AIA Iowa Annual Convention 2008 - Exhibitors

On behalf of the 2008 AIA Iowa Convention Exhibit Committee, we would like to invite you to join us for this exciting opportunity to meet and network with the many members of the AIA community. This year’s convention will focus on the theme “2030” and promises to be an environment that fosters high-level dialogues on sustainable-design issues.  Bringing together representatives of the design community and individuals such as yourselves we will continue efforts to utilize new and existing products that will set in motion a reduction in energy use in all new and renovated buildings. This year’s convention looks towards the future and the challenge of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030 As an exhibitor at the 2008 AIA Iowa Convention, you will have the opportunity to learn from and educate the participants about your individual products and services within a convention area laid out to provide a relaxed setting for the exhibitors and attendees to mix, renew professional relationships and build future contacts.  The 2008 Convention highlights will include opportunities for networking at the Thursday luncheon, the Thursday night exhibitors' cocktail party and a Friday schedule designed to allow you to make the most of this special setting for professional connections. Additional advantages you and your business will receive when exhibiting at the convention include: A large representation of your target market centered in one area. Recognition in the AIA Iowa Addenda newsletter and the AIA Iowa website. The benefit of the exclusive use of the 2008 convention attendee list for follow-ups to prospective customers which is made available only to exhibiting companies. We look forward to your participation and are grateful for your involvement which is a vital part to the success of this convention every year.  Please join us in making the 2008 AIA Iowa Convention a rewarding and educational event for everyone. Thank you for your time and we hope to see you at the convention center! Wesley Reynolds and Aaron Twedt Exhibits Co-chairs Tentative Schedule Wednesday, September 24 12-8 p.m. Exhibit Hall Set-up Thursday, September 25 7:00 a.m. Registration Opens       8:00  Welcome 8:15   Keynote Speaker 9:30  Exhibit Hall Opens 10:45  Workshops 11:45  Lunch (with Exhibitors) 1:15 p.m. Workshops 2:15  Exhibit Hall is Open 3:45  Keynote Speaker 3:45  Exhibitors' Workshop, Lower Level 5:00-6:30 Exhibitors' Cocktail Party, Exhibit Hall 7:00  Evening Event Friday, September 26 7:30 a.m. Registration Opens       7:30  Exhibit Hall Opens       8:00  Masonry Awards 8:00  Allied Member Open House, Lower Level 8:15  Keynote Speaker 9:30  Exhibit Hall is Open      10:30  Door Prize Drawing, Exhibit Hall      11:00  Workshops     11:15  Exhibitor Booth Teardown 12:00 p.m. Lunch 12:45  AIA Iowa Business Meeting/Legislative Forum 2:15  Break        2:30  Workshops 3:45  Keynote Speaker      6:00  Reception 7:30  Awards Banquet  Exhibitors’ Cocktail Party The Exhibitors’ Cocktail Party will be held from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening in the Exhibit Hall.  Designers and allied professionals will join architects for beverages, snacks and entertainment while they visit your booth and enjoy a festive evening with colleagues. Hotel Accommodations A group of rooms have been reserved at The Renaissance Savery Hotel, located at 401 Locust St. in downtown Des Moines. The single/double per room rate is $95. You may check in after 3 p.m. and check out by 12 p.m. To qualify for the AIA Iowa group room block, you must make a reservation by August 27. After this date, rooms are on an availability basis only. To make your reservations, call the reservation desk at 800.514.4706 or 515.244.2151. The Renaissance Savery Hotel is entirely smoke-free. Sponsors As an exhibitor, or if you cannot exhibit this year, you can be an active participant in the convention by sponsoring special events. If you would like more information about sponsorship opportunities, please email communications@aiaiowa.org with a title of "Sponsor Information", or make the appropriate indication on your Exhibitor Application & Contract. 2007 Convention Exhibitors ACH Foam Technologies* Action Reprographics* Advanced Stucco of Iowa AE Plans AES Lighting Group Air Tight Spray Foam of Iowa* Allen Consulting Group Alliant Energy-IPL* Andersen Windows* Anderson Ladd* Architectural Arts LLC Architectural Wall Systems* Ardent Lighting Group L.L.C. Armstrong Commercial Floors Ashgrove Packaging ASI-Modulex * Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa Automatic Door Group, Inc.* Avatech* Baer Supply* Beeline & Blue* Buildex, Inc. Commercial Aquatic Engineering Cornell Corporation Creative Edge Master Shop Dakota Security Systems David Bear, Inc.* Decra Roofing Distinctive Woodworks, Inc. DL Couch Wallcovering Source Dubuque Sash & Door / SGO Designer Glass Edwards Cast Stone Co.* Enterprise Precast Concrete Epic Metals Corporation Erb's Business Machines Farris Engineering* Firstcall Construction* Gilcrest Jewett* Glen-Gery Brick* Graham Construction* Hansen Company, Inc.* Heartland Brick Council Imaging Technologies Inner Flora* Interface FLOR Commercial Interior Contract Concepts Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Association Iowa Spray Foam Insulators, L.L.C. IPC Precast* J.B. Wagman Sales, Inc. J.E. Dunn Construction* Jack E. Beavers & Associates* Jasper Stone Co.* Johns Manville JTH Lighting Alliance Kate-Lo Tile & Stone* Keller & Associates* KI / Duet Resource Group Kings Material / Stone Concepts / Marquart Concrete Products Kwalu Lite-Form Technologies Lumbermen's Cast Stone & Precast M&M Lighhting Sales Major Industries, Inc. Mannington Commercial* Masonry Institute of Iowa Masonry Products Inc. Master Builders of Iowa McKee Button Co. **Metal Design Systems Mid-Continental Restoration Company Inc. Midwest Tile Marble and Granite Miron Construction Co. Moberg Gallery Molin Concrete Products Moss Enterprises, Inc. Mule-Hide Products North Star Surfaces NRG Sales LLC* Oharco* Olson-Larsen Galleries Onthank Parker Signs & Graphics, Inc. Pigott Inc. pinta acoustic inc Prairie Pella, Inc.* RBC Tile & Stone RCS Millwork L.C.* Rhino Materials Rogers Automated Entrances Inc. Saxton, Inc.* SGH, Inc.* Shaw Contract Group* Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa, Inc. Sika Sarnafil* Skold Construction Services & Skold Door Co.* Sobotec Ltd. Sport Construction Midwest Stetson Building Products* Strauss Safe & Lock Structural Wood Corporation Sunderland Brothers* TCC Materials The Mohawk Group United Brick & Tile Vodaci Technologies* Wells Concrete Products* Work Space Inc.* Zephyr Aluminum