Tuesday, September 21  |  Wednesday, September 22  |  Thursday,  September 23
= Dealer/Distributor-focused presentations     = Manufacturer-focused presentations    = Events for everybody
7:00 – 4:30
Registration Open
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Presentations Sponsored by   9:00 – 9:30 9:00 – 9:30 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Three Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Social Networking - TPMS - Performance Rubber - TBD - Nitrogen Inflation   - Batch Mixing   9:30 – 10:00 9:30 – 10:00 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Three Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Growing Business - Green Dealerships - Eco Friendly Tires - TBD - HR Issues   - Tandem Mixing
10:30 – 12:00
Unit Operations Workshop: Mixing Essentials, Presented by: Richard Jorkasky, Laboratory Manager, Kobelco Stewart Bolling
10:30 – 5:00: EXHIBITS OPEN
Paper Sales Open
Relaxation Lounge, Compliments of:
Coffee Service, Compliments of:
Performance Tire Café, Sponsored by:
Cyber Lounge, Compliments of:
Truck Tire Changing Competition, Sponsored by:
10:45 – 11:45
Nano Materials and Applications: Their Potential
10:45 – 11:45
Scrap Tires Panel: Legal And Other Issues Confronting The Scrap Tire Industry
Moderator: Panelists:	Gordon Gough, Executive Director, he Ohio Tire Dealers and Automotive Association, And The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants & Affiliates Kristin Watt, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Tom White, Owner, Tire Source
12:15 – 1:45
Talking Shop Panel: Dealers Share Their “Best Practices”
Moderators:	Ron Lautzenheiser, Big O Tires Franchisee; John Adams, Former President of Big O Tires
Panelists:	Craig Knarich, Owner, Pit Crew Tire Paul Hyatt, Owner, Superior Tire Ross Kogel, Jr., President, Tire Wholesalers Inc. (TWI) Barry Steinberg, Owner, Direct Tire Sales
Presentations Sponsored by   1:30 – 2:00 1:30 – 2:00 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Four Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Five Sources of Income - Changing of the Guard - Tire Testing - Steel Cord   Reinforcement - Finance for Small Business   - Truck Tire    Reinforcement - Abrasion Wear/Testing Presentations Sponsored by   2:00 – 2:30 2:00 – 2:30 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Four Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Multicultural Marketing - Sources of Income - Tue Cost of Tire Testing - Gear Pumps - Pending Legislation - Commercial Tires - Bio-Based Isoprene - Crack Growth Analysis 2:30 – 3:00 2:30 – 3:00 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Four Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Ethnic Logic Drives   Business (continued) - Price for Profit - Natural Rubber Allergens - TBD - Industrial Tires   - Nitrogen Inflation - TBD 3:00 – 3:30 3:00 – 3:30 Three Concurrent Tire Dealer/Aftermarket Presentations Four Concurrent Tire Manufacturing Presentations - Building Customer   Relationships - Building Customer   Experience - High Speed   Shearography - Mold Fouling - Designing Showrooms   - Innerliners - Nitrogen Inflation
3:30 – 5:00
Understanding Cash Flow:
Presented by: Norm Gaither, Dealer Strategic Planning, Inc., The Twenty Group
3:30 – 5:00
How To Double An Average Shop:
Presented by: Vincent B. Waterhouse, NAPA Consultant
3:45 – 4:45
The International Tire Exhibition & Conference Distinguished Technology Achievement Presentation
Medalist: William VanOoij, Ph.D., ECOSIL Technologies
Lecture: My Adventure Into Steel Adhesion
5:00 – 7:00
Corporate Sponsors Cocktail Reception, compliments of:

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