Schedule

April 29

Wednesday

Time (CDT)
Event
8:00am - 2:00pm
Arrivals and Check-in
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Session 1: “History of Copper Bimetallic Conductors"
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Session 2: “Applications of Copper Bimetallic Conductors"
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Session 3: “Regulatory Landscape for Copper Bimetallic Conductors"
5:45pm - 6:00pm
Shuttle to BBQ Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm
BBQ and Bluegrass Event

April 30

Thursday

Time (CDT)
Event
6:00am - 7:00am
Breakfast
7:00am - 8:30am
Shuttle to Fayetteville
8:30am - 9:00am
Welcome/Check-In/Safety Protocols
9:00am - 11:00am
Tour: CCA & CCS Manufacturing and Metallurgical Materials Product Lab
Breakout Sessions
11:00am - 11:30am
Shuttle to Lunch
11:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Tour and Q&A: Building Wire Plants, Building Wire Compliance Lab, and Product Reliability and Performance Lab
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Shuttle to Dinner
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Dinner at Bourbon Gospel
9:00pm - 9:00pm
Shuttle to Hotel

Copperweld is ICC Preferred Education Provider #2697

8 total education contact hours, eligible for .8 CEUs

Wednesday, April 29

Nashville International Airport (BNA)

  • Transportation is available to take guests from the airport to AC Hotel in Brentwood, TN
  • Time:  Attendees should arrive to hotel by 1:30pm (CDT)
  • Location:   5007 Maryland Farms Way, Brentwood, TN 37027

Afternoon Session

  • Hear from industry experts and learn about the history of bimetallics
  • Time:  2:00pm - 5:00pm (CDT)
  • Location:   Granbery Meeting Room, AC Hotel Brentwood

Dinner

  • Outdoor BBQ dinner will feature Tennessee-style, award-winning BBQ and live, down-home bluegrass music
  • Time:  6:00pm - 10:00pm (CDT)
  • Location:  Event venue, transportation provided

Thursday, April 30

Breakfast

  • Complementary breakfast will be served at AC Hotel
  • Time:  6:00am - 7:00am (CDT)
  • Location:  AC Hotel Lobby Restaurant

Copperweld Tour – Cotton Mill

  • Shuttle will take guests to Copperweld's flagship plant for tours and educational events
  • Time:  8:00am (CDT)
  • Shuttle:  Departs at 7:00am (CDT)
  • Time:  8:30am - 11:00am (CDT)
  • Location:  254 Cottonmill Rd., Fayetteville, TN 37334

Lunch and Copperweld Tour – East Park

  • Shuttles will take guests to Copperweld's Building Wire plants for tours and educational events
  • Time: 
  • Lunch:  11:30am - 1:30pm (CDT)
  • Tours:  1:30pm - 4:30pm (CDT)
  • Location:  40 East Park Dr., Fayetteville, TN 37334

Dinner

  • The Bourbon Gospel – an evening of live music, dinner, and handcrafted cocktails
  • Shuttles will take guests to The Bourbon Gospel following the tours
  • Shuttles will return guests to the hotel for the evening
  • Time:  6:00pm - 9:00pm (CDT)
  • Location:  807A S Garden Street, Columbia, TN 38401

Friday, May 1

Nashville International Airport (BNA)

  • Transportation is available to take guests from AC Hotel to BNA

AC Hotel – Brentwood

5007 Maryland Way
Brentwood, TN 37027

  • Shuttles will transport attendees to and from AC Hotel to the event venues
  • Amenities: fitness center, pool, business center

Copperweld Manufacturing Facilities

Cotton Mill Road Facility

Participants will view the Cotton Mill Road Manufacturing Facility, where the operation of aluminum rod and of steel rod are clad with copper. Here, clad rod is drawn down into Copper-Clad Aluminum (CCA) and Copper-Clad Steel (CCS) wire.

49 and 40 East Park Facilities

Copperweld’s newest manufacturing locations are located nearby the Cotton Mill Road facility. In 2018, recognizing the impending world shortage of copper supplies, Copperweld brought Copper-Clad Aluminum (CCA) small-circuit wire back to the U.S. residential home-building market.

Copperweld Laboratories

Building Wire Compliance Lab

See where Copperweld batch tests its building wire products.

Metallurgical Materials Product Lab

Explore Copperweld’s state-of-the-art metallography lab. Quality checks necessary to meet ASTM requirements are performed, and all tests are conducted per ASTM standards. This lab is also ISO certified for automotive product testing.

Product Reliability & Performance Lab

Learn about the product reliability and performance lab whose mission is to ensure public safety and to learn the limits of electrical products in general.