Convention Agenda
Below is the agenda for the upcoming 2025 show.
Outfitters – bring your buyers for as there is plenty of time for appointments.
Please note the employee training session is on Wednesday and will teach how to identify, prevent or resolve performance problems.
The Tuesday Night Social Event is simulated golf! Come in your latest Halloween Costume.
The Wednesday Evening Banquet and Silent Auction should be another fun event!
Monday, Oct 27th | Schedule of Events |
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1:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Vendor Setup |
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM | CROA Board of Directors Meeting – All Members Welcome Boardroom C – 1st Floor of Hyatt |
Tuesday, Oct 28th | Schedule of Events |
7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Vendor Setup |
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Show Registration |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Colorado Labor Law Newest Updates – Lots of changes in the past year. This session will focus on getting you up to speed. Eric Yohe | Outreach Manager | Division of Labor Standards and Statistics | State of Colorado | Denver |
10:15 AM – 12:00 AM | General Membership Meeting Part 1 – RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS ONLY |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch on Your Own |
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | CROA General Membership Meeting Part 2 – RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS ONLY This meeting will include updates for recent association activities, upcoming legislative and legal work, public relation efforts and plans for 2026. The Board of Directors Election will be held at this meeting. A more detailed agenda will be available the day of the meeting. |
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | I-70 Floyd Hill Project – Updates to Plan on for Your 2026 Clear Creek Season An overview of the progress from this past year, the anticipated work schedule for 2026, and the project’s effects on highway and river travel will be discussed. CDOT Personnel |
3:00 PM – 6:30 PM 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
Trade Show Opens Opening Reception in Tradeshow Hall |
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM +++ | Tuesday Night Social. Golf Tournament Simulation at the Hyatt. Will you be closest to the pin or have the longest drive? And do not forget that this will be Halloween week so bring your best costume. Food and drink will be provided. The cash bar will be ready and set up for you. |
Wednesday, Oct 29th | Schedule of Events |
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Coffee in Lobby |
Trade Show Open – Make Appointments | |
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | River Outfitter Licensing Updates Michael Haskins | ROL/Swiftwater Investigator | Colorado River Outfitter Office | Littleton |
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | EMPLOYEE SESSION Analyzing Performance Problems. The focus of this class is teaching managers or soon to be managers how to identify performance problems and learn techniques to solve performance issues and improve employee performance. Dr. Samantha A Conroy, MBA Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Department of Management | Tinberg Business for a Better World University Professor| Colorado State University | Fort Collins |
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Demographic and Economic Data for Colorado. What’s the latest. Greg Totten | Economist | Colorado Department of Local Affairs | Denver |
10:45 AM – 12:15 AM | ScrunchAI – Artificial Intellengence Search. The Wall Street Journal says new AI companies are going to change Google Search. Are they? The Journal listed ScrunchAI as one of the change agents. Ted Demopoulos | Account Executive | ScrunchAI | Cleveland |
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch for Attendees and Vendors |
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Trade Show Open – DEDICATED VENDOR TIME |
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM | Banquet Keynote Speaker: Fletcher Jacobs | Assistant Director for Outdoor Recreation and Lands| Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Denver |
9:30 PM – 10:30 PM | Silent Auction and Door Prize Drawing |
Thursday, Oct 30th | Schedule of Events |
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Coffee in Lobby |
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Trade Show Open |
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM | America Outdoors Association Update Aaron Liberman | Executive Director | America Outdoors Association | Caryn Short | Member Specialist | America Outdoors Association | |
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | TBD Zebulon Smith | CEO | zebulonllc.com | Durango |
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Legal Liability Issues and Labor Law Updates – What’s the Latest This session will also include a discussion on the newest outlook for Miller vs. Crested Butte Colorado Supreme Court Case Regarding Liability Waivers. Peter Middleton | Attorney at Law | Hall & Evans, LLC | Denver Ryan Winter | Attorney at Law | Hall & Evans, LLC | Denver |
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch in Vendor Hall |
2:00 PM | Trade Show Closes |
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Vendor Take Down |