Welcome to the ACC-GTM Convention Website! See the schedule below or explore the links above for up-to-date room assignments.
Day 1
Day 1: Sunday, June 24
- Rehearsal Rooms 9:00 am - 9:00 pm | Jantzen and White Stag
- GTM Executive Board Meeting 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Timberline
- ACC Executive board Meeting 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Mt. St. Helens Ballroom
- Vendors Open 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm | Grand Ballroom West Salon
- Registration Opens 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Grand Ballroom Foyer
- Convention First-Timers Reception 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Mt. St. Helens
- Opening Night Ma'ariv 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm | Salon 1
- Opening Dinner with Zimrot 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Salon 4
- Transcontinental Group Read-Through (Dr. Jayson Rodovsky) 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BJ Night Club
- Late night: Karaoke 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | BJ Night Club
Day 2
Day 2: Monday, June 25
- Running through Portland 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Meet on the Running Path
- Morning Yoga 7:15 am - 8:00 am | TBD
- Fidelity One-on-One Appointments 8:00 am - 5:30 pm | Pendleton
- Tefilah 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Salon 1
- Rehearsal Rooms 10:00 am - 9:00 pm | Jantzen and White Stag
- Keynote Address by Alan Morinis "Mussar Chanting: Opening the heart to understand what the mind knows" 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Salon 1
- ACC-GTM Joint Plenary Session 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Salon 2-3
- Vendors open 12:30 pm - 10:00 pm | East Salon
- Lunch with Zimrot 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Salon 4
- Food for Thought [Portland Tuv Ha'Aretz] 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Washington
- Interfaith Programming 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Mulnomah
- Copyright Laws and Website Recording 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Clackamas
- Alan Morinis presents Mussar Practice: How to Transform Ourselves and Our World 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Clark
- GTM Plenary 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Timberline
- ACC Plenary Session 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Salon 2-3
- Synagogue Finance: The 1, 2, 3's of Reading, Building, and Using a Budget 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Clackamus
- Recreating Oneself in the Changing Marketplace 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Multnomah
- Homiletics Master's Class 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Washington
- Alan Morinis presents The Mussar Way: Bringing It Home with You 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Clark
- Ma'ariv and Vatikim Video Presentation 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Salon 1
- Recognition Dinner 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Salon 4
- Late Night: Brand New Choral Music 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm | Salon 1
Day 3
Day 3: Tuesday, June 26
- Morning Yoga 7:00 am - 8:00 am | TBD
- Running through Portland 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Meet on Running Path
- Tefilah Torah Trek 8:00 am - 9:30 am | Outside for those who wish. An alternative indoor service will be planned as well in Salon 1
- Fidelity One-on-One Appointments 8:00 am - 5:30 pm | Pendleton
- Rehearsal Rooms 9:30 am - 9:00 pm | Jantzen and White Stag
- Keynote Address with Rabbi Steven Kaye: Shift Happens: Navigating Change in Your Congregation or Organization 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Salon 1
- Vendors Open 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
- GTM Plenary Session 10:30 am - 1:00 pm | Timberline
- ACC Plenary Session 10:30 am - 1:00 pm | Salon 2-3
- Lunch (committee tables) 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Salon 4
- Rabbi Steven Kaye presents Embracing the Reality of Conflict in Your Congregation/Organization: Steps Toward Sh'leimut 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Clark
- Personal Finance for Cantors 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Clackamas
- CCAR Machzor 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Washington
- Building a Curriculum: How-to's and How-not-to's 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Multnomah
- Buses leave for Concert 4:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Hotel Lobby
- Ma'ariv at Congregation Beth Israel 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm | Congregation Beth Israel
- ACC-GTM Convention Concert 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Congregation Beth Israel
- Dinner "on your own" in Portland 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
- Buses return from Congregation Beth Israel 10:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Congregation Beth Israel
Day 4
Day 4: Wednesday, June 27
- Running through Portland 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Meeting place TBA
- DFSSM Alumni Breakfast 7:30 am - 9:00 am | Salon 4
- GTM Breakfast 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Clackamas
- Certification Breakfast 8:00 am - 9:00 am | TBD
- Tefilah 9:15 am - 10:15 am | Salon 1
- Vendors Open 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Rehearsal Rooms 10:00 am - 9:00 pm | Jantzen and White Stag
- Jewish Wisdom and Wellness: Creating a Plan for Self-Care and Resilence with Michele Prince, Kalsman Institute 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Salon 1
- GTM Plenary Session 11:15 am - 1:15 pm | Timberline
- ACC Plenary Session 11:15 am - 1:15 pm | Salon 2-3
- Lunch 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Salon 4
- Best Practices Panel 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Washington
- Torah Study and Chevruta 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Multnomah
- Rabbi Steven Kaye presents Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Explore your Hidden Self/10 Essential Leadership Skills 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Clark
- Composers' Workshop: Solo Works 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Salon 1
- GTM Affinity Session 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Clackamas
- ACC Affinity Session: Transitions: Cantor to Cantor & On to Life Beyond the Bimah 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Multnomah
- ACC Affinity Session: Midlife cantors 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Clark
- ACC Affinity Session: Sole Spiritual Leaders/Cantors in Outlying Areas Serving without Nearby Colleagues 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Weyerhaeuser
- ACC Affinity Session: Cantors in Transition 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Washington
- Ma'ariv 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Salon 1
- Taste of Portland closing dinner 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm | Dock/pool side
Day 5
Day 5: Thursday, June 28
- Tefilah and closing program 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Salon 1
- GTM Board Meeting 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- ACC Executive Board Meeting 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
