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View, browse, and sort the ever-growing list of sessions by pass type, track, and format.

If you are seeing varied colors of session titles, here is your guide:
Cranberry = Catersource education sessions
Bright pink = TSE education sessions
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.

Julie Roth NovackCEO/Co-FounderParty Slate

Julie is the CEO & Co-Founder of PartySlate, a photo-rich platform that helps leading venues, vendors, and event professionals grow their businesses by attracting new clients, driving industry referrals, and enhancing their digital presence. With over 20 years of digital marketing experience with some of the biggest brands in the world, Julie has brought this rich expertise to the events industry. After she planned 50+ large-scale galas and corporate events, Julie became increasingly frustrated while planning a high-profile cancer research gala, spending hours online looking for ideas and venues, only to find wedding blogs, sterile vendor listing sites, and Pinterest dead-ends. She was inspired and set out to create a Houzz-like website to address the $143 billion events industry. Since its founding in 2015, over 45,000 of the country’s top event professionals and venues have uploaded over 2 million event photos to their beautiful profile pages.

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