Doug Conant, Stephen Tharrett Among Top Speaker Lineup at 5th Annual TOM Conference in Charleston; Register Now
Posted: January 25, 2018 in Other News
Tennis Industry Association
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Business and sports industry leaders Douglas Conant and Stephen Tharrett will be among the keynote presenters and moderators at the 2018 Tennis Owners & Managers (TOM) Conference, which will be April 8 – 11 at Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, S.C. Presented by the TIA, the TOM Conference targets tennis owners, managers and industry decision-makers with a focus on innovation, growth, business leadership and development.
Conant, the founder and CEO of ConantLeadership, will discuss leadership skills and development. The former CEO of Campbell Soup Co. and chairman of Avon Products, Conant also is the chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute at Northwestern University and chairman of CECP—the CEO Force for Good.
Tharrett is the co-founder of ClubIntel, owner/president of Club Industry Consulting and former president of IHRSA. He’ll talk about key issues facing the tennis industry today and how to turn those challenges into opportunities, including how fitness and wellness can and should play into the sport’s future.
Other featured speakers include legendary coach Nick Bollettieri, sports club marketing expert Casey Conrad, Tennis Industry Health & Wellness Advisor Dr. Jack Groppel, the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson’s Human Performance Institute, and Craig Morris, the USTA’s general manager of Community and Youth Tennis.
The TOM will have educational sessions (CEU credits are available from PTR and USPTA), a Resource Center, an “Innovation Challenge,” best practices roundtables, leadership and facility management sessions, presentations on equipment and technology, networking sessions, future of tennis and technology applications, digital and social media discussions, and more. The TOM also will feature on-court equipment/retail demos and demonstrations for short-court sports such as POP Tennis, paddle, pickleball and padel.
Register now at TheTOMConference.com.
