October 26 – 27, 2010 Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Airport/Millennium Center, Atlanta, GA
Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) held the Seventh Annual Entrepreneur Meeting on October 26 -27, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Airport/Millennium Center.
- Meeting Press Release
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations
- CARE’s Past Entrepreneur Meetings
Thank you to our Meeting sponsor:
Meeting Press Release
2010 CARE Entrepreneur Meeting
Meeting Agenda
| Tuesday, October 26 | |||||||||
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | CARE Orientation (CARE History & Overview) | ||||||||
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Carpet Collections 101 | ||||||||
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Break and Networking | ||||||||
| 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Reception and Networking Dinner | ||||||||
| Wednesday, October 27 | |||||||||
| 7:30 – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | ||||||||
| 8:00 – 8:15 am | Welcome – Frank Hurd, Georgina SikorskiIntroductions – Frank HurdGuests, Attendees, SponsorsReview Antitrust Guidelines Review Agenda | ||||||||
| 8:15 – 10:00 am | Session 1State of CARE (15 min) – Frank HurdPolymer Specification Sheets (30 min) – Dennis HayfordCarpet as Alternative Fuel (CAAF) (30 min) – Russ DeLozier Resilient Flooring Opportunity (30 min) – Dean Thompson | ||||||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Break and Networking Time | ||||||||
| 10:30 – 12:00 pm | Session 2 – CARE Marketplace ForumBuyers and Sellers:Material for SaleMaterial Sought Services Available Services Sought | ||||||||
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch and Networking Time | ||||||||
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Session 3Collection/Resale Session (15 min)Canadian Carpet Reclamation Effort (CCRE) Session (15 min) – Stephen VerhoeffWhy Now? (15 min) Q&A (15 min) | ||||||||
| 2:00 – 2:15 pm | Break and Networking Time | ||||||||
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | Session 4 – Entrepreneur Issues SessionEntrepreneur’s Panel (5 min/topic: raise your questions, issues, concerns, ideas) | ||||||||
| 3:00 pm | Adjourn | ||||||||
Meeting Resources & Slide Presentations
All meeting document below are in Portable Document Format
Polymer Specification Sheets – Dennis Hayford (3.61 MB)
Carpet as Alternative Fuel (CAAF) – Russ DeLozier (452 KB)
Resilient Flooring Opportunity – Dean Thompson (1.19 MB)
Collection/Resale – Texas Carpet Recycling (294 KB)
Canadian Carpet Recovery Effort – Stephen Verhoeff (51 KB)
Collector Link #1 of the Value Chain – Dee Cassell (1.53 MB)
We Can Make A Difference – Jeremy Stroop (1.10 MB)
Timing For Implementation of AB 2398 – Frank Hurd (15 KB)
Read more about CARE’s past entrepreneur meetings
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2009
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2008
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2007
CARE Entrepreneur Meeting – October 2006
If you would like to sponsor this meeting in the future please contact Jeremy Stroop at 706-428-2127.