Organizers of AWFS Fair are looking for presenters for the College of Woodworking Knowledge program at their 2019 show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
AWFS Fair has issued a call for proposal to technical experts, exhibitors with an educational segment, business owners and managers, consultants and other wood products manufacturing professionals to submit proposal ideas for seminars to be held at the AWFS Fair July 17-20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The deadline for proposal submittal is Aug. 31, 2018.
Seminars are presented in a variety of time slots ranging from 90 minutes to all day training. The program includes classroom-style presentations, panels, demos and the SMART (Special Machinery and Relevant Technology) seminars for AWFS Fair exhibitors—the technical programs conducted on the show floor early in the morning before the show opens.
The CWWK will include the following educational tracks: Business Management, Cabinet/Millwork, Furniture, Small Shops Ten and Under, Software & Technology, Techniques & Applications, Safety & Environment, Workforce Development, and Teacher Track.
Hundreds of AWFS Fair 2017 attendees found the seminar program to be “a relevant and useful variety of choices”, “well-rounded”, and “impressive”.
Attendee feedback identified the following topics of interest for the 2019 program: CNC; robotics; small shops management and operations; business growth and development; social media and marketing; dust collection; estimating; finishing; lean management and continuous improvement; training; employee attraction and retention.
To complete the online Call for Proposals by Aug. 31, 2018 go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AWFSFairEd2019Or contact AWFS Education & Conference Director Adria Torrez directly at: adria@awfs.org or (323) 215-0311.
