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2013 NEFI Energy Expo
NEW ENGLAND FUEL INSTITUTE (NEFI)
recently released a preliminary agenda for
the 2013 NEFI Energy Expo – Powered
by BioHeat
®
, to be held June 11 & 12 at
Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.,
home of the AFC East Champion New
England Patriots.
The Expo Trade Show is free to all
attendees, as are the education sessions
for the industry service technicians. The
Expo will offer more than a dozen busi-
ness seminars as part of the NEFI Business
Conference, which runs concurrently with
the Expo and requires paid admission. With
Bioheat, in conjunction with the National
Biodiesel Board, as the Expo’s major
sponsor, there will also be free Bioheat
business and technician seminars.
KEYNOTE FROM THE KRAFTS
NEFI has tentatively arranged for a
top executive in The Kraft Group family
organization to deliver the Expo’s Business
Keynote address. Robert Kraft and his
family own the New England Patriots,
the New England Revolution and Gillette
Stadium among their business interests.
His sons Jonathan and Daniel both run
divisions within The Kraft Group. Business
Conference attendees can view the address
in person, while Expo attendees will be able
to view the address via closed circuit TV in
the East Clubhouse area.
The Expo will also feature a Policy
Keynote address featuring Michael Whatley,
Executive Vice President of the Consumer
Energy Alliance, and a panel of experts. They
will examine how increasing U.S. crude oil
production and trade policies with Canada
and the world affect the heating oil industry.
The Service Technician Keynote
address will be given by Dan Holohan, of
HeatingHelp.com, who will present an
address on radiant heat. Technicians will
also be offered a hands-on session called
“Tech Tools,” where industry suppliers
will display and discuss the best in tools for
Oilheat and propane service technicians.
Several Expo sessions will focus on
propane. Joe Rose, President of the Propane
Gas Association of New England (PGANE),
is scheduled to discuss state regulations
on the propane business and delivery. In
another session, Bill Powers and Joe Vassallo
of Propane Associates will team with a panel
of propane dealers to discuss how heating
oil dealers can add propane to their product
mix. There will also be a session on risk
management for propane dealers.
NEFI Regulatory Counsel Mark Morgan
will explore changes in federal regulations that
affect Oilheat dealers, and Steven Abbate, of
Cetane Associates LLC, will discuss company
valuation in today’s changing marketplace.
Other sessions will feature Joseph Ciccarello,
Managing Partner, of Gray, Gray & Gray,
discussing the future outlook for Oilheat
companies; George Wilson, President, Angus
Energy, on managing a business for success;
and Hedge Solutions President Rich Larkin,
on margins and hedging.
HEALTHCARE GUIDANCE
Business Conference attendees can also
learn about changes in healthcare in the
seminar “Complying with ObamaCare –
The Impact of Health Care Reform on Your
Business,” presented by Joseph Bucci Jr.,
CPA, of Group Benefit Administrators of
Connecticut, and Eugene Guilford, President
of the Connecticut Energy Marketers
Association.
Safe operations will be in focus when
Federated Insurance Company presents its
seminar entitled “In the Blink of an Eye –
Distracted Driving and How to Protect Your
Company and Your Drivers.”
Mike Hatch and Michelle Wilson of
ServicEdge
™
will focus on the service
department in their seminar “Improving
Profitability in Service – How to Make Your
Service Department More Profitable in a
Sustainable Business Model.”
Customer communications will be the
subject of at least three seminars. Richard
Rutigliano, President of PriMedia, Inc., will
discuss the latest trends and developments
in online marketing and communications
and how companies can get more cus-
tomers, keep more customers and boost the
bottom line. In separate seminars, Richard
Goldberg, of Warm Thoughts Communica-
tions, will examine lead generation through
websites and Kirk Wright, of Pro Image
Communications, will talk about sales and
marketing strategy.
Bioheat will also have a powerful pres-
ence at the Expo, with five seminars:
• Bioheat
®
, A Fuel Dealer’s Perspective,
Joe Ciccarello, CPA, MST, Managing
Partner, Gray, Gray, & Gray;
• Preparing to Market and Sell
Bioheat
®
,
Michael Devine, Earth
Energy Alliance and AmeriGreen;
• Biodiesel Industry Update,
A National Perspective,
Greg
Anderson, National Biodiesel Board
and Nebraska Soybean Board; Donnell
Rehagen, National Biodiesel Board;
Paul Nazzaro, the Nazzaro Group;
• Securing Approvals for “Legacy Safe”
Blends of Bioheat,
Dr. Tom Butcher
(invited); Steve Howell, National
Biodiesel Board (invited); Vic Turk,
Beckett Engineering (invited); John
Huber, National Oilheat Research
Alliance;
• Service Technician Ambassador
Training,
Robert Cerio, Ocean State
Energy Services.
In addition to the seminars, the Expo
will feature a two-day tradeshow with more
than 140 companies exhibiting, including a
number of live-fire heating displays, and a
designated tank truck and accessory exhibit
area for heating oil and propane marketers.
Accommodations are available at hotels in the
Foxborough area, including two hotels where
NEFI has blocked out rooms for attendees,
the Renaissance Boston Patriot Place Hotel &
Spa (866-580-6236) and the Four Points by
Sheraton Norwood (781-769-7900).
For more information about the 2013NEFI
Energy Expo, visit
or e-mail
NEFI Develops Agenda
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