deming is an international corporate speaker, business trainer, author, and a leading authority on the topics of teamwork, successful sales techniques, brand building and creating the ultimate customer experience.
The closing keynoter on Tuesday will be John Jacobs, dynamic entrepreneur and creator of the famous "Life is good" line of products. John will give the LPA an optimistic, hilarious, and moving keynote presentation on Optimism Can Take You Anywhere. John is the company's Chief Creative Optimist and created Jake, the company's optimistic icon, and the three simple words beneath that became the company's name - Life is good - in 1994. Since then he and his brother Bert have been spreading the power of optimism, growing their brand into one of the hottest and best recognized in the apparel industry without the use of traditional marketing.
In addition, the market-consulting firm of Frost & Sullivan will present the 2011 Annual Forecast and Analysis of the Laboratory Products Market. This report, an exclusive benefit of LPA membership, assesses the lab products market in a number of product areas all well various end-user segments.
For more details on the meeting/hotel go to: www.lpanet.org/annual
The Laboratory Products Association (LPA) was founded in 1918 initially as the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association. Its member companies are manufacturers and distributors of lab products and services such as glass and plasticware, chemicals, equipment and supplies used in scientific research and applied science and life science worldwide.
Contact: Clark Mulligan - 703-836-1360 ext. 301 or [email protected]