BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed. \; You may register onsite.\n\n Schedule:\n10:00 am - 11:00 am - Registration\, Networking in Marketplace\ n11:00 - 12:00 pm - Hot Technologies Session\n12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Network ing in Marketplace\, Lunch\n1:30 - 2:30 pm - Critical Excel Tools for the Meeting Professional Session\n2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - Reception in Marketplace \n\n\n___________________________________________________________________ ____\nSpeaker: James Spellos\n\nHot Technologies 2019\n\nHow are you keepi ng up with the technological advancements that impact your job and career? Do you find that you're barely able to keep pace with the latest \; d evelopments \; within the hospitality \; industry? This session re views what's new and way cool in technology within the meetings industry i n this fun\,\nfast-paced look at what's here for us to use now and what's coming in the \; near \; future\, inducting \; the latest info rmation about virtual &\; augmented reality\, artificial intelligence\, and other important tech trends.\nAfter participating in this session\, t he learner will be able to:\n\n Identify the most critical tech tools t hat are impacting meeting planning and supporting the hospitality industry \n Understand the five major tech disruptors affecting our Industry\n Recognize how new technologies such as virtual &\; augmented reality are having an impact on the hospitality Industry\n\nCritical Excel Tools f or the Meeting Professional\nExcel can perform so many functions for the m eeting professional\, from handling budgets\, registration\, calculating s leeping room rates &\; determining registration fees. This session is y our opportunity to explore all of the functionality that Excel has to offe r and take home with you tools to save you and your organization time and money.\nBy attending this session and you will work with and receive over 20 spreadsheets\, lnduding ones designed explicitly for the meetings indus try.\nAfter participating in this session\, the attendee wlll be able to:\ n\n Identify and use over 15 _advanced Excel tools to assist with regis tration\, housing\, speaker management and other event functions\n Cust omize graphs and other conditional formatting features for support in mark eting your facility or event\n Identify and use advanced tools such as Pivot Tables and working with multiple worksheets A working knowledge of E xcel is strongly recommended to attend this course.\n\nMarketplace\nMake I mportant Business Connections with our Members!\nMarketplace Tables are no w available for the April GMID Meeting. \; Reserve today as space is l imited. \; Tables are $299 for members and $349 for non-members.\nRese rve your table at www.mpiweb.org/chapters/oregon when you register for the April meeting. DTEND:20190404T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260513T013207Z DTSTART:20190404T180000Z LOCATION:OR\,US\,Portland\,7900 NE 82nd Avenue SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Industry Summit/Global Meetings Industry Day UID:RFCALITEM639142147278714542 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Registration is now closed. \ ; You may register onsite.
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\nSchedule:
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1 0:00 am - 11:00 am - Registration\, Networking in Marketplace
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11:00 - 12:00 pm - Hot Technologies Session
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Networking in Marketplace\, Lunch
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1:30 - 2:30 pm - Critical Excel Tools for the Meeting Professional Session
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2:30 pm - 3: 30 pm - Reception in Marketplace
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\nSpeaker: James Spellos
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\nHot Te chnologies 2019
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\nHow are you keeping up with the te chnological advancements that impact your job and career? Do you find that you're barely able to keep pace with the latest \; developments \ ; within the hospitality \; industry? This session reviews what's new and way cool in technology within the meetings industry in this fun\,\n

fast-paced look at what's here for us to use now and what's coming in the& nbsp\; near \; future\, inducting \; the latest information about virtual &\; augmented reality\, artificial intelligence\, and other imp ortant tech trends.

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After participating in this session\, the lear ner will be able to:

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Critical Excel Tools for the Meeting Professional

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Excel can perform so many functions for the meeting profess ional\, from handling budgets\, registration\, calculating sleeping room r ates &\; determining registration fees. This session is your opportunit y to explore all of the functionality that Excel has to offer and take hom e with you tools to save you and your organization time and money.

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By attending this session and you will work with and receive over 20 spre adsheets\, lnduding ones designed explicitly for the meetings industry.

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After participating in this session\, the attendee wlll be able to:< /p>\n

\nMarketplace
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Make Important Business Connections with our Members!

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Marketplace Tables are now available for the April GMID Meeting. \; Reserve today as space is li mited. \; Tables are $299 for members and $349 for non-members.

\n< p>Reserve your table at ww w.mpiweb.org/chapters/oregon when you register for the April meeting.

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