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National 4-H Conference

April 7 - 12, 2018

Saturday, April 7, 2018 Dress Code: ALL DAY – Casual
Time / Event / Notes
4:00pm – 6:30pm / Registration/Room Check-In
5:30pm – 6:30pm / Dinner
7:00pm – 8:45pm / Opening Assembly
*YLT & Facilitators
*Official Welcome
*Keynote Speaker
9:00pm – 10:00pm / Delegate Activity & Great State Exchange
9:00pm – 9:30pm / Chaperone and Roundtable Facilitators Meeting
10:00pm – 10:30pm / Quiet Time
10:30pm / Lights Out
Sunday, April 8, 2018 Dress Code: All Day - Casual
Optional Run/Walk – in groups
7:45am – 8:30am / Breakfast
8:45am - 10:30am / Roundtable I –
  1. Texting
  2. Social Media
  3. Workforce
  4. Conservation
  5. Health
  6. Modern Ag
  7. Rural
  8. Dialogue
  9. Outdoors
  10. Opioids
  11. Policy
  12. Juveniles
  13. Preparedness
  14. Adolescence
  15. House
  16. Senate

8:45am – 10:00am / Chaperone Orientation
10:45am – 11:45am / Workshop A
Revive Civility
12:00pm – 12:45pm / Lunch
12:45pm - 1:30 pm / Recreation Activity
1:45pm – 5:15pm / Roundtable III - same topics
2:00 pm – 2:45pm / Chaperone Workshop – Discovering DC
5:30pm – 6:15pm / Dinner
6:15pm – 6:30pm / Load Buses
6:30pm – 10:30pm / Monument Tours
10:30pm – 11:00pm / Quiet Time
11:00pm / Lights Out
Monday, April 9, 2018 Dress Code: 8:00am –6:00pm - Business Casual 6:00pm – 10:30pm - Casual
Optional Run or Walk – in groups
7:15am – 8:00am / Breakfast
8:15am – 10:00am / Roundtable IV – Same Topics
10:15am – 11:30 am / General Session
4-H Alumni Presentation
11:30am – 12:30pm / Lunch
12:45pm – 1:45pm / Workshop B
Speaking for 4-H – delegates broken into 3 random groups
2:00pm – 6:30pm / Roundtable V – Same Topics
2:30pm – 6:30pm / Roundtable Rehearsals
2:30pm – 3:10pm
12.Juveniles
13.Preparedness
14.Adolescence
15.House
3:20pm – 4:00pm
10.Opioids
11.Policy
16.Senate
4:10pm – 4:50pm
7.Rural
8.Dialogue
9.Outdoors
5:00pm – 5:40pm
4.Conservation
5.Health
6.Modern Ag
5:50pm – 6:30pm
1.Texting
2.Social Media
3.Workforce
6:30pm – 7:15pm / Dinner
7:30pm – 8:30pm / Evening Activity
8:30pm – 9:30pm / Free time and Roundtable Prep Time as needed
9:30pm – 10:00pm / State Meetings
10:00pm – 10:30pm / Quiet Time
10:30pm / Lights Out
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Dress Code 8:00 AM – 8:00pm –Business 8:00pm-10:30pm Casual
Optional Run or Walk – in groups
7:00am – 8:00am / Breakfast
8:15am –9:00am / General Session or Roundtables - TBA
9:15am – 10:45am / Roundtable V and Final Briefing Run Through
11:00am – 12:00pm / Lunch
12:15pm / Load Buses
12:30pm – 1:15pm / Travel to Briefings
1:15pm – 1:30pm / Building Entry
1:30pm – 3:15pm / 16 Briefings Presented
3:15pm – 4:00pm / Travel to Crystal City Hyatt
4:15pm - 5:15pm / Meet by state with 4-H Conference and PILD delegates
5:15pm / States night out dinner (combine PILD and 4-H Conference delegations where possible)
Pre-register (by April 2) for return transportation from Crystal City , Arlington, VA (specific site TBA) to the Conference Center Between 7:30pm and 8:15pm
Or
Return to 4-H Conference Center on own by 10:00pm
8:00pm – 10:00pm / Optional interactive activity as delegations return to Conference Center
10:00pm- 10:30pm / Quiet Time
10:30pm / Lights Out
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Dress Code: 8:30am –5:30 pm – Business; 5:30pm – 11:00pm Casual
Optional Run / Walk – in groups
7:00am – 7:45am / Breakfast
8:00am / Load Buses
8:15am- 9:30am / Travel to Capitol Hill
10:15am / EARLIEST time to set a Legislative Appointment
10:15am – 5:00pm / Capitol Hill Visits
State Time on the National Mall
4:30pm - 5:30pm / Buses pick up on Madison Drive between 12th and 14th (south of Museum of American History) to return to Conference Center
6:30pm – 7:30pm / Dinner at Conference Center
8:00pm – 11:00pm / National 4-H Conference Celebration
11:00pm – 11:15pm / Quiet Time
11:15pm / Lights Out
Thursday, April 12, 2018 Dress Code: ALL DAY – Casual
7:00am – 9:00am / Breakfast (boxed breakfasts available if prearranged with Conference Leadership at Chaperon Orientation) if needed before 7am
12:00pm / Room Check-Out
All Day / Return Home

As of March 13, 2018