ABBRA’s Annual Meeting & Symposium

The American Boatbuilders and Repairers Association (ABBRA) Annual Meeting and Symposium will be held January 30 to 31 in New Orleans. The event kicks off with the annual meeting and cocktail reception the evening of the 30th at the Hampton Inn New Orleans Convention center and follow with the symposium the following at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Sessions this year include:

• Connecting Students, Teachers & Employers to Boat Building and Repair through STEM. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
• Creating Company Loyalty and Retaining Employees with a “Culture of Lifelong Learning”
• Optimizing your Business’s Online Reputation
• Innovation in Boat Building
• Interactive Roundtable, On the Job Training – How to Facilitate this Training Model into your Business
• Hurricane Experience: Lessons learned from the 2017 Hurricane season in the Virgin Island
• What you need to know about your Insurance Policy