Convention Calendar May, 2018 March 2018 December 2021 Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau 123 Park Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73102 www.visitokc.com *This Convention Calendar contains events booked by the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau and organizations requesting their events be published in the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau Convention Calendar
Convention Calendar Meeting Dates Attendance / / Rooms Peak May 2018 5/1/2018 05/03/2018 VIII Core Express Leadership Academy 25 23 69 5/3/2018 05/04/2018 2018 State Track Meet Class A-2A 4,200 250 500 5/3/2018 05/05/2018 Lions of Oklahoma Lions Club of Oklahoma Convention HQ: Wyndham Hotel 150 80 102 5/3/2018 05/05/2018 2018 State Baseball Championships - Class A & B 2,800 300 600 5/4/2018 05/04/2018 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXIV - Session V HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 25 10 10 5/4/2018 05/05/2018 Betty Ann Ridley Association Daystar Spring Conference HQ: Wyndham Hotel 150 75 150 5/4/2018 05/05/2018 USRowing Central Youth Rowing Championship 2018 2,000 275 610 5/4/2018 05/05/2018 2018 Girls State High School Tennis Championships 1,400 350 600 5/6/2018 05/09/2018 American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials 2018 Administration Meeting 250 225 735 5/6/2018 05/17/2018 Express New Franchise Training May 2018 12 12 144 5/7/2018 05/08/2018 2018 Boys State High School 3A Golf Championships 500 150 300 Print Date: 05/02/2018 1 of 13
5/7/2018 05/08/2018 2018 Boys State High School 2A Golf Championships 500 150 300 5/7/2018 05/08/2018 2018 Girls State High School 4A Golf Championships 500 150 300 5/7/2018 05/13/2018 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Men's National Championships 2018 1,500 479 2,431 5/9/2018 05/12/2018 Big 12 Conference Big 12 Softball Championship 2018 6,000 350 1,075 5/9/2018 05/13/2018 Mobile Construction Battalion 12 MCB-12 Vietnam 2018 Reunion HQ: Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, at Quail Springs, Oklahoma City 25 20 90 5/10/2018 05/12/2018 2018 State Baseball Championships 2A-4A 1,500 450 950 5/11/2018 05/12/2018 2018 Boys State High School Tennis Championships 1,500 350 600 5/16/2018 05/18/2018 National Recreation & Park Assocciation (NRPA) NRPA Innovation Lab 2018 70 60 150 5/18/2018 05/20/2018 Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation (OKCBF) 2018 Whitewater Festival and Boatercross 1,000 100 400 5/19/2018 05/20/2018 Velosolutions 2018 Red Bull Pump Track World Championships Qualifiying Event 1,000 250 585 5/20/2018 05/22/2018 VI Intermediate Express Leadership Academy 22 22 66 5/22/2018 05/24/2018 National Association of State Human Services Finance Officers HSFO Cost Allocation Basic Training HQ: Residence Inn Downtown Bricktown 25 25 75 Print Date: 05/02/2018 2 of 13
5/22/2018 05/29/2018 NCAA Division III Softball Championships 2018 2,000 154 874 5/23/2018 05/26/2018 Big 12 Conference Big 12 Baseball Championship 2018 2,500 258 1,548 5/25/2018 05/28/2018 Stix 11U - Memorial Day Tournament Stix - Memorial Day Tournament 20 15 45 5/29/2018 06/06/2018 NCAA Women's College World Series 2018 9,500 2,967 13,318 5/30/2018 06/11/2018 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association OQHA Redbud Spectacular 2018 1,866 766 8,786 5/31/2018 06/02/2018 Medical Cannabis Group Mid-America Medical Cannabis Conference and Expo HQ: 21c Museum Hotel 500 120 360 June 2018 6/1/2018 06/03/2018 DNA Racing 2018 Oklahoma City Pro-Am Classic HQ: 21c Museum Hotel 5,000 450 700 6/1/2018 06/03/2018 Oklahoma Trucking Association Trucking Driving Championship 115 20 40 6/1/2018 06/04/2018 Midwest Sports Productions 2018 USSSA OKC Challenge Softball Tournament 4,500 1,800 5,000 6/1/2018 06/05/2018 Triple Crown Sports Girls' Fastpitch Event 2018 4,500 593 3,124 6/3/2018 06/10/2018 Lifeonaire 2018 Lifeonaire Spring Program 200 118 609 6/3/2018 06/14/2018 Express New Franchise Training June 2018 12 12 144 Print Date: 05/02/2018 3 of 13
