2007 NATIONAL YOUTH HORSE LEADERS SYMPOSIUM
LEADERS BUILDING LEADERS:
30 Years of Connecting Kids through Horses
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 8, 2007
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Early registration for Tour attendees
Friday, March 9, 2007
7:30 a.m. – Early registration for Tour attendees, Conference Level, Denver Renaissance Hotel
8:30 a.m. – Load buses for Tours – Hotel lobby
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Preconference Events
Tour #1 - Day at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo – Sponsored by the Colorado Horse Development Authority
Two Special session for AYHC attendees by Julie Goodnight, shopping, lunch with speaker and transportation provided
Tour #2 – Colorado State University Tour – Sponsored by Purina Mills
1 ½ hour bus ride to Fort Collins, CO, then tour the CSU Veterinary School and Equine Science Facilities and lunch.
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Symposium Registration – Conference Level, Denver Renaissance Hotel
3:00 p.m. – Tradeshow Exhibits open – Ballroom A
3:00 p.m. – Silent Auction Open – Ballroom A
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 – Sessions Writing an Effective Equine Science Book All About AYHC
Jeannie Griffiths Christy Landwehr
Cornell & AYHC Board
Logan Meeting Room National Meeting Room
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Teen orientation – Ballroom B
7:00 p.m. – Tradeshow exhibits close – Ballroom A
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception – Ballroom CD - Sponsored by American Paint Horse Association
Keynote: “Catch the Can do Attitude” – Jeff Goodwin, Colorado State University
7:30 p.m. – Roundtable discussions – “Great Fans. Great Sports.”
7:30 p.m. -Teen Activity – Ballroom B
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. – Karaoke – Ballroom CD
Saturday, March 10, 2007
7:30 a.m. - Tradeshow Exhibits Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast – Sponsored by Storey Publishing
8:30 a.m. – 11:45 – Concurrent Sessions (lectures on three tracks - participants can cross tracks and attend the session of their choice)
Youth Development Successful Programs Industry Topics
Ballroom B O’Hare Room Kennedy Room
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. session
Careers (yes- Careers!) in the Horse Industry– Building Rider Strength & Youth Involvement with Horses:
Education, Experience, & Enthusiasm needed! Fitness through Exercise Future Successes in Life?
Karin Bump, Timothy Williams Sandy Slocum, MS State Univ. Ext Kristann Cooper, Centaur Rising
Cazenovia College Sue Robinson, Murray State Univ.
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. session
Community Service: Who Said We Didn’t Learn Equine Facility Disaster Preparedness:
Giving back to Communities that Support You Anything at our Meetings? How to Mitigate, Prepare, Respond,
Kent Sturman, NHSRA Donna Zang and Recover from Fires & Floods
NHSRA Student Officers Penn State Cooperative Ext. Dr. Jenifer Nadeau, Emily McCabe Alger
University of CT
Refreshment Break - 10:30– 10:45 a.m. - Sponsored by American Quarter Horse Association
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. session
Successful Hippology Competition The Unwanted Horse
Ellen Polyard Tom Lenz, DVM
Colorado 4-H American Association of Equine Practitioners
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch – on your own adults
11:45 – 4:00 p.m. - Teens – Lunch and afternoon of Activities
Lunch Sponsored by National Western Stock Show
Transportation and Activities Sponsored by American Association of Equine Practitioners
Youth Development Tools Industry Topics
O’Hare Room Kennedy Room
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. session Horse Camp 2006! Health and Nutrition for the Older Equine
Tools for Teaching Youth Horse Mgmt. Andy Dean, DVM
Crystal Smith, VA Coop Extension . Randel Raub, Purina Mills
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. session Champions are Made Not Born: Grant Writing and Fundraising
What Kind off Competitor Are You? Donna Garnett
Karen Waite The Urban Farm
Michigan State University
3:00 – 3:15 Refreshment Break – Sponsored by Horsecity.com
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. session On Target with your Audience – Health of the Traveling Horse
A Model for Creating Youth Horse Susan Ralston, DVM
Programs for Niche Groups. Merial
Jill Montgomery, Turkey Creek Ranch
Khadija Haynes, Urban Farm
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. session Leadership Development in Making Magic: Six Into One
4-H Horse Program Sherri Thornton
Bob Mowrey NE 4-H Horse Committee
North Carolina State University
4:00 p.m. – Teens Return to Hotel – Finish Projects for Presentation Sunday Morning – Ballroom B
5:30 p.m. – General Membership Meeting
6:30 p.m. – Tradeshow Exhibits Close
7:00 p.m. – AYHC Youth Leaders Celebration Awards Banquet - Separately ticketed event - Ballroom C
Sponsored by Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders & Exhibitors Association
Announcement of 2006 AYHC Youth Leader of the Year
- Sponsored By Certified Horsemanship Assoc.
Announcement of 2006 AYHC Student Leader of the Year
-Sponsored by Oster Professional Products
Announcement of 2006 AYHC Distinguished Service Award Winner
- Sponsored by Western Horseman Magazine
Sunday, March 11, 2007
7:30 a.m. Tradeshow exhibits open – Ballroom A
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast - Sponsored by Ulcergard/Merial
Keynote – Rick Lamb, The Horse Show Radio Program
”From Human To Horseman”
Youth Presentations, Sponsored by American Association of Equine Practitioners
Directly following breakfast – Silent Auction Closes – pick up items – Ballroom A
11:30 Tradeshow Exhibits Close
11:00 a.m. – Afternoon at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo – enjoy all the Expo has to offer, clinicians, shopping, classroom presentations, horses for sale, the Priefert Hitch and much more!!!
Transportation & Expo Admission Sponsored by Colorado Horse Development Authority
Transportation and Entry into Expo included in Registration
First bus leaves at 11:00 a.m., bus running between expo and hotel periodically
Expo closes at 5:00 p.m. – last bus leaves at 5:15 p.m.
***Speakers and schedule subject to change without notice