{"id":10995,"date":"2015-01-15T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2015-01-15T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T22:41:02","slug":"epic-2015-dates-announced-conference-agenda-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2015\/01\/epic-2015-dates-announced-conference-agenda-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC 2015 Dates Announced; Conference Agenda Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROSEMONT, IL & INDIANAPOLIS, IN, January 14, 2015<\/em> \u2013 The industry\u2019s leading office products dealer\u00a0groups have announced the dates for EPIC 2015 (www.wherebighappens.com). The largest U.S. office\u00a0products dealer group convention, EPIC 2015, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at The Cosmopolitan of\u00a0Las Vegas hotel and conference center. Dates of the conference are October 6-8, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s conference, EPIC 2014, brought together 150 of the industry\u2019s top manufacturing suppliers,\u00a0as well as new and emerging products and services providers\u201d, commented Mike Gentile, President &\u00a0CEO, Independent Stationers. TriMega\u2019s President Mike Maggio said, \u201cWe look forward, for the third\u00a0year, to bringing our two dealer groups together for one power-packed industry event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agenda for 2015 has been updated as well, in response to suggestions from dealer and exhibitor\u00a0attendees. All of the popular seminars, dealer discussion sessions, membership meetings, and trade\u00a0show events are still included in the revised agenda, but with an exciting new pattern for each day\u2019s\u00a0activities.<\/p>\n

The conference will open up with the Welcome Reception on Tuesday, October 6. Day 2, Wednesday,\u00a0will feature the Independent Stationers\u2019 Annual Shareholders Meeting and the TriMega Membership\u00a0Meeting, followed by seminars and dealer roundtables. The EPIC Bash will take place on this evening as\u00a0well. Day 3, Thursday, will begin with the General Session and Keynote Address, and be followed by the\u00a0highly anticipated EPIC Tradeshow. Rounding out the day and conference will be the traditional EPIC\u00a0Prize Winner Party on the Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to mix things up a bit this year, and still be able to bring to our dealer attendees and\u00a0exhibitor partners alike the greatest return on their time for the best event possible,\u201d said Michael\u00a0Morris, EVP of Marketing at TriMega. \u201cPlease note these dates on your calendar now, and watch for the\u00a0official invitations to come out later this spring. It will again be an EPIC event indeed!\u201d<\/p>\n

About Independent Stationers<\/em><\/p>\n

Founded in 1977, Independent Stationers is a leading global organization providing sales, marketing\u00a0support and purchasing power for the community based independent office products dealer. The\u00a0organization\u2019s members are located throughout the U.S. and in 5 foreign countries. Collectively,\u00a0Independent Stationers members produce close to $4 billion in end-user sales. For more information,\u00a0please contact Cora Lienemann at Independent Stationers headquarters (Phone: 317-579-1111; e-mail:\u00a0mailto:cora@independentstationers.coop) or visit the Independent Stationers web site at\u00a0www.independentstationers.coop.<\/p>\n

About TriMega Purchasing Association<\/em><\/p>\n

TriMega Purchasing Association is a not-for-profit member owned buying group serving office products\u00a0dealers and technology retailers nationwide. The group helps its nearly 550 members profit through\u00a0group purchasing, rebate negotiation and tracking, the production of quality marketing materials and\u00a0information sharing through networking and education at various TriMega events. For more\u00a0information, visit www.trimega.org, call 847-699-3330 or write to TriMega at info@trimega.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROSEMONT, IL & INDIANAPOLIS, IN, January 14, 2015 \u2013 The industry\u2019s leading office products dealer\u00a0groups have announced the dates for EPIC 2015 (www.wherebighappens.com). The largest U.S. office\u00a0products dealer group convention, EPIC 2015, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at The Cosmopolitan of\u00a0Las Vegas hotel and conference center. Dates of the conference are October 6-8, 2015. \u201cLast year\u2019s conference, EPIC 2014, brought together 150 of the industry\u2019s top manufacturing suppliers,\u00a0as well as new and emerging products and services providers\u201d, commented Mike Gentile, President &\u00a0CEO, Independent Stationers. TriMega\u2019s President Mike Maggio said, \u201cWe look forward, for the third\u00a0year, to bringing our two dealer groups together for one power-packed industry event.\u201d The agenda for 2015 has been updated as well, in response to suggestions from dealer and exhibitor\u00a0attendees. All of the popular seminars, dealer discussion sessions, membership meetings, and trade\u00a0show events are still included in the revised agenda, but with an exciting new pattern for each day\u2019s\u00a0activities. The conference will open up with the Welcome Reception on Tuesday, October 6. Day 2, Wednesday,\u00a0will feature the Independent Stationers\u2019 Annual Shareholders Meeting and the TriMega Membership\u00a0Meeting, followed by seminars and dealer roundtables. The EPIC Bash will take place on this evening as\u00a0well. Day 3, Thursday, will begin with the General Session and Keynote Address, and be followed by the\u00a0highly anticipated EPIC Tradeshow. Rounding out the day and conference will be the traditional EPIC\u00a0Prize Winner Party on the Thursday evening. \u201cWe are excited to mix things up a bit this year, and still be able to bring to our dealer attendees and\u00a0exhibitor partners alike the greatest return on their time for the best event possible,\u201d said Michael\u00a0Morris, EVP of Marketing at TriMega. \u201cPlease note these dates on your calendar now, and watch for the\u00a0official invitations to come out later this spring. It will again be an EPIC event indeed!\u201d About Independent Stationers Founded in 1977, Independent Stationers is a leading global organization providing sales, marketing\u00a0support and purchasing power for the community based independent office products dealer. The\u00a0organization\u2019s members are located throughout the U.S. and in 5 foreign countries. Collectively,\u00a0Independent Stationers members produce close to $4 billion in end-user sales. For more information,\u00a0please contact Cora Lienemann at Independent Stationers headquarters (Phone: 317-579-1111; e-mail:\u00a0mailto:cora@independentstationers.coop) or visit the Independent Stationers web site at\u00a0www.independentstationers.coop. About TriMega Purchasing Association TriMega Purchasing Association is a not-for-profit member owned buying group serving office products\u00a0dealers and technology retailers nationwide. The group helps its nearly 550 members profit through\u00a0group purchasing, rebate negotiation and tracking, the production of quality marketing materials and\u00a0information sharing through networking and education at various TriMega events. For more\u00a0information, visit www.trimega.org, call 847-699-3330 or write to TriMega at info@trimega.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[1110,2046],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10996,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}