PIDA 2011 Management Conference & 43rd Annual Meeting

January 26-29, 2011
Hotel Del Coronado
San Diego, California

PIDA 2012 Management Conference & 44th Annual Meeting

January 23-26, 2012
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
Bonita Springs, Florida

The PIDA Management Conference offers unparalleled networking opportunities among pet product distributors and their suppliers during 3 days of seminars, panels, one-on-one executive conferences and social events. Held in a resort setting, no other meeting in the pet industry brings together the owners, CEO's and other senior management of the leading manufacturers and distributors.

Executive Conferences — New Expanded Format!
For years, PIDA's Executive Conference program has been one of the association's most valuable member benefits. Taking place during the annual management conference, these concentrated, no-nonsense, one-on-one sessions are so important that they have been expanded to a total of 9 ½ hours over two days. Each distributor will have a private, draped booth in which to host their conferences. Each fifteen minute conference demands planning and preparation by both parties.

Successful Executive Conferences:

• Are scheduled early. Manufacturers should begin calling distributors six to eight weeks prior to the Management Conference to schedule appointments. Many distributors' will be completely booked by the time of the Conference.
• Have an agenda. These are not social calls; be prepared to talk about specific aspects of your business relationship.
• Are not product driven. These are top-to-top sessions between business owners and key managers. Discuss the prior year's sales growth, strategic sales and marketing goals and the results of your Performance Benchmarking report card, but leave your samples at home.

To be added to the mailing list for this event, email your request to pida@ksgroup.org.