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ANGELA KAVANAUGH
| DIRECTOR, CONFERENCE & PROGRAMS
H
opefully you had an opportunity to “Step Right Up”
and join us for our 2017 Conference & Expo,
held at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition
Center at Raritan Center in Edison on Wednesday,
October 18th. Thanks to our exhibitors incorporating the
Carnival theme, it was a fun day for all that attended. This
year’s winners of The Best Use of Theme Contest were
G&C Electronics and Rezkom Enterprises.
Adding to the excitement, we once again gave away
$1,000 per hour to five lucky winners. The winners
were James Bennett, CMCA of Preferred Community
Management Services, Inc., Jeff Cirkus, CMCA, AMS,
PCAM of Associa Community Management Corp., Bob
Blum of Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lakes, Emma Flores
of G&C Electronics and
Georgann Reinartz of
Society Hill at Somerset VI.
This year the schedule
allowed for six educational
programs, a topic of inter-
est for everyone. We had
the highest attendance with
a record number of more
than 1,100 people walking
the tradeshow floor gather-
ing advice and important
resources for their communi-
ties from the 167 exhibitors.
NEWLOCATION FOR THE 2018 CAI-NJ ANNUAL
CONFERENCE & EXPO
Plans are already underway for the 2018 CAI-NJ
Conference & Expo. We are excited to announce that it
will be at the Event Center at IPLAY America, 110 Schanck
Road in Freehold on Thursday, October 18, 2018. This
brand-new venue is conveniently located in central New
Jersey and will be more accessible for our members via
the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes
18 and 195.
The Event Center at IPLAY America is one of the very
few venues that can accommodate the size of our trade-
The location for the 2018 Conference
& Expo on October 18, 2018.
Courtesy CAI-NJ.
Winners of Best Use of Theme Contest at the 2017 CAI-NJ Conference &
Expo, (above) G&C Electronics, and (below) Rezkom Enterprises.
Courtesy CAI-NJ.