TIE Event Information

Wednesday, September 22

• 8:30 a.m. Depart hotels for Golf Outing
• 8:30 a.m. Depart Hotel for Spa Services
• 9:00 a.m. Golf Outing at Covered Bridge Golf course
  "The Bridge" as it's commonly called is a Fuzzy Zoeller- designed and owned 18-hole course nestled on a gently rolling plain at the foot of Southern Indiana's famous Floyds Knobs.
• 9:00 a.m. Spa Services – Z Salon & Spa
  
  Evening Attire: Business Casual
  
• 5:15 p.m. Depart Galt House for Welcome Reception
• 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception at the Louisville Marriott Downtown
  A reception with a “bourbon flair” featuring the President of Makers Mark, Bill Samuels, a 7th generation distiller.

Thursday, September 23

Morning Attire: Business Casual

• 7:15 a.m. Depart hotels
• 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Breakfast and TIE Business Meeting at the Brown Hotel
  The Brown Hotel in Louisville is a historic Four Diamond, AAA hotel featuring classic english renaissance architecture.
• 12:45 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch at 21C Museum Hotel
  21C Museum Hotel is more than just a place to spend the night – it's a 90-room boutique hotel, contemporary art museum, award-winning restaurant and cultural civic center nestled in the heart of Museum Row in historic downtown Louisville. 21C was voted #1 hotel in the country according to the 2009 Condé Nast readers.
• 2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Attraction Tours and Shopping
  Your choice of touring the Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory or Glassworks. If you prefer to do some gallery/boutique shopping you can visit our NuLu District downtown.

Evening Attire: Comfortable/Casual

• 5:15 p.m. Depart hotels
• 6:00 p.m. Dinner at Jim Beam American Outpost
  An casual outdoor dinner T. Jeremiah Beam Home, a place where three generations of Beams lived when they were distilling the family's namesake bourbon. Savor the aroma of gently aging bourbon, resting unhurried in our rack houses that rise majestically from the rolling hills. In the new tasting venue you can explore the flavors of two of Jim Beam’s finest bourbons while learning how the carefully crafted Kentucky whiskeys are made.

Friday, September 24

Morning Attire: Casual/Closed-Toe Shoes (suitable for horse barns)

• 7:15 a.m. Depart hotels
• 7:30 – 9:45 a.m. Breakfast and Backside Tour of Churchill Downs The Kentucky Derby Museum will provide you the opportunity to see ‘other side’ of Churchill Downs and to see racehorses in their environment. See the horses in training, catch them during a bath, and learn about life at the track. You will then be treated to a southern style breakfast in the track kitchen while you watch more of the magical process of the Thoroughbred's morning training workouts.
• 10:30 a.m. Professional Development - Common Core Standards Panel Discussion
  Francis Eberle, Kichoon Yang, Kent Willamson
• 12:00 p.m. Lunch at Kentucky International Convention Center 
• 1:15 p.m. Professional Development – Guests Speaker, Scott Klososky
  Scott uses innovation, velocity, and future vision to build his own companies, and to advise clients. He speaks to audiences across the market spectrum and never fails to send them home with at least three new ideas that can be applied right away.
• 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner at RIVUE
  RIVUE, the upscale rooftop restaurant & lounge of the Galt House Hotel & Suites, is unlike anything you've seen before. It features breathtaking panoramic views, sophisticated décor & twin revolving floors that let you drink it all in, not to mention amazing contemporary cuisine!
• 8:00 p.m. Just for Laughs….After Party at Improv Comedy Club
  Louisville’s premiere downtown comedy destination!