Good soap conferences

[mountainmadness]

I have never attended a conference even with having a soap business. I am finally set after 4 years of business to attend a soap conference. I live in Alaska and know that nothing is offered in my state.

Have any of you attended a conference and if so what is the name of the conference and where is it held? I am not a candle-maker but strictly soap and some B&B.

I should add that I am wanting to attend from a business standpoint. I am interesting in attending a large conference that has suppliers, vendors, etc. there.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[mountainmadness]

Robin- Don't you attend such conferences for your business?

I have done research through Google and I am not finding a lot that are advertised.

[RobinInOR]

Nope, not this Robin. All the conferences I go to are software conferences

Probably the biggest structured conference is through some of the guilds - like The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild http://www.soapguild.org/ I'm a member this year but don't know if I will renew or not.

A lot of the larger candle conferences are adding B&B stuff, like the Chicago Candle & Soap one, but HSG is the only strictly B&B one I can think of off the top of my head.

Edited to add: wait, there was another supplier one in NYC that Alan went to, but I don't remember the name.

You might find something through some of these links http://www.forsoapmakers.com/links.html#assoc

HAPPI might have some references to conferences, or one of the other B&B mags.

[mountainmadness]

Thanks Robin.

I had read a post that talked about your travel on a business trip and I had assumed that it was soap stuff. It was only software, poor thing.

Thanks for the link. I will research and see if I can come up with anything.