USCA Spring Meeting Agenda

Thursday, April 4th

4:00pm-6:00pm	Executive Board Meeting	Aloft Meeting Room
6:00pm	Dinner on Own	The Battery

Friday, April 5th

TIME	EVENT	LOCATION
7:30am – 8:00am	Continental plus breakfast sandwiches (biscuits, egg, and bacon, fruit, etc.) & Check-In on first floor of TK Elevator	Sponsored by TK Elevator Check in on first floor of TK Elevator Google Maps: TK Elevator Corporate Office: 788 Cir 75 Pkwy SE Suite 500, Atlanta USCA meetings are on the 4th floor in the Horizon Ballroom.
8:00am – 8:30am	Welcome – Lenita Davis, President TK Elevator Logistics – Scott Inks	Check in on first floor of TK Elevator
8:30am-9:00am	School Introductions (Ice Breaker – favorite bucket list item to be done) Acknowledgment of Visitors – Anita Dale
9:00am – 9:15am	Outstanding Member Awards – Lenita Davis
9:15am – 9:45am	USCA Strategic Plan Update – Lenita Davis
9:45am – 10:15am	Spring Meeting Proposal – Andrew Loring
10:15am – 10:30am	Break	Elevation Room @ TK Elevator
10:30am – 12:00pm	Best Practice Session: Positioning your Sales Center: Perspectives from former USCA Dean Award Winners Panelists: Dr. Eli Jones Professor Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar Former Dean of Mays Business School Dr. Todd A. Shawver Dean, Zeigler College of Business Bloomsburg Commonwealth University Dr. Jared J. Llorens Dean and E. J. Ourso Professor E. J. Ourso College of Business Louisiana State University
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch & Speaker – Adam Luckey, District General Manager, TK Elevator	Sponsored by TK Elevator
1:00pm – 1:30pm	Best Companies to Work For (External Relations) – Andrea Dixon
1:30pm – 2:45pm	AI + Role-Play Demo – Lenita Davis & Scott Inks
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm	Research Grant Award Presentation – Stephan Volpers Revisiting Buyers´ Role In Value Creation: From Suppliers´ Helpers To Sources Of Relationship Value
4:00pm – 5:00pm	Optional Tour of TK Elevator
5:00pm – 7:30pm	Cocktail Hour & Appetizers & Dinner Location: Elevation Room @ TK Elevator	Sponsored by TK Elevator

Saturday, April 6th

TIME	EVENT	LOCATION
8:00am – 8:30am	Full Breakfast Location: TK Elevator 4th floor	Sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Professional Selling
8:30am – 9:00am	Re-Cap of Previous Day
9:00am – 10:30am	Best Practice Session: Student Engagement Survey Results and Facilitated Discussion – Andrew Loring
10:30am – 11:30am	Committee Meetings
11:30am-12:00pm	Committee Updates
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Box Lunch & Announcement of Fall Meeting – Andrew Loring	Sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Professional Selling

Additional Information

HOTELS: The USCA hotel is the Aloft Atlanta at The Battery Atlanta, 950 Battery Avenue., Atlanta, GA 30339  1-678-272-4288.
Click Here to Book the Hotel. The USCA Rate is $199.00/night. You have the option of checking out of the hotel on Saturday or Sunday (meeting ends at 1:00pm on Saturday). Deadline to book: March 4. You’ll be a 4-minute walk to TK Elevator.

NOTE: The USCA was allotted 20 rooms to start. Once we hit the cap, they will allot additional rooms (if the block is full when you book, please email Andrew Loring: aloring@mays.tamu.edu). Parking at the hotel is $30.00/night and parking at TK Elevator is $50.00/day. 

Secondary Hotel:  Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta Kennesaw Town Center: hilton.com/en/hotels/atlkses-embassy-suites-atlanta-kennesaw-town-center/ ~$173.00/night. No Group Code. Make a reservation at the link. This hotel is 13.7 miles from TKE.

TRANSPORTATION: If you are Ubering, keep in mind that leaving the Battery area around the Atlanta Braves baseball game will
spike Uber prices.

FLIGHTS: If you are flying on Saturday, April 6, please schedule flights no earlier than 3:00pm or later
It is highly recommended that you Uber/Taxi from the Atlanta airport to the hotel because parking at The Battery is scarce and expensive. The airport is 22 miles from TK Elevator.

If you have any questions, please email Andrew Loring (aloring@mays.tamu.edu)