NATIONAL

OFFICIAL PROGRAM

NATIONAL

LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS

CONFERENCE

JUNE 22-28, 2013 ? KANSAS CITY

CONTENTS

USING THIS PROGRAM

SKILLSUSA TECHSPO

SAFETY MATTERS

ACTIVITIES/ATTRACTIONS

SKILLSUSA UNIVERSITY

CHAMPIONSHIPS MAP

DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE

CONTESTANTS SCHEDULE

Welcome to SkillsUSA's 49th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference. Being prepared is what got you here. As SkillsUSA members, we know that being prepared with the skills America needs doesn't stop with our handson abilities. Our sense of personal responsibility, professionalism and commitment to the job is what sets us apart and helps us excel at work.

2 Registration ? What to Wear ? Maps ? Parking ? Bus Routes

8 SkillsUSA Career Fair ? Exhibitors ? Booth and Exhibit Locations

12 Security Precautions ? Hotel Safety ? Emergency Rooms

14 Champions Night/Plaza ? SkillsUSA Night ? Alumni Events and More

19 Advisors' Call to Action ? Three Days of Seminars and Workshops

32 Bartle Exhibit Halls ? Conference Center ? Municipal Auditorium

34 Dates and Times ? Highlights ? Opening and Awards Ceremony Agendas

50 Required Meetings ? Competitions ? Debriefings ? Seminars ? Tours

These workplace readiness skills are essential to success. Here, you will hone in on your skills and find a new level of preparedness as you experience a week like no other. Enjoy the next few days, and take advantage of every aspect of this conference. Prepare to have the experience of a lifetime. Remember, if we all are prepared with the skills America needs, then America will be prepared!

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Using This Program

CARRY THIS POCKET PROGRAM at all times this week. Day-byday listings of general events begin on Page 34. Maps of Kansas City and meeting rooms are on Pages 3-7. A skills contest floor map is on Pages 32-33. See Pages 8-11 for locations of SkillsUSA TECHSPO exhibitors. SkillsUSA Championships contestants should refer to their separate schedule starting on Page 50, where the times and locations of contests, mandatory meetings and related activities are listed by event name.

REGISTRATION/LOST AND FOUND Registration is in Room 2103A of Bartle Hall. It's on the lower level, off Lobby 2100 between Central Street and Broadway. The Media Room is next door in 2104A. Conference Management Headquarters' location is Room 2213. See Pages 63-64 for a listing of other staff locations.

WHAT TO WEAR In the day-by-day schedule section, clothing requirements are listed for specific events. To be allowed on stage at Friday's Awards Ceremony, winners are required to wear SkillsUSA official attire* or official SkillsUSA Championships work clothing. At Wednesday's Opening Ceremony, SkillsUSA official attire or other professional attire is required. No backpacks or large tote bags are allowed in Kemper Arena.

(*As defined, official attire begins with the red blazer or windbreaker. For women, it also includes a white blouse [collarless or small-collared], kneelength black dress skirt or black dress slacks, black sheer [not opaque] or skin-tone seamless hose, and black shoes. For men, official attire includes the blazer or windbreaker, plus a white dress shirt, solid black tie, black dress slacks, plain black socks and black dress shoes.)

To enter Tuesday's Champions Night at the Power and Light District, participants must wear the official name badge, a SkillsUSA logo shirt (state delegation shirts are OK) and appropriate casual attire. At remaining events, SkillsUSA logo wear is appropriate, meaning shirts and other items bearing the logos of SkillsUSA or state associations. Logo wear can be purchased at the SkillsUSA Store near the New Grand Ballroom in Bartle Hall (open Monday 1 p.m.4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.). Contestants must wear the work clothing specified in the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards during their competitions.

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Q Convention Center and Nearby Hotels

Skills Contests

Skills Contests

TECHSPO

i f

Skills Contests

D Skills

Leadership

Contests C

Registration/ Information

Contests

B

Skills Contests

E

14th St.

Skills Contests

TECHSPO/ Champions Plaza

Seminars

13th St.

Delegate Sessions

H

12th St.

Baltimore

G

Wyandotte

Central

B Lobby 2100 C Lobby 2200 D Lobby 2300 E Lobby 1500

F Lobby 2500 g Marriott

Tower

H Muehlebach I New Grand Ball-

Tower

room South Plaza

Bartle Hall

Conference Center

Municipal Auditorium

Marriott Downtown

Hotel Phillips

Allis Plaza/ Parking

Contests are in Bartle Hall and its Conference Center (including the New Grand Ballroom), Municipal Auditorium, American Royal Center (see map, Page 5) and the downtown Marriott and Phillips hotels. Delegates meet in the Marriott Downtown's Muehlebach Tower; many SkillsUSA University seminars and a special advisors' session are in its Marriott Tower.

Buses near the convention center and at outlying hotels will go to the Opening and Awards ceremonies at Kemper Arena (Page 5) and to SkillsUSA Night at Worlds of Fun. Buses at outlying hotels will go to Champions Night at the downtown Kansas City Power and Light District. A shuttle will run from downtown to free parking at Kemper Arena as well as to American Royal for the TeamWorks, Humanoid Robotics, Sustainability Solutions, Urban Search and Rescue, and Welding Fabrication competitions.

Check the enclosed daily and contestant schedules for specific locations and times.

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