Convention Calendar January, 2017 Update January 2017 – December 2020
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*This Convention Calendar contains events booked by the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau and organizations requesting their events be published in the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau Convention Calendar
Convention Calendar Meeting Dates
Attendance
January 2017 1/2/2017 Student Mobilization
/ / Rooms Peak
3,000
675
2,085
25
14
28
6,000
800
1,800
6,500
600
1,600
3,850 1,000
3,050
01/05/2017 2017 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 1/6/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional 01/07/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session I HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 1/6/2017 Central Oklahoma Wrestling Association 01/07/2017 2017 United States Junior Open Championships (USJOC) HQ: Various Hotels 1/6/2017 Oklahoma Wind Volleyball 01/08/2017 Redland Rendezvous Tournament 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 1/11/2017 International Pro Rodeo Association 01/15/2017 International Finals Rodeo 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 1/15/2017 Express Employment Professionals
12
10
130
6,500
500
1,000
25
10
10
350
150
285
200
100
250
100
95
190
01/28/2017 Express New Franchise Training January 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 1/26/2017 Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association 01/28/2017 2017 Oklahoma Kids State Novice Wrestling Tournament HQ: Various Hotels
February 2017 2/3/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional 02/03/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session II HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 2/3/2017 The Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs 02/05/2017 Mid Winter Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 2/7/2017 Oklahoma State Firefighters Association 02/11/2017 Oklahoma Professional Firefighters HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 2/8/2017 Phillips 66
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2/8/2017 Phillips 66
100
95
190
2,170
250
1,000
3,500
350
925
7,500 1,000
4,000
02/10/2017 CFR Conference- Oklahoma City HQ: Embassy Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City Will Rogers Airport 2/8/2017 Kansas Quarter Horse Association 02/12/2017 Prairie Classic 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 2/8/2017 Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy 02/12/2017 2017 Nadia Comaneci International Invitational/Bart & Nadia Sports Experience HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 2/9/2017 Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association 02/11/2017 2017 National Championships HQ: Various Hotels 2/16/2017 Oklahoma YMCA Youth and Government Program
450
200
400
550
215
835
200
86
172
7,500
500
1,200
1,200
725
2,710
300
125
250
2,300
450
1,350
25
10
10
02/18/2017 State Conference 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 2/20/2017 Eberl Claim Services 02/22/2017 23rd Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/22/2017 American Fisheries Society - Southern Division 02/24/2017 Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society-OKlahoma Natural Resources Conference 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/24/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 02/25/2017 2017 State High School Wrestling Championships HQ: Various Hotels 2/24/2017 National Association for Developmental Education 03/05/2017 National Association for Developmental Education Annual Conference 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/26/2017 National Association of Conservation Districts 02/28/2017 Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts Annual State Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center
March 2017 3/2/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 03/04/2017 2017 Girls and Boys State Basketball Championships - Class A & B HQ: Various Hotels 3/3/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional 03/03/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session III HQ: Holiday Inn Airport Print Date: 01/09/2017
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3/3/2017 Big 12 Conference
4,500 1,000
3,420
03/06/2017 Women's Big 12 Basketball Championship 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/5/2017 Express Employment Professionals
12
10
120
150
85
267
12,000 3,600
13,830
5,000 2,306
23,000
03/17/2017 Express New Franchise Training March 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/6/2017 Council of Chief State School Officers 03/10/2017 Network for Transforming Educator Preparation Spring 2017 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 3/6/2017 LegalShield 03/13/2017 International Convention HQ: Various Hotels 3/8/2017 Oklahoma Youth Expo 03/17/2017 2017 Oklahoma Youth Expo HQ: Various Hotels 3/9/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA)
