Convention Schedule
All convention day events take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
Schedule and content subject to change.
* Optional event. Registration required. Additional fee applies.
Tuesday, July 29
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Alliance for Regional Stewardship Awards & Tribute Dinner*
Wednesday, July 30
7:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Regional Strategies Forum 2008: Organizing and Mobilizing Regions for Sustainable Development*
(Westin Hotel)
Brought to you by the Alliance for Regional Stewardship
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh City Tour*
2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Registration Open
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 3rd Floor, The Spirit of Pittsburgh Corridor
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
First Timers’ Orientation
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
7:00 p.m.
Dutch-treat Peer Networking Dinners OR Pittsburgh Pirates Outing*
Thursday, July 31
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Registration Open
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast Open
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Convention Kick-off Plenary Session
8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Workshops Covering Every Discipline of Chamber Work
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Experiential Field Trips in Western PA Region*
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Workshops
11:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Destination Innovation
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch Open
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Plenary Session Featuring Keynote Address By Sam Palmisano
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Issue Forums
7:00 p.m.
Convention Party (Heinz Field)
Friday, August 1
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast Open
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Plenary Session Featuring Keynote Address by Frank Luntz
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Workshops
9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Experiential Field Trips in Western PA Region*
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Workshops
12:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Destination Innovation
12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch Open
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Issue Forums
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Awards Presentation & Show (Omni Hotel)
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Reception (Omni Hotel)
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Celebration Dinner (Omni Hotel)
Saturday, August 2
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Scholarship Fun Run/Walk*
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Buffet Breakfast Open
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Registration Open
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Plenary Session Featuring Keynote Address by Rohit Talwar
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh Attraction Tour: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater*
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Workshops
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ACCE Bookstore Open
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Workshops
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Closing Plenary Session Featuring: Lunch, “State of the Chamber Movement” Report by ACCE Leadership, and Keynote Address by Soledad O’Brien