| O'ahu Program May 14 |
| 2008 HTA FESTIVALS & EVENTS SEMINAR PROGRAM
Secrets for Growth | | REGISTRATION | 7:45 – 8:30 a.m. | | OPENING CELEBRATION | 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | | WELCOME & CONFERENCE OPENING | 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Muriel Anderson
| | Vice President –Tourism Product Development, Hawai'i Tourism Authority | | DESTINATION TRENDS & THE ROLE OF FESTIVALS AND EVENTS | 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | | Dan McConnell | | Managing Director, DDB Public Relations | | | LEADERSHIP: HOW THE GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH GARLIC | 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Ed Struzik
| | 2008 President, The Gilroy Garlic Festival | | LUNCH | 11: 30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | | SMALL BUT MIGHTY: A TOWN OF 8,000 HOSTS ONE OF THE TOP FESTIVALS IN THE NATION | 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Joe Vera
President & CEO, BorderFest | | NETWORKING BREAK | 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | See National Award Winning Operations, Marketing and Sponsor Collateral from Best Festivals in the Nation; Meet representatives from local festivals | | BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Choose between:
101 BEGINNING OPERATIONS or 401 ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | | OPERATIONS 401- ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
THE NITTY GRITTY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING FOR NEW OR RECORD BREAKING FESTS | Kay Wolf
| | Hidalgo, Texas, Assistant General Manager, Planner for BorderFest & Festival of Lights | | OPERATIONS 101 – BEGINNING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
A CALABASH OF CASE STUDIES: O'AHU | Brion Chang
President, Creative FX
Vicki Holt Takamine
Executive Director, PA’I Foundation Winston Welch
Ex. Dir., Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation & Honolulu Rainbow Film Fest.
| | HAWAI'I TOURISM AUTHORITY BRIEFING | 3:15- 3:45 p.m. | Muriel Anderson
| | Vice President –Tourism Product Development, Hawai'i Tourism Authority | | Program Subject to Change without Notice |
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