Sunday, November 4
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration – Estero Foyer
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Library Binding Council Meeting – Captiva
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting – Driftwood
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Newcomers Reception (for those attending their FIRST BMI conference) – Waterfall Pool Deck
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Reception/Strolling dinner – Waterfall Pooldeck
Monday, November 5
7:00 AM Continental Breakfast – Estero Foyer
8:00 AM BMI Annual Meeting – Estero AB Ballroom
8:30 AM “A Spy Story: Achieving Your Goals through Courage, Confidence & Determination”
Eric O’Neill, Spycatcher
Subject of the major motion picture Breach
9:00 AM Guest Breakfast – Driftwood
9:30 AM Networking Break
10:00AM “Wall Street Update on the White Paper Industry”
Mark Wilde, Bank of Montreal
10:45 AM “How Automation and AI will Impact the Book Business Going Forward”
Dr. Mark Bohan,Technology Evangelist
11:30 AM “BMI Update”
Matt Baehr, Executive Director
11:45 AM Adjournment
12:30 PM Golf Tournament Shotgun Start at Raptor Bay
1:30 PM Kayaking Adventure – Meet in Lobby
2:00 PM Tennis – Resort
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Reception – Estero Foyer
8:00 PM Awards Gala – Estero AB
Tuesday, November 6
7:30 AM Board of Directors Meeting – Sanibel A
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast – Estero Foyer
8:30 AM “Tariffs, Taxes and Mid-Terms – Oh My!””
Patrick Henderson, Quad/Graphics
9:15 AM “State of the Economy”
David R. Heidel Jr., Northern Trust
10:00 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM Panel – “Independent Book Publishers Association & Patagonia Books: A Conversation
Angela Bole, Independent Book Publishers Association
Karla Olson, Patagonia Books
11:15 AM “What’s Around the Bend for Trucking and Transportation?””
Rodrigo Suarez, American Trucking Association
12:00 PM Adjournment
12:15 PM – 2:15 PM Program Committee Meeting – Tanglewood Restaurant
**Spouses/Guests are invited to attend any or all of the General Session presentations.