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The Board of the MWAA takes pride in announcing its 6th Annual MWAA Conference at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand & Suites Hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri on July 23 -25, 2008.

This conference will host approximately 500 of the Midwest’s best electronic industry professionals in a two and a half day festival of professional education and networking. The agenda includes training, educational presentations, keynote addresses, breakout sessions and plenty of time for deal-making and recreation.

This year we feature a number of great speakers, including Emmy-Award Winning Sportscaster Greg Gumbel who deliver the opening keynote address.

To encourage merchant level salespersons (MLS) to attend we offer a low advance registration fee of $100 as well as a $50 rebate card to every MLS who registers in advance and comes to the show.

This year we will inaugurate our MWAA Passport program. MLS will carry the MWAA Passport to each session and receive stamps. Each MLS who receives the required number of stamps will be entered in the Great Passport Give-away with outstanding prizes such as a four-day vacation, free laptop computers, digital cameras and many others. You won’t want to miss the awarding of the prizes, as we have some very special presenters flying in from Chicago!

To register, click on Register at left. For more information on registration, consult the FAQ's and the MWAA Policies pages on this web site.

Here are highlights of the agenda:

Field Guide Seminar – “The ABC’s of Starting and Growing an ISO” Six leading experts in the ISO industry share tips, techniques and winning strategies for accelerating growth in a successful ISO start-up. For a complete overview of the seminar, click Seminars

Opening Keynote Address – Featuring Emmy-Award Winning Sportscaster Greg Gumbel on the topic “Making the Effort” We are honored to have Mr. Gumbel share these lessons gleaned from sports, business and life.

Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Duelling Pianos sponsored by EMS - Come along as EMS hosts the party of the year. Two outstanding singer/pianists rock the house and encourage you to "Howl at the Moon". Fine food, open bar and the songs we all sing along to - all in the famous Crystal Ballroom at the top of the hotel. Special thanks to EMS for sponsoring this one-of-a-kind event.

Charity Poker Tournament hosted by UBC - A perennial favorite for those who like to go "all in" for a good cause. Just bring your best poker face!

Address by Tony Abruzzio of Global Payments

Industry Update by Paul Martaus An industry favorite speaker who calls it like he sees it.

Breakout Sessions
            FTC Updates and Merchant Fraud
            How to Recruit, Train and Support Quality MLS’s
            Contract Negotiation
            Why Merchants are Buying Today – Making the Sale

Address by Discover

Presentation of the 2008 MWAA Lifetime Achievement Award

Closing Keynote Address – Kim Fitzsimmons of First Data on the topic “The Face of the Acquiring Market” Ms. Fitzsimmons shares her insights on how Acquiring has changed and where it stands today.

Closing Reception

Special Thursday Evening Entertainment

Friday Morning Breakfast

The MWAA is a non-membership association so everyone in the electronic industry is invited to attend the show. We bolstered our reputation last year in Cleveland with an outstanding conference plus an outstanding party at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame. We intend to keep up the tradition with a great meeting in St. Louis. We look forward to seeing you there.

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