ALMA's  2008 Winter Symposium is now less than seven weeks away and I trust that you all are making your travel plans to Las Vegas and hope you took advantage of the early bird registration rates.  Looking back, I believe this will be the 10^th year that I have served as the symposium committee chair and I am excited by the momentum that ALMA has gained under the directorship of Zarina Bhimani and leadership of outgoing President Stu Lumsden. 

Over the past few years, we have seen a positive upward trend of symposium attendees and exhibitor numbers.  Additionally, we have an active and enthusiastic board and committed committee chairs who have been working hard behind the scenes to build on this momentum and to solidify the winter symposium's status as the "go to" event for the loudspeaker industry.

While it is always gratifying to see symposium attendees returning year after year, our goal for this year is to increase the number of first time attendees.  Our symposium program offers something for everyone so please spread the word among your colleagues.  Buyers, R&D, manufacturing and quality engineers, sales and marketing, middle and executive management all can benefit from attending.  The ALMA Winter Symposium 2008 will be a great opportunity to gather, learn, share and network.  If you've never attended an ALMA symposium, I invite you to come and join us in Las Vegas and see what you've been missing.