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M&E Days Schedule


 
 Saturday, August 13
 
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM    Welcoming Rally
 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    Welcome Celebration Reception
 
 Sunday, August 14
 
6:30 AM    5K Walk/Run
 
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM    Brewed Awakening Conversation Cafes
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM    ACT 1 - General Session (National Stage)
Prominent Officials Invited - Stay Tuned!
 
10:15 AM - 1:45 PM    Association Solutions Marketplace (Expo Hall Open!)
 
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM    M&E Days Kick Off - The Leadership Experience - Going Wider and Deeper - Featured Keynote: Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE - President, Sanborn & Associates, Inc.
 
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM    Break
 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM    Learning Labs
From Meeting Planner to Meeting Professional: Developing the Strategist within

To Zip or unzip? Co-locating your meeting

Risk Management & Emergency Preparedness

What would you do? (Ethics session)

 
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM    Industry Recognition & Celebration
 
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM    Industry Celebration Reception
 
6:30 PM - onward     Open Evening for Exhibitors
Restaurant Dine A-Round
 
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM    Dessert Conversation Corners with Facilitated Discussions
 
 Monday, August 15
 
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM    Brewed Awakening Conversation Cafes
 
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM    CAE Community Breakfast
 
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM    Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) Breakfast
 
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM    Act 2 - General Session - Extreme Makeover of your Marketing & Branding! - Featured Keynote - Phil Kotler
 
10:00 AM - 10:30 PM    Break
 
10:30 AM - Noon    Learning Labs
Part 1 - Understanding different modes of interaction-building consensus when it's all about ME

Part 2 - Co-Branding a joint meeting without losing your own identity

Developing a Business Plan

Technology: Taking your meeting to the next level

 
12:15 PM - 2:45 PM    Association Solutions Marketplace (Expo Hall Open!)
 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM    Thought Leader Super Sessions
 
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM    Learning Labs
Did your meeting meet its mission? Testing the relevance of your meeting

Creating and Motivating the annual meeting dream team: New techniques to motivating and retaining top talent

Effective research development of tools and putting the results to work

Making "Cents" of Your Sponsorship Opportunities

 
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM    Donor Reception
 
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM    Centennial Park Party & Entertainment
 
9:30 PM - 12:30 AM    Club Energy (Wild Horse Saloon)
 
 Tuesday, August 16
 
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM    Brewed Awakening Conversation Cafes
 
7:15 AM - 8:45 AM    Community Breakfast Cafes and Celebrations
 
7:15 AM - 8:45 AM    Exhibitor Town Hall Breakfast Meeting
 
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM    Act 3 - General Session -Extreme Makeover of your Thinking - Featured Keynote - Malcolm Gladwell
 
10:45 AM - 1:15 PM    Association Solutions Marketplace (Expo Hall Open!)
 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM    Thought Leader Super Sessions
 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM    Break
 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM    M&E Days Closing Session - Building a Customer Centric Culture for the Meetings Industry - Colin Reed, President and CEO - Gaylord Entertainment
 
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM    Concert & Dessert Reception
 
 Wednesday, August 17
 
6:30 AM - 2:00 PM    ASAE and The Center Golf Tournament

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