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Schedule of events

2008 Annual Conference
March 15-19, 2008
The Fairmont Orchid
The Big Island, Hawaii


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Conference Schedule as of November 15, 2007
(Italics indicate optional events requiring additional fees.)

 Friday, March 14

2:00-6:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

 Saturday, March 15

7:30 am-1:30 pm

Golf Tournaments
- Scramble
- Play Your Own Ball

8:00-11:30 am

Tennis Round Robin

1:00-5:00 pm

Registration Desk Open

6:00-6:30 pm

Welcome Reception for First Timers (By Invitation)

6:30-9:30 pm

Welcome Party (On Property)

 Sunday, March 16

7:30-10:30 am

Whale Watching Cruise

8:00-11:00 am

Pre-Conference Workshops 

10:00 am-12:45 pm

Brunch

1:00-4:30 pm

Opening General Sessions

4:30-6:00 pm

Club VIP Reception (By Invitation)

6:00 pm

Evening Open 

 Monday, March 17

6:30-8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

6:30-7:15 am

Peer Leader Briefing Breakfast (By Invitation)

6:30-7:15 am

First Timers Breakfast with WIB Executive Committee (By Invitation)

7:15-8:15 am 

Early-Bird Concurrent Sessions

8:30-9:00 am

Vendor Showcase Presentations

8:30-10:00 am 

Expo Open

10:00-11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

11:45 am-1:30 pm

Lunch in Expo

1:30-2:45 pm

Peer Exchange Sessions

3:00-4:15 pm

Directors Session

3:00-5:00 pm

Reception, Games & Prizes in Expo

5:00 pm

Expo Closes 

 

Evening Open

 Tuesday, March 18

6:30-8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

7:15-8:15 am

Early-Bird Concurrent Sessions

8:30 am-3:45 pm

Expo Open

8:30-9:00 am

Vendor Showcase Presentations

8:30-10:45 am

Refreshment Break in Expo

10:45-11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

11:45 am -1:15 pm

Lunch in Expo

1:15-2:30 pm

Peer Exchange Sessions

2:30-3:45 pm

Desserts & Prize Drawings in Expo

3:45 pm

Expo Closes

5:30-9:00 pm

Gathering of the Kings Luau

 Wednesday, March 19

7:00-7:30 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:30 am 

Peer Exchange Sessions

8:45-10:00 am

Wrap-Up General Session

 

Official Meetings Schedule (By Invitation)

 Saturday, March 15

2:00-5:00 pm WIB Service Corporation Board of Directors Meeting 

 Sunday, March 16

7:30-8:30 am Executive Committee Breakfast & Meeting
8:30-11:30 am WIB Board of Directors Meeting  
10:00-11:00 am Guest Program Committee Meeting
7:00-9:30 pm WIB & WIB Service Corporation Boards and Past Chairmen’s Reception & Dinner 

 Tuesday, March 18

11:00 am-Noon   Correspondent Bankers Committee Meeting

 Wednesday, March 19

8:30-10:00 am Guest Program Committee Meeting
10:15-11:15 am WIB Board of Directors Meeting  
11:30 am-12:30 pm  New WIB & WIB Service Corp. Board Member Luncheon
If you want a productive, meaningful and efficient industry conference, attend WIB’s Annual Conference for Bank Presidents, Senior Officers & Directors.

— John E. Fahrendorf, Jr., President & CEO, Desert Hills Bank, AZ