Friday May 14th

3:00 pm

Conference Registration Opens

Main Lobby

5:00 pm

Welcoming Remarks

Thu Libin, Conference Chair

Riverview Room

5:30 pm

Icebreakers

Riverview Room

6:00 pm

Preparatory Exercise for Integration session

Riverview Room

6:30pm

Friday Shabbat Services

Social Room

7:15 pm

Shabbat Dinner

Welcoming Remarks from Gerry Barron, President, Calgary Jewish Community Council and Steven Farber, NYL Chair

Metropolitan Centre, 333- 4th Avenue SW (across from hotel)

8:00 pm

Opening Keynote:  Ari Teman

Metropolitan Centre

9:45 pm

Hospitality Suite opens

Sovereign Suite and Boardroom

Saturday May 15th

8:15- 10 am

Breakfast (come at any time)

Riverview Room

8:45 am

Shabbat “Learner’s” service

Led by Lance Davis, Executive Director, CJCC- optional

Social Room

8:45 am

Jewish Historic Walk of Downtown Calgary

Led by Harry Sanders- optional

Meet in Main Lobby

9:45 am

Kiddush

Social Room

10:00 am

Leadership Development session

Led by Deborah Grayson Riegel

Riverview Room

12:00 pm

Working Lunch- Best Practices

Led by Michelle Isaacson and Alisa Singer

Riverview Room

12:45 pm

Best Practices session

Led by Michelle Isaacson and Alisa Singer

Riverview Room

1:45 pm

Break-out sessions (choose two of three)

Break–out session 1:

Be a Spectacular Failure (improvisation/ team-building workshop) led by Ari Teman

Riverview Room

Break-out session 2:

Make Home Sexy Enough to Stay, led by Caryn Aviv

Social Room

Break-out session 3:

Effective Canvassing

Led by Micah Libin and Nate Feldman

Boardroom

3:30 pm

Integration:  How to create a welcoming environment for all members of the community

Led by Caryn Aviv

Riverview Room

5:00 pm

Break

7:00 pm

Dinner

Riverview Room

7:30 pm

Israel - Diaspora Relations, led by Michael Soberman

Riverview Room

9:30 pm

Saturday Night Party at Belgo Brasserie

501 8th Ave SW

10:21 pm

Havdallah

Belgo Brasserie

Sunday May 16th

8:00 am

Small breakfast

Riverview Room

8:30 am

Bus departs for Heritage Park

Meet in Main Lobby

9:00 am

Little Synagogue on the Prairie, led by Irena Karshenbaum

Heritage Park

10:00 am

Bus departs to Calgary Jewish Community Center

Heritage Park

10:30 am

Brunch

Calgary JCC

10:45 am

Panel discussion: How to Dream Big in a Small Community;

Featuring members of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 list

Moderator:  Michael Shaw

Panelists: Jeff Booke, Gena Rotstein, Matt Singer

Calgary JCC

12:15 pm

Thank You’s and Closing Remarks

from Thu Libin

Calgary JCC

12:45 pm

End of conference

bus departs back to hotel