Convention Calendar September 1, 2016 Update September 2016 – December 2020
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
September 2016 9/1/2016 C2 Ventures / Comic Con
/ / Rooms Peak
10,000 3,500
7,200
09/05/2016 2016 Geekinomicon OKC HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 9/2/2016 USA Softball
1,500
640
1,920
550
250
650
135
125
500
1,500
640
1,920
300
195
506
500
250
1,120
25
22
44
2,600
500
1,200
250
175
835
5,000 2,500
7,000
09/04/2016 ASA Men's Class C National Championship 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 9/2/2016 United States Tennis Association - Missouri Valley 09/06/2016 USTA Missouri Valley Supers 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 9/5/2016 Tinker Air Force Base 09/09/2016 TODO Conference HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 9/9/2016 USA Softball 09/11/2016 ASA Men's Class D & E National Championship 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 9/13/2016 Oklahoma Municipal League 09/15/2016 2016 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 9/14/2016 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 09/17/2016 Biomarkers and Therapuetics un Sjogren's Syndrome Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 9/15/2016 Executive Service Corps of OK 09/17/2016 ESC-US National Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 9/16/2016 South Lakes Soccer Club 09/18/2016 13th Annual Cosmos Cup HQ: Various Hotels 9/17/2016 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 09/22/2016 EPA Region 6 MS4 Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 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
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35
110
324
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9/25/2016 Association of University Research Parks
35
110
324
85
40
160
30
12
48
60
25
150
9,500 1,500
3,905
10/02/2016 2016 Intl Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 9/26/2016 Fiserv Solutions LLC 09/29/2016 2016 Premier Regional Training HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport 9/28/2016 Super Sixth: The Story of Patton's 6th Armored Division in WWII 10/02/2016 2016 Annual Conference HQ: Hampton Inn & Suites Oklahoma City - Bricktown 9/28/2016 USA Softball 10/02/2016 Individual Teams for USA Softball events HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 9/29/2016 Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation (OKCBF) 10/02/2016 Head of the Oklahoma Regatta 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 9/30/2016 North Oklahoma City Soccer Club
2,000
300
600
700
250
925
300
106
243
200
100
215
125
90
395
2,800
300
600
2,500
400
800
1,000
200
420
10/01/2016 Red Earth Fall Invitational 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 9/30/2016 Intercollegiate Tennis Association 10/03/2016 2016 Division II Men's and Women's Central Regional HQ: Various Hotels
October 2016 10/2/2016 Watereuse Association 10/05/2016 Watereuse Potable Reuse Summitt HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/4/2016 Missouri Valley Section- Institute of Transporation Engineers (MOTIVE) 10/07/2016 2016 MOVITE Fall Meeting HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/5/2016 Elephant Managers Association 10/09/2016 Elephant Managers Annual Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 10/6/2016 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 10/08/2016 State Fall Baseball Championships - Class A & B 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 10/6/2016 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 10/08/2016 Class B - 3A Fast Pitch Softball State Championships 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 10/6/2016 Oklahoma City Youth Hockey Association
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10/6/2016 Oklahoma City Youth Hockey Association
1,000
200
420
3,500
534
8,000
400
125
375
100
80
205
500
95
267
120
60
180
185
50
122
200
65
85
3,000
200
500
70
30
75
800
75
745
300
235
995
80
80
200
10/09/2016 Oktoberfest Youth Hockey Tournament 2016 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 10/7/2016 American Morgan Horse Association 10/21/2016 Grand National Morgan Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 10/8/2016 United States Tennis Association 10/10/2016 Boy/Girl 18U Regional Tournament 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 10/10/2016 Carlisle FoodService 10/13/2016 Carlisle U Training Session HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 10/11/2016 Texas Longhorn Marketing Alliance 10/16/2016 Longhorn World Championship 2016 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 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 10/12/2016 Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice 10/16/2016 Southwest Association of Criminal Justice 2016 Conference HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 10/13/2016 Association of YMCA Professionals 10/14/2016 Fall Regional Conference HQ: 21c Museum Hotel 10/13/2016 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) 10/15/2016 OSSAA 4A-6A Fast Pitch Softball State Championships 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 10/13/2016 Sooner Model A 10/16/2016 Sooner Model A Club Regional Fall Foliage Meeting HQ: Comfort Inn & Suites Quail Springs 10/14/2016 Philadelphia Church of God 10/24/2016 2016 Philadelphia Church of God Fall Feast of Tabernacles HQ: Days Inn Oklahoma City North 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 10/16/2016 Collegiate Resource Marketing
