Harry Javer - The Learning Annex - COO - President of The Lodging Conference - Prodcer Harry Javer

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Harry Javer an American producer, as well as, entrepreneur. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to father, Stanley Javer and mother, Renee. Harry has an older brother Scott. He is Founder & President of The Conference Bureau, as well as, the COO & National Program Director of The Learning Annex. He attended Canarsie High School (1980), where he was team captain of the baseball team. Javer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1984) with a BA in Political Science.

While attending SUNY, Javer played one year of baseball and produced hundreds of concerts and events with fellow students. These concerts included notable performers such as: James Taylor, Jerry Garcia, U2, Bono, The Go-Go's, Todd Rundgren, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Peter Gabriel, Squeeze, The Pretenders, Frank Zappa, Carlos Santana, to name a few.

He is married to Elizabeth Wolff and the two have a son, Jack. The family currently resides in New York.

Entrepreneurial Pursuits
Early Beginnings

Harry Javer decided to pursue producing as a career and began working at The Learning Annex in 1986. He quickly rose to Operations Director/ Program Director and then, National Program Director in 1989. During this time, The Learning Annex expanded into eighteen North American cities with upwards of 25,000 seminars annually. In 1994, Harry Javer founded the New York Speakers Bureau aka The Conference Bureau.

The Learning Annex

Harry Javer is the COO and National Program Director of The Learning Annex. Founded by Bill Zanker, the Learning Annex is America's largest consumer expo company, which offers over 6,000 seminars annually to more than 500,000 adults in North America including the world's largest consumer investment show, The Real Estate & Wealth Expo for which Harry Javer has been the Executive Producer. This event has featured such notable speakers and business personalities as Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Suze Orman, Anthony Robbins, George Foreman, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rudy Giuliani, Robert Kiyosaki, Joe Montana and many more. For two consecutive years, The Learing Annex was included in Inc. Magazine's list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. As well, they have also released Donald Trump & Bill Zanker’s new book, Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life (Harper) which was on The New York Times Best Seller List. Hundreds of online courses and practical advice are offered at any of their multiple websites.


The Conference Bureau
Harry Javer founded the New York Speakers Bureau aka The Conference Bureau. The Conference Bureau has created and produced dozens of conferences. Harry Javer’s master marketing skills along with his extensive experience in complete campaign production has made him one of the most sought after production specialists effectively producing numerous events, each one celebrated with a flair that only Harry Javer can provide.


The Lodging Conference
Among Harry Javer's greatest professional successes is The Lodging Conference attended by financiers and senior executives in the hotel industry. This annual industry event, now in its 15th year, is one of the world's premier conferences for hotel owners, hotel industry developers, financiers and senior executives in the hotel industry. Harry Javer creates an environment where industry leaders interact with developers, brainstorming and exploring ways to support and expand the hospitality industry. The Conference Bureau has been organizing The Lodging Conference since 1995. Some of its annual Fortune 500 sponsors are: Marriott International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Hodges Ward Elliott, Morgan Stanley, GE Capital, Remington Hotels, Group RCI, Graham & Dunn, PC, Mumford Company, Molinaro Koger,Carlson Companies, Marcus Hotels and Resorts, Lodging Econometrics, Red Lion Hotels, HVS International, and media sponsors such as Hotel Business Magazine, Hotels Magazine, Lodging Hospitality, Lodging Magazine, Hotel & Motel Management, Real Estate Media, Inc. and National Real Estate Investor. The 2008 Lodging Conference was a sold out, with over 1,450 executives in attendance.


Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
Harry Javer's Conference Bureau, co-produced the Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp (2002-2005). These events allowed ordinary fans the opportunity to play with well know artists such as: Roger Daltrey, Nils Lofgren, Dickey Betts, Simon Kirke, Dave Davies, George Thorogood, Levon Helm, Jon Anderson, Spencer Davis, Jack Blades, Bret Michaels, and numerous other music legends.


Harry Javer is the founder and President of The Conference Bureau, and the COO and National Program Director of The Learning Annex, North America's largest consumer expo company.  
With 28 years of experience creating conferences, seminars, concerts and tradeshows, Harry Javer has produced events featuring such notables as: Donald Trump, Al Gore, Rudy Giuliani, Roger Daltrey, Sir Richard Branson, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Pete Peterson, Bono, Charlton Heston, Anthony Robbins, Magic Johnson, Clive Davis, Kirk Douglas, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Wolfe, Nile Rodgers, Deepak Chopra, Jerry Lewis, Joe Torre, Peter Guber, Max Weinberg, Isaac Asimov, Sarah Jessica Parker, George Foreman, Harrison Ford, Joe Montana, and thousands of America’s corporate leaders.


Since 1980, Harry Javer has produced thousands of live events. He began his career as A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of the  State University of New York at Stony Brook , where he produced concerts and events including U2, James Taylor, Jerry Garcia, Frank Zappa, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, The Pretenders, the Go-Go's, and many more.

Harry is the founder and president of The Conference Bureau which since 1995
has created and produced high level corporate events including the most
prestigious hospitality conference in the country,  The Lodging Conference held
annually at The Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.  These C-level events include as
some of its sponsors, Marriott International, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hilton
Hotels, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, to
name a few.

Harry Javer is the Chief Operating Officer of  The Learning Annex , where he
works with  Bill Zanker, the founder of The Learning Annex  creating tens of
thousands of seminars and events including: The Learning Annex Real Estate &
Wealth Expo, the world's largest consumer investment show. These events
brought  Anthony Robbins, Clive Davis, Jack Canfield, Donald Trump, Alan
Greenspan, Sir Richard Branson, George Foreman, and Magic Johnson  
to the stage.  Harry Javer was also a key player in the creation of various online,
informational and advice-basedwebsites for The Learning Annex including,
www.OneMinuteU.com and www.SpiritNow.com.

Harry was the co-producer of the Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp (2002-2005).
At these incredible events, ordinary fans get to play "live" with rock and roll legends
such as  Roger Daltrey of the Who, Nils Lofgren and Max Weinberg of Bruce
Springsteen's E. Street Band, George Thorogood , Simon Kirke, Levon Helm of
"The Band", Jon Anderson of "Yes", Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers' Band,
Spencer Davis, Jack Blades, Bret Michaels, and many other legends of rock n’ roll!

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The Learning Annex

Harry Javer is the COO and National Program Director of The Learning Annex. Founded by Bill Zanker, the Learning Annex is America's largest consumer expo company, which offers over 6,000 seminars annually to more than 500,000 adults in North America including the world's largest consumer investment show, The Real Estate & Wealth Expo for which Harry Javer has been the Executive Producer. This event has featured such notable speakers and business personalities as Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Suze Orman, Anthony Robbins, George Foreman, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rudy Giuliani, Robert Kiyosaki, Joe Montana and many more. For two consecutive years, The Learing Annex was included in Inc. Magazine's list of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. As well, they have also released Donald Trump & Bill Zanker’s new book, Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life!