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2016 General Conference Schedule
Registration
Saturday, May 7 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Central Conference Delegate & Interpreter Registration at Convention Center
Sunday, May 8 12:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Central Conference Delegate & Interpreter Registration at Convention Center
5:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. Delegate & Official Participant Registration at Convention Center
Monday, May 9 8:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. Registration (all categories) at Convention Center
Tuesday, May 10 8:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. Registration (all categories) at Convention Center
Wednesday, May 11 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Registration (all categories) at Convention Center
Registration will be closed during opening worship on Tuesday.
Registration after 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 11 will be in Room B119, Office of the Secretary of the General Conference
Agenda and Program
Following is the overall program of the 2016 General Conference in Portland, Oregon. The Committee on Agenda will plan in detail each day's
business schedule once the Conference convenes. The first week is assumed to be for legislative committee work through Saturday, and the
second week is for plenary sessions. All times listed are considered “Orders of the Day”. Announcements will be held prior to the end
of each Plenary as necessary.
Saturday, May 7
9:00 – 10:30 A.M.
Registration Booth Worker & Computer Operator Orientation
10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Registration Computer Operator Orientation
Sunday, May 8
2:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Orientation for Central Conference Delegates
Monday, May 9
8:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters
9:00 A.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Committee on Reference
9:30 – 11:30 A.M.
Briefing for Central Conference Women Delegates
(Not official activities of the General Conference)
10:00 A.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Committee on Calendar and Agenda
1:30 P.M.
Dedication of Prayer Room and Prayer Walk
2:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Tablet Training – Central Conference Delegates
2:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Orientation of Legislative Committee Recorders
4:00 – 9:30 P.M.
Orientation for Marshals and Pages
6:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Briefing for Women Delegates
(Not official activities of the General Conference)
Tuesday, May 10
8:00 – 9:00 A.M.
Orientation for Heads of Delegations
9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Tablet Training – Central Conference Delegates
9:00 A.M. – Committees continue to meet as necessary
Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters
Committee on Reference
Committee on Calendar and Agenda
9:00 A.M. – Organization of Committees
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Committee on Credentials
Committee on the Journal
Committee on Presiding Officers
9:00 A.M.
Orientation for Seminary Students
9:30 – 11:30 A.M. – Briefings (See notes at end of Agenda)
Briefing for Youth and Young Adult Delegates
A Briefing for Delegates of Color and Allies
(Not official activities of the General Conference)
10:30 A.M.
Committee on Correlation and Editorial Revision
12:15 – 1:30 P.M.
Orientation for First-time Delegates
2:00 – 3:30 P.M.
Opening Worship & Holy Communion
– Preacher: Bishop Warner Brown, Jr.
3:30 – 4:30 P.M.
Call to Order
Invitation to Authentic Engagement and Inter-cultural
Competency
Christian Conferencing
Presentation by the Committee on Faith and Order
4:30 – 4:45 P.M.
Afternoon Break
4:45 – 6:30 P.M.
Organization of the General Conference
• Roll Call and Setting the Bar of the Conference
• Emergency Procedures, Queueing System Introduction
and Testing the Voting System
• Commission on the General Conference Report and Plan
of Organization and Rules of the General Conference