Special Events

Keynote Address • FREE to All Attendees A Game of Moments: Leveraging Your Advantages for Long-Term Success Thursday, May 6 • 11:30am-12:30pm • Room 1E10 Bucky Dent, NY Yankees (3-time All-Star, 2-time World Series Winner)Owner, Bucky Dent Baseball School While Yankee great Bucky Dent is best remembered for his stirring homer against the Red Sox in the 1978 playoff tiebreaker, he has accomplished a great deal since. He shaped careers as a major and minor league coach and manager over the past 25 years. But now he faces the same day-to-day challenges that you do as a fitness operator in today’s marketplace: building and retaining a clientele. Get his perspective on running a successful business as he also shares his ideas on the power of sports in the fitness world. For more information on Bucky Dent, click here

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Keynote Address • FREE to All Attendees 1+1=3: Together, We Can Accomplish More Than We Can On Our Own Friday, May 7 • 9:15am-10:00am • Room 1C04 Ali Vincent, First Female Winner of NBC’s The Biggest Loser Biggest Loser winner Ali Vincent – a former competitive synchronized swimmer who lost her way and reached 234 lbs – broke show records to become the very first female series winner. She’s gone on to inspire and motivate thousands to share her passion for living a fit and healthy life. Her odyssey gave her a new perspective on how fitness professionals can better comprehend the needs of the inactive population and reach out to them in a meaningful way. For more information on Ali Vincent click here

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Industry Forum • FREE to All Attendees Can Personal Trainers Cure Disease? Thursday, May 6 • 4:00pm - 5:15pm • Room 1C04 Phil Kaplan, President, Be Better Solutions Inc. Kelli Calabrese, President, Calabrese Consulting Hear the results from the Global Fitness Focus Group – a landmark March 2010 meeting of highly regarded personal training peers – which will reveal the exciting potential for trainers to rise to a new level of respect and accomplishment as healthcare professionals. A panel of experts also debates what needs to be done to make personal training and exercise an essential solution to America’s health care crisis. Panelists: (pictured) - David H. Haase M.D., Founder and Medical Director, MaxWell Clinic for Proactive Medicine Terry Dezzutti, COO, Merritt Athletic Clubs Liz Vaccariello, Editor, Prevention Magazine Michael Jones, PhD, PT, President, American Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation Professionals Panelist Liz Vaccariello of Prevention magazine will be signing her book, “Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook” from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (before the Industry Forum) in the Ask The Experts Lounge. Booth 207 on Thursday, May 6   Media Sponsor:

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LARGEST BOOT CAMP Workout at Club Industry East ! Thursday, May 6, 5:30pm (immediately following the Industry Forum “Can Personal Trainers Cure Disease?” Shape up with hundreds of fitness friends at a boot camp mega-session at Club Industry East. Join Lori Patterson and the rest of her Boot Camp Challenge trainers as they lead you through an authentic, military style workout. What you need: towel water a "can do" attitude We will take care of the rest. Hoo-Aah!!

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Welcome Reception • FREE to All Attendees Wednesday, May 5 • Begins at 4:00pm • Exhibit Hall Network with your peers and enjoy beverages and hors d’oeuvres while talking to vendors. Sponsored by:

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Live at Club Studio! Booth 131 Organized by The Santomauro Group FREE to All Attendees Traditional/Mixed Martial Arts Demonstrations: Discover how to integrate the most exciting new trend in the industry into your club! Featuring: U.S. Taekwondo Center – West Long Branch, New Jersey – Grand Master Kyong Hoon Kim ADVANTAGE MMA – Pennsauken, New Jersey – President/Founder Tom Loperfido Romain’s Kung Fu Academy Edgewater, NJ, Stony Point NY Nyack NY- Sifu Karl Romain Demos will take place Wednesday Thursday and Friday Group Fitness Class Competition Join us to see the hottest new group fitness activities from some of the most innovative facilities on the East Coast. Check back for details. .

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FREE! Get Valuable Guidance from the Leading Minds in the Industry Ask the Experts Lounge During Exhibit Hall Hours- Booth 207 Club Industry East will bring together a group of the most respected authorities to hear –and help you with—your questions.                                          Click here to view the schedule

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Wednesday, May 5 • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Luncheon Roundtables- Room 1E11 Get exciting new ideas from top authorities —and discuss them with your peers —in a variety of vital subject areas. Topics will be organized by table so that you can choose the ones that best suit your needs.   (included with All-Access Pass, Wednesday-Only pass or available on its own).   Click here to view the topics & facilitators.

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Friday, May 7 • 8:30 am – 9:15 am Networking Breakfast Room 1C04 Matthew Long, New York City Firefighter, Founder, I WILL Foundation Four years ago, NYC firefighter Matthew Long – a marathon runner and triathlete – lay near death after he was run down by a bus as he biked to work during a city transit strike. After dozens of surgeries and hundreds of hours of therapy, he learned how to walk again, one painful step at a time. But that wasn’t enough. For Long, true recovery meant continuing the life he cherished before the accident. He established a new training regimen and employed an iron will and powerful support network to complete the 2008 NYC Marathon and later finished the Lake Placid Ironman 2009 Triathlon. Hear his inspiring story – and about his work as founder of the IWILL Foundation. (included with All-Access Pass, Friday-Only pass or available on its own)