GAWDA Calendar 2007-2013
Industry Events | Committees
Note: GAWDA Events in Bold **Tentative
| 2008* | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| April 13-14 | Sun - Mon | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Birmingham, AL |
| April 20 - 22 | Sun - Tues | GAWDA SMC | Intercontinental Miami, Miami, FL |
| May 5 – 8 | Mon - Thurs | IWDC Sales & Purchasing Convention | Indianapolis, IN |
| May 12-15 | Mon - Thurs | BIG Group - Operations & Safety Seminar | Denver, CO |
| June 3-4 | Tues - Wed | GAWDA Regional Meeting | East Lansing, MI |
| June 8-9 | Sun - Mon | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Hattiesburg, MS |
| June 11th | Wed | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Indianapolis, IN |
| June 18-19 | Wed - Thurs | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Atlantic City, NJ |
| June 22-23 | Sun - Mon | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Lexington, KY |
| July 17th | Thurs | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Lockbourne, OH |
| July 21-25 | Sun - Tues | BIG Owners Meeting | Pittsburgh, PA |
| July 23-25 | Wed - Fri | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Stevenson, WA |
| August 15th | Fri | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Naperville, IL |
| August 18-19 | Mon - Tues | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Kansas City, MO |
| August 21st | Thurs | GAWDA Regional Meeting | Fort Wayne, IN |
| September 19 - 26 | Fri - Fri | National Safety Show | Anaheim, CA |
| September 21 – 25 | Sun - Thurs | GAWDA 64th Annual Convention | Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| October 6 - 8 | Mon - Wed | FABTECH Int’l & AWS Welding Show | Las Vegas, NV |
| October 6 - 8 | Mon - Wed | BIG Procurement Managers' Meeting | Las Vegas, NV |
| October 26 - 30 | Sun - Thurs | IOMA Annual Meeting | Maui, Hawaii |
| November 4 - 8 | Tues - Sat | SEMA Show | Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV |
| November 6 - 8 | Thurs - Sat | AIWD Annual Convention | TBD |
| November 9 - 11 | Sun - Tues | STAFDA | Denver, CO |
| November 12 - 15 | Wed - Sat | IWDC Owners’ Meeting | Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas, NV |
| 2009 | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| February 26-28 | Thurs - Sat | WEMCO Meeting | San Diego, CA |
| March 8 - 13 | Sun - Fri | Pittcon Expo | McCormick Place, Chicago, IL |
| March 22 - 24 | Sun - Tues | GAWDA SMC | Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL |
| April 18-22 | Sat - Wed | CGA Annual Meeting | Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
| April 22 - 24 | Wed - Fri | GAWDA SMC | Grove Park Inn Resort, Asheville, NC |
| May 19 - 21 | Tues - Thurs | IWDC Sales & Purchasing Convention | Westin, Charlotte, NC |
| September 14 - 19 | Mon - Sat | Schweissen & Schneiden | Essen, Germany |
| September 20 - 23 | Sun - Wed | GAWDA 65th Annual Convention | Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
| October 17 - 20 | Sat - Tues | IOMA Annual Meeting | Prague, Czech Republic |
| October 23 - 30 | Fri - Fri | National Safety Show | Orlando, FL |
| November 3 - 7 | Tues - Sat | SEMA Show | Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV |
| November 4 -7 | Wed - Sat | IWDC Owners’ Meeting | Disney Yacht & Beach Club, Orlando, FL |
| November 8 - 10 | Sun - Tues | STAFDA | New Orleans |
| 2010 | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| March 7 - 12 | Sun - Fri | Pittcon Expo | Orlando, FL |
| May 4 -6 | Tues - Thurs | IWDC Sales & Purchasing Convention | Westin, Indianapolis, IN |
| November 7 - 9 | Sun - Tues | STAFDA | Phoenix, AZ |
| November 2 - 6 | Tues - Sat | SEMA Show | Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV |
| 2011 | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| March 13 - 18 | Sun - Fri | Pittcon Expo | Atlanta, GA |
| May 24 - 26 | Tues - Thurs | IWDC Sales & Purhasing Convention | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2012 | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| March 11 - 16 | Sun - Fri | Pittcon Expo | Orlando, FL |
| 2013 | |||
| Dates | Days | Event | Location |
| March 17 - 22 | Sun - Fri | Pittcon Expo | New Orleans, LA |
| ACRONYMS | ASSOCIATIONS | ||
| ADA | |||
| AIWD | Association of Independent Welding Distributors | ||
| AWS | American Welding Society | ||
| BIG Group | |||
| CGA | Compressed Gas Association | ||
| FABTECH | |||
| GAWDA | Gases & Welding Distributors Association | ||
| IOMA | International Oxygen Manufacturers Association | ||
| IWDC | Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative | ||
| NACE | |||
| NAW | National Association of Wholesalers | ||
| PittCon | |||
| SEMA | Specialty Equipment Market Association | ||
| STAFDA | |||
| WEMCO | Welding Equipment Manufacturing Committee | ||