ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Just as valuable as the sessions at SGS are the Roundtable Discussions held each day of the conference. Where else can you sit down with peers who face the same challenges you do, and exchange ideas for making your business better?

These informal discussions are moderated by SGS Advisory Council members—industry veterans with a keen understanding of the issues and opportunities in the signage and graphics business. To participate, choose from the list below five topics that interest you most when you register online. Prior to the conference, we'll use registrants' responses to determine which topics will be held on each of the three days. Your Roundtable assignments will be included in the personalized agenda you receive on-site.

Roundtable topics are:

Wednesday, 1/16 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. — lunch is included
Thursday, 1/17 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Friday, 1/18 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. — breakfast is included

For Presidents, CEOs, CFOs, and Other Strategic Executives

1. Developing Barriers to the Competition
2. Developing Business Growth Plans
3. Should You Specialize or Diversify?
4. Teamwork: How to Develop a Company-Wide Mindset
5. Sourcing from China and Other Overseas Markets: Good Idea or
    Bad Idea?
6. Designing an Effective and Profitable Web Strategy
7. Will Electronic Display Signage [EDS] and Other New Technologies Help or
    Disrupt Your Markets?
8. Strategies in Sales-Compensation Plans
9. How to Deal with the Uncertainties of a Volatile Economy
10. Opportunities in Soft Signage, Dye-Sub, and Other Niche Markets
11. Retaining Your Best Employees
12. Are There Ethics in Imaging? Or, "Jobs We Turned Down — and Here's
      Why"
13. What Factors Will Ensure Shop Profitability in 2008?
14. Surviving a Shrinking Labor Pool
15. Obtaining Money for Your Business' Growth
16. Installation: In-house or Outsourced?
17. Production Shop / Custom Shop — Which Side of the Aisle Are You On?
18. Evaluating Your Competition: Strengths, Weaknesses and More
19. Weathering Tough Times: Play it Conservatively or Be Aggressive?
20. Making the Jump from Small to Medium-sized Shop, and from Medium to
      Large Shop
21. Managing Company Benefits
22. Setting Realistic Company Goals (and Avoiding Pie in the Sky)
23. Determining When It's Time to Add Production Space (or Move)
24. How Community and Pro Bono Jobs Can Pay Off
25. Keying In On: Point of Purchase

For VPs/Production, COOs, Plant Managers, and Other Production Leaders

26. Building a Training Program for Production Employees
27. Boosting Productivity through Awards and Incentives
28. Eliminating Chaos in Your Fulfillment Operation
29. Establishing Standard Work Practices in a Lean Environment
30. Order Tracking from Sales through Shipping
31. How to Find Good Production Employees
32. How to Keep Your Workflow from Eating You Alive
33. The Production Realities of Green Manufacturing: Recycling Programs,
      Ventilation, Waste Disposal, and Eco-Friendly Products
34. Best Practices in Production Scheduling
35. Is It Time to Add a High-Speed Production Press?
36. Adding Profits via Variable Data
37. Making Proofing a "No Brainer"
38. The "Gen X" Factor: Adapting to the Changing Expectations of a Younger
      Workforce
39. Managing Material + Labor Costs
40. OSHA/EPA Nightmares
41. Making Business-Software Choices
42. Finding and Evaluating New Suppliers
43. Factors I Hadn't Considered [and Should Have] Before Buying a Flatbed
44. The Pros and Cons to Buying Used Equipment
45. The Importance of Training: Who, What, and How Much
46. Thinking Ink
47. When to Shoot Old Yeller — When It's Time to Ditch that Favorite Old
      Machine or Employee