Spouse/Guest Registration Includes
- Admittance and drink tickets to the Welcome Reception
- Admittance to both Breakfast sessions
- Optional tour, just for Guests (additional fee)
- Admittance to EMDA’s Industry Showcase
- Attendance at any of our sessions
Below is a brief schedule of events for guests. While we have highlighted events that we believe will interest those who register as a Spouse/Guest, you are welcome to attend any of our sessions or meetings, as long as space permits.
Tuesday, October 25
Registration desk – The registration desk opens at 7:00 am each day. In addition to picking up name badges, the registration desk is a great spot to meet other attendees, visit staff, and get answers to any questions you may have.
Welcome Reception – The Welcome Reception is from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, and is a great place to meet fellow attendees, catch up on old times and meet new colleagues. There is no formal program for this event, so feel free to stop in as your plans permit. Many guests will still be arriving, therefore travel casual attire is fine.
Wednesday, October 26
Joint Industry Breakfast and Opening Session – This session is from 8:00 to 9:30 am and is designed to kick off the convention. This is our largest event and fills quickly, plan on arriving early for the best seating.
Spouse/Guest Tour – Guests have the option to sign up for a tour on Wednesday of the Morse Museum in Winter Park, FL followed by lunch and free time for shopping on Park Avenue. See below for more information. (Additional fee)
EMDA’s Partners Party – This event is by invitation only from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Thursday, October 27
Joint Industry Breakfast Buffet – There will be no speaker at this session, so enjoy a leisurely morning at this breakfast buffet from 7:00 to 9:00 am.
EMDA’s Industry Showcase – Take a stroll through this event where attendees learn about products and services from manufacturers and suppliers. The showcase will take place from 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Joint Reception – A celebration of a great meeting completed. A perfect time to have a last minute visit with attendees of both our Association and EMDA. The reception will be from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Wednesday Guest Tour – Morse Museum in Winter Park, FL
Registration fee: $125
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Spouses and guests will tour the Morse Museum which houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, beaded-glass lamps and windows, and his chapel interior from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The museum is located in Winter Park, FL, an approximately 45 minute ride from the hotel.
Of the many unexpected pleasures awaiting visitors to Central Florida, none may be as dazzling as a stroll through the galleries of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, home to the world’s most comprehensive collection of works by American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933). Highlights include the restored Byzantine-Romanesque chapel interior that Tiffany designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and a new wing that showcases the Museum’s collection of art and architectural objects from Tiffany’s celebrated Long Island home, Laurelton Hall. The galleries support the first permanent exhibition of these objects.
The recently restored Daffodil Terrace, prize-winning leaded-glass windows, iconic Tiffany lamps, and custom furnishings are among the featured installations. Visitors will also enjoy the exhibits of American art pottery, Arts and Crafts furnishings, and late 19th- and early 20th-century American painting and graphics. The Morse was founded by Jeannette Genius McKean (1909-89) in 1942 and named for her industrialist grandfather. Its collection was built over a half-century by Mrs. McKean and her husband, Hugh F. McKean (1908-95), the museum’s director until his death.
Following the tour, the group will have lunch and some free time for shopping on Park Avenue or exploring the enchanting town of Winter Park.