Mid-Winter CEO Meeting

2009 Mid-Winter CEO Meeting Preliminary Agenda

Service Sponsors

Web services sponsored by Fusion Productions

Registration Services sponsored by Experient

Internet Cafe and CESSE Meeting Audio Visual - sponsored by Projection Presentation Technology

Plenary Speakers sponsored by Leading Authorities Inc.

Program and graphic layout, Pocket Programs, Signage sponsored by Omnipress

Registration Totes, sponsored by TMA Resources

Saturday, 2/28/09

8:00 am – 5:00 pm: 

CESSE Board of Directors Meeting

Continental Breakfast and Mid-morning Break Sponsored by JDG Associates

Lunch Sponsored by Seattle's Convention & Visitors Bureau

3:00 – 7:00 pm:

Registration

Sunday Morning, 3/1/09

7:30 – 3:00 pm:

Golf Tournament 

Sponsored by YES Marketing LLC

10:00 - 5:00 pm:

Registration

 Sunday Evening, 3/1/09

6:00 - 10:00 pm:

Welcome Reception and Dinner

Sponsored by Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau

Monday Morning, 3/2/09

8:00 - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau

8:30 – 10:00 am:

General Session

10:00 – 10:30 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by Canadian Tourism Commission

10:30 - 12:00 noon:

Session 1

Monday Afternoon, 3/2/09

12:00 - 1:00 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau

1:30 – 3:00 pm: 

Session 2

3:00 - 3:00 pm:

Mid-Afternoon Break

Sponsored by Travel Portland

3:30 - 4:30 pm:

Session 3

Monday Evening, 3/2/09

5:30 - 9:30 pm:

Reception and Dinner with Companions at Hacienda Siesta Alegre

Sponsored by Marriott  Convention and Resort Network

Transportation to/from Hacienda Siesta Alegre

Sponsored by Marriott Detroit at the Renaissance Center

9:30 - 11:30 pm:

Afterglow 

Sponsored by Destination Halifax

Tuesday Morning, 3/3/09

8:00 - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by VisitPittsburgh

8:30 - 10:00 am:

Session 4

10:00 – 10:30 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by HelmsBriscoe

10:30 - 12:00 noon:

Session 5

Tuesday Afternoon, 3/3/09

12:00 - 1:00 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau

1:30 – 5:30 pm:

Free Time/Tours

Tuesday Evening, 3/3/09

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm:

Reception at Casa Bacardi San Juan

Sponsored by McKinley Marketing, Inc.

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm:

Transportation to Casa Bacardi San Juan,  plus continuous loop shuttle for Tuesday dine around in Old San Juan 

Sponsored by Puerto Rico Convention Bureau

9:30 - 11:30 pm:

Afterglow

Sponsored by Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc.

Wednesday Morning, 3/4/09

8:00 - 8:30 am:

Breakfast with Companions

Sponsored by Quebec City Convention Centre

8:30 – 10 am:

Session 6

10:00 - 10:30 am:

Mid-Morning Break

Sponsored by Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau

10:30 - 11:15 am:

CEO Roundtable Discussions

11:15 - 12:00 noon:

Business Meeting

Wednesday Afternoon, 3/4/09

12:00 - 1:00 pm:

Lunch with Companions

Sponsored by Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 7

3:00 – 3:30 pm 

Mid-Afternoon Break 

Sponsored by Applied Digital Imaging

3:30 – 4:30

Session 8 - Final Roundtable

Wednesday Evening, 3/4/09

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Final Banquet

Sponsored by Starwood Hotels & Resorts

9:30 - 11:30 pm:

Afterglow 

 

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CEO Roundtables
Attendance at CEO Roundtables is restricted to current, active CEOs of CESSE member societies