2020 RETA Breeze Jan-Feb

CONFERENCE CORNER

I hope everyone had a Happy and Safe New Year! RETA’S Conference Committee and I are in full swing and meeting goals for a great upcoming Conference. We met our first deadline for the Call for Abstracts which were due January 13, 2020. I am very excited to announce that we had a great response with a 25% increase of abstracts submitted from previous years. We also had a great variety of titles in each of the four topics. All abstracts have gone out to our peer LET’S TALK ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Michelle Robinson, RETA Conference Manager

WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON “WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU” AND ARE FOCUSING ON BENEFITS OF INTEREST SUCH AS UPDATING OUR WEBSITE TO GET YOU INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

The website will be updated with the most current information by the end of the month. We are also finalizing quality time in the Exhibit Hall, Hands on Sessions, Workshops, WiNR (Women in Natural Refrigeration) and Entertainment. Minette and I have finalized our Sponsorship Brochure and Exhibitor Commitment forms. Please be on the look out for an email with that information. We have added several new sponsorship opportunities and a Bingo Jeopardy which is open to the first 75 exhibitors who secure a spot. Bingo Jeopardy is designed to bring more foot traffic to your booth by providing 3 educational questions pertaining to your business. Attendees will answer one of your questions. Once one of your three questions have been

review committee members for grading. Papers are graded for Technical Merit, Readability, Relevance, Originality, Formatting, Acceptance and Confidence. The deadline for peer review is February 11, 2020 and authors will receive an email from me on or before February 17, 2020 as to whether it was accepted. I personally want to thank everyone who took the time and effort to submit their abstract. RETA’s Conference Committee and I will be meeting this month for our 4th time and are making great progress toward our upcoming Conference. We are working diligently on “What’s in it for you” and are focusing on benefits of interest such as updating our website to get you information as soon as possible.

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