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10/16/2016 Collegiate Resource Marketing
80
80
200
200
198
621
75
40
120
1,300
500
1,500
400
167
616
15,500 2,389
19,112
10/18/2016 The Business of Small College Athletics 2016 HQ: Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown 10/17/2016 Lincoln Financial Group 10/21/2016 PPSS October/ LFN Staff Symposium HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 10/18/2016 Southern Gas Association 10/20/2016 SGA 2016 Engine Emissions Stack Testing & Analyzer Workshop HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/21/2016 Oklahoma City University Wrestling Program 10/23/2016 OCU Women's Duals 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 10/22/2016 Mountain Plains Museums Association 10/27/2016 Annual Conference HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 10/22/2016 U.S. Team Roping Championship 10/30/2016 US Team Roping Championships HQ: Various Hotels 10/23/2016 American Trucking Associations
300
230
660
1,500
215
585
25
20
60
40
40
40
200
114
243
50
20
60
10/27/2016 2016 ATA Safety, Human Resources & Supply Chain Security National Conference & Exhibition HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/23/2016 Hart Energy Publishing, LLP 10/28/2016 Hart Energy DUG Attendees and Prodution rooms HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 10/24/2016 Southeastern Electric Exchange, Inc. 10/27/2016 Metering & Distribution Service Devices Committee Meeting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 10/27/2016 American Bar Association 10/28/2016 The Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice Fall Meeting HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City
November 2016 11/1/2016 General Board of Discipleship for the United Methodist Church 11/03/2016 Multi-Ethnic Church Planting Event 2016 HQ: Crowne Plaza Oklahoma City 11/3/2016 Farmhouse Foundation 11/06/2016 Board Meeting 2016 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City Print Date: 09/01/2016
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11/3/2016 Southern Association of College & University Business Officers
500
244
718
600
200
400
500
80
160
950
250
350
11,000 2,500
25,000
11/09/2016 Fall Workshop HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 11/4/2016 Edmond Soccer Club 11/05/2016 Turkey Shootout 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 11/4/2016 Oklahoma Square Dance Federation (OSDF) 11/06/2016 Annual Festival and Meeting HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 11/5/2016 Oklahoma City University Wrestling Program 11/06/2016 OCU College Open Tournament 2016 HQ: Various Hotels 11/5/2016 American Quarter Horse Association 11/19/2016 AQHA World Championship Quarter Horse Show HQ: Various Hotels 11/9/2016 AFC Travel Soultions for non-profits
1,500
27
87
150
75
150
125
20
55
175
89
155
6,000 1,000
10,000
11/13/2016 Youth America Conference 2016 HQ: Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City - Bricktown 11/10/2016 Women's Barbershop Chorus 11/13/2016 Region 25 Fall Meeting HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/15/2016 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma 11/18/2016 November 2016 CIC Class HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 11/17/2016 NAPA Auto Parts 11/19/2016 NAPA Auto Parts OK Nov 2016 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 11/24/2016 National Reining Horse Association 12/03/2016 National Reining Futurity 2016 HQ: Various Hotels
December 2016 12/5/2016 Federal Aviation Administration
50
15
60
6,125 1,800
9,000
12/09/2016 FASMAT 2016 HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 12/6/2016 Barrel Futurities of America 12/10/2016 World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity HQ: Various Hotels Print Date: 09/01/2016
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January 2017 1/2/2017 Student Mobilization
3,000
675
2,085
3,850 1,000
3,050
01/05/2017 2017 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 1/11/2017 International Pro Rodeo Association 01/15/2017 International Finals Rodeo 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 1/24/2017 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma
125
25
65
200
100
250
2,170
250
1,000
3,500
350
925
450
200
400
350
150
285
550
215
835
200
86
172
400
150
300
1,200
725
2,710
05/26/2017 May 2017 CIC Class HQ: Home2 Suites by Hilton Quail Springs
