WOW, I am absolutely thrilled with how well this turned out. The conference was wildly successful. THANK YOU to everyone who came. We had over 200 attendees, and they all seemed to enjoy the seminars and the exhibits. I heard all sorts of positive feedback, and am anxious for Denise to compile the survey results so I can get some constructive criticism! One thing is for sure: CCIC 2007 is going to be even better! I'm already looking forward to it. We'll probably do it in Atlanta around the same time of year.

Here are just a few photos:
Registration Counter. It was so much fun to greet everyone in the crowd when the buses pulled up.









Exhibit Hall






LifeTime Floors Booth












Flex-C-Ment Booth







B&J Colorants Booth









Interstar Booth








Buddy Rhodes Demo







enCOUNTER Demo







Showcase









Networking







Seminar (The panel discussion with Buddy Rhodes & Tom Ralston, moderated by Jeff Girard.)








Stormy, the Carolina Hurricanes mascot, learning about fiber optics.












"Storm Squad", the Carolina Hurricanes cheerleaders, handing out raffle tickets for t-shirts.










Sugar the Band with Stormy.








Their appreciative audience.










I'm so glad everyone had fun, and more importantly learned a lot and made a lot of great contacts. I really am looking forward to next year, despite the fact that I am totally exhausted after 6 months of planning and 2 exciting and exhausting days. I'm going to sleep now (it's 8:06pm at the moment - I think the timestamps on this blog are off).