October 19-21 Norfolk Waterside Convention Center 235 East Main St.
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Sunday, Oct. 19
8:30 a.m. - Shot Gun Start	VML Golf Tournament
2-6:30 p.m.	Registration & Exhibit Hall
2:30-5 p.m.	Legislative Committee meeting
3-4:30 p.m.	Tour of the City: Grandy Village Revitalization (no additional fee, but pre-registration is encouraged)
5-5:30 p.m.	Orientation for First Time Conference Participants
5 p.m.	Nominations Committee
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Opening reception
Monday, Oct. 20
7:30 a.m.	National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials Breakfast (tickets required)
8 a.m.-4 p.m.	Registration & Exhibits
9 a.m.-Noon	Opening General Session Keynote Address: "The Dollar and Cents of Sustainable Development," Ed McMahon, Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute Keynote Address: Governor Tim Kaine (invited) Presentation of Go Green Awards & Certificates
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (name tag required)
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Virginia Local Government Managers Association Luncheon (tickets required)
1:30-2:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Green Building Makes Sense Blight Community planning and services for aging Virginians (with benefits for everyone else!) Effects of real estate downturn on local governments Immigration Employment practices liability (town track)
3:15-4:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Delinquent tax collection programs Top 10 things to know when disaster strikes Community preparation for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War State budget outlook & its effects on local budgets Intergovernmental relations (town section)
6-9 p.m.	Host City Night - Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center Cruise in for an evening of food and entertain in Norfolk’s award-winning cruise terminal. A feast for the eyes, the terminal features three-story glass windows overlooking the harbor, and includes one of the largest privately-owned ocean liner collections as well as 400-year-old artifacts from historic Jamestown.
Tuesday, Oct. 21
7:30-8:30 a.m.	Annual Prayer Breakfast (tickets required)
9-10:15 a.m.	General Sessions Jim Gilmore, U.S. Senatorial Candidate (invited) Mark Warner, U. S. Senatorial Candidate (invited)
10:45 a.m.-Noon	Section Elections and Workshops Town Section: Ask an expert  City Section:  Dropout prevention programs  Urban Section:  Brownfields redevelopment
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Women in Local Government Luncheon (tickets required) Keynote Speaker: Margaret Spencer, Judge, Richmond Circuit Court
1:30-3 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops & Local Government Round Tables Freedom of Information Succession Planning   Local Government Roundtables  Adaptive reuse of historic buildings Arts & economic development & tourism Communicating with VDOT Crime prevention Digital television (DTV) transition Energy efficiency with no up front costs: performance contracting Fire prevention How to conduct a baseline carbon emissions inventory for your government facilities Keeping in touch:  lobbying your state legislators Norfolk’s one call center Pursuit policies Recycling University/community relations Va. Community Action Partnership: affordable housing, workforce development, human/social services, earned income tax credit/tax preparation What are OPEBs and what are you suppose to do about them?
3:10-4:30 p.m.	Annual Business Meeting & Election of Officers
5:30-9 p.m.	Annual Reception & Banquet Dinner music by the Strolling Silver Strings, Norfolk Public Schools Presentation of Achievement Awards Remarks by New President Entertainment
Program Note: All times and locations are subject to change.