
San Jose + Rejuvenate Marketplace | Collaborating with your host city is key.
| 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Attendee Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. | Planner Photo Booth |
| 12:00 p.m.–12:40 p.m. | Planner Boot Camp Lunch |
| 1:30–4:30 p.m. | Planner Boot Camps |
THE FOUR CS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Presented by Jeff Hurt, Director, Education and Engagement, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Planner City Tours |
Planners can choose from three tours of San Jose. Meet outside the main entrance of the Convention Center after you register.
Hakone Gardens: Tour the oldest Japanese and Asian estate gardens in the Western Hemisphere on eighteen acres of magnificent beauty nestled in the verdant hills of Saratoga, overlooking Silicon Valley.
Winery Tour & Tasting: Testarossa Winery, located in the historic Los Gatos, was founded by a husband and wife who started with 25 cases in their garage. Now, Testarossa produces more than 15,000 cases annually and has earned hundreds of 90-point-plus scores on wines from top wine publications.
Winchester Mystery House and Santana Row: The Winchester Mystery House is a California State Historical Landmark designed and built by Winchester rifle heiress, Sarah Winchester. The tour goes through 110 of the 160 rooms where bizarre phenomena remain unexplained. Santana Row is Silicon Valley’s premier destination for shopping, dining, living and nightlife.
| 5:00-5:45 p.m. | Planner Orientation |
| 5:00-5:45 p.m. | Supplier Orientation |
| 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Opening Reception |
| 7:00–7:45 a.m. | Morning Devotional |
| 7:45–9:30 a.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00–9:15 a.m. | Breakfast/General Session |
| 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Marketplace Appointments |
| 12:40 p.m.–2:15 p.m. | Lunch/General Session |
Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing house in the world, Hyatt has a blog widely read that focuses on intentional leadership. His keynote, “The Power of Vision, Purpose, and Values” explains why defining your organization’s core ideology is critical to success. It draws the right people, attracts the right opportunities, and creates the right outcomes.
| 2:15–2:45 p.m. | Connecting Point Networking Session |
| 3:00–4:10 p.m. | Educational Sessions |
| 4:00–4:15 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 4:30–5:40 p.m. | Educational Sessions |
| 5:30–10:30 p.m. | Open Night |
| 6:00–6:45 p.m. | Publisher's Reception |
| 7:00–7:45 a.m. | Morning Devotional |
| 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast/General Session |
Jeff Hurt is an expert consultant on planning, marketing, and executing conventions in new and creative ways. Hurt has one the most-visited blogs and was named one of the most influential tweeters in the event planning community. His talk, “Substance and Sizzle: Creating Brain-Friendly Conferences” shares how to transform education to improve learning.
| 7:00–7:45 a.m. | Morning Devotional |
| 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast/General Session |
| 9:45 a.m.–10:55 a.m. | Educational Sessions |
| 11:00–11:45 a.m. | Connecting Point Networking Session |
| 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | Lunch/General Session |
Steve Mazan is a stand-up comic, corporate entertainer and Emmy-winning writer. He is also the subject of the inspiring and award-winning documentary “Dying to do Letterman.” Steve has appeared on several late-night talk shows but is most proud of his seven trips to the Mid-East to perform for the troops. He shares with attendees that ”Someday is NOT on the Calendar.”
| 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Marketplace Appointments |
| 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 4:45–5:45 p.m. | Industry Round Table Discussions |
| 6:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. | Closing Reception |
Jars of Clay closes out the conference with a rocking performance. The multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band’s 12th album “The Shelter” is based on the idea of community as one of the building blocks of life. Members Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason and Matt Odmark also are founders of Blood:Water Mission, which has raised millions of dollars to provide life-saving water and healthcare for more than 600,000 people in 13 different countries.
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