
Event Schedule
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Saturday, April 25 |
8:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
8:30 a.m. |
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5:30 p.m. |
Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing Short Course |
12:30 p.m. |
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1:30 p.m. |
Course Attendees’ Luncheon |
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Sunday, April 26 |
7:30 a.m. |
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7:00 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service |
8:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
8:30 a.m. |
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3:30 p.m. |
Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing Short Course |
12:30 p.m. |
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1:30 p.m. |
Course Attendees’ Luncheon |
3:00 p.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Education Committee |
4:00 p.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Publications Committee |
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Monday, April 27 |
7:30 a.m. |
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6:00 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service |
8:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
9:00 a.m. |
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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. |
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Noon |
Mordica Award Lecture: Etienne A.D. Aernoudt - “Drawing induced structural and mechanical anisotropy,” |
12:30 p.m. |
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12:45 p.m. |
Wire Cutting |
12:45 p.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Opening Day Exhibits |
4:00 p.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Memorial Awards Committee |
6:30 p.m. |
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9:30 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service for Opening Reception |
6:30 p.m. |
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8:30 p.m. |
Opening Reception - Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Ballroom |
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Tuesday, April 28 |
7:30 a.m. |
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6:00 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service |
8:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
8:00 a.m. |
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9:00 a.m. |
Authors’ Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
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10:00 a.m. |
Exhibition Planning Committee |
8:30 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. |
Member Relations Committee |
9:00 a.m. |
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11:00 a.m. |
Technical Session 1: "Testing" |
9:00 a.m. |
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Noon |
Technical Session 2: "Dies" |
9:30 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. |
Executive Panel Session |
10:00 a.m. |
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Noon |
Session 3: "Nonferrous/Electrical Topics 1" |
10:30 a.m. |
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12:30 p.m. |
Technical Session 4: "Ferrous Topics 1" |
10:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Exhibits |
2:00 p.m. |
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2:30 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Wire Breaks" (Properzi Int'l Booth 3600) |
2:45 p.m. |
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3:15 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Dies" (Paramount Die Booth 2066) |
3:30 p.m. |
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4:00 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Lubrication" (Booth tbd) |
4:30 p.m. |
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5:30 p.m. |
Conference Programming Committee |
6:30 p.m. |
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Annual 5K Road Race - departs/returns Renaissance Hotel |
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Wednesday, April 29 |
7:30 a.m. |
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6:00 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service |
8:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
8:00 a.m. |
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9:00 a.m. |
Authors’ Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
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10:00 a.m. |
Board of Directors Meeting |
9:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Workshop - "Innovation in Wire" |
9:00 a.m. |
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11:00 a.m. |
Session 5: "Coolant and Filtration" |
9:30 a.m. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Technical Session 6 : "Drawing" |
10:00 a.m. |
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5:00 p.m. |
Exhibits |
10:00 a.m. |
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Noon |
Session 7: "Nonferrous/Electrical Topics 2" |
10:30 a.m. |
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12:30 p.m. |
Technical Session 8: "Ferrous Topics 2" |
Noon |
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1:30 p.m. |
WAI Past Presidents Luncheon |
12:30 p.m. |
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1:30 p.m. |
Workshop Attendees Luncheon |
2:00 p.m. |
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2:30 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Conventional Butt Welding" (Ideal Welding Booth 1646) |
2:45 p.m. |
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3:15 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Set Up/Adjust Two-Plane Roll Straightener" (Sjogren Booth 3379) |
3:30 p.m. |
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4:00 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Mechanical Descaling Fundamentals" (Wire Lab Booth 2646) |
6:00 p.m. |
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Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox - Progressive Field - Dinner & Game |
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Thursday, April 30 |
7:30 a.m. |
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7:00 p.m. |
Shuttle Bus Service |
8:00 a.m. |
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1:30 p.m. |
Registration |
10:00 a.m. |
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3:00 p.m. |
Exhibits |
10:30 a.m. |
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11:00 a.m. |
Production Solutions: "Wire Breaks" (Properzi Int'l Booth 3600) |
11:00 a.m. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Production Solutions: "Dies" (Paramount Die Booth 2066) |
11:30 a.m. |
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Noon |
Production Solutions: "Lubrication" (Booth tbd) |
Noon |
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12:30 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Conventional Butt Welding" (Ideal Welding Booth 1646) |
12:30 p.m. |
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1:00 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Set Up/Adjust Two-Plane Roll Straightener" (Sjogren Booth 3379) |
1:00 p.m. |
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1:30 p.m. |
Production Solutions: "Mechanical Descaling Fundamentals" (Wire Lab Booth 2646) |
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| * Schedule subject to change. |