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GAWDA Calendar 2009-2013,

Industry Events | Committees

Note: GAWDA Events in Bold **Tentative

2010*
Dates Days Event Location
January 25 - 26 Mon - Tues NAW AEC Meeting Fairmont Washington, Washington, DC
January 26 - 28 Tues - Thurs NAW Executive Summit Fairmont Washington, Washington, DC
March 2 Tues GAWDA Regional Meeting Raptor Bay Golf Club, Bonita Springs, FL
March 7 - 12 Sun - Fri Pittcon Expo Orlando, FL
March 11 - 13 Thurs - Sat WEMCO's Annual Meeting Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
March 23 - 24 Mon - Tues GAWDA Regional Meeting Houston, TX
April 18 - 20 Sun - Tues GAWDA SMC Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL
April 25 - 28 Sun - Wed CGA Annual Meeting Coral Gables, Florida
May 4 -6 Tues - Thurs IWDC Sales & Purchasing Convention Westin, Indianapolis, IN
May 26 – 27 Wed - Thurs GAWDA Regional Meeting Atlantic City, NJ
June 1 - 2 Thurs - Fri GAWDA Regional Meeting East Lansing, MI
July 22 Thurs GAWDA Regional Meeting Seven Springs, PA
September 8 Wed GAWDA Regional Meeting Gettysburg, PA
September 13 - 15 Mon - Wed CGA Canada Annual Meeting Toronto, Ontario
October 2 - 5 Sun - Wed GAWDA 66th Annual Convention Grand Wailea, Maui, HI
November 2 - 4 Tues - Thurs FABTECH Int’l & AWS Welding Show Atlanta, GA
November 2 - 6 Tues - Sat SEMA Show Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
November 7 - 9 Sun - Tues STAFDA Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix, AZ
November 10 - 11 Wed - Sat AIWD Annual Meeting TBD
November 17 - 20 Wed - Sat IWDC Owners' Meeting Ritz Carlton, Dove Mountain, Tuscon, Arizona
2011
Dates Days Event Location
March 13 - 18 Sun - Fri Pittcon Expo Atlanta, GA
May 17 - 19 Tues - Thurs IWDC Sales & Purhasing Convention South Pointe, Las Vegas, NV
April 11 - 13 Mon - Wed GAWDA SMC Marriott Tampa Waterside Hotel & Marina, Tampa, FL
October 9 - 12 Sun - Wed GAWDA 67th Annual Convention New York, NY
October 26 - 30 Wed - Fri IWDC Owners' Meeting Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
November 2 - 5 Wed - Sat AIWD Annual Meeting TBD
November 13 - 15 Sun - Tues STAFDA Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
2012
Dates Days Event Location
March 11 - 16 Sun - Fri Pittcon Expo Orlando, FL
May 8 -10 Tues - Thurs IWDC Sales & Purchasing Convention JW Marriott Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana
TBD TBD GAWDA SMC TBD
TBD   GAWDA 68th Annual Convention TBD
November 4 - 6 Sun - Tues STAFDA Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
November 7 - 10 Wed - Sat IWDC Owners' Meeting Meritage Resort, Napa, CA
 
2013
Dates Days Event Location
March 17 - 22 Sun - Fri Pittcon Expo New Orleans, LA
April 15 - 17 Mon - Wed GAWDA SMC Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX
TBD   GAWDA 69th Annual Convention TBD
November 4 - 6 Sun - Tues STAFDA  
ACRONYMS ASSOCIATIONS
ADA Airco Distributor Association
AIWD Association of Independent Welding Distributors
AWS American Welding Society
BIG Group Buying and Information Group
CGA Compressed Gas Association
FABTECH  
GAWDA Gases & Welding Distributors Association
IOMA International Oxygen Manufacturers Association
IWDC Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative
NACE  
NAW National Association of Wholesalers
NSC National Safety Council
PittCon The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Inc.
SEMA Specialty Equipment Market Association
STAFDA The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association
WEMCO Welding Equipment Manufacturing Committee
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