Conference at a Glance


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008

8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Area Open
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
MPMA Board Meeting
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
AMM Board Meeting
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Full Day Workshops
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
MPMA Advocacy Committee Meeting
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Half Day Workshops
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Hotel Phillips Tour
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Scholarship Gathering
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
State Museums Associations Receptions
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Mentor Gathering
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ACUMG Reception
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
NAME Reception
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Technology Interest Group Meeting
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening Reception at the Nelson-Atkins/Kemper Museum (FREE with Registration)
10:00 pm - ?
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Reception
10:00 pm - ?
EMP Gathering


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008

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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Area Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Resource Hall Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Silent Auction Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Job Placement Center Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Resource Hall Breakfast (FREE with Registration)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
AMM/MPMA Business Meeting & Awards Presentation
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Keynote Address
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Sessions A1 - A6
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Resource Hall Lunch Cafe
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SPC/Affinity Lunches
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Sessions B1 - B6
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Sessions C1 - C6
4:15pm - 5:15 pm
Texas Tech Reception
4:15pm - 5:15 pm
Eastern Illinois University Reception
4:15pm - 5:15 pm
SMAC Reception
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Suburban Surprises: A Johnson County Experience
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The President is Expecting You: A Night at the Truman Libray & Museum
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Night on the Vine: A Taste of Great Jazz, Baseball & Delicious Delights
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Late-Nite Bar Session: Take Me To Your Leader


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008

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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Area Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Job Placement Center
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Resource Hall Open
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Silent Auction Open
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Sessions D1 - D6
10:15 am - 11:30 am
Sessions E1 - E6
11:30 am - 1:30/2:30 pm
Directors' Luncheon (By Invitation Only)
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Resource Hall Lunch Cafe
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
SPC/Affinity Lunches
1:00 am - 2:15 pm
Sessions F1 - F6
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Sessions G1 - G6
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Resource Hall Reception
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Over Here, Over There: National World War I Museum & Union Station


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008

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8:00 am - 1:30 pm
Registration Area Open
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Registrar's Committee Helping Hands Brigade
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Sessions H1 - H6
10:30 am - 11:45 am
Sessions I1 - I6
11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Plenary Luncheon with Jim Loewen
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Stars & Stripes: Kansas City Zoo and Starlight Theatre Tour
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Dug Up and Under Construction: Arabia Steamboat Museum and Kansas City Museum Tour
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Gateway to the West: Fort Leavenworth Tour
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Tour 'Til You Drop: Historic Plaza Shopping and Tour
5:45 pm - 9:00 pm
"Marbleous" Evening of Fun: Hallmark Center and Toy & Miniature Museum
9:00 pm - ?
Museum Monster Mash


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

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8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration Open
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
When You Least Expect It: Disaster Planning Workshop