Conference Schedule

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updated download was 9-28-04

 

Friday, October 29  

8 am – 5 pm    NAE4HA Board Meeting 

Saturday, October 30  

8 am – 5 pm 

8 am   

11 am – 8 pm

 

NAE4HA Board Meeting

Fall Foliage Tour of SE Oklahoma departs

Registration open   

 

 Sunday, October 31

8 am – 11 am               NAE4HA Board Meeting

8 am – 3:30 pm            4HCCS Product Preview

8 am – 4 pm                 Global Education Pre-Conference

7:30 am – 4 pm            Pre-conference tour – Wichita Mountains

8 am – 4 pm                 Pre Conference Tour – Oil Baron’s Tour

Pre-Conference Tour – Cultural Tour

8 am – 5 pm                 Registration open

8 am – 5 pm                 YDPA Pre-Conference

10 am – 3 pm               NAE4HA Research Integrated Conference

10 am – 4 pm              Friends, Family & Retiree Trip
  Affair of the Heart Arts and Crafts Show

11 am                           2009 Conference Bid Presentations

12 noon – 5 pm            Computer Center open

1 pm – 4 pm                 Friends, Family & Life Member Hospitality open

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm    Leadership Luncheon
  (State presidents and presidents-elect – by reservation only)

1 pm – 5 pm                 Commercial Exhibitor set-up

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm       NAE4HA Committee Meetings – Leadership teams

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm       Busses depart for National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

(departure time listed on ticket – those with early departure times will tour the museum prior to dinner – those with later departure times will tour after dinner/entertainment)

6 pm – 8 pm                 Opening Event – Includes meal, museum tour and excerpts from the play “OKLAHOMA!”

8 pm – 10 pm               Busses depart for hotels

10 pm – 1 am               Dance

 

Monday, November 1 

7 am                             First Timers Breakfast and Orientation (reservations required)

7 am                             Past National Presidents’ Breakfast

7 am                             Commercial Exhibit Set up

7 am                             Poster Session Set up

7 am                             Candidate Display Set up

7 am – 7 pm                 Registration open

8 am – 4 pm                 Friends, Family & Life Member Hospitality open

8 am – 6 pm                 Computer Center Open

8 am                             4-H Entertainment

8:15 am                        Presentation of Colors

8:30 am                        NAE4HA Business Meeting

9 am – 9:30 am            Friends, Family and Life Member Orientation

10:45 am                    Drawing on the Lessons of 4-H
Jim Davis - President and owner of PAWS inc. and creator of Garfield

12 noon – 7 pm           Commercial Exhibits open

12 noon – 1 pm           Box Lunch in Exhibit Hall

12 noon – 1 pm           Life Member Luncheon

12 noon – 1 pm           Poster Sessions manned

12 noon – 1:30 pm       International Luncheon

1 pm – 2:30 pm            NAE4HA Committee Meetings

1 pm – 2 pm                 Friends and Family Workshop
                                    Ft. Reno/Oklahoma History – Connie Hart-Yellowman

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm        Seminars A

1:30 pm – 5:45 pm      "Youth Development Research, Scholarship and 4-H”:
Integrated Conference (pre-registration required)
 
2 pm – 3pm                  Friends and Family - Make and Take Native American Craft
                                    Monica Jackson

2:30 pm                        Break in Exhibit Area

2:30 – 3:30 pm             Poster Sessions manned

3 pm – 4:15 pm            Seminars B

4:30 pm – 5:45 pm        Seminars C

7 pm                             Commercial Exhibits Close

States Night Out

Tuesday, November 2

7 am                             Poster Session Set up

8 am – 5 pm                 Computer Center open

8 am – 4 pm                 Friends, Family & Life Member Hospitality open

8 am – 6 pm                 Registration open

8:30 am – 10:30 am      NAE4HA Business Meeting

9 am – 4 pm                 Commercial Exhibits Open

9:30 am – 1:45 pm       Friends, Family & Life Member Tour
                                          Kirkpatrick 4-H Farm and Express Ranch

10:30 am – 11:30 am      Poster Sessions Manned

11 am – 12:15 pm           Seminars D

11:30 am                     Award Rehearsal and Photos (light meal provided for participants)
                                    (Publicity photos will be taken for all awards to be presented on either
Tuesday or Thursday evening – photo schedule will be sent to award winners)

12:30 pm – 2 pm         State Staff Luncheon – pre-registration required

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm       Seminars E

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm       Poster Sessions Manned

3 pm                            Break in Exhibit Area

3 pm – 4 pm                Friends and Family Workshop
                                       Survivor Tree - Mark Bays – State Forestry Dept.

3:30 pm – 5 pm            NAE4HA Committees

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm       Seminars F

4 pm – 5 pm                Friends and Family - Make and Take – Wheat Weaving Craft
                                        Margaret McDonald

5:30 pm                        Award and Donor Reception

6:30 pm                        Awards Banquet
(DSA, ASA, 25 Years, Meritorious Service, Salute to Excellence)

9 pm – 12 midnight        Dance – Doc Blues 

 

Wednesday, November 3

 8 am – 11 am              Registration open

8 am – 4 pm                 Friends, Family & Life Member Hospitality open

8 am – 5 pm                 Computer Center open

8:30 am – 10 am          Super Seminars

                                    Get C.L.E.A.R. About Your Role at Work
 Rhett Laubach – Director of Food Service, Kennedy Foods
                                    No Cultural Group Left Behind: Our Unfinished Business
Dr. George Henderson – Human Relations Department Head
                                                University of Oklahoma
                                    Passing the Torch
Frosty Troy – Editor- Oklahoma Observer; Political Analyst

 8:30 am – 1 pm            Friends, Family and Life member tour – Remington Park

10 am – 11 am             NAE4HA Committees

11:15 am – 1 pm          Regional Luncheons

1 pm                            Conference Debriefing

2 pm – 3 pm                 Weaving Our Futures Together:
Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences
Eric Jolley
3 pm – 4 pm                 Friends and Family Workshop       
                                    Cowboy Poetry – Straw Berry

3:30 – 5 pm                  NAE4HA Business Meeting

5:15 pm                       Walking Tour of Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
                                    Groups depart from hotel lobbies every 15 minutes until 6:30 pm

7 pm                            NAE4HA Board Transition 

Optional Evening Activities 

Blazers Hockey at the Ford Center 

 

Thursday, November 4 

8 am – 12 noon            Computer Center open

8:30 am                       Cultural Diversity… Strengthening Tomorrow's Community –
   Jhane Myers – Founder, Jhane Myers & Associates

8 am – 4 pm                 Friends, Family and Life Member Hospitality open

 

                                    Seminars on Wheels

10 am – 4 pm               Oklahoma City Zoo and Omniplex

10 am – 5 pm               Anadarko – Indian Capitol of the Nation

                                    Norman – Where Dinosaurs Meet Tornados

                                    Langston – Oklahoma’s 1890 Institution

                                    AgVenture in Oklahoma

                                    4-H Shooting Sports

10:30 am – 5 pm         Guthrie – Oklahoma’s First State Capitol

                                    Arcadia Round Barn, Tres Suenos Vineyards & Winery, Lazy E Ranch                                                   Historic Oklahoma City

11 am – 5 pm               Oklahoma City Zoo and Omniplex 

10 am                           Post Conference Board meeting

6 pm                            Closing Event
(Specialty, Communicator and Professional Development Awards presented)
 
9 pm – 12 midnight       Ice Cream Social and Country/Western Dance - Western Justice

 

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