For 50 years, SkillsUSA has honored being educated. We’ve honored being skilled. And, we’ve honored the talent, drive and expertise of our members. You are here because you possess what is needed to lead America and SkillsUSA into the next 50 years. People know what you value by what you honor. At SkillsUSA, we honor skilled and professional leaders. We honor our past and look forward to our future. This conference marks the beginning of a year-long celebration as SkillsUSA turns 50 in 2015. The coming year will be a time to look back and celebrate our accomplishments. It will also be a time to look ahead and dream big. 2 8 12 14 19 Visit: www.skillsusa.org for frequent updates 32 to our conference photo and video coverage. The opening and awards ceremonies will be 34 streamed live at: www.skillsusa.org/events/ 50 nlscvideo.shtml. 1 Using This Program CARRY THIS POCKET PROGRAM at all times this week. Day-by- day listings of general events begin on Page 34. Maps of Kansas City and meeting rooms are on Pages 3-7. A skills contest floor map is on Pages 32-33. See Pages 8-11 for locations of SkillsUSA TECHSPO exhibitors. SkillsUSA Championships contestants should refer to their separate schedule starting on Page 50, where the times and locations of contests, mandatory meetings and related activities are listed by event name. REGISTRATION/LOST AND FOUND Registration is in Room 2103A of Bartle Hall. It’s on the lower level, off Lobby 2100 between Central Street and Broadway. The Media Room is next door in 2104A. Conference Management Headquarters’ location is Room 2213. See Pages 62-63 for a listing of other staff locations. WHAT TO WEAR In the day-by-day schedule section, clothing requirements are listed for specific events. To be allowed on stage at Friday’s Awards Ceremony, winners are required to wear SkillsUSA offi- cial attire* or official SkillsUSA Championships work clothing. At Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony, SkillsUSA official attire or other professional attire is required. No backpacks or large tote bags are allowed in Kemper Arena. (*As defined, official attire begins with the red blazer or windbreaker. For women, it also includes a white blouse [collarless or small-collared], knee- length black dress skirt or black dress slacks, black sheer [not opaque] or skin-tone seamless hose, and black shoes. For men, official attire includes the blazer or windbreaker, plus a white dress shirt, solid black tie, black dress slacks, plain black socks and black dress shoes.) To enter Tuesday’s Champions Night at Allis Plaza, participants must wear the official name badge, a SkillsUSA logo shirt (state delegation shirts are OK) and appropriate casual attire. At remaining events, SkillsUSA logo wear is appropriate, meaning shirts and other items bearing the logos of SkillsUSA or state associations. Logo wear can be purchased at the SkillsUSA Store near the New Grand Ballroom in Bartle Hall (open Monday 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.). Contestants must wear the work clothing specified in the SkillsUSA Championships Tech- nical Standards during their competitions. 2 @SkillsUSA #NLSC14 Q Convention Center and Nearby Hotels Skills Contests Skills Contests TECHSPO i Skills D Leadership f Contests Contests C Registration/ Skills Information Contests B Skills Contests E TECHSPO/ Skills Champions Seminars Contests 14th St. Night Ce nt Delegate ral 13th St. Sessions H G W t. ya S nd th ott 12 e Ba ltim o re B Lobby 2100 C Lobby 2200 D Lobby 2300 E Lobby 1500 F Lobby 2500 g Marriott H Muehlebach I New Grand Ball- Tower Tower room South Plaza Bartle Municipal Hotel Hall Auditorium Phillips Conference Marriott Allis Plaza/ Center Downtown Parking Contests are in Bartle Hall and its Conference Center (including the New Grand Ballroom), Municipal Auditorium, American Royal Center (see map, Page 5) and the downtown Marriott and Phillips hotels. Delegates meet in the Marriott Downtown’s Muehlebach Tower; many SkillsUSA University seminars and a special advisors’ session are in its Marriott Tower. Buses near the convention center and at outlying hotels will go to the Opening and Awards ceremonies at Kemper Arena (Page 5) as well as to SkillsUSA Night at Worlds of Fun. Buses at outlying hotels will go to Champions Night at Allis Plaza (where a new $1-per-person admission fee will be donated to a local youth charity). A shuttle will run from downtown to free parking at Kemper Arena as well as to American Royal for the TeamWorks, Humanoid Robotics, Sustainability Solutions, Urban Search and Rescue, and Welding Fabrication competitions. Check the enclosed daily and contest schedules for specific locations and times. 