Agenda at a Glance

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Agenda-at-a-Glance*

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Registration Open

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference Excursions Compliments of Traverse City Tourism

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception Compliments of Grand Traverse Resort and Spa

7:30 p.m. - ?

Hosted Dinners or Evening on Your Own

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration Open

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Available

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Keynote: Modernizing for Impact: 
Innovation, Relationships, and the Future of Associations

Warren Call, President & CEO of Traverse Connect

9:55 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

10:55 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Check out the Silent Auction!

11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

12:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Lunch & Annual Meeting
Keynote: Learning That Pays: Delivering Education Members Value-and Invest In
Tracy King, CAE, CEO of InspirEd

2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

3:35 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Check out the Silent Auction!

4:05 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

4:55 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Relax & Freshen Up

5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

An Evening with Traverse City Tourism

9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Afterglow

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025

7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Registration Open

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Available

8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

9:35 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.

Refreshment Break in Marketplace
Last chance to check out the Silent Auction!  Bidding Ends at 10:05 a.m.

10:15 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Click here for details. 

11:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Installation of Officers
Keynote: MemberShift: Why Members Leave and the Strategies to Bring Them Back
Sarah L. Sladek, Founder & CEO of XYZ University

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Pick up your auction item and remit payment

The agenda is subject to change.

2026 Annual Conference Sponsors

  • Experience Grand Rapids
    Experience Grand Rapids
    171 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 545
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503-6204
    US
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    Host Destination Sponsor
  • AHC Hospitality
    AHC Hospitality
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    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    US
    (616)774-2000
    Host Venue Sponsor
  • Maner Costerisan
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    2425 E. Grand River Avenue, Suite 1
    Lansing, MI 48912
    US
    (517)323-7500
    Breakfast & Keynote Sponsor Day 1
  • Delta Hotels by Marriott Muskegon Convention Center
    Delta Hotels by Marriott Muskegon Convention Center
    939 Third Street
    Muskegon, MI 49440-1136
    US
    (231)720-1753
    Breakfast Sponsor Day 2
  • Crystal Bells
    Senior Catering Manager (734)729-7555
    Breakout Room Sponsor
  • Chase Creative
    Chase Creative
    3718 Buchanan Avenue, SW, Suite B
    Wyoming, MI 49548
    US
    (616)785-8660
    Breakout Session AV Sponsor