The Contractor Connection Conference & Expo took place from June 9-13 at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2014 event, which is the 16th in the history of the conference, was all about planning, performing and prospering and carried a “Rise Up” theme, fitting for the adversity and subsequent rebuilding that New Orleans went through after Hurricane Katrina hit nearly a decade ago.
At last year’s Contractor Connection Conference & Expo in San Antonio, it was estimated that about 2,800 attendees showed up. And judging by the crowds in the exhibit hall, general session and network receptions, it seems that the 2014 had a similar – if not a greater – turnout. Scroll down for a look at some of the sights from this year’s event, as told from the Twitter accounts of R&R and others in the industry:
A little over an hour until show time! #CCconf14 pic.twitter.com/4nbvLE8vD5
— R&R (@RnRMag) June 10, 2014
The networking reception is bumping!!! #CCconf14 pic.twitter.com/L320Y0X7yo
— R&R (@RnRMag) June 10, 2014
Good morning from NOLA! Almost time for the general session here at #CCconf14 pic.twitter.com/7WEgHovAxw
— R&R (@RnRMag) June 11, 2014
Opportunity is on the other side of impossible - Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré from the @ContrConnection conference.
— Joel Frederick (@Unclefreddy16) June 11, 2014
Live entertainment during the Mardi Gras reception! #CCconf14 pic.twitter.com/9nxwNlTrBI
— R&R (@RnRMag) June 12, 2014
Don't forget to catch the beads! #CCconf14 pic.twitter.com/8ZiHS7kOIa
— ContractorConnection (@ContrConnection) June 11, 2014
#NewOrleans at its best!! More from end of conference party #CCconf14 http://t.co/1Q3rtyLDjT
— Marty, CR (@CoachTeachTrain) June 13, 2014
Next year’s 17th-annual Contractor Connection Conference & Exhibition will take place at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL from June 15-19. See you all then!