3 Q Kansas City Area Kansas City Miles Int’l Airport uri Ri so ve Mis r 7 Worlds of Fun 2524 3 19 Independence 186 25 5 8 Ave. Truman Road 31 28 ver s Ri 11 23rd St. sa 14 20 n 17 a 2 4 K 16 13 15 26 Ave. Prospect Shawnee 30 22 Kauffman 6 12 Blue Pk 47th St. wy. Stadium 9 23 1 29 21 Lee’s 10 27 Summit Downtown Area (See detail map at right) Q Conference Hotels (See map above for locations) 1. 435 Overland Park Place 17. Hilton Garden Independence 2. 816 Westport 18. Hilton Garden Kansas 3. Aladdin Holiday Inn 19. Hilton President 4. Best Western Seville 20. Holiday Inn CoCo Key Resort 5. Comfort Suites Downtown 21. Holiday Inn Convention Center Overland Park 6. Comfort Suites Independence 22. Holiday Inn Plaza 7. Courtyard Marriott Briarcliff 23. Holiday Inn Suites Overland 8. Crowne Plaza Downtown Park West 9. Crowne Plaza Lenexa 24. Hotel Phillips 10. Doubletree Overland Park 25. Kansas City Marriott Corporate Woods Downtown 11. Drury Inn 26. Marriott Country Club Plaza 12. Drury Inn Independence 27. Marriott Overland Park 13. Embassy Suites 28. Sheraton Crown Center 14. Fairfield Inn Union Hill 29. Sheraton Overland Park 15. Four Points by Sheraton 30. Sheraton Suites 16. Hampton Inn & Suites Plaza 31. Westin Crown Center 44 Maps & meeting rooms Q Downtown Area/Parking 1 Municipal Auditorium Garage (13th & Central) Main Baltimore I-35 Broadway Central 2 Cathedral Square Wyandotte 11th Lot (13th & Broadway) 12th 1 3 Free Parking at 2 13th Kemper Arena and American Royal I- 14th (shuttle provided 670 Convention Tuesday-Friday) Center 16th Kemper Arena/ American Royal 3 Wyoming Southwest American Royal Dr. Chavez (23rd) QDriving directions from Bartle Hall to Kemper Arena/American Royal Center: Follow Broadway Boulevard south, then turn right at South- west Boulevard. Make a slight right at Avenida Cesar Chavez (West 23rd Street). Turn left at American Royal Drive, then right at West 18th Street. Bus Routes Marriott Q 12th St. Remember your route number. 10 11 Bartle Champions Plaza The diagram shows the bus stop for Hall your hotel. Most buses run every Aladdin 15-30 minutes, Tuesday through 13th St./TECHSPO Friday. For routes marked * below, refer to the bus schedule in your conference registration packet. Bartle Municipal Hall Auditorium Crowne Plaza Central 1* Holiday Inn Suites Overland Park Wyandotte (OP) West 2* Crowne Plaza Lenexa 14th St. 8 9 1 K 3* 435 OP Place, Doubletree OP Bartle 2 Conference Center 7 Corporate Woods, Holiday Inn Hall 3 6 4 5 Convention Center, Marriott OP, Sheraton OP 9 Drury Inn, Four Points by Sheraton, 4* Hilton Garden Kansas Holiday Inn CoCo Key Water Resort 5 Best Western Seville, Embassy 10 Independence: Comfort Suites, Suites, Holiday Inn Plaza, Fairfield Drury Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Marriott Country Club Plaza 11 Evening events (Kemper Arena, 6 816 Westport, Hampton Inn Plaza, Worlds of Fun) from downtown Q Hotel and Spa, Sheraton Suites hotels 7 Comfort Suites Downtown, K Daytime shuttle to Kemper/ Courtyard Marriott Briarcliff American Royal (TeamWorks and 8 Crown Center: Sheraton, Westin other competitions) free parking + Special needs drop-off stop 55 Q Kansas City Marriott Downtown Marriott Tower 12th Street Meeting Room Restaurant Main Level Coffee Lobby Bar Elevators Escalator to Second Floor Front Desk Count Basie Ballroom A B C Atrium Rest Rooms Prefunction Second A1 B1 C1 Floor Elevators Yardbird Suites Escalator to Main Level Lobby A B Skywalk to Muehlebach Tower Joe Joe Lester Lester Jay Jay Turner Turner Young Young McShann McShann A B A B A B Rest Rooms Elevators Mary Lou Mary Lou Bennie Bennie Julia Julia Andy Andy Williams Williams Moten Moten Lee Lee Kirk Kirk A B A B A B A B Third Floor Muehlebach Tower Skywalk to Marriott Tower Rest Rooms Lobby Bar Prefunction Area Elevators Escalator Lobby Truman Truman A B Colonial Ballroom Main Level Lobby Imperial Ballroom (Trianon: 2 Levels Down) 6 Maps & meeting rooms Q Bartle Hall, Level 2 Rest Rooms Rest Rooms 2215C 2215A Storage 2215B Storage Business Center 2214 2213* 2212 2211 2210 2209 2208 2207 * Conference Management 2206 2205 2204 2203 2202 2201 Elevator to Level 3 to Level 3 Escalator Lobby Escalator 2200 Escalators to Level 1 & Tunnel SkillsUSA Alumni 13th Street Underpass Lobby Escalators to Level 1 & Tunnel 2100 2103A/ Escalator to Level 3 Registration, Escalator to Level 3 Elevator 2104A/ Lost and Found Media & 2102A Alumni 2103B 2104B 2102B Rest Rooms Rest Rooms Rest Rooms Rest Rooms 2103C 2105 2101 Elevator Q Municipal Auditorium To Arena Music Hall 501 Foyer 401 Little Grand 400A 500A Theatre Foyer 402 400B 502 500B 7 SkillsUSA TECHSPO & career fair SKILLSUSA TECHSPO, THE NATION’S largest trade show in career and technical education, is short for technical exposition. It draws top industries, educational institutions, associations and other organizations.