Activities

Networking Receptions
Tuesday, May 8
Wednesday, May 9

Join colleagues, analysts and industry peers for a cocktail reception following the General Session on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
 

Thank you to our Networking Reception sponsor:

Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, May 8
Rustler's Rooste
Phoenix, AZ
Depart 6:30 pm, Reception/Dinner 7:00 pm

Rustler’s Rooste was established in 1971. The legend goes that the original site, atop a butte in the foothills of South Mountain, was a hideout for cattle rustlers. Today, it is Arizona’s Legendary Cowboy Steakhouse and site to our 2012 kick-off dinner. So, get ready for our cowpoke cookout served chuck wagon style with picnic seating overlooking the gorgeous city lights. We hope you will join us for this opening night of great food, fun, networking opportunities, and most of all, spectacular views!

Tenth Annual Charity Golf Classic
Wednesday, May 9
Troon North Golf Club
Scottsdale, AZ
Depart 6:30 am, Shotgun Start 8:00 am

Thank you to our Charity Golf Classic sponsor:

Scottsdale’s two newest courses can be found at Troon North Golf Club, which hold the top golf ranking in Arizona! Tom Weiskopf led a two-year project, which transcended typical course renovations. He created an entirely new playing experience by blending the two courses together and changing the sequence in which the holes are played.  Golf Magazine course raters named the “New” Pinnacle course #1 in Arizona and #21 in the nation. The “New” Monument course has been named #4 in Arizona and #44 in the nation. If you’re playing for the first time or returning to play the new layouts, you are sure to experience the best in Arizona golf!

Teliesin West Tour
Wednesday, May 9
Scottsdale, AZ
Depart 8:00 am

Frank Lloyd Wright began building this desert masterpiece in 1937 as his personal winter home, studio, and architectural campus. Located on the beautiful Sonoran desert in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in northeast Scottsdale, visitors experience firsthand Wright’s brilliant ability to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces. The living quarters and the dramatic Taliesin West living room (called the “Garden Room” by Wright) are the highlights of this group tour.  The living room was the social gathering place for Wright and the many famous guests he entertained. It is entered through a typically Wrightian low-ceilinged, stone-walled space which opens to a 56-feet long by 34-feet wide room, linked to the garden and bedroom wing on the east by expansive windows. Visitors sit in Wright-designed furniture and experience firsthand the drama of being a guest in Wright’s famous home.  Guests will also see a glimpse of several other indoor and outdoor spaces, which may include the Cabaret Theater, Music Pavilion, Seminar Theater and/or Wright’s private office.

Desert Botanical Garden
Wednesday, May 9
Phoenix, AZ
Depart 8:30 am

The Desert Botanical Garden is a non-profit organization devoted to the conservation, research, education, and exhibition of desert plants from all over the world.  Guests will have the pleasure of enjoying a morning of rejuvenation, exploration and inspiration. Centrally located in beautiful Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden is a wondrous and captivating way to experience the beauty of the desert without leaving the Phoenix area. As a living museum and one of only a few accredited botanic gardens in the country, the Desert Botanical Garden represents one of the most important document collections of desert plants in the world.  Many plants in the collection are rare, threatened and endangered.  The garden now has 50,000+ plant displays showcased in beautiful outdoor exhibits and lies on 145 acres, with another 65 acres under cultivation.

Charity Benefit Dinner - Supporting Lift Up America
Wednesday, May 9
El Chorro, Paradise Valley, AZ
Depart 6:30 pm, Event 7:00 pm

Please join us Wednesday evening, May 9th, for our annual Charity Benefit Dinner. We'll hold a raffle and silent auction at El Chorro to help raise money for a great charity, Lift Up America. The event is free to all registered Symposium attendees. 

Lift Up America is a compassionate movement of individuals and corporations that provides hope and opportunities for success to the less fortunate and empowers them to lift up their own communities.

Thank you to our Charity Dinner Sponsor:

*To donate items to our silent auction and raffle email Ginger Murchison.