2019 Convention

Please join us in Cincinnati, Ohio for the 2019 WIA Convention!

September 12-14, 2019

Pricing & Registration

Convention Agenda

*Agenda is subject to change.

Guru Sessions

NOTE: Attendees may take one (1) 50-minute session per day or two (2) 25-minute sessions per day. You will be placed in the class day and time by staff depending upon when your registration is received. Your daily time allowance is 50 minutes maximum. Please check those you wish to see.

50 Minute Sessions (Class offered once per day. Can select one per day)

• GS – VT (30 student maximum): Social Media- Today’s free marketing
• GS – HM (10 student maximum): Hands on practice expanding and contracting
  pattern to balance a room and end the use of the kill point
• GS – SS (10 student maximum): Finishing Outside Corners & Arches

25 Minute Sessions (Classes repeating 2 times per day. Can select up to two per day)

• GS – AASW (15 student maximum): Table Trimming Untrimmed Paper
• GS – JR (15 student maximum): Different Uses and Applications of Muslin -
  How to use muslin on flat walls and ceilings with paste and using it with
  staples on paneling and other uneven surfaces.
• GS – BB (30 student maximum): Pasting Machine
• GS – VL (30 student maximum): Wallcovering Removal Techniques

Location & Hotel Information

Vendors

WIA Vendors are an important part of our convention. We invite and encourage you to attend. The registration fee of $920 allows for one full time attendee and one vendor social attendee. The full-time attendee has access to all of the education session and events. Vendors are highlighted at the social for supporting the event. The vendor social comes with one 6 ft display table. The event and beverage is underwritten by the attending vendors fee.

Shipping

Convention Agenda

Take a short tour of Cincinnati and the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza: