STROKES OF GENIUS SIGNATURE EVENTS ON THE BDWEST AGENDA: 3/19 WEDNESDAY 6:30 - 8:30 PM 207 AT HARD ROCK HOTEL SAN DIEGO BDwest Kickoff Party - Celebrating the Boutique 18 Tickets available now via BDwest online registration. 3/21 THURSDAY 6:30 - 8:30 PM FLUXX NIGHTCLUB, GASLAMP QUARTER NEWH Orange & San Diego Counties Regional Groups' Hospitality Fashion Challenge: Design in a Box Fashion Show & Cocktail Reception FRIDAY 8:15 - 10:00 AM SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER NEWH Icon of Industry and Scholarship Breakfast/Power Players: Women Leaders in Hospitality Panel Discussion For this special panel co-sponsored by Boutique Design and NEWH, ten of hospitality's female thought leaders discuss their secrets of success, the challenges and opportunities of workplace diversity and industry trends for 2014 and beyond. MODERATOR Mary Scoviak | Boutique Design 3/21 3/20 PANELISTS JoAnna Abrams | Mindclick Leigh Hitz | Stout Street Hospitality and Magnolia Hotels Amy Jakubowski | Puccini Group Jennifer Johanson | EDG Interior Architecture + Design Kristin Kahle | Neo-Metro Barbara Lazaroff | Imaginings Interior Design; Wolfgang Puck Food Co. Deborah Lloyd Forrest | Forrest Perkins Danette Opaczewski | Denihan Joyce Romanoff | Maya Romanoff Randa Tukan | HOK FRIDAY 1:00 - 2:00 PM EXHIBIT FLOOR ISHP/BD Owners' Grill PANELISTS A lively, theater-style panel discussion covering the state of the hospitality industry, trends, growth opportunities and design from the owners' perspectives. James Brady | RED Group, LLC Greg Clay | JMI Realty Peter Connolly | Hostmark Hospitality Group Peter Cyrus | Montclair Hotel Investors Konstantin Daskolov | Laurus Corp. Bill Reynolds | MCS Capital LLC/Marcus Corporation Scott Spurlock | Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers CO-MODERATORS Neil Locke | Neil Locke & Associates Jennifer Ramsey | Ramsey Purchasing