Preliminary Conference Agenda

Preliminary Conference Agenda

The conference runs from mid-day Friday, May 4 until the evening of Saturday, May 5 - with optional activities available on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
 
Full details are available by following the 'Read More' link.
 
Review the video below for an overview of the conference - presented by our Rotary International President's Representative:
 

Friday, May 4, 2018

Morning:
9:00 AM
 
Registration Opens
10:00 AM 
House of Friendship Opens
11:30 AM
Alternate Program - Highlights of Grand Bend & Lambton Shores
Lunch:
11:30 AM – 1:45 PM
 
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Featured Speaker - Amanda Watkin (Rotary International President's  Representative)
 
Working Lunch - Embracing Change
(we will learn from each other)
Afternoon:
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 
Forum - Embracing Change
Break
Plenary Session - Stratford 'A Smart City'
Featured Speaker -  Joani Gerber
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
District 6330 Annual District Business Meeting
Dinner:
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
7:45 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Pre-Dinner Cocktails
Dinner
Environmental Concern - Plastics in the Great Lakes
Love your Greats: The search for environmental optimism
Featured Speaker- Jennifer Pate
Evening:
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
 
An evening of fun and live entertainment and dancing.
Entertainment - Broadway Review
 
 

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Morning:
8:00 AM
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
8:30 AM
 
Registration Opens
Breakfast,
House of Friendship Opens
9:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Alternate Program - Painting with Teresa Marie
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
 
Celebration of Life
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Plenary Session - Adapting to Change
"Embracing Change by Seizing the Helm … Not the Lifeboat"
Featured Speaker - Dennis Shackel
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Break
Breakout Sessions
  • Road to Rotary - Friends of Rotary, Satellite Club, and Membership Development.
  • Climate Change - and what we can do about it.
    The Climate Crisis, and the road to energy freedom
11:30 AM
Alternate Program - Highlights of Huron County & Bayfield
Lunch:
11:45 AM – 1:30 PM
 
Youth Program
(we will learn from our youth)
Afternoon:
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
 
Plenary Session - Change Management
Featured Speaker - Kristine Clark
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Breakout Sessions
  • Road to Rotary - Friends of Rotary, Satellite Club, and Membership Development.
  • Climate Change - and what we can do about it.
    The Climate Crisis, and the road to energy freedom
  • Change Management Workshop
 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
On to Hanover - next year's conference
 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Wrap-up
Dinner:
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 PM – 7:45 PM
7:45 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Pre Dinner Cocktails / entertainment
Dinner
The Future of Rotary
Featured Speaker - Amanda Watkin (Rotary International President's Representative) 
Evening:
8:30 PM - ???
 
8:30 PM - ???
Options:
  • Shuttle to:
    Jazz event with Grand Bend's weekend art, food, and music festival
  • Free time in the Oakwood Pub
 

Sunday, May 6, 2018

No conference activities - stay and enjoy Grand Bend's weekend art, food, and music festival.