3:00 PM		HUMOResources Bookstore Open
4:30 PM		Registration and CEU Sign-In
5:00-6:00 PM		Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions
5:30-7:30 PM		Dinner Together
7:30-8:00 PM	Conference Welcome/Overview	The Role of Humor in a Flatter, Mad Hatter World Dr. Joel Goodman (Director of The HUMOR Project) and Margie Ingram (Conference Coordinator)
8:00-9:30 PM	Keynote	At Least I've Still Got My Health Brett Leake We are thrilled that Brett will be kicking off our conference this year! He is the highest-rated keynoter in the history of our conference (and that includes humor icons like Steve Allen, Sid Caesar, Victor Borge, Jay Leno, the Smothers Brothers, etc.)! This laughter-stimulating, thought-provoking, life-affirming, applause-generating presentation is jest what the doctor ordered for all of us! When Brett set out to become a comedian, a reporter wanted to know how long a man with muscular dystrophy could stand the rigors of a traveling stand-up comic. Brett supposed he had about 7 years. That was 25 years ago! Brett attributes his laughing longevity to the healing power of humor. We encourage you to put on your seatbelts for this session... jest in case you fall out of your seat laughing while learning about the extraordinary rewards of letting go... and letting go with laughter! After this (now) sit-down stand-up comic weaves his hilarious humor with heartfelt message, we will present Brett with the richly-deserved National Humor Treasure Award. Brett Leake and his clean, inspiring comedy have been featured everywhere from the American Comedy Awards, the Kennedy Center, IBM corporate programs, and at an Australian humour conference. Brett made television history when he became the first disabled comedian to appear on The Tonight Show (five times). Jay Leno said, "He broke up the whole room. People realized that here's a man with a disability and he's not gonna' let it bother him." Others have added their applause: on Entertainment Tonight, Jerry Seinfeld observed: "He's funny. There's a great common denominator in the comedy industry: funny is funny." Brett also has a huge fan club amongst our conference alumni- without a doubt, he has been far-and-away the most requested speaker for an encore presentation at our conference!
9:30-11:00 PM		Optional Laugh & Learn Sessions