Schedule

Please note – this is a preliminary and partial schedule – times and events are subject to change.

Wednesday, October 29

2:30 – 3 p.m.
Check-in for OPI

3 – 8:30 p.m.
OPI begins

Thursday, October 30

8:15 a.m. – 6 p.m.
OPI

1 – 6 p.m.
Conference registration open

Friday, October 31

7:30 a.m. – Noon
OPI

8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Graduate symposium

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Conference registration open

Noon – 3 p.m.
Pre-conference workshops

1 – 4 p.m.
Side trips

2 – 4 p.m.
Regional and annual conference committee meetings

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Network chair meeting

3 – 4 p.m.
Presenters meeting

4 – 5 p.m.
First timers meeting / established professionals’ reception

5 – 5:45 p.m.
Case study meeting

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Regional receptions

6:30 – 8:15 p.m.
Opening banquet

9:30 p.m. – Midnight
Evening entertainment – night in!

Saturday, November 1

8 a.m. – Noon
Conference registration

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Interest session I / network meetings

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
State / province coordinators meeting

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Interest session II / network meetings

11 a.m. – Noon
Plenary speaker

12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own

1 – 2 p.m.
Exhibitor meeting

1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
GOT SKILLS undergraduate student workshop

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Interest session III

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Interest session IV

4 – 5 p.m.
Interest session V

6 – 7 p.m.
Associate member / professional member reception

7 p.m.
NODA dinner out

9 p.m.
NODA night-out

Sunday, November 2

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.
Grad case study and resume critique breakfast

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Coast-to-coast meeting

8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Graduate student case study competition

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Network chair meeting

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Interest session VI

9:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Exhibits open

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Interest session VII

11:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Regional meetings, Taste of NODA and Idea Marketplace

2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Mid-conference workshops

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Associate member meeting / evaluation

2:30 – 6 p.m.
Side trips

7 – 10 p.m.
NODA off-site reception: Fenway Park

Monday, November 3

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Interest session VIII

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Interest session IX

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Closing brunch