2018 Schedule of Events
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Wednesday, February 28
| 9:00 AM | Pre-Conference Tour |
Thursday, March 1
| 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Pre-Conference Workshops |
| 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Eighth Annual Teaching Institute |
| 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Committee Meetings |
| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Silent Auction Intake |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Newcomers Welcome |
| 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Opening Plenary |
| 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Opening Reception and Poster Session I |
| 9:00 PM | Student Social Hour |
Friday, March 2
| 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Distinguished and Rising Star Faculty Lectures |
| 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open and Silent Auction Bidding |
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Poster Session II: Face-to-Face Time with Presenters |
| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | AGHE Networking Through Pecha Kucha |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Committee Meetings |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open and Silent Auction Bidding |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions and Mentoring with AGHE Fellows |
| 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM | AGHE Town Hall |
| 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | AGHE Business Meeting |
| 7:45 PM | Dine Arounds |
Saturday, March 3
| 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Institutional Reps Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Hiram Friedsam Award Lecture |
| 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Open and Silent Auction Bidding |
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Poster Session III: Face-to-Face Time with Presenters |
| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | A Spotlight on Gerontology Programs Around the Globe |
| 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Committee Meetings |
| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 2:30 PM | Silent Auction Closing |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions and Global Business of Aging Pitch Competition |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | K-12 Committee Student Writing Contest and Award Ceremony |
| 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Clark Tibbitts Award Lecture |
| 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Evening Event: Totally Awesome 80s Neon Bash |
Sunday, March 4
| 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM | Interfaith Worship/Memorial Service |
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Concurrent Sessions |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Committee Meetings |
| 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Closing Plenary |