POMA's 5th Anniversary Business Conference

 

 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 or 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, round-tables are back on the schedule and the list of offerings has substantially increased.

Complete details on speakers will be posted soon. So, check back often.

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.

Lake Michigan's Southern Shore and fishing fleet are just an 18-minute drive from the hotel.

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

You must mention the POMA 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

Schedule subject to change.

Wed., Aug. 11
  • Keynoter Address, Paul Gillian
  • Registration, 3 - 6 p.m.
  • Welcome Event & Beach Bonfire, hosted by the LaPorte County Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Michigan City Beachwalk Park, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 12
  • Business Tracks, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Product Showcase at Pine Lake Kiwanis Park, 4:30 - 7:30
  • BBQ dinner at the Lake, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 13
  • Business Tracks, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Gala Dinner, POMA/Mossy Oak Pinnacle Awards, Silent & Live Auctions, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 14
  • Shooting & Field Day, Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area Shooting Range and Recreation Area, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • BYOLT Hands-On Learning Sessions, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
  • Adios Dinner, Entertainment & Open Microphone Sing Along
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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.

 

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."