The Dairy Business Association is pleased to announce Wisconsin's bigger and better dairy event "2015 Dairy Strong: Gain the Edge."From January 13-15, 2015, hundreds of dairy producers from throughout Wisconsin, the Midwest and the nation will come to the Monona Terrace Convention Center, overlooking Lake Monona in Madison, Wis., for this new conference and trade show.
Dairy Strong will provide dairy producers and industry leaders an opportunity to hear from inspirational and informative speakers. Keynote speakers will include:
- Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel TV series "Dirty Jobs" and the new CNN series "Somebody's Gotta Do It";
- Robert O'Neill, Team Leader, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Retired Member of Navy SEAL Team Six;
- Ken Schmidt, former executive and mastermind behind Harley Davidson Motor Company's successes;
- Bruce Scherr, former chairman of the board and CEO at Informa Economics Inc., presenting an economic outlook for dairy producers in 2015 and beyond.
In addition, a number of educational sessions will be offered on a wide range of topics, including immigration and labor issues, milk/feed price outlook and the dairy industry's online image. An exhibit hall will feature displays by the nation's leading industry suppliers.
To encourage wide participation, each dairy producer operation will receive two free complementary conference registrations with booking of hotel room nights at participating Dairy Strong hotels. Dairy producers from throughout the nation are invited to attend.
"We are very excited and proud to bring Dairy Strong to the dairy industry," said Tim Trotter, Dairy Business Association executive director. "Let's face it, dairy producers have limited time to take part in events throughout the year. But Dairy Strong will provide a good mix of information, education, networking and fun. Industry events such as Dairy Strong are vital for dairy producers to share ideas, collaborate and learn tools to help grow their business and move the industry forward as a whole."
For more information or to register, go to www.dairystrong.org.
11.10.2014