Conference Schedule
Sunday, October 18
| 9:00 am | Single Day Preconferences | |
| 6:00 pm | Newcomers Reception | |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Plenary Dinner Invocation by Chief Oren Lyons Keynote by John Zogby Performance by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and The Urban Bush Women |
Monday, October 19
| 8:00 am | Breakfast Roundtables | |
| 9:30 am | The Future and Our Role in Shaping It Breakout sessions by funder type and size | |
| 12:00 pm | Luncheon Plenary Wynton Marsalis performs The Ballad of American Arts | |
| 2:00 pm | Off-site Breakout sessions | |
| 6:30 pm | Dine-arounds | |
| 9:00 pm | Late Evening Grantmakers Cabaret | |
Space is limited for these Monday off-site sessions, so tickets are required and we recommend that you sign up in advance at the conference online registration application. Remaining tickets will be available at the registration desk on Monday morning. When the tickets for a session are all gone, you will know that session is full, and can make another choice. Participants will travel to offsite sessions by subway guided by local hosts. Your ticket will indicate when and where to meet your session group. | ||
Tuesday, October 20
| 8:00 am | Breakfast Roundtables | |
| 9:30 am | Breakout sessions | |
| 11:30 am | Luncheon Plenary Keynote by Kakuna Kerina | |
| 1:30 pm | Breakout sessions | |
| 3:30 pm | Breakout sessions | |
| 6:00 pm | Experience the Arts in New York |
Wednesday, October 21
| 8:30 am | Breakout sessions | |
| 10:30 am | Closing Brunch Plenary Reports from The Future and Our Role in Shaping It Keynote by Rocco Landesman, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts |
