Conference Agenda
Day 1
Sunday, September 28th
10:00 am–6:00 pm
Registration
Skywalk Lobby
8:00 am–11:30 am
Oversight Council Meeting (Oversight Council only)
Board Room
9:30 am–11:30 am
Product Committee Meeting (Product Committe only)
Big Thicket
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Lunch (Onsite Attendees)
Lady Bird I-II
2:00 pm–5:00 pm
IBC U Live! Supplier Training: Go to Market More Efficiently with Berkshire eSupply, Stanley Black & Decker and Ceratizit (Distributors only)
Zilker 4
5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Exhibitor Move-In (Suppliers only)
Zilker 1-3
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Opening Reception (All Attendees)
Zilker Terrace
Day 2
Monday, September 29th
6:00 am–6:00 pm
Registration
Skywalk Lobby
6:45 am–7:45 am
Networking Breakfast & President’s Opening Remarks (All Attendees)
Zilker 4
7:45 am–8:45 am
Exhibitor Move-In (Suppliers only)
Zilker 1-3
8:00 am–9:00 am
Distributor Session: Members Helping Member by Evan Hackel (Distributors Only)
Hill Country CD
12:15pm–1:15pm
Networking Lunch & IBC Update (All Attendees)
Zilker 4
5:00 pm–6:00 pm
POwerMart POwerBuy Happy Hour (All Attendees)
Zilker 1-3
6:00 pm
Free Evening
Day 3
Tuesday, September 30th
7:00 am–7:45 am
Networking Breakfast (All Attendees)
Zilker 4
8:00 am–10:00 am
POwerMart Round Robin Meetings (All Attendees)
Zilker 1-3
10:00 am–11:10 am
Exhibitor Move-Out
Zilker 1-3
10:00 am–11:00 am
Town Hall (Distributors only)
Zilker 4
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Distributor Network Groups (Distributors only)
Zilker 4
11:15 am–12:15 pm
Supplier Session: Members Helping Members by Evan Hackel (Suppliers only)
Hill Country CD
12:15 pm–1:30 pm
Awards Lunch (All Attendees)
Texas 5-7
3:00 pm–4:30 pm
“From Panic to Power: How to Boost Pricing for Higher Profits” featuring guest speaker Casey Brown (All Attendees)
Zilker 4
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Special Guest
Distributor Session: Monday, September 29th • 8:00 am–9:00 am
Supplier Session: Tuesday, September 30th • 11:15 am–12:15 pm
Members Helping Members
Evan is founder and principal of Ingage Consulting, a consulting firm focused on improving the performance of franchises by improving the relationship between franchisees and the franchisor.
By creating a culture of partnership and common purpose, Ingage Consulting is able to help franchises dramatically improve their performance. He has helped hundreds of franchise organizations make major systemwide changes and build franchisee “ingagement,” teamwork, and focused growth, resulting in increased profitability and achieved success.
Speaker

Evan Hackel
Founder, Principal
Ingage Consulting
Guest Speaker
Tuesday, September 30th • 1:45 pm–2:45 pm
Guest Speaker Gina Schaefer
Gina Schaefer, founder of a chain of Ace Hardware stores, is a dynamic keynote speaker with nearly 22 years of experience in community-building and business transformation. She grew her business from one to 13 locations, employing over 300 team members. Gina’s engaging talks focus on creating positive corporate cultures, effective succession planning, and empowering women in business. She inspires audiences with her compelling stories and actionable insights, motivating them to drive change and achieve success in both business and life.
Speaker

Gina Schaefer
Speaker, Founder, Author
Guest Speaker
Tuesday, September 30th • 3:00 pm–4:30 pm
From Panic to Power: How to Boost Pricing for Higher Profits
Do you price from fear or from confidence? Do you price to win business or do you price not to lose? Even with a perfect pricing strategy, margins still shrink in the face of out-of-control discounting and fear-based pricing.
The biggest obstacle to pricing success isn’t competition, customers, insufficient business knowledge, lack of strategy, or lack of sophisticated cost and pricing analysis. It’s a set of self-limiting beliefs, habits, and behaviors that sabotage pricing success.
In this fast-paced, engaging presentation, Casey will demystify the real causes of underpricing to launch you onto a path to improve pricing, command what you deserve, and dramatically increase profits.
Speaker

Casey Brown
Speaker, Author, Pricing Expert
Registration List
Registration list will be available after August 15th. For a list of attendees, please contact Stephanie Leister, Operations Manager at (610) 633-9002 or sleister@industrialbuyers.com.