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The 75th Annual Meeting of NLGI
Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA

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2008 Preliminary Program Guide.

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Tentative 2008 Annual Meeting Schedule

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

9:00 am - 12:00 Noon
NLGI Executive Committee Meeting

12:00 Noon - 6:00 pm
Meeting Central: Registration

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
NLGI Board of Directors Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Early Arrival Networking Reception

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

7:00 am
Continental Breakfast for Golfers

8:00 am
Golf Tournament Shotgun Start
Golf Course: Golden Horseshoe Golf Course, the Gold Course
Sponsored by: CITGO Petroleum Corp.

9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Meeting Central: Registration, Banquet Ticket Exchange,
Tabletop Displays

10:00 am
Spouse/Guest Program: Williamsburg Orientation & Tea

NLGI/ELGI Joint Working Group Meetings
2:00 pm
Shelf Life Working Group
2:45 pm
Grease Cleanliness Working Group
3:30 pm
Food Grade Lubricants Working Group

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Opening General Session
Keynote Address:
Brian O'Malley, "The Next Horizon"
Sponsored by: Battenfeld Grease & Oil and STRATCO, Inc.

6:15 pm - 7:15 pm (Or immediately following Opening General Session)
Welcoming Reception

MONDAY, JUNE 9

6:15 am - 7:30 am
22nd Annual NLGI Fun Run/Volkswalk
6:15 am - Sign-in/Warm-ups
7:00 am - Fun Run/Volkswalk
Sponsored by FMC-Lithium Division

7:00 am - 8:15 am
Meeting Central: Continental Breakfast
(For all NLGI Registrants)

7:00 am - 8:15 am
Author Appreciation/Orientation Breakfast
(For authors, session chairs, reviewers, monitors and moderators - by Invitation/mandatory)

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Meeting Central: Registration, Banquet Ticket Exchange,
Tabletop Displays, Refreshment Breaks

8:30 am - 9:45 am
General Session
Annual Business Meeting
Featured Industry Speaker: Joseph Wilson, John Deere

10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Concurrent Technical Sessions 1 & 2

10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Concurrent Education Courses:
Basic Grease Education
Advanced Grease Education
Application & Maintenance

12:30 pm - 1:45pm
Educational Course Luncheon
(All Students and Instructors Only)
All other attendees, lunch on your own)

1:00 am - 5:00 pm
Spouse/Guest Program: An Afternoon of Shopping

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special Session:
Terry Nicholetti, Networking

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Technical Sessions 3 & 4

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Education Courses:
Basic Grease Education
Advanced Grease Education
Application & Maintenance

Evening open for private entertaining

TUESDAY, JUNE 10

7:00 am - 8:15 am
Meeting Central: Continental Breakfast
(For all NLGI Registrants)

7:30 am - 8:30 am
NLGI Board of Directors Breakfast/Meeting

8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Meeting Central: Registration, Banquet Ticket Exchange,
Tabletop Displays, Refreshment Breaks

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Concurrent Technical Sessions 5 & 6

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Concurrent Education Courses:
Basic Grease Education
Advanced Grease Education
Maintenance Course

12:30 pm
Spouse/Guest Program: A Chef's Culinary Pairings

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch (On your own)

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special Presentation: Reach Panel Discussion

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CLGS Certification Exam
CLS Certification Exam (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

Commercial Product and Services Forum

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Technical Subcommittee Meetings

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
NLGI Recognition Banquet Reception

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
NLGI Recognition Banquet

  • Entertainment Sponsored by King Industries
  • Banquet Wines Sponsored by Chemetall Foote and Nynas
  • Banquet Decorations Sponsored by Afton Chemical Corp.

Annual Meeting Adjourns

Preliminary Program Guide Download!

These forms are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it for free.

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