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If you are seeing varied colors of session titles, here is your guide:
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Dark blue = those sessions or events that can be attended by anyone with a Catersource or TSE pass, or requires a separate ticket.
Find your best experience by first choosing the pass type you have purchased. This will weed out all other extraneous sessions.

Sessions do fill up and seating is first come, first served. Note: Individual presentations may also be on this website shortly before the published show dates. They may or may not be the final presentation.

Earn CMP credits!

ALL education sessions at this year's conference are approved by The Events Industry Council to count toward your CMP certification. Keep your professional status up-to-date while enjoying and learning from this incredible lineup of speakers.

Melissa BrannonFounder/CEO of FunUncommon Events

MELISSA BRANNON Milestone Planner, Designer and CEO of Fun Like an artistic director in a world-class ballet, MELISSA BRANNON knows how to orchestrate an event with style and grace. Her timing is impeccable. Her ability to synchronize a million moving parts with a quiet confidence is a site to behold. And her talent for motivating her event staff to serve a multi-course feast or an intimate reception with warmth, knowledge, and the most gracious hospitality, is a skill that has made her company one of the best event planning companies in the United States today. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Melissa has worked in the event industry since 1980 and started Uncommon Events in the year 2000. The business focus is multi day milestone celebrations anywhere in the world. To date, Melissa has serviced 175 clients, over 1500 events with average budgets of $250K+.

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