What Keeps You Up at Night?

Highlights of SDM's 2018 Industry Forecast

Meeting Schedule

• 5:00 PM:  Event Check-In & Social Hour
• 6:00 PM:  Call to Order, Officer, Director & Committee Reports, Dinner 
• 7:00 PM:  Presentation by Laura Stepanek, SDM Editor
  

Presentation Description

• finding and retaining employees
  
• economic conditions
  
• increasing sales and generating recurring revenue
  
• keeping up with customer demand and current technologies
  

Featured Speaker

As Editor of SDM, Laura Stepanek is responsible for the overall editorial direction of the magazine, its supplements, e-newsletters and website.  She works with the SDM editorial staff to develop content that helps security dealers and systems integrators operate successful businesses.  Laura represents SDM at trade shows and conferences, often presenting the results of exclusive research studies such as the SDM Industry Forecast.  She writes and edits a variety of articles, and manages the annual SDM 100 and Top Systems Integrators reports. 

Laura joined SDM in 1984. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Barat College of DePaul University.