Educational Sessions & Descriptions
Educational Sessions by day:
NOTE: All IDAExpo+ Education and Breakout Sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday will be held at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel. Thursday and Friday sessions will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Course Key:
Management Style Courses
Technical Courses
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
**Plenary sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Nikko 3 & 4.
Tuesday, April 14th
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
**Session will be held at the Sahara in room
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
**Keynote will be held at the Sahara in the Theatre.
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
**Plenary sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Nikko 3 & 4.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
- Service Spring: Spring Into Success: Practical Spring Engineering for Door Professionals
- Joe Calvello: Benchmarking
- Jason Webb: Multi-Meter Training
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
- Angela Johnson: Maximize Your Call Center Performance – It’s Not Just About Answering the Phones
- Mark Norman: Everyday Influence – Winning Others to Our Way of Thinking
- Matt Faupel: Building Customer Relations Through Repairs
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
**Plenary sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Nikko 3 & 4.
Wednesday, April 15th
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
**Held at the Sahara in rooms George I & II.
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
- Paul Packevicius: Numbers Don’t Need to be Complicated to Run a Profitable Business
- Speed Dating with Private Equity
- Dave Monsour & Mark Westerfield: Windload Update: How It Affects Us
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
**Plenary sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Nikko 3 & 4.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
- Andrew Stergiou: Insurance 101 – Everything You Need to Know
- Walt Sprenger: Always Know the Score for Your Business in an Age of Daily Mergers and Acquisitions
- DASMA Mock Trial
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
**Concurrent sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Congo 1-4.
- Todd Musselman: Creating the Ownership Mindset
- Tony Badalamenti: Access Systems and Smart Homes – The New Future
- Flossie Miller & Paul McManus: DASMA Tech Data Sheets – Helping You Know What You Need to Know
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
**Plenary sessions will be held at the Sahara in rooms Nikko 3 & 4.
Thursday, April 16th
**Sessions will be held at the Las Vegas Conention Center in the IDA Booth
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Friday, April 17th
**Sessions will be held at the Las Vegas Conention Center in the IDA Booth
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM