I was honored to be a part of the inaugural Design Tech Summit at High Point Market in October and now Katy Garrett, its founder, is bringing it to Vegas as part of Vision14 and Design and Construction Week. She has outdone herself the FREE Summit has some amazing tracks speaking about technology, web platforms and apps just for the design industry. if you are in the neighborhood- check it out!

Here’s the agenda:

 Tuesday February 4^{th, 2014}

9:00am                                                Design & Construction Week Las Vegas 2014

IWCE, KBIS, IBS, Design Tech Summit Doors Open

11:00am – 11:15am                            Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Design Tech Summit –The World as We Know it.  • • • • • •

Moderated by:            Katy A. Garrett,

Executive Producer, Design Tech Summit

11:15am – 11:45am                           Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Making Modern Design Manageable – Evernote  • •

Moderated by:            Katy A. Garrett

Speaker:                      Erin Hall

Evernote Business & Marketing Director

12:30pm  – 1:50pm                            Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Seven Killer Mobile Apps for “On-the-Go!” Design Pro   • • • •         

Moderated by:            Kelli Ellis

HGTV Celebrity Designer

Co-Creator DesignCamp.com

Featuring:                    Seven Design Driven Mobile Apps.

Roomhints

RoomReveal

DSG.nr

MarkonCall

Trace by Morpholio

Connexionsoft

Color911

2:00pm  – 2:40pm                              Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Design Presentations that Sell – Engaging 3D/2D Technology Panel   • 

Moderated by:            Gail Doby

Design Success University President

Featuring:                    3D/2D Design & Technology Vendor  Presentations

Minutes Matter Studio

SketchUp & Sketch This

3Dream.net by ViewIT Technologies

2:50pm – 4:15pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Killer Design Biz Management – Interactive Technology Panel, Q&A  • •

Moderated by :           Lisa Mende

International Design Blogger

Principal Designer LisaMendeDesigns.com

Featuring:                    Minutes Matter Quickbooks & Quoting

Design Manager

DesignDocs

Connexionsoft

4:20pm – 5:00pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Women at the Top – “Why Branding isn’t enough!”   • • • • • •

Introduction by:          Katy A. Garrett

Featuring:                    Special Guest Troy Ball, Premier Sponsor

CEO Asheville Distilling Company & Troy & Sons Distillers

Martha Stewart Audience Choice Award Winner

New York World Wine &  Spirits Competition Winner

Woman Owned, Woman Run, Award Winning Spirits

5:00pm – 6:00pm                      Open – IWCE Showfloor        Troy & Sons “Design Your Own Cocktail” Hour

Wednesday Feb 5^{th, 2014}

 11:00am – 11:30am                            Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Maximizing Your Online Presence using HOUZZ  • • •

Moderated by:                        Katy A. Garrett

Featuring:                    David Mayer

HOUZZ Director of Community

11:35am – 12:10pm                           Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

High Dollar Design Presentations with AutoDesk Homestyler• •

Moderated by:                        Kelli Ellis

HGTV Celebrity Designer

Co-Creator DesignCamp.com

Featuring:                    Tom Connard

Director of Business Marketing & Training

Autodesk Homestyler

1:00pm – 1:45pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Presentations that “Wow!” your Design Clients into Buying  • •

Moderated by:           Kelli Ellis

HGTV Celebrity Designer,

Co-Creator DesignCamp.com

Featuring:                    SketchUp & Sketchthis.net-  Eric Schimilpfenig

3Dream.net by ViewIT Technologies

Minutes Matter Studio

2:00pm – 2:45pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Design and Earn with Olioboard • •

Moderated by:            Gail Doby

Featuring:                    Sheilah MacSporran

CEO of Olioboard

2:50pm – 3:05pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

“We’re all Winners” at Design Tech Summit  • •

Prizes, Drawings, Giveaways from Design Tech Summit Technology Vendors & Speakers

3:05pm – 3:40pm                               Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Skyrocket Your Social Capital with the “G+ Interior Design Community” – the largest interior design community on the web  • • •

Moderated by:                        Lisa Mende

Featuring:                    Laurie Chambers Laizure

CEO CustomizedWalls.com

Founder G+ Interior Design Community

3:45pm – 4:45pm                                           Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Sexy, Exciting, Outrageous: SEO Design Secrets You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else • • •                                                                              Moderated by:               Gail Doby

Featuring:                    Ross Dunn

Owner StepForth Web Marketing Inc.

SEO 101 on WebmasterRadio.FM

Time Inc. chose Ross Dunn to teach SEO strategies to their teams   at Sports Illustrated, People and Fortune Magazine.

“Ross was the best SEO expert we found,” Time Inc.spokesman.

Thursday Feb 6^th 2014

10:00am-10:30am                                          Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Open & Easy Design Management Using Evernote  • •

Moderated by:                        Katy A. Garrett

Featuring:                    Josh Zerkel

Director of Business Development Evernote

10:45am-11:45am                                          Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Seven Killer Mobile Apps for “On-the-Go!” Design Pro   • • • • 

Moderated by:            Kelli Ellis

HGTV Celebrity Designer

Co-Creator DesignCamp.com

Featuring:                    Seven Design Driven Mobile Apps.

Roomhints

RoomReveal

DSG.nr

MarkonCall

Trace by Morpholio

Connexionsoft

Color911

11:50am – 12:00 pm                                      Design Tech Summit Stage IWCE Showfloor

Closing Remarks Design Tech Summit   • • • • • •