aNd teamed up with the CICA to assist with online registration for 3 conferences this fall, totaling over 800 registrants. We helped with the design and functionality of the registration page, including online fee collection. aNd also assisted with packing conference bags with sponsor materials and shipping the printed name badges to each of the conference locations.

aNd Logistix was happy to work with Eclipsys to develop a registration website to register attendees for EUN 2008 in Atlanta. The aNd Team travelled onsite to Atlanta to help with registration and work alongside the Eclipsys events team throughout the conference.

EUN 2008 had a record breaking 1149 registrants for their annual conference this year. We were able to design an online check-in system for use when delegates picked up their name badges onsite which allowed real time reports of check ins and no shows. Our registration system is integrated with Chase Paymentech to collect and process registration fees as the form was being completed.

An added feature for name badges that we produced was bar coding to track attendance at sessions. Each delegate was assigned a code which allowed their information to be tracked for both exhibitors and continuing education credits.

Planning for this years’ conference included sending trucking and delivery instructions to over 45 vendors that would be sending us 1200 products samples each! Our receiving department was in full swing as trucks dropped off boxes of product for our staff to put into bags for the cosmetic managers. The bag of products that each attendee received weighed a whopping 12 pounds!

Excited cosmetics managers picked up their bag after visiting the trade show on Sunday night. Upon entering the Passport to Beauty themed trade show, attendees were handed a passport by very friendly flight attendants (one of them being Shawna!). Delegates walked into the hall resembling an airport lounge, and while visiting the exhibits had the opportunity to see the world. Mexico, China, Italy and Greece were represented by food and entertainment, while a world ensemble added energy all evening long.

The two day conference also included workshops sponsored by 7 different vendors, who offered exciting training and education sessions. The Cosmetics Conference in 2009 will take a road show format as our staff travel to cities across Canada!

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." - Edith Lovejoy Pierce

All around the world people celebrate the coming of a New Year and time with traditions from their country. Although the celebrations are not always held on the same day, they often include traditions of religious celebrations, costume parties, parades and with customs said to bring good luck and fortune in the New Year.

All around the world people celebrate the coming of a new year and time with traditions from their country. Although the celebrations are not always held on the same day, they often include traditions of religious celebrations, costume parties, parades and with customs said to bring good luck and fortune in the new year.

Denmark
It is a good sign to find your door heaped with a pile of broken dishes at New Years. Old dishes are saved year around to throw them at the homes where their friends live to “smash” in the New Year. Many broken dishes were a symbol that you have many friends!

Ireland
At midnight everyone goes in the front door and out the back door for good luck.

Italy
Children sometimes get money as gifts, and people give oranges on New Year's Day.

British Columbia
Traditionally, the polar bear swim takes place on New Year's Day, where people of all ages dive into the icy water.

Puerto Rico
Kids throw water out their windows at midnight to get rid of evil spirits.

Spain
People pop a grape into their mouth at midnight each time the clock strikes. Twelve grapes symbolize good luck for each month of the year.

Australia
Many Aussies have picnics and camp out on the beach on New Years Day

Holland
Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune.

New York
For one hundred years, the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball has attracted millions of revelers to Times Square
The new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is a 12 foot geodesic sphere, double the size of previous balls, and weighs 11,875 pounds. Covered in 2,668 Waterford Crystals and powered by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDS, the new ball is capable of creating a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns producing a spectacular kaleidoscope effect atop Times Square. More than 1 ton of confetti is dropped on Times Square.