23 May 2008, Friday

8.00am

Credential Desk Open

Room 208 / 209

9.00am - 10.30am

District 80 Exco Meeting

Room 208 / 209

10.30am - 11.00am

Tea Break (District Officers only)

11.00am - 12.30pm

District 80 Council meeting

Room 208 / 209

12.30pm - 2.00pm

Lunch (not included)

2.00pm - 5.00pm

English Workshop  
Please Shut Up and Listen to ME!
Anne Barab DTM, Accredited Speaker

Room 208 / 209

Mandarin Workshops
幽默大全 - 李秉萱DTM

成功的秘密 - 孙策

Room 202

6.00pm

Latin Social Dance Lesson

Ballroom 2

7.00pm - 11.00pm

Welcome Dinner, Theme - “MAD”
Dress Code: please dress in your most  OUTRAGEOUS costumes to go along with the MAD theme at Welcome Night

Ballroom 2

24 May 2008, Saturday

8.00am

Registration

9.00am 

Opening Ceremony
Flags Parade
Opening Speech
Michael Wee DTM, District Governor
Guest-of-Honour Speech
Mr. Abdullah Tarmugi
Speaker of the Singapore Parliament
Official Launch of MAD Convention Entertainment / Performance

Theatre 

9.55am - 10.25am

Tea Break

10.25am - 11.50pm

Plennary Session
The Courage To Try
- Ed Hearn,
2006 World Champion of Public Speaking

Theatre 

Noon - 1.30pm

Lunch

Concourse L3

1.30pm - 5.30pm

Tamil Workshop/Contest

Room 203

1.30pm - 2.15pm

General Session
Make A Difference -- Pursue Your Passion!
- Ed Hearn,
2006 World Champion of Public Speaking

Theatre 

2.30pm - 5.30pm

Mandarin International Speech and
Table Topics Contests

Room 202

2.30pm - 5.30pm
 

English Breakout Sessions - Concurrent

Session 1
2.30pm-3.15pm
 

Personal Branding Starts with Me
- Andrew Goh

Track B
Room 209

Creative Presentations - Presenting Colorfully in a Black-and-White Crowd
- Alison Lester

Track A
Theatre

Session 2
3.30pm-4.15pm

Why Are You Like That? 
Maximising Communication Effectiveness with DISC Profiling Tool.

- Kelvin Ong DTM

Track A
Room 208

Humor in Action
- Damrong Watanaluck ATMS, LL.M.

Track D
Room 209

Breaking through the Barriers

- Lynn Desker DTM

Track C
Theatre

4.15pm - 4.45pm

Tea Break

Session 3
4.45pm-5.30pm

Be a Charismatic Leader
- Talis Wong DTM

Track C
Room 208

Dialogue with Ed Hearn

Track B
Room 209

Capitalizing on Your Image, Learn how Leaders Image Impact the Difference
- Jill Lowe

Track B
Theatre

6.00pm

Latin Social Dance Lesson

Ballroom 2

7.00pm– 12.00pm

Latin Gala Dinner
Dress Code: Formal / Latin Dance Wear 
Gala Keynote Speech
How to Think Like a Leader Regardless of Position within the Organization
- Anne Barab DTM, Accredited Speaker
Installation of District Officers 2008-2009

Dance Performances

Ballroom 2

25 May 2008, Sunday

8.30am-12.30pm

English International Speech Contest

Theatre 

9.55am - 10.25am

Tea Break

10.25am - 11.50pm

English Table Topics Contest

Closing Ceremony

Theatre 

12.30pm - 2.00pm

Farewell Lunch

Concourse L3

2.00pm – 6.00pm

Incoming District Exco Meeting

District Officers Training

for 2008-2009

Room 208