Agenda

Wednesday, April 17

• 2024-04-17
  4:00pm - 6:00pm
  Registration

• 2024-04-17
  6:00pm - 7:30pm
  Happy Hour

  Join us for a quick Happy Hour to kick off the NexGen Retreat! This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow attendees before heading over to The Dregs Party.

• 2024-04-17
  7:00pm - 9:00pm
  Spring Conference Dregs Party

  Each NexGen Retreat Attendee will receive a complimentary ticket to attendee the famous NAEC Dregs Party! This event may mark the end of the Spring Educational Conference, but this is jsut the beginning to the NexGen Retreat!

Thursday, April 18

• 2024-04-18
  7:00am - 9:00am
  Registration

• 2024-04-18
  8:30am - 9:00am
  Networking Breakfast

  Grab a quick bite and mingle with fellow attendees before the day begins!

• 2024-04-18
  9:00am - 10:00am
  Networking Workshop

  Learn more about your fellow NexGeners as well as learn new techniques on effective networking!

• 2024-04-18
  10:15am - 11:00am
  Education Breakout Session: Fall Protection

  Speaker: Ray Downs, TEI Group

• 2024-04-18
  10:15am - 11:00am
  Education Breakout Session: Repair or Replacement: Evaluating traction machines wholistically to deliver value in your proposals

  In this presentation, we’ll discuss the value proposition for the repair or replacement of traction equipment. We’ll consider site constraints, performance specifications, reliability, lead times, and code adherence when evaluating a traction machine for retention or replacement.

  Speaker: Carlos Escobar, Hyperion Solutions

• 2024-04-18
  11:15am - 12:00pm
  Education Breakout Session: Introducing New Technologies - Challenges and how to overcome them

  Introducing new technologies and innovative products in a market brings many challenges – Resistance to change, No reputation in the market, Varieties in requirements, Investments on client’s side - to only name a few. A clear strategy allows to be aware of the challenges and helps to be prepared to overcome these.

  Speaker: Marc Hirsch, Ziehl-Abegg

• 2024-04-18
  11:15am - 12:00pm
  Education Breakout Session: Risk Management Practices - Safety Matters

  Want to know the importance of risk management and the direct, or indirect costs to your business? If so, we will discuss the benefits of a defined safety plan for Workers Compensation, Auto Liability and General Liability to help position you, your business and your employees for success in today's environment. We will define the qualities of a safety plan and how it relates to the overall marketability of one's insurance program. Also, we will dive into the world of Alternative Risk and the opportunities in that space, making risk management that much more of a priority.

  Speakers: Luke Shipp and Trey Walker, Risk Strategies 

• 2024-04-18
  12:00pm - 1:00pm
  Networking Lunch

• 2024-04-18
  2:00pm - 2:45pm
  Education Session: Entrepreneurship - Learn from the Past, Focus on the Future

  Is entrepreneurship a trait you are born with, or is it a mindset that is developed over the course of your experiences, or is it both?  Do you have what it takes to start or run a successful business and be the leader your company needs you to be? This session will help you discover your answers to these questions and hopefully make you more self-aware of what could be holding you back from being the leader that you know you are.

  Speaker: Travis Hall, Alliance Elevator Solutions

• 2024-04-18
  2:45pm - 3:30pm
  Education Session: How can an Elevator Consultant benefit your business?

  Speaker: Matthew Montesano, DTM Drafting & Consulting Services, Inc.

• 2024-04-18
  3:45pm - 5:00pm
  Sales Education Workshop - Rise Above the Sales Noise

  Is your sales message hitting the mark? Join me for an engaging workshop to analyze your company's key content, exchange insights, and gain a fresh perspective on communicating value to captivate your customers. As a grand finale, we will put these skills to the test with a friendly competition for the brave chosen!  Get ready to have some fun and elevate your sales game!

  Speaker: Brittany Brothers, SnapCab

• 2024-04-18
  7:00pm - 10:00pm
  Dinner Boat Cruise

  All Aboard! NexGen is going to take their retreat to the seas for this fun dinner cruise! 

Friday, April 19

• 2024-04-19
  8:30am - 9:00am
  Networking Breakfast

• 2024-04-19
  9:00am - 11:45am
  Education Sessions

• 2024-04-19
  11:45am - 12:15pm
  NexGen Think Tank

  Join us for our annual Think Tank where you get the opportunity to let the NexGen Leadership know what you want to see at upcoming NexGen Events. This is an interactive Q&A session so make sure to bring your ideas!