Retailer Summit 2013: Schedule


Summit Schedule April 24-26, 2013 Chicago McCormick Place Convention Center
Time	Location	Event
WEDNESDAY
6:30pm - 9:00pm	Sheraton Hotel 301 East North Water Street Chicago, Illinois 60611	Early Registration
7:30pm - 9:00pm	Sheraton Hotel, CHI Bar Lobby Level	Opening Night Reception: Pop-culture Housewares & Other Hot Items
All events for Thursday and Friday held at McCormick Place Convention Center - West Building
THURSDAY
7:30am - 9:30pm	Outside Room W375D	Registration
8:00am - 9:15am	Room W375D	Breakfast Dialogue with Diamond
9:30am - 10:00am	Room 470A Room 470B Room 475B	Workshop Session #1 Planning for Prosperity: Moving to a new location or opening a 2nd location Can You Top This?!: Join Diamond's Sales Managers as they top each other with examples of good comics retailing Test Your Diamond IQ: Learn something new about our Tools & Services
10:15am - 11:45am	Rooms 470A, 470B, 475B	Gold Sponsors Focus Group Session #1 Gold Sponsor Presentations: DC Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Image Comics
12:00pm - 1:45pm	Room W375D	Lunch Sponsor Presentations: Image Comics, Diamond Select Toys, Dark Horse Comics
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Rooms 470A, 470B, 475B	Gold Sponsors Focus Group Session #2 Gold Sponsor Presentations Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Marvel Comics
3:45pm - 7:30pm	TBD	Roundtable Tracks Retailers interact with 13 sponsors in a small group roundtable setting
7:45pm - 10:45pm	Room W375D	Dinner Sponsor Presentations: Marvel Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, BOOM! Studios, DC Entertainment Diamond 2013 Best Practice Awards Presentation
FRIDAY
8:00am - 9:30am	Room W375D	Continental Breakfast Sponsor Display Tables
10:00am - 1:00pm	C2E2 Exhibit Hall	C2E2 Professional Day Exhibit Hours Summit Coupon Book Redemption for attendees at participating publisher and vendor booths
1:00pm - 1:50pm 2:00pm - 2:50pm 3:00pm - 3:50pm 1pm-6pm	Room 475B Room 475B Room 475B Room W184A	Workshop Session #2 Planning for Prosperity: Moving to a new location or opening a 2nd location Test Your Diamond IQ: Learn something new about our Tools & Services Can You Top This?: Join Diamond's Sales Managers as they top each other with examples of good comics retailing ComicSuite Users Conference

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