Opening Dinner at the College Basketball Experience

Opening Dinner

CALS Director Will Reece welcomes the group.

Opening Remarks from North Texas VP & Director of Athletics Wren Baker.

CALS 2016 Opening Dinner Keynote from Kansas Head Basketball Coach Bill Self.

CALS Opening DInner

CALS Director Will Reece with Bill Self.

CALS Monday morning opening speaker was Leadership author & guru Jeremie Kubicek.

CALS Opening Session

Full house at CALS 2016.

"Lessons from the AD's Office" with Ross Bjork (Ole Miss), Hunter Yurachek (Houston) and Jane Kleinberger (Spectra).

CALS Panel "Current Issues in College Athletics"

Ryan Ivey (Ausin Peay), David Berst, Dan Beebe, Amy Huchthausen (America East), Jennifer Heppel (Patriot League)

CALS Panel "Your Attention Please!: Fan Engagement in the Digital Age"

Craig Pintens (Oregon), Heather Lyke (Eastern Michigan), Joe Karlgaard (Rice), Tom Kleinlein (Georgia Southern) and Troy Dannen (Tulane)

"Leading through Engagement" with Advent CEO John Roberson.

CALS Breakout Session "Managing your Career & the Search Process" with Daniel Parker (Parker Search)

CALS Breakout Session "Managing your Career & the Search Process" with Bill Carr (Carr Sports)

CALS Breakout "2020 Focus Group" with former NCAA VP David Berst

CALS Breakout "AD's Roundtable" with Tom Bowen (Memphis) and Mario Moccia (New Mexico State)

CALS Breakout Session "Managing your Career & the Search Process" with Pat Richter (DHR)

CALS Panel "Leading a 21st Century Athletics Department"

Greg Byrne (Arizona), Bubba Cunningham (North Carolina), Scott Stricklin (Florida) and Kevin Barefoot (Winthrop Intelligence)

CALS Panel "Executive Leadership Principles & Practices" Jake Reid (Sporting KC), Greg Brown (Learfield), Patti Phillips (NACWAA), Billy Walker (American) and Graham Neff (Clemson)

CALS Panel "Enhancing the Student-Athlete Experience"

Bill Scholl (Marquette), Tom Bowen (Memphis), Derrick Gragg (Tulsa), Carla Wilson (UMKC) and Paul Schlickman (Central Connecticut)

CALS Monday Reception at Bentons on the top floor of the Westin Crown Center

CALS Reception

CALS Panel "A Balancing Act: Annual and Major Gift Fundraising in a Competitive Environment"

Pat Chun (Florida Atlantic), Kale Gober (Central Arkansas), Terry Mohajir (Arkansas State), Nate Pine (Holy Cross) and Tommy McClelland (Louisiana Tech)

CALS Panel “The Arms Race: Facilities from Concept to Completion"

Phil Racicot (Dusquesne), Jon Niemuth (AECOM), Andrew Rice (Daktronics), Pat Kraft (Temple) and Chris Nations (Nations Group)

CALS Panel "Maximizing Revenue through External Partnerships"

Bill Duffy (Aspire), Eric Johnson (Learfield Liscensing), Angelina Lawson (Sportsdigita), AJ Machovsky (Vivid Seats) and Greg Hulen (Tennessee)

CALS Panel "Navigating Career Growth and Transition"

Jeremy McClain (Troy), Mario Moccia (New Mexico State), Wren Baker (North Texas), Karen Langston (Cal State Bakersfield) and David Harris (Northern Iowa)