ALEXANDRIA, Va. - If you haven??t registered for NACStech ?" the premiere technology solutions event for the convenience and petroleum retailing industry ?" today is the last day to take advantage of maximum savings.
From May 5 to 7, join industry peers in New Orleans to gain a better understanding of the changing dynamics within our industry, and learn about new technologies and applications that increasingly enter the convenience store channel.
This year the NACStech expo will feature expanded exhibitor categories. In addition to traditional technology product and service categories, five new categories have been added: biometrics, wireless, mobile applications, knowledge management and sustainable systems.
NACS and Convenience Store News will feature the Convenience Store News?? 5th annual CIO Roundtable immediately prior to NACStech, rebranded as the NACS/Convenience Store News CIO Roundtable, and the Convenience Store News?? 7th Annual Technology Awards will take place at the NACStech opening general session.
Comedian Don McMillan will open NACStech with his personal brand of humor, motivation and technology acumen. A successful actor, comedian and speaker today, McMillan was previously an engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories; he helped design the world??s first 32-bit microprocessor and also worked in Silicon Valley designing computer chips.
Also join Kevin Coupe as he discusses his new book, The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons From the Movies, at the NACStech Early Riser general session and breakfast on Thursday, May 6. The first 50 people who attend the Early Riser session will receive a free copy of the book (check out a modified excerpt of his book from the current issue of NACS Magazine).
Kevin Mitnick is back as the closing speaker, who opened our eyes to data security issues in 2004. Attendees will get his take on the future of data security and his impression of PCI mandates and their effectiveness.
NACStech also features insightful, relevant and useful workshops that bring you the most pressing technology topics facing the convenience industry. This year, attendees can choose from 25 workshops in five tracks (PDF).
New this year, see who else is attending NACStech by using eventSocial. This unique tool searches through your Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail contacts as well as leading social media sites to identify NACStech attendees in your network. Simply send them an e-mail alerting them that you will be at NACStech and arrange a time to meet onsite. Or, if you see someone on your list who should be attending NACStech, invite them to register.
You don??t have be an IT professional to appreciate what NACStech has to offer. Save on registration costs by making your plans today!