Heartland Byways Conference

11 am – 4 pm    

Registration and Exhibits Open – Riverfront Community Center

(123 N. Esplanade St, Leavenworth)

1 pm

Welcome – Riverview Room

1:15 pm

Keynote general session – Riverview Room

• Scenic Byways: How to Stay in the Driver’s Seat as Road Trips Surge

2:15 pm

Break – visit conference exhibitors

2:30 pm 

Lightning Rounds: hear about byway successes with more than a dozen presentations to choose from

3:30 pm

Break – visit exhibits and make your way to C.W. Parker Carousel Museum

4:00 pm

Reception – C.W. Parker Carousel Museum (320 S Esplanade St., Leavenworth)

5:00 pm

Dinner and shopping on your own in Leavenworth

Downtown Leavenworth restaurants and shops are a 10-minute walk from C.W. Parker Carousel Museum

6:00 - 7:30 am

Breakfast at Hotels

7:30 – 11 am

Registration – Riverfront Community Center

7:30 am

Visit conference exhibitors

8 am

General session – Riverview Room

Byways: The Next Thirty Years

9 am

Break – visit conference exhibitors

9:15 am

Concurrent sessions:

Session 1 – Riverview Room
Get More Out of Your 24 Hours: Create More Digital Content in Less Time, With Smart Repurposing (repeated Thursday)
Session 2 – Men’s Waiting Room
Byway Readiness: Motorcycles, RVs, and Bicyclists (repeated Wednesday)
Session 3 – Women’s Waiting Room
Create Your Byway’s Future—for the next 50 years (repeated Wednesday)
Session 4 – South Wing
Byways Partnerships and Resources: A Discussion (repeated Thursday)

10:15 am

Break – visit conference exhibitors

10:30 am

Concurrent sessions:

Session 1 – Riverview Room
TALK to Me! Getting Follower Engagement for a More Successful Facebook Page

Session 2 – Men’s Waiting Room
Byway Readiness: Motorcycles, RVs, and Bicyclists (repeated from Wednesday)

Session 3 – Women’s Waiting Room
Create Your Byway’s Future—for the next 50 years (repeated from Wednesday)

Session 4 – South Wing
Roundtable: Benefits of a State Byway Advisory Committee/Commission

11:30 am  

Lunch in Riverview Room; visit conference exhibitors

12:30 pm  

Depart on a bus tour:

• Byway interpretive signs at Ray Miller Park
• Fort Leavenworth: driving tour of homes and buildings, Buffalo Soldiers Monument, Frontier Army Museum
• Driving tour of Glacial Hills Scenic Byway between Leavenworth and Atchison
• Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
• Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum

6 pm

Barbecue dinner at Schwinn Barn (17624 Santa Fe Trail, Leavenworth)

National Scenic Byway Foundation awards presentation

8 pm   

Buses depart for Riverfront Community Center

6:00 - 7:30 am

Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 am 

Concurrent Sessions:

• General Session – Riverview Room
• Byway Leaders: “Our Call to Action”
• State Coordinator Session – Men’s Waiting Room
• State Byway Coordinator Roundtable

9:30 am

Break – visit conference exhibitors

9:45 am

Concurrent Sessions:

Session 1 – Riverview Room
Byway Marketing Success through Social Media
Session 2 – Men’s Waiting Room
Inventory, Plan, Attract Visitors: Building Byway Itineraries 
Session 3 – Women’s Waiting Room
Byway Viewshed Management – Woodland Conservation (repeated from Thursday)
Session 4 – South Wing
Interpretive Planning on a Budget

10:45 am

Break – visit conference exhibitors

11 am

Concurrent sessions:

Session 1 – Riverview Room
Get More Out of Your of Your 24 Hours: Create More Digital Content in Less Time, With Smart Repurposing (repeated from Wednesday)
Session 2 – Men’s Waiting Room
Strategies to Appeal to International Visitors 
Session 3 – Women’s Waiting Room
Byway Viewshed Management – Woodland Conservation (repeated from Thursday)
Session 4 – South Wing
Byways Partnerships and Resources: A Discussion (repeated from Wednesday)

12 pm

Lunch in Riverview Room; visit conference exhibitors

1:15 pm

Conference adjourned; conference exhibitors close