Conference Sessions at a Glance

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open - Marsalis Foyer 9:00 am – 9:05 am Opening Remarks – Reunion Ballroom 9:05 am – 9:20 am Partner-centered Business: Encore’s Long-term Approach – Reunion Ballroom 9:20 am – 9:45 am Keynote: The new normal in raw material procurement for the wire and cable industry (see Conference Sessions next page) – Reunion Ballroom 10:00 am – 11:00 am Coffee Service – Marsalis Foyer 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Exhibits Open – Marsalis Hall 10:30 am – 11:00 am Kepstan® PEKK – A novel thermoplastic for high-performance wire insulation – Cumberland L 11:00 am – 11:30 am Details on Charter’s automated guided vehicles deployment and confined space program – Cumberland L 11:30 am – noon Today’s hourly workforce – Cumberland L 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm 20/20 vision for liquid filtration for sustainable wire & cable manufacturing – Cumberland L 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Importance of machine overhauls such as MMH lines for productivity and reliability – Cumberland L 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Wire Breaks – Ask the Experts – Cumberland L 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Managing filed components in a digitized environment – Cumberland L 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Mordica Lecture & Reception – Cumberland L 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Welcome Reception – Monduel’s Atrium

8:00 am – 3:00 pm Registration Open – Marsalis Foyer 9:00 am – 11:00 am Coffee Service – Marsalis Foyer & Reunion Ballroom 8:30 am – 9:45 am WAI Awards Ceremony & Annual Mtg – Reunion Ballroom 8:30 am – 9:45 am Keynote: Rising to the challenges (see Conference Sessions next page) 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibits Open – Marsalis Hall 10:30 am – 11:00 am Improving hiring practices to stand out in today’s challenging job market – Cumberland L 11:00 am – 11:30 am Opportunities for the wire and cable market in a post-pandemic world – Cumberland L 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Workforce strategy panel – Rising to the challenges – Cumberland L 12:30 pm – 4:15 pm Encore Wire tour – McKinney, TX 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Wire drawing die material and profile specification considerations – Cumberland L 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Managing lubricant residuals on drawn wire – Cumberland L 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Annealing – ferrous and nonferrous metals – Cumberland L