(Details and topics are subject to change)

NEW Workshops:  Meeting and Event Planner Boot Camp (Two-day) April 13-14, 2011 -9:00 am – 4:30 pm -$299 registration fee (includes Lunch/Expo) SPIN Think Tank SPIN – the Senior Planners Industry Network Thursday, April 14, 2011 -9:30 am – 11:45 am -$35 registration fee (includes Lunch/Expo/Sessions)

 Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Registration: 8:30 am - 3:45 pm

9:00 am – 10:15 am
Educational Sessions

•  Prove It!  Using Online Tools to Measure and Increase the Value of Your Event (Technology)
•  Effectively Communicate and Influence Anyone…at Anytime! (Advanced)
•  Be a Better Planner (Intermediate)

10:30 am – 11:45 am 
Educational Sessions

•  Taming the Email Beast: Key Strategies for Better Managing Your Email Overload (Technology)
•  An Innovative Strategy - Participant Driven Meetings: What You Need to Know, and Why (Advanced)
•  Demonstrate Real Meeting Value to Senior Management (Intermediate)

 11:45 am – 3:15 pm
EXPOSITION (Lunch to be served on the Expo floor)

3:00 pm 
Prize Drawing

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Educational Sessions

•  Mix it Up:  Integrating Virtual Events into Your Business (Technology)
•  Age is Just a Number – and Mine is Unlisted! (Advanced)
•  Make it Legal:  Essential Contract Clauses for a Recovering Economy (Intermediate)

4:45 pm
Prize Drawing

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
MPI-CAC Spring Networking Event (Off-site event. Separate registration/fee required)

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Dutch Treat Dinner  (Off-site event. Advance RSVP required via the conference registration website).

*Various exhibitor receptions/dinners. (By invitation only).

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Registration: 7:00 am - 3:45 pm 

7:30 am – 9:00 am: CMP and Senior Leaders Breakfast Session (Advance registration for CMP’s is required. Senior Leaders are by invitation only). 

9:00 am – 10:15 am 
Educational Sessions

•   Using Social Media to Drive Attendance and Engage Your Audience (Technology)
•   Can “Creative” and “On a Budget" Co-Exist? (Intermediate)

10:30 am – 11:45 am
Educational Sessions

•  Behind the Scenes – 7 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Event’s Success (Technology)
•  Solutions for Doing More with Less...a Brainstorming Session (Advanced)
•  Eat, Drink and Succeed! Climb Your Way to the Top Using the Networking Power of Social Events!  (Intermediate)

11:45 am – 3:15 pm
EXPOSITION (Lunch to be served on the Expo floor)

3:00 pm
Prize Drawing

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm 
Educational Sessions

• An Event in the Palm of Your Hand: How Mobile Technologies Are Changing Live Events (Technology)
• The New Normal - Measuring Experience Effectiveness (Advanced)
• The Past, the Present, and the Future - The Outlook for Hotel Negotiations (Intermediate)

4:45 pm
Prize Drawing