Convention Calendar November 2015 Update November 2015 – December 2019
Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau 123 Park Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73102 www.visitokc.com
*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
November 2015 11/1/2015 Express Employment Professionals
/ / Rooms Peak
15
12
156
125
129
260
100
100
160
225
89
155
150
10
40
150
75
150
11,000 2,500
25,000
11/14/2015 Express New Franchise Training November HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/4/2015 Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce 11/06/2015 2015 Inner City Visit HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 11/4/2015 Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Executives 11/06/2015 2015 Annual Conference HQ: Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City - Bricktown 11/5/2015 Genuine Parts Company 11/06/2015 Napa Auto Parts HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 11/5/2015 FortuneBuilders, Inc. 11/09/2015 FortuneBuilders 2015 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/6/2015 Women's Barbershop Chorus 11/08/2015 Region 25 Fall Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/7/2015 American Quarter Horse Association 11/21/2015 AQHA World Championship Quarter Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 11/10/2015 North Dallas Travelers
25
10
20
150
35
37
800
335
1,340
17
9
360
350
292
1,278
11/12/2015 Girls Getaway HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 11/11/2015 Oklahoma Association of Health Care Providers 11/12/2015 2015 Annual Board & Owners' Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/11/2015 Oklahoma City University 11/15/2015 National Association of Teachers Singing 2015 HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 11/14/2015 OKC Blue - D-League of the OKC Thunder 04/03/2016 2015-2016 OKC BLUE- visiting team rooms HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/15/2015 American Association for Adult & Continuing Education
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11/15/2015 American Association for Adult & Continuing Education
350
292
1,278
120
108
324
6,000 1,000
10,000
11/21/2015 American Association for Adult & Continuning Education HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/16/2015 Oklahoma Farm Service Agency 11/19/2015 2015 Oklahoma FSA Conservation Training HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 11/26/2015 National Reining Horse Association 12/05/2015 National Reining Futurity 2015 HQ: Various Hotels 11/29/2015 Express Employment Professionals
15
12
156
10
10
22
6,125 1,800
9,000
12/12/2015 Express New Franchise Training December HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/30/2015 International Registration Plan, Inc. 12/02/2015 International Registration Plan Inc. Meeting HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown
December 2015 12/8/2015 Barrel Futurities of America 12/12/2015 World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity HQ: Various Hotels 12/20/2015 Oklahoma City All Sports Association
2,500
424
475
6,500
600
1,600
3,000
675
2,085
3,850 1,000
3,250
12/20/2015 Big 12/SEC Women's Basketball Challenge 2015 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown
January 2016 1/1/2016 Oklahoma Charge Volleyball 01/03/2016 Redland Rendezvous 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 1/2/2016 Student Mobilization 01/05/2016 2016 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 1/13/2016 International Pro Rodeo Association 01/17/2016 International Finals Rodeo 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 1/14/2016 The League of Agricultre & Equine Centers
60
50
180
7,500 1,000
2,015
01/20/2016 The League Footing Academy & League Symposium HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport 1/28/2016 American Spirit Championships
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1/28/2016 American Spirit Championships
7,500 1,000
2,015
01/31/2016 Central National Finals-World Bids 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 1/29/2016 Phi Gamma Delta
350
20
40
120
95
290
600
78
156
350
375
1,350
10
10
20
220
125
465
2,170
250
1,000
75
30
30
3,500
350
925
1,500
215
600
200
100
150
100
60
210
01/31/2016 100th Alumni Dinner HQ: Colcord Hotel
February 2016 2/4/2016 Amateur Softball Association 02/07/2016 2016 JO (Junior Olympic) Workshop HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 2/5/2016 Alpha Kappa Psi 02/07/2016 Professional Business Leadership Institute HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 2/6/2016 Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers 02/10/2016 SACRAO Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/9/2016 Mountain-Plains Museums Association 02/11/2016 Board Meeting HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 2/9/2016 Association of Destination Management Executives International 02/14/2016 2016 Annual Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 2/10/2016 Kansas Quarter Horse Association 02/14/2016 Prairie Classic 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 2/12/2016 International Pentecostal Holiness Church Heartland Chapter 02/13/2016 Heartland Conference IPHC HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport 2/12/2016 Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy 02/14/2016 2016 Nadia Comaneci International Invitational/Bart & Nadia Sports Experience HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/21/2016 Hart Energy Publishing, LLP 02/27/2016 Hart Energy DUG Attendees and Prodution rooms HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/24/2016 American Fisheries Society - Southern Division 02/26/2016 Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisherier Society-OKlahoma Natural Resources Conference 2016 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 2/24/2016 University of Central Oklahoma Print Date: 11/04/2015
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2/24/2016 University of Central Oklahoma
