TTA Spring Meeting

TTA's Spring Meeting is a time for those in the industry to connect. Taking place in Nashville, this year's event will feature presentations to enhance your business, improve marketing opportunities, and gain technical insights on solid state transformer technology, recent advances in soft magnetic materials, and more. 

Click the Registration Options button above to register by March 22!

REGISTRATION EXTENDED

UNTIL MARCH 29!

Sleeping rooms at the Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown are available at a rate of $189 per night, and must be booked no later than March 22. The number of rooms is limited and we encourage you to register and book your room now! Use the following link: TTA-Reservations, or call the hotel directly at (615) 244-0150, and be sure to mention The Transformer Association to receive the group rate.

Group Activities 

Essex Facility Tour - Tuesday, Apr. 23, 12:45-5:00pm

Essex Magnet Wire and Essex Brownell have invited TTA members to tour the Essex, Franklin, Tennessee, Magnet Wire Plant. Essex will provide a chartered bus to pick up members at the hotel. Transit time is 30-45 minutes each way. The bus will leave the hotel promptly at 1:00 pm (please meet in the hotel lobby by 12:45 pm), and return the group to the hotel by 5:00 pm. (Please note that magnet wire competitors are asked not to participate in this activity.)

Opening Night Reception - Tuesday, Apr. 23, 6:30pm-8:30pm (Optional Add-On)

TTA members will gather for an opening night reception at Tin Roof Broadway, a 10-minute walk from the hotel. The cost is $85 per person, which includes heavy appetizers and an open bar until 8:30 pm.

Offsite Reception & Dinner - Wednesday, Apr. 24, 6:00-9:00pm

All attendees are invited to a reception and dinner on Wednesday night which will be held at an offsite location, the Wildhorse Saloon. This meal is included in the cost of registration. We ask that you confirm whether you will attend so we can ensure an accurate headcount. Live music and line dancing lessons will be available in the main hall of the Saloon.

SPEAKERS

Dealing with a Crisis at Your Company

This session is designed to provide business professionals with the insight, capability, and confidence to deal effectively with the media during normal business activities and crisis situations. This overview for the Transformer Association will provide a rich experience on actions to consider if a crisis should occur and the opportunity to learn more for customized training of your company teams.

    Nancy Valent & Robert Valent, NVM Strategies

Securing Your Network: Practical Responses to Cyber Threats

    Ed Cordiano, CMIT Solutions

Tariff and Trade Issues

    Adams Lee, Harris Brickens

Business Management Forum: Scarcity - How to Do More... with Less

    Kelly Goldsmith, Vanderbilt University

How to Build a Marketing Machine from Scratch

In this session, Sam will help you understand why right now is the time to become a media company and tell you how you can build your own marketing machine from scratch.

    Sam Brenner, BoxCast

Technical/Engineering Forum: 

Solid State Transformers: Current State of Technology and Emerging Challenges, Subhashish Bhattacharya

Recent Advantages in Soft Magnetic Materials and Component Design: Permeability Engineered Magnetic Cores, Paul Ohodnicki

Applications Relevant Core Characterizations and Data Sheet Development, Byron Beddingfield