The future of fastener distribution, the trade war, e-commerce, rapid change and artificial intelligence will be among topics for three fastener associations’ joint meeting in San Diego.

The National Fastener Distributors Association, Mid-West Fastener Association and Pacific-West Fastener Association will meet together at the Omni San Diego Hotel on March 13-16, 2019.

Conference sessions are:

  • IFI Online Standards & Technology Connection – Looking Forward: Salim Brahimi, director of engineering and technology for the Industrial Fasteners Institute.
  • AntiTrust Briefing: Attorney Mark Alcorn.
  • The Path to Winning in the Age of Rapid Change: Distribution consultant Dirk Beverage of UnleashWD.
  • What’s the Future of Fastener Distribution: Panelists Mike Bailey, regional sales manager for Nucor Fastener; Marc Strandquist, senior director of business development, Würth Industry North America; Bill Derry, chairman of Field Fastener; and moderator Bryan Wheeler, national sales manager, Star Stainless Screw.
  • Economic Impact of E-Commerce: Kirk Zehnder, CEO of Earnest Machine.
  • Business Owners and Business Executives Roundtables.
  • Artificial Intelligence – Getting Started: Jeff Gusdorf, CPS, Advisory Services Practice / Business Process & Systems Group with consulting firm Brown Smith Wallace.
  • The Trade War Experiment: Evaluating the Results: Dr. Christopher Thornberg, partner at Beacon Economics and director of the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting.

For information contact MWFA executive director Nancy Rich. Email: mwfa@ameritech.net  Tel: 847 438-8338 or Vickie Lester, NFDA and Pac-West. Email: vlester@nfda-fastener.org Tel: 562 799-5509 Web: nfda-fastener.org, mwfa.net or Pac-West.org