Schedule

Schedule-At-A-Glance

Schedule subject to change.

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
3:00 - 4:00 pm EST   Virtual Exhibitor Meeting (new this year instead of onsite meeting)

Monday, March 4, 2024
8:30 - 3:00 pm   Optional Field Trip - A Bridge Not Too Far: A Golden Gate Adventure
12:00 - 7:00 pm   PLA Registration Desk Open (Yosemite Ballroom Foyer, Ballroom Level)
3:45 - 4:30 pm   Case Studies - Featuring CA Public Lands Partnerships
5:00 - 6:30 pm   Opening General Session: Presidio Activators and Community Co-Design at the Presidio Tunnel Tops (sponsored by Mount Rushmore Society)
6:30 - 8:30 pm   Opening Reception (sponsored by McGovern Outdoor with support from Rosie the Riveter Trust)

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
7:45 am - 5:00 pm   PLA Registration Desk Open (Yosemite Ballroom Foyer, Ballroom Level)
8:00 - 8:45 am   Case Studies and Buyer/Exhibitor Forum
8:45 - 9:15 am   Networking Beverage Break (sponsored by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy)
9:15 - 10:00 am   Case Studies and Buyer/Exhibitor Forum 
10:00 - 10:30 am   Networking Beverage Break 
10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Exhibitor Set-Up
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

  General Session: Nature is Not Only Healing. It's Transformative. (sponsored by Western National Parks Association) 

  The PLA Board of Directors will announce several recipients of our 2024 Partnership Awards, celebrating the best in public lands partnerships.

1:30 - 2:45 pm   Educational Sessions
2:45 - 3:15 pm   Networking Beverage Break (sponsored by Jefferson National Parks Association)
3:15 - 4:30 pm   Educational Sessions
7:30 - 9:00 pm   Out There - Film Screening with filmmaker Brendan Hall (sponsored by Sticker Pack)
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
7:45 am - 5:30 pm
  PLA Registration Desk Open (Yosemite Ballroom Foyer, Ballroom Level)
8:00 am - 6:30 pm   Trade Show Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am
  Aloha Coffee Kick-Off (sponsored by Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association & Deneen Pottery)

10:30  am - 11:00 am

  Sponsored Session: Communicate, Educate and Inform Where Visitors are Planning Their Adventures (sponsored by AllTrails)
12:45 - 2:00 pm   Educational Sessions
2:00 - 2:30 pm   Networking Beverage Break (sponsored by Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association)
2:30 - 3:45 pm   Educational Sessions
4:00 - 5:15 pm   Educational Sessions
5:00 - 6:30 pm   Trade Show Mixer

Thursday, March 7, 2024
7:45 am - 5:30 pm   PLA Registration Desk Open (Yosemite Ballroom Foyer, Ballroom Level)
8:00 am - 1:00 pm   Trade Show Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am   Networking Beverage Break (sponsored by Sticker Pack)
8:30 - 9:30 am   Educational Sessions
10:00 - 11:00 am   Educational Sessions
1:00 - 5:00 pm   Exhibitor Tear Down
1:15 - 2:15 pm   Educational Sessions
2:30 - 3:30 pm   Educational Sessions
3:30 - 4:00 pm   Networking Beverage Break (sponsored by Finley Holiday)
4:00 - 5:15 pm   Closing General Session: Rue Mapp, A New Narrative (Co-sponsored by Grand Canyon Conservancy, Zion National Park Forever Project and Potrero Group)

Friday, March 8, 2024
8:00-5:00 pm   Optional Field Trip: Before and After: Restoring a Refuge
8:30- 3:30 pm   Optional Field Trip - Ring Around the San Francisco Bay: We Can Do It!
9:00 - 3:00 pm   Optional Field Trip - Escape to Alcatraz

  Optional