3,400
550
1,600
3,000
400
850
4,000 1,000
3,500
6,000 1,569
6,399
03/11/2017 2017 Girls and Boys State Basketball Championships - Class 2A, 3A, 4A HQ: Various Hotels 3/21/2017 FIRST 03/25/2017 2017 First Robotics - Oklahoma Regional Competition HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 3/22/2017 USA Wrestling 03/26/2017 2017 Girls Folkstyle Nationals/College Women National Championships HQ: Various Hotels 3/22/2017 NCAA 03/27/2017 2017 Division I Women's Regional Basketball Tournament HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 3/23/2017 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association
1,155
100
400
1,000
25
65
200
114
243
600
500
1,500
03/27/2017 OQHA Spring Show 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 3/27/2017 Society of Petroleum Engineers 03/29/2017 2017 Oil and GAs Symposium HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 3/29/2017 General Board of Discipleship for the United Methodist Church 03/31/2017 Multi-Ethnic Church Planting Event 2017 HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 3/30/2017 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software
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3/30/2017 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software
600
500
1,500
25
10
10
4,000 2,000
4,769
04/02/2017 Annual Computer Rx Idea Exchange HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/31/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional 03/31/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session IV HQ: Holiday Inn Airport
April 2017 4/2/2017 National Street Rod Association 04/09/2017 2017 Southwest Nationals Streetrods HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 4/5/2017 International Fire Service Accreditation Congress
100
100
450
1,000 1,650
4,950
2,200
400
1,235
5,000
23
1,886
900
150
700
200
104
336
3,500 1,600
9,100
04/08/2017 2017 IFSAC Annual Conference HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 4/6/2017 Casady Schools 04/08/2017 ISAS Fine Arts Festival 2017 HQ: Renaissance Waterford Oklahoma City Hotel 4/6/2017 Xyngular 04/08/2017 xyngular Xyngfling 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/6/2017 Oklahoma City Dodgers 09/17/2017 2017 DODGERS Baseball Visitors block HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 4/11/2017 Centennial Horse Show 04/17/2017 OK Centennial - Annual Show 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 4/17/2017 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 04/21/2017 ASCE - AEI Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/19/2017 American Quarter Horse Association 04/24/2017 2017 AQHA Level 1 Championship HQ: Various Hotels 4/23/2017 Express Employment Professionals
25
25
59
100
75
185
16,667 8,500
13,100
04/25/2017 Express Excelerate Training HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/26/2017 American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers 04/30/2017 Region XII CRC Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 4/27/2017 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Print Date: 01/09/2017
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4/27/2017 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
16,667 8,500
13,100
9,600 2,500
9,500
04/30/2017 Marathon 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/27/2017 Better Barrel Races 05/01/2017 Better Barrel Racing World Finals 2017 HQ: Various Hotels
May 2017 5/1/2017 Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association
125
55
75
2,500
200
450
2,800
300
600
25
10
10
1,400
325
525
6,000
350
1,025
1,500
450
950
1,400
325
525
800
225
1,000
2,000
146
818
125
25
65
05/03/2017 OGFA 119th Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Waterford Oklahoma City Hotel 5/2/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 05/03/2017 2017 State Slow Pitch Championships - A-6A HQ: Various Hotels 5/4/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 05/06/2017 2017 State Baseball Championships - Class A & B HQ: Various Hotels 5/5/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional 05/05/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session V HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 5/5/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 05/06/2017 2017 Girls State High School Tennis Championships HQ: Various Hotels 5/10/2017 Big 12 Conference 05/14/2017 Big 12 Softball Championship 2017 HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 5/11/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 05/13/2017 2017 State Baseball Championships - 2A-6A HQ: Various Hotels 5/12/2017 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 05/13/2017 2017 Boys State High School Tennis Championships HQ: Various Hotels 5/17/2017 173rd Airborne Brigade Association 05/22/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 5/23/2017 NCAA 05/30/2017 Division III Softball Championships 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 5/24/2017 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma Print Date: 01/09/2017
