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Workshop

August 9-10, 2018 / Renaissance Blackstone / Chicago, IL

Valve Manufacturers Association of America

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Market Outlook WORkSHOP

About the Program

The Market Outlook Workshop - considered to be VMA’s premier meeting - is held in August of each year. This year’s workshop will take place August 9-10, 2018 at The Blackstone Hotel. Attendees will hear presentations from industry leaders on the outlook for various end user markets. Additionally, attendees will receive hard information about the domestic and international economic outlook. You will return to your office with notes and PowerPoint presentations to prepare your 2019 sales and marketing forecast.

Who Should Attend?

Attendance is open to any VMA and VRC member who has responsibility for sales and/or marketing. Most attendees are interested in developing business forecasts for the fol-lowing year. Those who have branding and marketing responsibilities should also con-sider attending.

Registration Fees

Attendee registration is open to all VMA/VRC Members. Registration fees are $625 for the first registrant from a dues paying member company. Second and subsequent registrants from the same member company can register at the reduced rate of $525 per registrant. Your registration fee includes all food events during the workshop which includes continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and Welcome Reception.

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Thursday I August 97:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00am Welcome

8:15am

SeSSIOn 1Water/WastewaterTom Decker, Consultant

9:00am

SeSSIOn 2PowerBritt Burt, Vice President of Research – Power, Industrial Information Resources

9:45am - 10:00amBreak

10:00am

SeSSIOn 3LNGJacques Rousseau, Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC

10:45am

SeSSIOn 4Wall Street PerspectiveMichael Halloran, Senior Research Analyst, Managing Director, Robert W. Baird and Company

11:30am

SeSSIOn 5Commercial ConstructionAlex Carrick, Chief Economist, ConstructConnect, Ontario, Canada

12:15pmLunch

1:30pm

SeSSIOn 6Oil and GasJohn Spears, President, Spears and Associates

2:15pm

SeSSIOn 7PetrochemicalMark Eramo, Vice President, IHS Markit

3:00 - 3:15pmBreak

3:15pm

SeSSIOn 8Domestic Economic OutlookWilliam Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

5:30 - 6:30pmWelcome Reception

Dinner on your own

Friday I August 107:30amContinental Breakfast

8:15am

SeSSIOn 9International Economic OutlookDavid Teolis, Senior Manager, Economic and Industry Forecasting – International, General Motors Corporation

9:00am

SeSSIOn 10MiningMark Atkins, Deloitte Consulting

9:45am

SeSSIOn 11Additive ManufacturingJames Sears, Manager, Additive Manufacturing Technology Center, Carpenter Technology

10:30amAdjournment

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Registration Cancellation Policies• Cancellationsreceivedupto30daysbeforethe

event are refundable, minus a 5% registration servicecharge.

• Cancellationsreceivedbetween15and29daysbefore the event are 75% refundable.

• Duetohotelandothereventguarantees,cancellations received between 0 and 14 days priorto the events are non-refundable.

• AllcancellationsmustbeinwritingtoMalenaMalone-Blevins at mmaloneblevins@vma.org.

Questions?Please call Malena Malone-Blevins, Meetings Manager at 202-331-8105 ext. 310 or contact by email at mmaloneblevins@vma.org.

636 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605800-468-3571

The Renaissance Blackstone

Chicago Hotel

Hotel ReservationsAccommodations for the 2018 Market Outlook Workshop have been arranged at The Blackstone Hotel at the discounted rate of $219 per night. To make reservations use the link on the webpage for the VMA Market Outlook www.vma.org/2018 Market Outlook, under the HOTeL ReSeRVATIOnS paragraph, or call them toll free 1-800-468-3571 or 312-447-0955. Mention the VMA Market Outlook Workshop when calling to receive the discounted rate.

The discounted rate is good only for the nights of August 8-10, 2018 with rooms on the 10th being limited. Any rooms booked by attendees outside those dates are not guaranteed the discounted rate.

Last day to make reservations is July 9, 2018.

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o $625 Full day and a half program(includes 2 continental breakfasts, 1 lunch and evening reception)

o $525 Second and subsequent registrations from same member company(use separate form for each registrant)

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Registration Form

4 Ways to RegisterOnlinewww.vma.org

Email form tommaloneblevins@vma.org

Facsimile202/296-0378

Mail < NEW VMA ADDRESSVMA1625 k Street, nW, Suite 325 Washington, DC 20006

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