Interwire event schedule

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Saturday, April 25
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	-	5:30 p.m.	Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing Short Course
12:30 p.m.	-	1:30 p.m.	Course Attendees’ Luncheon

Sunday, April 26
7:30 a.m.	-	7:00 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	-	3:30 p.m.	Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing Short Course
12:30 p.m.	-	1:30 p.m.	Course Attendees’ Luncheon
3:00 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Education Committee
4:00 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Publications Committee

Monday, April 27
7:30 a.m.	-	6:00 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.	-	11:15 a.m.	Kickoff Awards Breakfast and Keynote Speaker Cheryl Jones, Toyota vice president of administration - “The Future of Automobile Manufacturing”
11:30 a.m.	-	Noon	Mordica Award Lecture: Etienne A.D. Aernoudt - “Drawing induced structural and mechanical anisotropy,”
12:30 p.m.	-	12:45 p.m.	Wire Cutting
12:45 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Opening Day Exhibits
4:00 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Memorial Awards Committee
6:30 p.m.	-	9:30 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service for Opening Reception
6:30 p.m.	-	8:30 p.m.	Opening Reception - Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Ballroom

Tuesday, April 28
7:30 a.m.	-	6:00 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	-	9:00 a.m.	Authors’ Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	-	10:00 a.m.	Exhibition Planning Committee
8:30 a.m.	-	10:30 a.m.	Member Relations Committee
9:00 a.m.	-	11:00 a.m.	Technical Session 1: "Testing"
9:00 a.m.	-	Noon	Technical Session 2: "Dies"
9:30 a.m.	-	10:30 a.m.	Executive Panel Session
10:00 a.m.	-	Noon	Session 3: "Nonferrous/Electrical Topics 1"
10:30 a.m.	-	12:30 p.m.	Technical Session 4: "Ferrous Topics 1"
10:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Exhibits
2:00 p.m.	-	2:30 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Wire Breaks" (Properzi Int'l Booth 3600)
2:45 p.m.	-	3:15 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Dies" (Paramount Die Booth 2066)
3:30 p.m.	-	4:00 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Lubrication" (Booth tbd)
4:30 p.m.	-	5:30 p.m.	Conference Programming Committee
6:30 p.m.			Annual 5K Road Race - departs/returns Renaissance Hotel

Wednesday, April 29
7:30 a.m.	-	6:00 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m.	-	9:00 a.m.	Authors’ Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	-	10:00 a.m.	Board of Directors Meeting
9:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Workshop - "Innovation in Wire"
9:00 a.m.	-	11:00 a.m.	Session 5: "Coolant and Filtration"
9:30 a.m.	-	11:30 a.m.	Technical Session 6 : "Drawing"
10:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.	Exhibits
10:00 a.m.	-	Noon	Session 7: "Nonferrous/Electrical Topics 2"
10:30 a.m.	-	12:30 p.m.	Technical Session 8: "Ferrous Topics 2"
Noon	-	1:30 p.m.	WAI Past Presidents Luncheon
12:30 p.m.	-	1:30 p.m.	Workshop Attendees Luncheon
2:00 p.m.	-	2:30 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Conventional Butt Welding" (Ideal Welding Booth 1646)
2:45 p.m.	-	3:15 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Set Up/Adjust Two-Plane Roll Straightener" (Sjogren Booth 3379)
3:30 p.m.	-	4:00 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Mechanical Descaling Fundamentals" (Wire Lab Booth 2646)
6:00 p.m.			Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox - Progressive Field - Dinner & Game

Thursday, April 30
7:30 a.m.	-	7:00 p.m.	Shuttle Bus Service
8:00 a.m.	-	1:30 p.m.	Registration
10:00 a.m.	-	3:00 p.m.	Exhibits
10:30 a.m.	-	11:00 a.m.	Production Solutions: "Wire Breaks" (Properzi Int'l Booth 3600)
11:00 a.m.	-	11:30 a.m.	Production Solutions: "Dies" (Paramount Die Booth 2066)
11:30 a.m.	-	Noon	Production Solutions: "Lubrication" (Booth tbd)
Noon	-	12:30 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Conventional Butt Welding" (Ideal Welding Booth 1646)
12:30 p.m.	-	1:00 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Set Up/Adjust Two-Plane Roll Straightener" (Sjogren Booth 3379)
1:00 p.m.	-	1:30 p.m.	Production Solutions: "Mechanical Descaling Fundamentals" (Wire Lab Booth 2646)

* Schedule subject to change.