AscdiNatd Washington, DC 2017

 

AGENDA September 13, 2017 

Board of Directors Meeting 9-11:30 at the hotel Meeting Room 6

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Capitol Hill meeting with Congressional Offices

You MUST sign up to attend this event.  We will be visiting Capitol Hill to meet with congressional representatives.  If you would like us to attempt to meet with YOUR Congressional Office, please let us know when you register.  

• 11:00  Preparation Session Renaissance East in the hotel 
• 12:00 Lunch Renaissance East in the hotel
• Meetings at the US Congress with US Congressional Offices

6:00 pm  Private Reception with Representative Farenthold, co-sponsor of the YODA Bill (The Right to Resell products with a software component) Foyer in front of Reniassance East in the hotel

This reception is being hosted by Representative Farenthold's re-election committee and not the ASCDI.  There is a donation request of a $250 which needs to be paid directly to the Representative's re-election campaign from your personal checking account (not your corporate account) due to election finance laws. To make a donation and register for this special event, please click here.    This event is not included in your meeting registration fees.

7:00 pm Dinner Reception at the Rennaissance Hotel Renaissance East in the hotel

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AGENDA September 14, 2017

Meetings at the Renaissance Hotel in Renaissance East

10:00 am Introductions

10:15am Laura Thrift-Legislative Director for Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D) Oregon. 

10:45am Ian Steff-Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing, US Department of Congress

11:15 am Jonathan Nabavi- NFL VP of Public Policy and former Majority Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

12:00 am The Storage World- Irene Caldwell, IBM Storage Systems Business Unit Executive

12:30 pm  Power Systems- Rob Hinkle, IBM Power Systems Product Manager, North America

 1:00  pm Lunch

  2:00 pm  Import/export-Customs/Counterfeit Best practices

Panel Discussion
Arthur Freierman-ASCDI Legal Counsel and Freierman Law firm
Keith Gregory- Electronic Resellers Association International and Snell-Wilmer Law firm
Lee Sandler- Free Trade Alliance and Sandler Travis Law firm

3:30  PM  Break

3:45 PM  Technical Services- Steve Studley from Trident Computer Resources will lead a discussion on issues and opportunities in "The other side of the coin-Independent/Third Party maintenance and services."

4:15 PM Network Products -  What’s up in Network World?  Lyle Gore- from Ethos Dynamics will lead a discussion on this rapidly changing segment of our business

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Dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grill

6-7 pm Rooftop Cocktails overlooking some of DC's most recognized icons: the White House, the Washington Monument, and the Treasury Building 

7-10 pm Dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill-DC's Oldest Saloon 

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AscdiNatd Members- $500

One Day rates from $150

Non-Members- $1000

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