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5/24/2017 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma
125
25
65
2,500
318
1,809
9,500 2,800
13,278
05/26/2017 May 2017 CIC Class HQ: Home2 Suites by Hilton Quail Springs 5/24/2017 Big 12 Conference 05/28/2017 Big 12 Baseball Championship 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 5/30/2017 NCAA 06/07/2017 Women's College World Series 2017 HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 5/31/2017 Triple Crown Sports
4,500
600
3,000
1,866 1,110
8,880
06/06/2017 Girls' Fastpitch Event 2017 HQ: Various Hotels
June 2017 6/1/2017 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association 06/11/2017 OQHA Redbud Spectacular 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 6/2/2017 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional
25
10
10
30
35
70
300
50
150
5,000
650
2,025
400
25
75
3,220
700
5,042
600
320
1,455
150
85
255
06/02/2017 Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXII - Session VI HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 6/2/2017 American College of Prosthodontists 06/04/2017 American College of Prosthodontists Board of Directors Meeting HQ: Colcord Hotel 6/7/2017 Preservation Oklahoma, Inc. 06/09/2017 Oklahoma's 29th Annaul Statewide Preservation Conference HQ: 21c Museum Hotel 6/7/2017 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/12/2017 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 6/10/2017 The Bedford Agency 06/12/2017 Jay Bilas Basketball Skills Camp 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 6/13/2017 Non Pro Cutting Association 06/20/2017 Non Pro Cutting Championship 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 6/16/2017 Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts 06/21/2017 Annual Symposium HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 6/19/2017 National Association of Agricultural Educators Print Date: 01/09/2017
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6/19/2017 National Association of Agricultural Educators
150
85
255
300
55
225
75
55
172
150
75
300
7,140 1,050
10,500
06/22/2017 NAAE Region 2 Conference HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 6/20/2017 Jack and Jill of America 06/25/2017 2017 Annual Teen Regional Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 6/21/2017 THe American Academy of Ophthalmology 06/25/2017 Board of Trustees Meeting HQ: Colcord Hotel 6/21/2017 TACAMO Community Veterans Association 06/26/2017 TACAMO Community Veterans Association Reunion 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 6/22/2017 National Reining Horse Association 07/01/2017 2017 National Reining Horse Derby HQ: Various Hotels 6/23/2017 CompSource Mutual Insurance Company
375
180
800
3,500
550
2,020
13,741
230
2,970
14,000
650
7,400
75
50
150
3,700
531
1,304
50,176
900
12,042
160
130
400
06/29/2017 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 6/27/2017 OKC Kennel Club Mid Del Kennel Club 07/02/2017 2017 OKC Summer Classic HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown
July 2017 7/6/2017 Greater Oklahoma Hunter Jumper Association 07/18/2017 GO Hunter Jumper Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 7/22/2017 Arabian Horse Association 07/29/2017 Arabian Youth Nationals 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 7/27/2017 Bringing Rotated Americans Together The Reunion Brat (Bat Cats) 07/30/2017 Military Reunion 2017 HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 7/31/2017 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education 08/02/2017 2017 Annual Summer Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
August 2017 8/1/2017 American Quarter Horse Youth Association 08/15/2017 2017 AQHA Youth World Championship Show HQ: Various Hotels 8/15/2017 Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Print Date: 01/09/2017
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8/15/2017 Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
160
130
400
30
30
90
11,872
665
2,564
225
115
275
125
25
65
100
90
335
300
125
655
150
50
250
9,500 1,500
3,905
08/17/2017 2017 ASTSWMO Joint Hazardous Waste & Materials Management Training Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 8/17/2017 The First Tee Coach Program 08/19/2017 Coach Training OKC 2017 HQ: Fairfield Inn Oklahoma City South 8/18/2017 Shootout Productions, Inc. 08/21/2017 Oklahoma Barrel Racing Summer Shootout HQ: Various Hotels
September 2017 9/7/2017 ConvergX 09/13/2017 Annual Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 9/20/2017 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma 09/22/2017 September 2017 CIC Class HQ: Home2 Suites by Hilton Quail Springs 9/24/2017 National Association of State EMS Officials 09/28/2017 2017 Fall Meeting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City
