Thursday, February 7, 2019 | |
8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Registration Open |
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Board of Trustees Meeting |
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | President's Welcome & Kick-Off (Open to everyone) |
Friday, February 8, 2019 | |
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | MBNA Ambassador’s Council Meeting (for Past Presidents only) |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Certified Memorialist Lunch and Workshop (for CMs only) |
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | MBNA Annual Business Meeting and Memorial Service |
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | The Four Pillars of MBNA MBNA Vice Presidents |
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | OSHA’s New Silica Rule – What You Need to Know Matt Pruitt, Elberton Granite Association, Inc. & Dave Sharamitaro, Husqvarna Group |
4:00 p.m. | Ribbon Cutting Ceremony |
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Opening Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall |
9:30 p.m. – Midnight | “Gateway” Hospitality Lounge |
Saturday, February 9, 2019 | |
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
8:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Exhibit Hall Open with Continental Breakfast on the Show Floor |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Newcomer’s Social |
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | That Won’t Sell In My Area Charlie Hunt, FICA, Hunt Memorials, Inc. |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Awards and Recognition Luncheon |
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | A History of Cremation Memorialization: Hope, Not Dispair Jason Engler, Cremation Historian, Cremation Association of North America |
1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Supplier/Bronze Division Meeting |
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Manufacturer/Wholesaler Division Meeting |
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Closing Happy Hour |
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Installation Celebration Reception |
10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. | “Gateway” Hospitality Lounge |
Sunday, February 10, 2019 | |
7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Registration Open |
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Worship Service |
8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open with Brunch on the Floor |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Lettering: Spacing & Kerning Jed Hendrickson, CM, AICA, Santa Barbara Monumental Company, Inc. |
12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Move-Out |
The following sessions are open to those registering for the optional Commitment to Excellence courses (additional fees apply) offered by the American Institute of Commemorative Art and MBNA. | |
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Lettering: It’s Relationship to Design Jed Hendrickson, CM, AICA, Santa Barbara Monumental Company, Inc. |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Six Basic Shapes: Design Possibilities from Ordinary Shapes Charlie Hunt, FAICA, Hunt Memorials, Inc. |
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Group Dinner & Informal Design Session: Trump That Monument! |
Monday, February 11, 2019 | |
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Move-Out |
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | American Grabstein: Bringing German Influence into your Memorials Tony Watson, AICA, Watson Signs & Monuments |