Dear Attendees and Exhibitors,

We’re pleased to announce that the second Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo will be held February 4-6, 2010 once again at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Based on the success of the first PELICE, held this past February 2008, the decision to continue this event was an easy one. And once again it will be co-produced by Panel World magazine and Georgia Research Institute.

Despite a downturn in many wood products markets, the first PELICE attracted 90 exhibitors, featured 90 speakers, and drew 518 industry professionals, with another 80 registered but unable to attend.
Most importantly, the post-event survey of non-exhibitor registered attendees offered very positive feedback.

• 97% said they found something in the presentations that might be useful to their business
• 95% rated the quality of the session topics as good or excellent
• 88% rated the quality of the other attendees they encountered as good or excellent
• 82% rated the need for this conference & expo to be held in the Southeast U.S. every two years as good or excellent
• 80% said the possibility of returning to the next PELICE is good or excellent

Attendees also gave high marks to the location, organization and structure of the conference and to the exhibitor portion of the event. Attendees also offered some suggestions that we will use to tweak the conference to make it even better.

Exhibitor personnel also responded positively to the event, with one significant suggestion: that in the future the exhibitor floor should be located immediately adjacent the conference meeting rooms, so that there will be a constant flow and integration of meeting attendees and exhibitor personnel.

Based on this exhibitor feedback, we’re happy to report that we’ve been able to map out such an arrangement with the Omni Hotel for PELICE 2010, which will place exhibitors in the Grand Ballroom, immediately adjacent the three primary conference meeting rooms.

With a little fine-tuning here and there, the PELICE 2010 exhibitor sponsorship packages are available for download. Read these materials closely. You’re sure to find a sponsorship that meets your needs for the next PELICE.