Okanagan Design Expo (ODEX)
May 9 @ 8:00 am - 5:30 pm PDT
OSID’s next Okanagan Design Expo (ODEX) will be taking place on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at the Okanagan Golf Club.
This exposition of design will bring together OSID members, manufacturers, suppliers, and industry representatives in BC. The event venue is hosted at the Okanagan Golf Club this year where attendees spent the day discovering new products, networking, collecting IDCEC hours, and enjoying lunch on the sunny patio overlooking the golf course. The full-day event will feature seminars for ODC members to participate in that is IDCEC accredited towards Continuing Education Units for Registered and Intern Members of IDIBC.
Schedule of Events (subject to revisions)
- Sign-in/Registration & Breakfast Bar: 8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
- OSID Welcome: 8:20 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
- Breakfast Industry Panel Discussion#1: Topic TBD: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
- WC Break & Transition: 10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
- CEU Seminar #2: TBC (Group Green): 10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
- CEU Seminar #3: TBC (Group Blue): 10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
- WC Break & Transition: 11:10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
- CEU Seminar #2: TBC (Group Blue): 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 a.m.
- CEU Seminar #3: TBC (Group Green): 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 a.m.
- WC Break & Transition: 12:20 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
- Platinum Sponsor Designer Lunch & Prize on the Patio: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Tabletop Trade Show & Bar Open: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Light Appetizer Service during show: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Door Prizes: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The tabletop tradeshow portion is the highlight of the afternoon/eve, featuring all OSID’s BC product manufacturers on hand to share new products and network and even a prize draw is held where attendees can win door prizes. Okanagan hosted over 100 attendees and 42 showcase tabletops at the last event.