October 2017 10/4/2017 25th Infantry Division Association 10/07/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 10/4/2017 National Association of the Deaf (NAD) 10/09/2017 6th Biennial National Leadership Training Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/5/2017 Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation (OKCBF) 10/08/2017 Head of the Oklahoma Regatta 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 10/6/2017 American Morgan Horse Association
6,805
800
11,759
800
200
655
300
75
187
10/21/2017 Grand National Morgan Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 10/10/2017 National Association for Campus Activities 10/15/2017 Annual Central Regional Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/14/2017 American Water Works Association
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10/14/2017 American Water Works Association
300
75
187
1,000
635
1,939
200
140
446
23,333 4,776
45,360
10/18/2017 Southwest Section Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/18/2017 Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 10/23/2017 2017 Southwest Lieutenancy Annual Business Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/18/2017 Federation of Fire Chaplains 10/25/2017 39th Annual Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 10/20/2017 U.S. Team Roping Championship 10/30/2017 US Team Roping Championships HQ: Various Hotels
November 2017 11/2/2017 Women's Barbershop Chorus
150
75
150
500
100
200
11,000 2,500
28,107
11/05/2017 Region 25 Fall Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/3/2017 Oklahoma Square Dance Federation (OSDF) 11/05/2017 Annual Festival and Meeting HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 11/3/2017 American Quarter Horse Association 11/19/2017 AQHA World Championship Quarter Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 11/7/2017 International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO)
350
125
435
700
235
693
175
59
125
6,000 1,600
18,152
11/13/2017 2017 Mid-Year Convention & Tournament HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 11/10/2017 Athletic Dealers of America 11/12/2017 Retail Dealers Trade Show HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/16/2017 NAPA Auto Parts 11/18/2017 Genuine Auto-NAPA Auto Parts OK 2017 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 11/21/2017 National Reining Horse Association 12/03/2017 National Reining Futurity 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 11/30/2017 Model A Ford Club of America
125
60
170
12/03/2017 National Membership Meeting 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel Print Date: 01/09/2017
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December 2017 12/5/2017 Barrel Futurities of America
6,125 1,100
6,350
12/10/2017 World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity HQ: Various Hotels
March 2018 3/6/2018 American Choral Directors Association
300
550
1,880
1,800
400
1,513
5,000
700
3,000
600
500
1,500
50
65
200
250
205
712
350
185
750
5,000
650
2,025
150
130
580
1,200
500
1,890
03/11/2018 ACDA Southwestern Division Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/15/2018 Organization of American Kodaly Educators 03/25/2018 OAKE National Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
April 2018 4/4/2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research 04/07/2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research HQ: Various Hotels 4/5/2018 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software 04/08/2018 Annual Computer Rx Idea Exchange HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/18/2018 American Youth Horse Council 04/24/2018 Symposium HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 4/22/2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 04/28/2018 Annual IEEE Radar Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
June 2018 6/4/2018 Environmental Design Research Association 06/11/2018 EDRA Annual Conference 2018 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 6/6/2018 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/11/2018 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City
July 2018 7/20/2018 National Association of State Budget Officers 07/26/2018 2018 Annual Meeting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City
October 2018 10/1/2018 American Indian Science and Engineering Society
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10/1/2018 American Indian Science and Engineering Society
1,200
500
1,890
500
350
1,467
5,000
650
2,025
8,000 1,800
9,951
10/07/2018 Annual National Conference and Career Fair 2018 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
November 2018 11/4/2018 National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds 11/10/2018 Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
June 2019 6/5/2019 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/10/2019 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 6/14/2019 National Beta Club 06/22/2019 2019 National Convention HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
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