100
60
210
400
133
273
7,500
500
1,200
111
15
30
4,500 1,049
4,402
02/27/2016 South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 2/25/2016 National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc 02/28/2016 Southwest Regional HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 2/26/2016 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 02/27/2016 2016 State High School Wrestling Championships HQ: Various Hotels 2/26/2016 Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity 02/28/2016 Emerging Leaders Conference 2016 HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport
March 2016 3/4/2016 Big 12 Conference 03/07/2016 Women's Big 12 Basketball Championship 2016 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/8/2016 Federation of Business Disciplines
800
250
820
5,000 2,371
23,000
03/12/2016 Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/9/2016 Oklahoma Youth Expo 03/19/2016 2016 Oklahoma Youth Expo HQ: Hyatt Place Oklahoma City Airport 3/15/2016 NCAA
15,000
862
4,309
1,155
100
400
600
500
1,500
600
591
1,873
4,000 2,000
4,737
03/20/2016 2016 Division I Men's Basketball - 2nd/3rd Round (previously First/Second Rounds) HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 3/24/2016 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association 03/28/2016 OQHA Spring Show 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 3/31/2016 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software 04/03/2016 Annual Computer Rx Idea Exchange HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
April 2016 4/3/2016 Cornerstone Credit Union League 04/07/2016 Annual Meeting and Convention HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/3/2016 National Street Rod Association
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4/3/2016 National Street Rod Association
4,000 2,000
4,737
04/12/2016 2016 Southwest Nationals Streetrods HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 4/4/2016 Oklahoma State Firefighters Association
200
125
408
900
150
700
8,000
345
830
3,500 1,600
9,100
04/09/2016 Oklahoma Fire Chief Association HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 4/7/2016 Centennial Horse Show 04/10/2016 OK Centennial - Annual Show 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 4/12/2016 Joyce Meyer Ministries 04/17/2016 2016 JMM Oklahoma City Staff and Attendee HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/13/2016 American Quarter Horse Association 04/16/2016 2016 AQHA Level 1 Championship HQ: Various Hotels 4/13/2016 Joyce Meyer Ministries
8,000
3
9
2,000
158
360
450
201
412
5,000
23
1,817
150
102
382
16,667 8,500
13,000
9,600 2,500
9,500
04/16/2016 2016 JMM Oklahoma City VIP HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/14/2016 Oklahoma Dental Association 04/16/2016 2016 Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/14/2016 United Methodist Church 04/17/2016 United Methodist South Central Jurisdictional Womens Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/14/2016 Oklahoma City Dodgers 09/17/2016 2016 DODGERS Baseball Visitors block HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 4/17/2016 National Association of Church Personnel Administrators 04/19/2016 NACPA 2016 Annual Convention HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/20/2016 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon 04/24/2016 Marathon 2016 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 4/21/2016 Better Barrel Races 04/25/2016 Better Barrel Racing World Finals 2016 HQ: Various Hotels
May 2016 5/1/2016 International Registration Plan, Inc.
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170
154
491
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5/1/2016 International Registration Plan, Inc.
170
154
491
500
196
770
500
320
1,379
70
35
94
50
40
120
1,200
273
725
160
85
230
2,500
285
1,633
1,500
75
220
1,866 1,110
9,990
5,000
650
2,025
3,220
700
5,500
7,140 1,050
8,400
05/06/2016 2016 IRP Annual Meeting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 5/1/2016 Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts 05/06/2016 2016 National Land & Range Judging HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 5/1/2016 Ex Libris Users of North America 05/07/2016 Ex Libris Technical Seminar and ELUNA Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 5/9/2016 Southern Gas Association 05/14/2016 Emergency Management Workshop HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 5/11/2016 Western Association of University Publications Managers 05/14/2016 National Conference HQ: Colcord Hotel 5/11/2016 Christian Community Health Fellowship 05/16/2016 Christian Community Health Fellowship HQ: Country Inn & Suites Oklahoma City North Quail Springs 5/17/2016 Cornerstone Credit Union League 05/21/2016 Southwest Lending Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 5/25/2016 Big 12 Conference 05/29/2016 Big 12 Baseball Championship 2016 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 5/31/2016 Solution Tree 06/03/2016 2016 PLC Institute HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City
June 2016 6/2/2016 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association 06/12/2016 OQHA Redbud Spectacular 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 6/8/2016 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/13/2016 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 6/14/2016 Non Pro Cutting Association 06/21/2016 Non Pro Cutting Championship 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 6/23/2016 National Reining Horse Association
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6/23/2016 National Reining Horse Association
7,140 1,050
8,400
07/02/2016 2016 National Reining Horse Derby HQ: Various Hotels
July 2016 7/5/2016 Wild West History Association
180
100
420
3,000
667
7,333
12,000 3,600
13,830
