Top 10 reasons to attend Shipping 2011

Are you attending the Connecticut Maritime Association's Shipping 2011 conference and exhibition in Stamford, Conn. March 21-23, 2011? No? Perhaps you should reconsider. Need a reason to attend? Here are CMA's top 10 reasons to attend. Full steam ahead!

Top 10 Reasons to attend

1. Superb networking opportunities and plenty of time to conduct business.
2. Topical and valuable conference program with customizable multi-track seminars.
3. Key decision and policy makers in one place, at one time (including our own Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Bob Papp).
4. Diverse, dynamic and global exhibits showcasing exceptional services, products and innovations.
5. Launch a new product or service to an attentive and knowledgeable audience.
6. Initiate, pursue and accomplish a year's worth of business in just two and a half days- saving time and money!
7. An event put on by the shipping industry for the shipping industry.
8. Located in the midst of the shipping's mind and management for North America. Where decisions are made and business gets done.
9. Creative sponsorship opportunities.
10. If you have not been to one yet, come see for yourself why everyone raves about the CMA.

And a bonus reason to attend CMA Shipping 2011? 

• To meet the Amver staff at booth G-104!

If you can't participate in person there are several ways to stay tuned in. You can follow what's going on via Twitter by searching #cma2011 or you can watch the piracy panel live by accessing the UStream webcast on Tuesday March 22, 2011 at 14:15 Eastern Daylight Time.


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