Is this your first time at a CATESOL Annual Conference? Meet a few others attending for the first time, hear some tips for making the most of your time here, and get answers to your questions about the conference.
This is a ticketed event open to all attendees who have purchased their luncheon tickets in advance. Come sit with friends or strangers, share your stories or ideas, eat, and relax a bit.
This is your opportunity to seek out new physical and digital learning materials for your classes and professional development without the worry of missing concurrent sessions.
Sign up at the Hospitality Table in advance to join one of the Networking Dinner groups, each going to a particular restaurant. If you don't know anyone at this conference, these "no-host" dinners are an easy way to meet people as you enjoy a good meal outside the hotel.
Is this your first time at a CATESOL Annual Conference? Meet a few others attending for the first time, hear some tips for making the most of your time here, and get answers to your questions about the conference.
This is your opportunity to seek out new physical and digital learning materials for your classes and professional development without the worry of missing concurrent sessions.
Participate in the Passport to Prizes by visiting the Exhibitors’ booths! In your conference bag, you’ll find your “Passport” on which to collect signatures from participating publishers and exhibitors. Turn it in for a raffle ticket starting Saturday at 2:00 pm in the Exhibit Hall (Pacific Ballroom CD). The drawing will begin around 4:15 pm and will take place in the Exhibit Hall. More than 50 prizes will be available from textbooks to gift cards and free annual licenses to online products. You much be present to win.
Bring your dancing shoes to the Saturday Night Fever Disco Extravaganza! Come dressed up in disco fashion and take pictures in our photo booth with your own cell phones! Show us your great dance moves, and if you are a little rusty, we will have a few dance lessons so you can all groove to the music. We will even have a dance and costume contest! The fun will begin at 7:00 pm and end at 10:00 pm in Avalon AB on the first floor of the Hilton. Dessert and coffee will be served around 8:30 pm, and a no-host bar will be available so you can whet your whistle.
Towards the end of the Saturday evening event, the CATESOL Foundation will have its famous silent auction where you can bid on fabulous prizes! Tickets for the silent auction are available all day Friday and Saturday at the CATESOL Foundation table in the Exhibit Hall (Pacific Ballroom CD). If you do not get a chance to purchase them beforehand, you can still get some before the event. Tickets are $1.00 each. There will also be a special drawing for a $5,700 prize package (tickets are $5.00 each) after the conference. Please see the CATESOL Foundation table for details.A limited number of raffle tickets may be available for purchase at the start of the evening party.
