The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the American Society for Training & Development will be hold its annual conference "Sustaining Competitive Advantage Through Learning and Performance" on Friday,August 26, 2005 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Grand in historic New Bern, NC. This informative program will present sessions designed to update local business owners, managers, students,trainers and Human Resource professionals. Session content will include legal issues, e-learning,project management, stress management, diversity and networking topics to help you improve your skills. You may select the topics most important to you. Early registration cost is $124 and must bereceived before August 10th. Regular registration cost is $139, and registrations after August 20thwill be $149. Students will receive a 60% discount. For more information, visit the chapter's websiteat www.encastd.org.