2024 Schedule-At-A-Glance

2024 New England Camp Conference Schedule

(2025 schedule will be updated later in 2024/early 2025)

Join us at the largest annual gathering of summer camp professionals in New England. Our community of over 800 camp professionals from 250+ camps in all six New England states – large, small, day, resident, independent, and non-profit will come together to meet and network with others in the field while learning and gaining new skills they can bring back to their camps! This conference is perfect for you if you’re a camp director or assistant director, director of operations, program coordinator, specialist, counselor, or youth development professional!

WEDNESDAY (Pre-Conference Day)

Time	Event
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	New Camp Director Workshop
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Accreditation Process Workshop
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Wednesday, 3/20 and 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM on Thursday, 3/21	CampWell Training
Separate pre-registration required for all pre-conference sessions.

THURSDAY

Time	Event
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM	CampWell Training (continued from Wednesday. See above pre-conference offerings for registration link.)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Conference Welcome & Education Breakout Session 1
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Education Breakout Session 2
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch on your own
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Learn A (short sessions & round tables) Buy/bring your lunch and attend a 45-minute session
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM	Announcements, Awards, and Keynote Address
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM	CampEXPO Grand Opening with cash bar and hors d'oeuvres! Get a sense of what our Expo Hall is like!
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Affinity Gatherings: BIPOC & LGBTQIA+
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	EPIC Meet & Greet
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Dinner on your own
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM	Evening Activities - Camp Manch

FRIDAY

Time	Event
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Daily Welcome & Education Breakout Session 3
9:45 AM	CampEXPO Opens Try your hand at pickle ball in the back of the hall from 11 - 2:30!
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Unopposed EXPO time Coffee and bagels break with vendors!
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM	Education Breakout Session 4
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch on your own/CampEXPO Time Try your hand at pickleball in the back of the hall!
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Round Tables / Short Sessions B
2:30 PM	CampEXPO closes
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM	Education Breakout Session 5
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	State Meetings/Social Time (Maine starts at 4:45 pm)
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Dinner on your own
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Evening on your own - Some group ideas may be shared later.

SATURDAY

Time	Event
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Light breakfast available - coffee/tea, juice, bagels/pastries, fruit
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM	Affinity Gatherings: LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC (Action Planning)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Daily Welcome & All-Conference Plenary Session
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Education Breakout Session 6
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch on own
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch & Learn C (short sessions & round tables) Buy/bring your lunch and attend a 45-minute round table or short session.
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM	Final raffle drawings in Assembly area!
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Closing & Education Breakout Session 7

We know there are different definitions that different groups, programs, and events use. For the purposes of the 2024 New England Camp Conference, we are using the following language and definitions.

A Kindred Gathering is for conversations and sharing around a specific professional interest. EPIC will host a Kindred Gathering Thursday from 6 – 7 pm in The Penstock and other Round Tables will be offered during 45-minute lettered (A, B, C) session blocks.
An Affinity Gathering is a time for those sharing in a specific personal identity. BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ gatherings will occur on Thursday from 5:30 – 6:30 pm and Saturday from 7:45 am – 8:45 am. These are designed so you can come for part or all of the session and there will be some guided prompts during the time. While allies are incredibly important, these gatherings are not for them.

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