6/4/2018 06/06/2018 Association of Western State Engineers Spring/Summer Technical Meeting HQ: Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City - Bricktown 40 20 40 6/4/2018 06/11/2018 Environmental Design Research Association EDRA Annual Conference 2018 350 185 750 6/5/2018 06/07/2018 IV Advanced Express Leadership Academy 26 26 78 6/5/2018 06/10/2018 Dead Center Film Festival 2018 Dead Center Film Festival HQ: 21c Museum Hotel 1,500 90 435 6/6/2018 06/11/2018 Red Earth Native American Festival Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 5,000 650 2,025 6/8/2018 06/08/2018 The University of Oklahoma Outreach - Center for Early Childhood Prefessional Development CECPD Leadership Academy I, Class XXXIV - Session VI HQ: Holiday Inn Airport 25 10 10 6/11/2018 06/15/2018 American Meteorological Society 23rd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence/21st Conference on Air-Sea Interaction 300 150 705 6/12/2018 06/20/2018 Non Pro Cutting Association Non Pro Cutting Championship 2018 3,220 700 5,042 6/16/2018 06/16/2018 Brass Monkey Promotions 2018 OKC Mile - AMA Pro Race HQ: Wyndham Hotel 7,500 332 846 6/16/2018 06/21/2018 Roseland Oil & Gas Oklahoma City Oil & Gas Convention HQ: Tru by Hilton 300 150 550 6/17/2018 06/25/2018 The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc National Baptist Congress of Christian Educaton 2018 25,000 2,500 14,699 6/19/2018 06/19/2018 OKC Firefighters Association IAFF 11th District Caucus HQ: Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown 120 41 41 Print Date: 05/02/2018 4 of 13
6/21/2018 06/24/2018 Pace Society of America Pace Society of America Reunion HQ: Best Western Saddleback Inn and Conference Center 80 20 60 6/21/2018 07/01/2018 National Reining Horse Association 2018 National Reining Horse Derby 7,140 555 5,746 6/22/2018 06/25/2018 Sooner State Softball Association 2018 Scissortail Shootout 150 85 340 6/23/2018 06/26/2018 Council of Better Business Bureaus Better Business Bureau Communications and Marketing Conference 90 65 175 6/26/2018 06/27/2018 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Commission on Environmental Cooperation Council Session 180 123 385 6/28/2018 06/30/2018 USA Softball 2018 USA Softball All American Games U12 1,500 400 1,200 6/29/2018 07/01/2018 USA Softball 2018 USA Softball Men's 40 & 50 and over National Championship 800 400 1,225 6/30/2018 06/30/2018 Spot Promotions of Texas Boxing Competition 2018 5,000 125 445 July 2018 7/5/2018 07/07/2018 Young Ladies Radio League Young Ladies Radio League 2018 Convention 50 25 75 7/5/2018 07/17/2018 Greater Oklahoma Hunter Jumper Association 2018 GO Hunter Jumper Horse Show 13,741 230 2,970 7/12/2018 07/14/2018 Oklahoma Ducks Unlimited 2018 Oklahoma Ducks Unlimted State Convention HQ: Hampton Inn & Suites Oklahoma City - Bricktown 175 35 105 7/15/2018 07/26/2018 Express New Franchise Training July 2018 12 12 144 Print Date: 05/02/2018 5 of 13
7/18/2018 07/20/2018 National Association of State Chief Information Officers 2018 CIO/CISO Leadership Summit 70 70 150 7/19/2018 07/22/2018 Oklahoma Native American Sports Association 2018 All Native Fastpitch Tournament 1,500 350 1,100 7/20/2018 07/26/2018 National Association of State Budget Officers 2018 Annual Meeting 150 130 580 7/21/2018 07/28/2018 Arabian Horse Association Arabian Youth Nationals 2018 14,000 650 7,400 7/22/2018 07/27/2018 Great Minds Great Minds Institute 140 50 201 7/25/2018 07/28/2018 Oklahoma Pharmacists Association OPhA/PBA 2018 Annual Convention 300 200 500 7/25/2018 07/28/2018 Evangelistic Pentecostal Church Worldwide Youth Department HQ: Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City Midtown 225 0 0 7/26/2018 07/30/2018 United States Tennis Association (USTA) 2018 USTA BG 16s Zone Team Championship 300 105 550 7/31/2018 08/02/2018 Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education 2018 Annual Summer Conference 3,700 632 1,473 August 2018 8/1/2018 08/04/2018 USA Canoe/Kayak (USACK) 2018 Sprint National Championships 500 275 1,400 8/1/2018 08/15/2018 American Quarter Horse Youth Association 2018 AQHA Youth World Championship Show 50,176 900 12,042 8/2/2018 08/05/2018 Legacy Global Sports 2018 National Youth League Championships HQ: Homewood Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City West 4,000 200 630 Print Date: 05/02/2018 6 of 13
