November 5, 2008
SIGMA Annual Meeting
November 13-16, 2008
Fairmont Hotel
San Francisco, CA
Schedule of Events
Day/Date Event
Wednesday, 11/12/08
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Informal Member Gathering
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Time Available for Supplier Entertainment
Thursday, 11/13/08
6:00 am Wall Street Journal Deliveries
Sponsored by Matrix Capital Markets Group
9:00 am – 5:00 pm SIGMA Registration & Hospitality Open
Hospitality & Afternoon Bar sponsored by Alon USA
Refreshments sponsored by Royal Buying Group
9:00 am – 10:00 am Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Platts
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Motor Fuel Outlet Tour
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Valero Benicia Refinery Tour
2:30 pm- 4:00 pm Spouse Welcome Event - San Francisco Coffee Scoop
Randolph Delehanty: San Francisco Highlights
Sponsored by DTN
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Marketer Operations Meeting
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Supplier Orientation Meeting
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Education Commission: Pre Convention Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Bonus Education Program: Taking Risks
Speaker: Vinod Kholsa
5:30 pm- 7:00 pm Supplier Welcoming Reception
6:50 pm – Busses depart for Teatro ZinZanni
California Street exit
7:00 pm- 9:30 pm Dinner on Own & Time Available for Supplier Entertainment
7:10 pm - Last buss departs for Teatro ZinZanni
California Street exit
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Teatro ZinZanni Dinner & Performance
SIGMAPAC Sustaining Members sponsored by McLane Company
Bar sponsored by American Express
9:30 pm – 12:00 am Informal Member Gathering
Sponsored by Quantum Services
Friday, 11/14/08
6:00 am Wall Street Journal Deliveries
Sponsored by Matrix Capital Markets Group
7:30 am – 5:00 pm SIGMA Registration & Hospitality Open
Hospitality sponsored by ConocoPhillips
Refreshments sponsored by Tanknology
Afternoon Bar sponsored by Armor Safe Technologies
7:30 am - 8:50 am Buffet Breakfast
Sponsored by Valero Marketing
7:30 am - 8:50 am Education Commission Meeting & Breakfast
7:30 am - 8:50 am Cardlock/Fleet Fueling Meeting & Breakfast
7:30 am - 8:50 am Membership Meeting & Breakfast
7:30 am – 8:50 am Renewable and Alternative Fuels Meeting
8:30 am- 9:30 am Spouse Breakfast with Speaker
Living on Alcatraz through the Eyes of a Child
Sponsored by Colonial Oil
9:00 am-12:00 pm Legislative Meeting
Coffee Break sponsored by Boyd Coffee Company
10:00 am- 3:30 pm Spouse Tour – Chinatown
12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Informal Lunch
Sponsored by FC Stone
12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Fuel Supplier Meeting & Lunch
12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Communication Meeting & Lunch
12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Mobile Refueling Meeting & Lunch
1:30 pm- 4:45 pm Education Workshops A
1:30 – 2:15 p.m. Crude Outlook for 2009 and Beyond
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. NPN State of the Industry
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. A How to Guide to Acquisitions & Sourcing Capital
to Complete Acquisitions in a Difficult Credit Market
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Education Workshops B
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Wow! Is That Car Really a Hybrid?
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Funding Todays Increasingly Difficult Cash Cycle
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. The Future of SIGMA Firms: The Credit Crisis
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm New Member, Prospective, First Timer Reception
(By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by PDI
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm All Industry Reception
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Time Available for Supplier Entertainment
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm SIGMAs 50th Anniversary Past Leaders Dinner
(By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by Cummins & White, LLP
9:00 pm – 12:00 am Pre-set General Session
9:30 pm-11:30 pm Dessert and Cordial Party
Sponsored by Marathon Petroleum Company LLC
Saturday, 11/15/08
7:30 am – 5:00 pm SIGMA Registration & Hospitality Open Hospitality sponsored by Crompco
Refreshments sponsored by Wright Express Corporation
Afternoon Bar sponsored by ExxonMobil
7:30 am- 8:50 am Buffet Breakfast
Sponsored by Dresser Wayne
7:30 am – 8:50 am Nondenominational Prayer Breakfast
Sponsored by Dresser Wayne
8:30 am – 12:00 pm Spouse Tour – Splendid Survivors:
Inside San Francisco “Painted Ladies”
9:00 am-12:00 pm Business Meeting & General Session
Speakers: John G. Melo, Lynn Westfall
Coffee Break sponsored by Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Upgraded Audio/Visual sponsored by NRC Realty
12:00 pm-12:30 pm Pre Luncheon Reception Sponsored by ADD Systems
12:30 pm- 2:00 pm Annual Meeting Luncheon and Speaker
Speaker: Lawrence O’Donnell
Sponsored by CITGO Petroleum Corporation
2:15 pm- 5:00 pm Education Workshops A
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Roundtable on Renewables
3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Improving Your Bottom Line with Ethanol
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Biofuels: Beyond Corn
2:15 pm- 5:15 pm Education Workshops B
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Going Green: Consumer & Merchant Insight
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Stealing You Blind, Prevent Fuel Theft Before It happens
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm 50th Anniversary Gala Cocktails
7:00 pm – 11:30 pm 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Dancing Party
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm Quiet Room
Sunday, 11/16/08
9:00 am - 4:30 pm Tour – Liquid Gold: Tour of Premier Wineries
9:00 am- 10:30 am Post-Convention Recap and Pre-Planning for 2010