February 2017 2/7/2017 Oklahoma State Firefighters Association 02/11/2017 Oklahoma Professional Firefighters HQ: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center 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 2/16/2017 Oklahoma YMCA Youth and Government Program 02/18/2017 State Conference 2017 HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 2/16/2017 The Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs 02/19/2017 Mid Winter Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 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 Brave and Free Movement 02/26/2017 Brave and Free National Conference HQ: Sheraton Hotel Oklahoma City Downtown 2/24/2017 National Association for Developmental Education
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2/24/2017 National Association for Developmental Education
1,200
725
2,710
300
125
250
12,000 3,600
13,830
5,000 2,306
23,000
6,000 1,569
6,399
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 3/6/2017 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 3/22/2017 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
600
500
1,500
1,000 1,650
4,950
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 3/30/2017 Computer-Rx Pharmacy Software 04/02/2017 Annual Computer Rx Idea Exchange HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
April 2017 4/6/2017 Casady Schools 04/08/2017 ISAS Fine Arts Festival 2017 HQ: Renaissance Waterford Oklahoma City Hotel 4/11/2017 Centennial Horse Show
900
150
700
200
104
336
2,200
400
1,235
3,500 1,600
9,100
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 4/18/2017 Xyngular 04/23/2017 xyngular Xyngfling 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 4/19/2017 American Quarter Horse Association Print Date: 09/01/2016
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4/19/2017 American Quarter Horse Association
3,500 1,600
9,100
04/24/2017 2017 AQHA Level 1 Championship HQ: Various Hotels 4/26/2017 American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
100
75
185
9,600 2,500
9,500
04/30/2017 Region XII CRC Conference HQ: Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City 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
800
225
1,000
2,500
318
1,809
1,866 1,110
8,880
5,000
650
2,025
3,220
700
5,042
600
320
1,455
150
85
255
300
55
225
75
55
172
05/03/2017 OGFA 119th Annual Meeting HQ: Renaissance Waterford Oklahoma City Hotel 5/17/2017 173rd Airborne Brigade Association 05/22/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel 5/24/2017 Big 12 Conference 05/28/2017 Big 12 Baseball Championship 2017 HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
June 2017 6/1/2017 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association 06/11/2017 OQHA Redbud Spectacular 2017 HQ: Various Hotels 6/7/2017 Red Earth Native American Festival 06/12/2017 Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 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 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 Print Date: 09/01/2016
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6/21/2017 THe American Academy of Ophthalmology
75
55
172
7,140 1,050
10,500
06/25/2017 Board of Trustees Meeting HQ: Colcord Hotel 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
13,741
230
2,970
14,000
650
7,400
75
50
150
3,700
531
1,304
50,176
900
12,042
11,872
665
2,564
125
25
65
300
125
655
800
200
655
06/29/2017 Annual Conference HQ: Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel
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 8/18/2017 Shootout Productions, Inc. 08/21/2017 Oklahoma Barrel Racing Summer Shootout HQ: Various Hotels
September 2017 9/20/2017 Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma 09/22/2017 September 2017 CIC Class HQ: Home2 Suites by Hilton Quail Springs
October 2017 10/4/2017 25th Infantry Division Association 10/07/2017 2017 Annual Reunion HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 10/10/2017 National Association for Campus Activities Print Date: 09/01/2016
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10/10/2017 National Association for Campus Activities
800
200
655
1,000
635
1,939
150
75
150
500
100
200
350
125
435
700
235
693
300
550
1,880
1,800
400
1,513
5,000
700
3,000
600
500
1,500
350
185
750
5,000
650
2,025
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 11/3/2017 Oklahoma Square Dance Federation (OSDF) 11/05/2017 Annual Festival and Meeting HQ: The Tower Hotel Oklahoma City 11/7/2017 International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO) 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
March 2018 3/6/2018 American Choral Directors Association 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
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 Print Date: 09/01/2016
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6/6/2018 Red Earth Native American Festival
5,000
650
2,025
150
130
580
500
350
1,467
5,000
650
2,025
8,000 1,800
9,951
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
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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