8/9/2018 08/12/2018 USA Dance 2018 Dreamcatcher DanceSport Championship 250 80 215 8/12/2018 08/23/2018 Express New Franchise Training August 2018 12 12 144 8/13/2018 08/17/2018 Region VI Pretreatment Association 34th Annual Industrial Pretreatment Workshop 300 150 465 8/17/2018 08/20/2018 Shootout Productions, Inc. Oklahoma Barrel Racing Summer Shootout 11,872 665 2,564 8/20/2018 08/22/2018 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference 300 80 256 8/23/2018 08/25/2018 Oklahoma State School Boards Association 2018 Annual Convention 2,500 735 1,721 8/26/2018 08/30/2018 Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) FLC Far West & Mid-Continent Regional Meeting 100 30 82 8/27/2018 08/31/2018 Paddlesport Retailers Paddlesport Retailers Tradeshow 2018 3,000 890 2,447 8/31/2018 09/04/2018 United States Tennis Association - Missouri Valley (USTA) 2018 USTA Missouri Valley BG 12-18s Supers 550 250 750 September 2018 9/9/2018 09/13/2018 United States Marshals Service Association USMSA Conference 2018 120 60 240 9/12/2018 09/13/2018 Oklahoma Municipal League 2018 Annual Conference 300 195 506 9/17/2018 09/19/2018 North American Transportation Services Association Annual Conference 60 52 161 Print Date: 05/02/2018 7 of 13
9/17/2018 09/20/2018 National Indian Health Board National Tribal Health Conference 700 225 930 9/17/2018 09/20/2018 National Indian Health Board National Tribal Health Conference (Overflow) 700 75 255 9/17/2018 09/27/2018 Philadelphia Church of God 2018 Philadelphia Church of God Fall Feast of Tabernacles HQ: Days Inn Oklahoma City North 800 75 675 9/19/2018 09/22/2018 National Association of Letters Carriers Region 4 Regional RAP Session 150 75 275 9/20/2018 09/23/2018 Redman Triathlon OKC 2018 USAT Ultra Distance National Championships/Redman Triathlon 2,500 500 1,400 9/20/2018 09/27/2018 National Association of State Aviation Officials Annual Convention & Tradeshow 180 110 383 9/22/2018 09/24/2018 United States Tennis Association - Missouri Valley (USTA) 2018 USTA Missouri Valley 12U-14U Team Event 500 200 600 9/22/2018 09/24/2018 United States Tennis Association (USTA) 2018 USTA National Boys 18'S Tournament 400 100 300 9/22/2018 09/24/2018 United States Tennis Association (USTA) 2018 USTA National Boy/Girl 18S Tournament 400 100 300 9/24/2018 09/24/2018 Kingfisher High School Reunion Kingfisher High School Reunion 30yr HQ: Courtyard by Marriott Downtown 50 20 20 9/25/2018 09/27/2018 National Association of State Human Services Finance Officers HSFO Cost Allocation Basic Training HQ: Residence Inn Downtown Bricktown 25 25 75 9/26/2018 09/30/2018 Americal Division Veterans Association 2018 ADVA Annual Reunion HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 400 175 600 Print Date: 05/02/2018 8 of 13
9/28/2018 09/30/2018 Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation (OKCBF) Head of the Oklahoma Regatta/OK Regatta Festival 2018 9,500 1,500 3,955 9/30/2018 10/11/2018 Express New Franchise Training Sept/Oct 2018 12 12 144 October 2018 10/1/2018 10/07/2018 American Indian Science and Engineering Society Annual National Conference and Career Fair 2018 1,200 500 1,890 10/5/2018 10/20/2018 American Morgan Horse Association Grand National Morgan Horse Show 6,805 800 11,759 10/6/2018 10/13/2018 Logistics Officers Association (LOA) 2018 Logistics Officer Association (LOA) Symposium 800 275 1,064 10/9/2018 10/11/2018 Fiserv Solutions LLC RFPFIS18-2018 Premier Education Seminar OKC HQ: Embassy Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City Will Rogers Airport 100 50 110 10/10/2018 10/14/2018 USS Henry L. Stimson 2018 Henry L. Stimson Reunion 120 60 190 10/13/2018 10/15/2018 Collegiate Resource Marketing The Business of Small College Athletics 2018 HQ: Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown 80 90 230 10/15/2018 10/18/2018 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Region 8 & 10 Meeting 1,350 625 1,430 10/17/2018 10/21/2018 Martial Arts Industry Association Martial Arts Industry Association - 2018 October Wealth & Elite Seminars 130 75 165 10/19/2018 10/29/2018 U.S. Team Roping Championship US Team Roping Championships 23,333 4,776 45,360 10/28/2018 11/08/2018 Express New Franchise Training Oct/Nov 2018 12 12 144 Print Date: 05/02/2018 9 of 13
