Registration Is Open For 2011 NAED National Electrical Leadership Summit, San Diego, April 30 - May 3

Industry executives convene to plan for the business future with strategies, networking and education

The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) announces that registration is open for the 2011 National Electrical Leadership Summit. The Summit will take place April 30 – May 3, 2011, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. The agenda features an expanded lineup of keynote speakers, industry panels, educational sessions, and networking opportunities to provide members with the ideas and strategies necessary to plan for their business future.

The fresh, condensed format of the Summit gives attendees the opportunity to hear from top-quality keynote speakers during two general sessions. Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, will present "Twenty-First Century: A Future Worth Creating – Globalization Strategies," covering all of the details that go into determining whether globalization will advance or retreat in the decades to come. In the presentation titled, "A Technology Infused Leader," Scott Klosoky will discuss what today's leaders need to know about technology to stay effective in the future and allow the technology savvy generations to thrive in the workplace.

Here are other highlights on the agenda:

• A variety of information-packed panels and education sessions including: "Business Exit Planning and Maximizing Entity Value," "Sustainability and Energy Solutions" panel, "U.S. Economic Forecast" panel, "Past, Present and Future of the Smart Grid," "Operational Efficiencies in Selling," and "Profitable Energy Services: Selling to Upper Management."
• Special networking opportunities are the newly expanded Strategic Planning Booth Sessions which provide opportunities for high level trading partner executives to meet, the Women in Industry Networking Luncheon where Mimi Donaldson will present "Necessary Roughness: New Rules for the Contact Sport of Business," and the Closing Awards Banquet.

Sponsors of the National Electrical Leadership Summit include: diamond sponsors Eaton Corporation and Legrand; platinum sponsors Hubbell, Infor Distribution, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, and Thomas & Betts; and gold sponsors ABB, Atkore International, EGS Electrical Group, Leviton Manufacturing Company, OSRAM SYLVANIA, and Siemens Industry, Inc. Additional companies are sponsoring at the silver level or onsite events.

Visit http://www.naed.org/NationalElectricalLeadershipSummit/ to register. The early bird registration deadline is March 25. For more information, contact the NAED Conference Department at (888) 791-2512.

SOURCE: The National Association of Electrical Distributors