August 16-18, 2011
Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois
World’s Largest & Best Garden Center Education Event
IGC is the industry’s only must-attend event – and this year, there are even more ways to take your garden center business to the next level. On top of newly extended trade show hours for shopping more than 1,000 vendor booths across 5 acres of Navy Pier, this year debuts the IGC University Educational Conference – the world’s most comprehensive garden center seminar program, featuring 40-plus sessions of actionable ideas for profit in seven focused tracks led by the leading minds in their fields: Ernest Wertheim – Store Layout & Site Development; Kyle Lacy – Social Media Savvy; Judy Sharpton – Visual Merchandising; Jim Bradley – Retail Maverick; John Stanley – International Trends; Robert Hendrickson – Best Practices; and Tom Shay – Dollars & Sense.
The Exhibit Hall hours are:
Tuesday, August 16 2:00pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 17 10:00am – 6:00pm
Thursday, August 18 10:00am – 3:00pm
The Conference hours are:
Tuesday, August 16 10:00am – 12:45pm
Wednesday, August 17 11:00am – 4:15pm
Thursday, August 18 11:00am – 1:15pm
http://igcshow.com
