Northern Colorado gets ready for Bixpo No. 7

LOVELAND — Sept. 15 is shaping up to be a luck day for Northern Colorado business people. That’s when for the seventh year in a row, the Northern Colorado Business Report’s Bixpo, the region’s premier see-and-be-seen business event, offers a full day of nonstop networking.

The day kicks off early at the Embassy Suites-Loveland. The Business Leaders Breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m., with keynote speaker Milan Larson frm the Monfort School of Business at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. This year the breakfast is also serving up the Northern Colorado CFO of the Year Awards. The region’s top chief financial officers — the professionals who have successfully guided their companies through the rough waters of the Great Recession — will be recognized for their efforts.

Attendees of the breakfast will then cross the hall to get a sneak peek at the Bixpo expo, before the doors open to the general public at 10 a.m. The region’s largest business-to-business trade show features hundreds of vendors of products and services, with plenty of opportunities to make mutually beneficial business connections.

The expo floor will be open all day, but the BizFit Challenge Power Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. This is where individuals and companies who have been participating in the BizFit Challenge will discover exactly who is the fittest of them all.

After an afternoon of schmoozing at the expo, attendees will be ready to rock — and Bixpo always rocks after hours. The expo floor turns into the social scene of the year at 5:30 p.m., with food and beverages and outstanding entertainment as part of the only regional business after hours in Northern Colorado. This year’s high-energy entertianment will be provided by the Midtown Event Center in Fort Collins. Even we aren’t sure exactly what they are planning right now, but we know it will involve music, singing, dancing, maybe some comedy — and they have two stages to do it on.

Throughout the day, free workshops and seminars on topics from health and wellness to sales prospecting will be offered on the expo floor. A full lineup of presentations can be found on the NCBR website at www.ncbr.com, under the Events heading on the lefthand side of the homepage. Admission is free but seating is limited, so reservations are required.

Admission to the Bixpo expo is free all day. Cost to attend the Business Leaders Breakfast/CFO of the Year Awards or the BizFit Challenge Power Lunch is $39 per person, which includes a meal. Tickets for Bixpo Rocks After Hours are $25 per person, which includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Reservations are available online through Sept. 14 at noon.

Bixpo sponsors include Kennedy& Coe; AccentCare of Colorado; CBeyond; Monfort College of Business; Kruger and Clary, CPA; Mad Wire Media; Better Business Bureau; Health District of Northern Larimer County; Public Service Credit Union; Midtown Event Center; Banner Health; Shirazi Benefits; Palmer Flowers; DaVinci Sign Systems; KUNC Radio; Social Media Pilots; Sandler Training; and Daily Endorphin.

For more information, contact De Dahlgren, NCBR marketing and event manager, at 970-232-3132 or [email protected].