Prospective Exhibitors & Attendees for the 2015 Kentucky Dairy Partners Annual Meeting:
We invite you to be an exhibitor at the 8th annual Kentucky Dairy Partners Meeting on February 24 & 25, 2015. The Kentucky Dairy Partners Meeting includes the University of Kentucky Dairy Extension, the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and SUDIA/ADA of Kentucky. We are proud to be presenting this joint effort Kentucky's dairy industry.
The meeting will again be held at the Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
There is a room block available at the hotel under "Kentucky dairy" at a rate of $99/night. To make reservations, please call the Holiday Inn, Bowling Green at 270-745-0088 and request the block for Ky Dairy Meeting.
The trade show will be open from 12:00 a.m. - 8:00 pm (central time) the afternoon of February 24. There will be a reception/buffet dinner in the trade show area for all trade show participants and the 150+ dairy farm family members who will be there that day for the KDDC Young Dairy Producers Conference, SUDIA/ADA Board meeting, Ky Cheese Guild and Dairy Products Association of Ky. The Ky Dairy Production, Quality Dairy Producer and Ky Quality Milk Hauler Awards will all be presented that evening.
You will be able to set up between 9:00 a.m 11:30 on that Tuesday (February 24). Teardown will be after lunch on Wednesday at 1:30.
The trade show and conference registration will open at 8:00 am on the morning of Wednesday, February 25. The program will begin at 9:00 AM. There will be time in the morning and lunch to view exhibits. The day should conclude about 3:30 PM.
Your exhibit space will be a skirted 8 foot table. If you have other needs for your exhibit, please let us know so that we can try to accommodate those needs. If you need electricity, please bring your own extension cords. The exhibitor fee is $350 which entitles you to one exhibit space, free buffet dinner on Tuesday night, and (1) free conference registration. (Please see registration form for exceptions for KDDC Platinum and Gold Sponsors.) If additional members from your organization are attending, there will be a $30 conference registration fee (no charge for buffet dinner on Tuesday evening). The registration form is included with this letter. We will also have door prize drawings throughout the day. Please let us know if your company would like to provide a door prize.
We will be hosting a silent auction again this year to help with the cost of the conference. Donated items will be greatly appreciated!
The information is also located on the University of Kentucky website at http://afsdairy.ca.uky.edu/extension or on the KDDC website at www.kydairy.org. Please look here for more information regarding the agenda and the exhibitor forms.
Click here to see the full schedule.
Click here for a registration form.
Booth reservations will be handled by Eunice Schlappi, Kentucky Department of Agriculture again this year. Please send your completed registration to Eunice. If you have questions, please contact her at 502-782-4122 or cell at 502-545-0809.
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