April 28 - May 1

Springfield, MO

• 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Registration – Holiday Inn Express Hotel Lobby
• 6:00 pm, President’s Reception – Ozark Empire Fairgrounds – Triple S Properties Bar and Grill (Shuttle provided from hotel to Fairgrounds
• 8:00 pm, Hospitality Suite Open – Holiday Inn Express (Harwood Room)

• 7:00 am, Registration Open – Holiday Inn Express Hotel Lobby
• 7:00 am, Breakfast at Hotel
• 8:00 am, Business Meeting - Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Wilson Logistics Arena Little Ranch & Cattle Club
• 9:00 - 9:30 am, Fair Business Updates - IAFE President & CEO, David Grindle
• 9:30– 10:30 am, How the Most Elite in the World Behave to Win - Craig Flowers
• 10:30- 10:45 am, Break
• 10:45 – 11:45 am, Weights Versus Dates - Clay Zwilling, Montie Soules, Blake Nelson, Al & Kandi Schminke
• 11:45 am, Lunch at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds – Triple S Properties Bar and Grill
• 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm, Next Generation of Show Judges - Clay Zwilling, Montie Soules, Blake Nelson, Al & Kandi Schminke
• 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm, Hot Topics
• 2:30 pm, Load Bus for hotel
• 3:00 pm, Bus Leave for Industry Tours & Dinner
• 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Convoy of Hope Tour
• 5:00 - 6:00 pm, ShowMe Genetics Tour
• 6:30 pm, Millsap Farm Tour & Dinner
• 8:00 pm, Load buses to return to hotel
• 8:30 pm, Hospitality Suite Open – Holiday Inn Express (Harwood Room)

• 7:00 am, Breakfast at Hotel
• 8:00 am, Business Meeting -Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Wilson Logistics Arena Little Ranch & Cattle Club
• 8:45 - 9:35 am, The Next Era of the Equine Industry, Katie Reynolds, Director of Youth Development & AQHYA,& Shawn Martin, COO, The Run for a Million
• 9:35 - 9:45 am, Break
• 9:45 - 10:30 am, Unleash the Power of Authentic Event Marketing, PRCA CMO Paul Woody
• 10:30 - 11:30 am, Agriculture Outside the Arena - Blayne Arthur, Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture
• 11:30 am, Lunch – at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds – Triple S Properties Bar and Grill
• 12:30 pm - 1:20pm, Noise New Media
• 1:20 pm, Unfinished Business, Adjourn Business Meeting
• 1:30 pm, Load Bus for hotel stop
• 2:00 pm, Load Bus for Industry Tours & Dinner
• 2:30 - 3:30 pm, SRC Reman Facility
• 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Wonders of Wildlife
• 6:30 pm, Ozark Empire Fair Dinner – Triple S Properties Bar and Grill Sponsored by the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds
• 8:00 pm, Load buses to return to hotel
• 8:30 pm, Hospitality Suite Open – Holiday Inn Express (Harwood Room)

Accommodations

HOST HOTEL

Holiday Inn Express and Suites - Springfield North