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View, browse, and sort the ever-growing list of sessions by pass type, track, and format.

If you are seeing varied colors of session titles, here is your guide:
Dark teal = Catersource education sessions
Dark orange = TSE education sessions
Black = those sessions or events that can be attended by anyone with a Catersource or TSE pass, or requires a separate ticket.
Find your best experience by first choosing the pass type you have purchased. This will weed out all other extraneous sessions.

Sessions do fill up and seating is first come, first served. Note: Individual presentations may also be on this website shortly before the published show dates. They may or may not be the final presentation.

Earn CMP credits!

ALL education sessions at this year's conference are approved by The Events Industry Council to count toward your CMP certification. Keep your professional status up-to-date while enjoying and learning from this incredible lineup of speakers.

Alicia Crosby, CPCEDirector of EventsThe Baltimore Museum of Art

Alicia Crosby, CPCE, has worked in the catering and events industry in Baltimore for more than 23 years. Specializing in unique and historic venues, she is currently the Director of Events at the Baltimore Museum of Art and was previously the events director at the American Visionary Art Museum. She recently started as a freelance consultant in special events and catering, specifically for museums and unique, historic properties, and is available to assist with building earned revenue rental program from scratch or restructure and revitalize existing program. Alicia was also the chair of the Unique Venue Professionals of Baltimore (UVPB) for five years, and has been an active member of the National Associate for Catering and Events (NACE) since 2002, holding many leadership positions within the local Baltimore chapter and national committees. In her spare time, she is an adjunct professor at Notre Dame of Maryland University, teaching everything from event management and wedding planning to popular culture and film theory courses since 2004.

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