Optional Tours Available During Conference Dates

Optional POST-Conference Tour - CANCELLED
Please note - the Mackinac Island tour has been cancelled - we apologize for any inconvenience.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Golf Pairings Party                                                    HockeyTown Café
Tournament Participants Only
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Sponsored by VisitRochester

Join us Monday night at the Hockeytown Café to get your pairings partners for the golf tournament on Tuesday. 

Hockeytown, one of Detroit’s most innovative restaurants, boasts
HDTV’s filled with sports for every fan and a spectacular view of Comerica Park and Ford Field.  Relax with a drink and a great meal and meet and greet your team for the next day.  Come over and enjoy some “Serious Fun”!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

6th Annual CESSE Golf Tournament and Lunch
2008 Best Ball Scramble
Lakes of Taylor Golf Club
Sponsored by The Spokane Regional CVB and the Greater Hartford CVB

6:45 am         Bus departs from the Detroit Marriott Renaissance
                       Center
7:30 am         Check in and continental breakfast
8:30am          Tee time (modified shotgun start – 18 holes)
                      Lunch, prize awards and drawing immediately
                      following the tournament

Price per person:  $100 (includes continental breakfast and lunch).

Advance registration required.  Club rentals are $20; numbers of sets are limited, golfers are encouraged to bring their own clubs.
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Join us and your colleagues for another great day of golfing, fun and prizes.  This year promises to be even better with two great cities as your hosts, Spokane, Washington and Hartford, Connecticut.

This year’s tournament will be held at the Lakes of Taylor Golf Club.  The Lakes is a par 72 Championship golf course that was recently named one of the top 2 courses in Southeastern Michigan by WWJ News.  Five lakes and multiple wetlands provide a picturesque backdrop for the Arthur Hills designed course which features play for 5,119 to 7,028 yards and five sets of tees, which makes the course enjoyable for all skill levels.  Fountains in the ponds and several covered bridges and boardwalks add to the ambiance of the course. The Practice Facility adds to the “country club” setting with a traditional driving range and large putting green and the Short Game Learning Center, which features two greens replicating the greens of the course.

The Lakes of Taylor Golf Club is just the right setting to spend a great day with friends, old and new.  So register soon (space is limited) and join the folks from Spokane and Hartford for casual play, tasty food, fun prizes and great memories.

(If a minimum of 25 players are not registered by June 16, the event will be cancelled.  All registered golfers will receive a refund.)

First Timers Reception
Location: Detroit Marriott
at the Renaissance Center
5:00 PM–6:00 PM
Sponsored by HelmsBriscoe

New to CESSE? Feel overwhelmed by
the number of people and the few
familiar faces? Then join us at the First
Timer’s Reception. Meet the Board, Track
Chairs, and decision makers in general
with CESSE. Make a friend, and start your
first CESSE meeting off on the right foot!
We want you to feel welcome into the
CESSE family.

CESSE 2008 Opening Reception

WELCOME TO THE D!

Join the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and party at the park that hosted the 2005 All-Star Game, the same park where Magglio Ordonez hit the game winning home run to make the Detroit Tigers the 2006 American League Champs, leading the team to the 2006 World Series. Celebrate in true Detroit fashion, while enjoying Made in Detroit delicacies, great drinks, Motown entertainment and mingling with other CESSE attendees at Comerica Park. See amazing views of the city, including the two new casino hotels, MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity Casino Hotel, Detroit’s Fabulous Fox Theatre, Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, the revitalized Detroit International Riverfront and Windsor, Ontario across the Detroit River. This opening night reception will be like none other, so make sure to stop by Comerica Park on July 15.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fun Run/Walk
5:45 AM – 7:00 AM
Sponsored by Travel Portland & Triumph Expo and Design

RUN (OR WALK!) FOR FUN, AND FUND A CHARITABLE PROJECT
 
Meet more than a hundred other caring CESSE attendees, as you sleepily gather 'round the complimentary coffee station in the Marriott lobby. Gear up for exercise and conversation along the Detroit River, views of Canada and a special Oregon "Thank you" gift included!
 
Your hosts, Travel Portland CVB and Triumph Expo and Design will take care of the details and insure that 100% of your $35 donation goes directly to Engineers Without Borders. Even if you can't "wake up and smell the coffee", you can still contribute by selecting "Just sleep in" on your registration form.

Evening Reception
Detroit Institute of Arts
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Sponsored by Hyatt Hotels Corporation

The Detroit Institute of Arts, or as the locals call it - the DIA, is an incredible museum filled with ambience everywhere you turn.  From the Diego Rivera murals, to Goya and Picasso - the art is displayed and matched by surroundings from that time, creating elegance and an awe-inspiring experience rich in culture and style!

Hyatt Hotels Corporation invites you to be our guest on Wednesday, July 16th at the amazing Detroit Institute of Art for an evening full of camaraderie...where Art is the common thread that transcends cultures and enriches and enlightens, educates and inspires!

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Evening Reception and Gala Banquet
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM  Reception
7:30 PM   Gala Banquet
Sponsored by Detroit Marriott and Marriott Convention and Resort Network

This is the week of discovery on the road to success.  Now that you are on that road, drive a little further into the heart of the Motor City.  Imagine arriving in a 1962 Chevy Bel Air with great classic Motown tunes playing on the radio.  Think back to a time when music was created on street corners and the songs became legend.  Detroit takes these memories and brings to you…..

Club GTO

Experience the unique traditions of Motown in our elegant supper club—

Dine on the delicious creations by our chef, and then dance the night away to Motown favorites. 

This will be a night where memories are shared, and new ones created.  Step back in time with the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center as we bid you farewell, Motown style.