The detailed 2025 Outdoor Economy Conference agenda is forthcoming, but this big-picture-view of this year’s conference schedule will make your planning a little easier.
If you have any questions about the event schedule, contact our team at staff@outdooreconomy.org.
All tracks and sessions are all organized around the greater conference theme of Investing in the Ecosystem. Woven throughout these core Program Tracks are common threads, including:
Equity · Sustainability & Resiliency · Funding · Accessibility & Inclusivity · Workforce · Leadership · User Retention & Growth · Policy · Data & Trends
Trail Planning & Development Workshop – Registration Opens Late Spring
Back by popular demand, this workshop will guide community leaders through the core elements of planning, designing, and implementing a trail development project.
Summits (TBA)
Two major national outdoor industry leadership groups will host their 2023 membership gatherings bookending the Outdoor Economy Conference. If you represent a group in the outdoor industry, nonprofit, government, and/or community that wants to meet on Monday afternoon or Thursday morning, there are rooms available to reserve, ranging from an ~18 person Board Room, to both small and 200+ full-sized breakout rooms.
Field Visits – Registration Opens Late Spring
These outings combine hands-on outdoor adventures with learning insight into the inner workings of building an outdoor economy from expert facilitators that do this important work every day in Western North Carolina.
For those checking in on Tuesday morning:
Registration is in front of the Expo Hall on the first floor of the Cherokee Convention Center. Check in to get your conference pass, and ask our staff any questions.
Important reminder: we will not transfer any tickets after September 15th, and we will not re-assign conference badges on site.
Please make sure that all attendees, sponsors and exhibitor booth staff have their tickets secured under their correct name before the Conference begins.
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