November 2018 11/2/2018 11/18/2018 American Quarter Horse Association AQHA World Championship Quarter Horse Show 11,000 2,500 28,107 11/4/2018 11/10/2018 National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo 500 350 1,467 11/12/2018 11/15/2018 Hart Energy Publishing, LLP Hart Energy DUG Attendees and Prodution rooms 1,500 50 115 December 2018 12/2/2018 12/13/2018 Express New Franchise Training December 2018 12 12 144 January 2019 1/2/2019 01/05/2019 Student Mobilization 2019 StuMo Annual Conference 3,000 950 2,910 1/17/2019 01/21/2019 International Pro Rodeo Association International Finals Rodeo 2019 15,412 955 4,162 1/26/2019 01/31/2019 American Society of Animal Science 2019 ASAS Southern Section Meeting 200 120 394 1/30/2019 02/02/2019 USA Softball Umpire In Chief (UIC) 2019 300 250 818 February 2019 2/5/2019 02/11/2019 Kansas Quarter Horse Association Prairie Classic 2019 10,437 354 2,254 2/6/2019 02/08/2019 Professional Fire Fighters of Oklahoma 2019 Annual Conference 340 87 198 2/14/2019 02/17/2019 Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association Oklahoma State Auctioneers Assn (OSAA) Annual Conference 70 40 100 Print Date: 05/02/2018 10 of 13
2/23/2019 02/27/2019 Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers 2019 Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers 2019 375 150 505 March 2019 3/10/2019 03/12/2019 National Propane Gas Association Technology, Standards & Safety Committee Meeting 120 70 190 3/26/2019 04/01/2019 Centennial Horse Show OK Centennial - Annual Show 2019 900 39 237 April 2019 4/3/2019 04/08/2019 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association OQHA Spring Show 2019 1,155 391 2,041 4/3/2019 04/09/2019 Evangelical Press Association Evangelical Press Association Annual Convention (EPA 2019) 175 121 372 4/8/2019 04/12/2019 National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers NACCDO PAMN Annual Conference 25 325 1,064 May 2019 5/3/2019 05/10/2019 Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association, Inc. 2019 Annual Safety & Health Conference 1,500 514 1,888 5/12/2019 05/16/2019 American Membrane Technology Association 2019 American Membrane Technology Association- Workshop & Board Meeting 100 30 100 5/14/2019 05/21/2019 American Quarter Horse Association 2019 AQHA Level 1 Championship 3,500 400 2,550 5/29/2019 06/08/2019 The Benevolent Order of the Elks of the United States 2019 Grand Lodge Convention of the Benevolent 350 250 1,520 June 2019 6/5/2019 06/10/2019 Red Earth Native American Festival Red Earth Festival HQ: Wyndham Garden Hotel Oklahoma City 5,000 650 2,025 Print Date: 05/02/2018 11 of 13
6/14/2019 06/22/2019 National Beta Club 2019 National Convention 8,000 1,800 9,951 6/26/2019 06/28/2019 Riding Ultimate Scenic Highways (RUSH) High Country Adventure 250 100 200 July 2019 7/15/2019 07/20/2019 North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association 2019 Annual North American Convention 250 100 480 September 2019 9/3/2019 09/08/2019 Air Force Gunners Association Biannual Reunion 150 70 295 9/23/2019 09/25/2019 National Association of State Chief Administrators Institute on Management & Leadership 110 105 390 October 2019 10/11/2019 10/15/2019 Medical Library Association South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association 2019 150 100 385 10/15/2019 10/20/2019 CHUMS Incorporated Chums Annual Conclave 2019 130 131 424 10/22/2019 10/28/2019 Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) FSBPT Annual Meeting and Delegate Assembly 2019 260 240 850 November 2019 11/18/2019 11/21/2019 Hart Energy Publishing, LLP Hart Energy DUG Attendees and Prodution rooms 1,500 50 115 January 2020 1/2/2020 01/05/2020 Student Mobilization 2020 StuMo Annual Conference 3,000 1,000 3,100 February 2020 Print Date: 05/02/2018 12 of 13
2/5/2020 02/07/2020 Professional Fire Fighters of Oklahoma 2020 Annual Conference 340 87 198 July 2020 7/16/2020 07/25/2020 National Association of Free Will Baptists 2020 Free Will Baptist National Convention 6,000 980 5,120 7/27/2020 08/01/2020 Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. 2020 CALEA Conference 400 350 1,785 October 2020 10/3/2020 10/07/2020 NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region III 250 180 595 Print Date: 05/02/2018 13 of 13