07/10/2016 Annual Roundup 2016 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 7/6/2016 Greater Oklahoma Hunter Jumper Association 07/16/2016 GO Hunter Jumper Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 7/11/2016 LegalShield 07/18/2016 International Convention HQ: Various Hotels 7/20/2016 United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc. (UNITY)
1,200
500
2,214
14,000
650
7,400
350
75
225
100
44
92
3,700
502
1,449
700
245
800
9,200
577
6,923
60
40
100
6,090
668
2,004
07/27/2016 2016 National Convention for Youth and Young Adults UNITY HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 7/23/2016 Arabian Horse Association 07/30/2016 Arabian Youth Nationals 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 7/26/2016 National Energy Solutions Institute - SES 07/28/2016 Energy Solutions Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 7/27/2016 Kappa Alpha Order 07/31/2016 2016 Advisory Council Meting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 7/30/2016 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education 08/03/2016 Annual Summer Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
August 2016 8/2/2016 Beta Theta Pi Fraternity 08/07/2016 Beta Theta Pi 180th General Convention HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 8/3/2016 American Quarter Horse Youth Association 08/15/2016 AQHA Youth World Championship Show HQ: Various Hotels 8/5/2016 National Federation of State High School Associations 08/07/2016 Policy Debate Topic Selection Meeting HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 8/19/2016 Shootout Productions, Inc. Print Date: 11/04/2015
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8/19/2016 Shootout Productions, Inc.
6,090
668
2,004
5,000 2,500
7,000
08/21/2016 Oklahoma Barrel Racing Summer Shootout HQ: Various Hotels
September 2016 9/21/2016 Friends of Multisport, Inc. 09/25/2016 ITU Long Distance World Triathlon HQ: Various Hotels 9/25/2016 Association of University Research Parks
35
110
324
300
106
243
3,500
534
8,000
120
60
180
300
235
995
400
167
616
300
230
660
500
244
718
150
75
150
10/02/2016 2016 Intl Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City
October 2016 10/2/2016 Watereuse Association 10/05/2016 Watereuse Potable Reuse Summitt HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/7/2016 American Morgan Horse Association 10/21/2016 Grand National Morgan Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 10/12/2016 University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies 10/15/2016 2016 AGLSP-Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Program 2016 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/15/2016 Gen Grand Chpt Order of the Eastern Star 10/20/2016 Oklahoma Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star Annual Session HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 10/22/2016 Mountain-Plains Museums Association 10/27/2016 Annual Conference HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 10/23/2016 American Trucking Associations 10/27/2016 2016 ATA Safety, Human Resources & Supply Chain Security National Conference & Exhibition HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
November 2016 11/3/2016 Southern Association of College & University Business Officers 11/09/2016 Fall Workshop HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/10/2016 Women's Barbershop Chorus 11/13/2016 Region 25 Fall Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center Print Date: 11/04/2015
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January 2017 1/2/2017 Student Mobilization
3,000
675
2,085
350
150
285
1,200
725
2,710
6,000 1,569
6,399
01/05/2017 2017 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
February 2017 2/16/2017 The Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs 02/19/2017 Mid Winter Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 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
March 2017 3/22/2017 NCAA 03/27/2017 2017 Division I Women's Regional Basketball Tournament HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 3/30/2017 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software
600
500
1,500
100
75
185
800
225
1,000
5,000
650
2,025
600
320
1,455
3,700
531
1,304
300
125
655
04/02/2017 Annual Computer Rx Idea Exchange HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
April 2017 4/26/2017 American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers 04/30/2017 Region XII CRC Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City
May 2017 5/17/2017 173rd Airborne Brigade Association 05/22/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
June 2017 6/7/2017 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/12/2017 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 6/16/2017 Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts 06/21/2017 Annual Symposium HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
July 2017 7/31/2017 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education 08/02/2017 2017 Annual Summer Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
October 2017 10/4/2017 25th Infantry Division Association Print Date: 11/04/2015
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10/4/2017 25th Infantry Division Association
300
125
655
800
200
655
1,000
635
1,939
150
75
150
5,000
700
3,000
600
500
1,500
5,000
650
2,025
5,000
650
2,025
10/07/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 10/10/2017 National Association for Campus Activities 10/15/2017 Annual Central Regional 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
November 2017 11/2/2017 Women's Barbershop Chorus 11/05/2017 Region 25 Fall Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center
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
June 2018 6/6/2018 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/11/2018 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 6/5/2019 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/10/2019 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City
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