2023 Annual Conference

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday October 4, 2023

11:00 AM  Make A Wish Project

3:00 PM    Tradeshow Setup & Silent Auction Setup

3:00 ­PM    Registration Opens

3:00 PM      Board Meeting

4:30 PM     Annual Business Meeting

5:30 PM     Reception in the Tradeshow

7:00 PM     Welcome Party by The Perdido Beach Resort & Gulf Shores

Orange Beach Tourism

Thursday October 5, 2023

8:00 AM     Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM  Welcome to The Perdido Beach Resort

8:45 AM  Greetings from Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism,

Beth Gendler, President & CEO, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism

9:00 AM  Hurricane Sally – Opportunities Abound, Karl Groux, General Manager,

Perdido Beach Resort

9:45 AM     Refreshments & Silent Auction Viewing

10:15 AM  Ransomware: Prevention, Detection and Response, Nic Cofield,

Jackson Thornton Technologies

11:00 AM  Best Practices for Non-Profits, Kyle Simpler & Trey Johns,

Carr, Riggs & Ingram

11:45 AM  Chef’s Luncheon & Wine Pairing @ $50 per person, limited to 50 people

2:00 PM     Afternoon Activities

Sail the Wild Heart @ $25

Beach Chair/Umbrella @ $25

5:30 PM     Silent Auction

6:30 PM     Group Dinner

Friday October 6, 2023

8:00 AM     Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM  Speaker TBA

9:00 AM   Food is Tourism and Economic Development,

Pete Blohme & Nick Dimario, PP Hospitality Concepts

10:00 AM  Refreshments & Hotel Check-out

10:30 AM  Mastering Your Memory, Tyler Enslin

12 Noon  Grand Prize Finale/Adjournment