{"id":10924,"date":"2022-11-24T01:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=10924"},"modified":"2022-11-15T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:37:34","slug":"werc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"WERC Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, has announced its 46th Annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">Conference<\/a>, coming to Orlando, FL June 4-7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Themed around \u201cGrowth Through Disruption,\u201d this in-person event will be hosted at the Hilton Orlando in Florida.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">werc.org\/2023<\/a> for details and registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">conference<\/a> will feature three days of education sessions that address the current concerns of WERC members, like ongoing workforce challenges and escalating costs in three categories: People, Processes, and Systems and Data. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">conference<\/a> will also feature three keynotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Knight: two decades leading Global Training at Hard Rock International<\/li>\n<li>Libby Gill: a change management educator and leadership coach who previously led communications at Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting<\/li>\n<li>Joe Theismann: Super Bowl winner and most productive quarterback in Washington Redskins history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be meeting together again as warehousing professionals to lift and educate the industry,\u201d says Michael Mikitka, EVP for MHI Knowledge Center and WERC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10925\" style=\"width: 2484px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10925\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2474\" height=\"1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48.png 2474w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-1536x775.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-2048x1033.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-400x202.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-440x222.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-650x328.png 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-644x325.png 644w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-13.32.48-753x380.png 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2474px) 100vw, 2474px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Themed around \u201cGrowth Through Disruption,\u201d this in-person event will be hosted at the Hilton Orlando in Florida.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">WERC conference<\/a> has historically been a place for professionals to gather together to exchange information to solve top of mind issues that face warehousing professionals as well as an excellent venue to network and make connections in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no better place to meet and reconnect with friends, colleagues, and peers. You won\u2019t want to miss the camaraderie and shared, face-to-face interactions that make the conference so relevant, powerful, and valuable to those who attend.<\/p>\n<p>Companies also have the opportunity to become a sponsor for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">WERC conference<\/a>. Sponsors have the opportunity to host an educational session and a kiosk in the general session room. To learn more about becoming a sponsor and all sponsorship options, view the prospectus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">werc.org\/2023<\/a> for details and registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, has announced its 46th Annual Conference, coming to Orlando, FL June 4-7, 2023. Themed around \u201cGrowth Through Disruption,\u201d this in-person event will be hosted at the Hilton Orlando in Florida. 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The conference will feature three days of education sessions&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-conference\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[157,106,51,62,7309,4922,7983,7984],"class_list":["post-10924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-mhi","tag-supply-chain","tag-warehousing-education-and-research-council","tag-werc","tag-werc-conference","tag-werc-org-2023"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WERC Conference - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WERC Conference - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, has announced its 46th Annual Conference, coming to Orlando, FL June 4-7, 2023. 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