INDUSTRY
INSIGHT
As this issue of Gun Trade World hits your desk, registration for the 2019 SHOT Show
will be open. It is now time for all of you reading this to start making decisions about
events, seminars and press conferences that you’ll want to be att ending and, since
2019’s SHOT Week will be as jammed packed as always, the following calendar of
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events should help with your planning…
By Melissa Schilling, NSSF Director, Exhibitions & Conferences
SUN, JAN 20th, 2019
5th ANNUAL NSSF/HAVA GOLF CLASSIC
www.shotshow.org/hava-golf-classic
Returning to Bear’s Best Las Vegas golf
course is our 5th Annual NSSF/HAVA
Golf Classic. HAVA—Honored American
Veterans Afi eld—is a fi rearms industryrun
organization that works to heal and
reintegrate disabled veterans returning
to civilian life, through participation in
hunting and the shooting sports. Singles
can participate for $200, while foursomes
are $600.
MON, JAN 21th, 2019
INDUSTRY DAY AT THE RANGE
www.shotshowrangeday.com
Hundreds of media members and buyers
get a sneak peek and hands-on sampling
of fi rearms, ammunition, gear, and vehicles
making their debut at the 2019 SHOT
Show. Th is event is invitation only, so if
you’ve earned an invite from one of the
hundreds of exhibiting manufacturers, don’t
pass up your chance to attend.
SHOT UNIVERSITY, AN NSSF LIVE! EVENT
SHOT Show University gets a facelift and a
new name in 2019. Th is all-day educational
event for retailers and range owners has
four new learning tracks – Indoor Range,
E-commerce, ATF/NFA and Retail &
Customers – plus the addition of three special
mini-sessions that tackle some of today’s
most challenging topics for fi rearms sellers.
Standard NSSF Retail and Range members
can reserve their seats for $265. Premium
Retailers can reserve one seat at no charge
when they register, with additional seats
off ered for $265. Non-NSSF members may
attend for $525.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Th is event, now in its third year, is designed
to present the latest trends in management,
human resources, staffi ng and work culture
to top-level executives and rising upper-level
managers. Th e registration fee for NSSF
members is $285, while non-members may
attend for $385.
EVENING WELCOME RECEPTIONS
Th ree evening gatherings kick off the show
in style, with several groups reconnecting
with old friend and networking with new
over hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.
• NSSF Members’ Reception – 5pm to 6pm,
Venetian Fourth Floor
• PAC Reception – 5pm to 6pm, Mercato
Della Pescheria
• Law Enforcement Education Program
(LEEP) – 6pm to 7:30pm Location TBD.
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