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EMERGE2025

At EMERGE2025, attendees will build key relationships with the next generation of industry leaders and discover efficient practices during the Best Practice Round Table Session. They’ll be inspired by an impressive lineup of speakers and gain insights from a panel of experts, including a builder, contractor, designer, and engineer. Plus, with fun networking events throughout the conference, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to connect and engage with fellow professionals—don’t miss out!

aDD TO CALENDAR

MONDAY, MAY 12

5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
(Buses depart at 5 p.m. from hotel)
OPTIONAL EVENT
ASA EMERGE SPEED VEGAS NETWORKING JAMBOREE
Ready to unleash your inner speed demon? Join fellow EMERGE attendees at SPEED VEGAS for an adrenaline-packed experience! Get behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, Ferrari, or Porsche and race around a real track—no experience required. Feel the thrill, then enjoy a delicious dinner to top off the night. Don’t miss the ride of a lifetime!
* Limited to 70 individuals
* Additional per-attendee cost

TUESDAY, MAY 13

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
REGISTRATION OPENS

9:30 a.m. -11 a.m. 
EMERGING LEADERS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING (INVITE ONLY)

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
GENERAL SESSION
The Art Of Negotiating
Speaker: Anthony Huey

The question came out of left field, a question you never expected, and one for which you have no answer. What to do? Unacceptable options are stammering, silence, inappropriate laughter, and just plain verbal panic. What you need to do is think quickly, then take control. This session will give you the techniques and strategies you need to have more effective negotiations and respond to difficult questions while looking for opportunities to say what you want to say. Learning keys include addressing any question; buy yourself think time; develop killer content; reading and engaging your audience.

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
BREAK

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
PAST EMERGING LEADER CHAIRMEN DISCUSSION PANEL
Join past ASA Emerging Leaders Advisory Council chairmen/chairwomen as they chronicle their paths as Emerging Leaders in the PHCP-PVF industry and how their time in the ASA Emerging Leaders group helped them in their careers.

2:45 p.m. -3 p.m.
BREAK

3 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
EMERGE BEST PRACTICES ROUNDTABLE SESSION
EMERGE attendees will have the opportunity to sit down with their peers and discuss best practices, industry challenges and how to solve them.  Attendees will be placed into wholesaler, supplier, rep and PVF-specific groups (showroom as well if attendance warrants). Attendees will be provided with an exclusive post-show report on each group’s discussions/findings.

5 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
WELCOME RECEPTION

6:15 p.m.
NIGHT OPEN FOR DISTRIBUTOR-MANUFACTURER-REP HOSPITALITY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
GENERAL SESSION
You Say More Than You Think: A 7-Day Plan For Using
The New Body Language To Get What You Want
Speaker: Janine Driver

Janine’s 7-day plan and her 7-second solutions teach you dozens of body language fixes to turn any interpersonal situation to your advantage.

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
BREAK

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
JANINE DRIVER PART 2 WORKSHOP
Body Language Workshop

Janine Driver continues to her session with an interactive body language workshop with ASA EMERGE attendees.

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
NETWORKING LUNCH
2025 ASA President Dave Poteete with ASA Update
Enjoy lunch with EMERGE attendees while hearing an update from 2025 ASA President Dave Poteete (Tri-Star Pipe & Supply) and the Emerging Leaders Division’s longstanding important relationship with Operation Rise & Conquer.


12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
How to Expand Market Share and Outsell Your Competition
Speaker: Alex Goldfayn

Best-selling author and speaker Alex Goldfayn will help you discover a simple system for creating predictable, organic sales growth in your business-to-business organization, including the importance of focusing on customers you don’t interact with regularly to expand your wallet share with them and logging and tracking lightning-fast revenue-generating behaviors. All attendees will receive a copy of Alex’s new book.



1:45 p.m. - 2 p.m.
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2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Risk and Reward: The Making of an NFL Head Coach

Speaker: Antonio Pierce
Antonio will share his experiences as a college and professional football player, the challenges he has overcome and the leadership principles he lives by as the head coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders.

 

 

 



 

5 p.m. -7 p.m.
NIGHT OUT CLOSING EVENT
Swingers Crazy Golf at Mandalay Bay

Join fellow EMERGE attendees in a celebration of another great event by discovering what the Brits call “crazy golf.” Alongside inventive miniature golf course layouts and a cocktail or two, you’ll find bars, street food and DJs. It’s mini-golf, but not quite as you know it. A great way to close out EMERGE2025. A short walk from the Four Seasons.

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REGISTRATION PRICING:

$650 – Member
$800 – Non-member
$325 – Race Car Experience

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QUESTIONS? Contact Dave Kaczmarek at dkaczmarek@asa.net.

SUBSTITUTION REQUESTS: Substitution requests should be received no later than May 1. Please email info@asa.net to make a substitution request. Any substitutions received after May 1 may incur an administrative fee. 

CANCELLATION POLICY: Written cancellations received on/by May 1, 2025, will receive a 100% refund.  No refunds will be issued after May 1. Please email accounting@asa.net to make a cancellation request. 

Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
3960 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89119, US

RATE: $299 plus tax per night + daily resort fee of $45 plus tax

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Book your hotel room on-line or by calling (877) 632-5000.  The EMERGE room rate is available until April 21, 2025 or until our room block is full. We recommend reserving your hotel room as soon as your registration is completed. Room availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

NOTE: Guest rooms have been contracted for the nights of Monday, May 12, Tuesday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 14.  If you need arrival or departure dates outside of these 3 days, please contact the hotel to make reservations at (877) 632-5000. 

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