POMA's 5th Anniversary Business Conference

 

 

Crank Up Your Business in

LaPorte, Ind., Aug. 11 - 14, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Incredible Business Tracks &
Bring-Your-Own-Laptop (BYOLT) Sessions

Take a peak at POMA's 2010 conference business tracks. Based on members' requests, POMA is offering tracks of related sessions. The sessions are 50-minutes and highly focused. Tracks (with two exceptions) are offered twice daily, in the morning and afternoon.

Maintaining the level of excellence expected of POMA, the 2010 conference speakers are nothing short of top notch. Keynoter, Paul Gillin, leads the corps of media, marketing and business specialists who will speak directly to members' business needs and interests.

In addition, the incredibly popular, hands-on, Bring-Your-Own-Laptop sessions are back on the schedule, and the list of offerings has substantially increased.

Get a feel for POMA conferences,
watch the 2009 conference slide show.

Headquarters Hotel

The LaPorte Best Western is the host hotel for the 2010 POMA Business Conference.

 

Best Western Reservations: (219) 362-4585
POMA Rate: $89 + taxes

You must mention the POMA Conference to get the POMA rate.

 

The hotel's central location allows attendees to be:

  • On the southern shore of Lake Michigan 
  • Hiking the terrain of the Dunes National Lakeshore
  • Testing outdoor products at Pine Lake during the Product Showcase, and
  • Enjoying Shooting Day activities

Just 15 minutes after exiting the hotel parking lot.
 

general conference schedule

Wed., Aug. 11

  • Board Meetings 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  • Registration, 3 - 6 p.m. hosted by Realtree
  • Welcome Event --  Lobster Bake & Beach Party at Michigan City Beachwalk Park, hosted by the LaPorte County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, 6 - 9 p.m.
 
Thursday, Aug. 12
  • Breakfast & Keynote Address by Paul Gillian, hosted by U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
  • Business Tracks, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30
  • Lunch 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., hosted by RAM Trucks
  • Business Tracks, 1 - 3:45 p.m.
  • Product Showcase at Pine Lake Kiwanis Park, 4 - 7:30 p.m.
  • BBQ Dinner at the Lake, 7:30 p.m., hosted by Columbia Sporstwear
 
 
Friday, Aug. 13
  • Breakfast, On Your Own
  • Business Tracks, 8:30 a.m. - Noon
  • Lunch, 12 - 1 p.m., hosted by Remington Outdoor Foundation
  • Business Tracks, 1:15 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Cocktail Reception, hosted by Aimpoint, 6:30 p.m.
  • Gala Dinner, hosted by National Rifle Association, 7 p.m.
  • POMA/Mossy Oak Pinnacle Awards Presentation
  • Silent & Live Auctions, 6 - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 14
  • Guy's Grab & Go Breakfast, hosted by HuntNFishRegs.com, 6:45 - 7:30 a.m.
  • Shooting & Field Day, Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area Shooting Range and Recreation Area, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Lunch at the Range, hosted by National Shooting Sports Foundation, 12 - 1 p.m.
  • Bring-Your-Own-Laptop, Hands-On Learning Sessions, 2 - 4:30 p.m.
  • Cocktail Reception, hosted by Aimpoint, 6:30 p.m.
  • Adios Dinner, Entertainment & Open Microphone Sing Along, hosted by POMA, 7 - 11 p.m.

 

Schedule subject to change without notice.

 

 

Air Travel

South Bend (SBN) Airport

25 minutes (shuttle) Direct flights to and from:

  • Altanta
  • Cincinnati
  • Clearwater
  • Cleveland
  • Detroit
  • Las Vegas
  • Minneapolis
  • O-Hare
  • Sanford/Orlando


Chicago Midway Airport

60 minutes (drive, train)

Chicago O'Hare Airport

90 minutes (drive, train)

South Shore Railway Consider riding the South Shore Railway from the airports to Michigan City. It's the only existing electrically powered interurban commuter rail in the U.S. It runs from South Bend to Chicago approximately every 30 minutes, seven days a week. A stop in Michigan City puts travelers just 15 minutes from the hotel.

If traveling into Michigan City via the South Shore Railway on Tues., Wed. or Sun., transportation to and from the airport will be provided. Yellow Cab taxi service is also now serving the Michigan City area.

 

In the 1670's, French explorers came to the area that was to later become La Porte County, from the north along the shores of Lake Michigan. This area had long been part of the Pottawatomie Nation which covered the distance from the Wabash River on the south to Lake Michigan on the north. The French explorers and fur traders that passed this way as well as the many settlers that came after them made use of a wide Indian trail that passed through the forest to the next prairie. This opening from forest to prairie was a legendary kind of passageway or door for these early pioneers and the French called this place "La Porte" which is French for "the Door."

Known throughout the nation as the CoHo Capital of the U.S., LaPorte County, Indiana has become famous for its Lake Michigan fishing. But Salmon aren't the only monsters lying in wait off the shores of
Washington Park. Steelhead and Brown Trout, thousands of huge perch and even a large assortment of big bass take up residence on the southern tip of Lake Michigan each year, creating a fisherman's paradise unparalleled in the Midwest. Add to that the beauty of the Indiana Dunes, the county's ample collection of orchards, farms and gardens and
some of the Midwest's largest populations of white tail deer and turkey, and LaPorte County is the perfect spot for the outdoorsman.