Timeline and Agenda

Pre-Event Timeline

  • June 1 - Registration opens for Go West Summit 2024
  • January 25 - Appointment selection opens. Click here for more details.
  • January 25 - Room Reservation Cut-off date
  • January 29 - Deadline to modify profile. Changes to your online profile made after this date will not be reflected in the resource manual.
  • January 31 - Deadline for all advertising artwork.
  • February 23 - Deadline to modify appointment schedules
  • February 26 - Education Day
  • February 27-28 - Marketplace - Two days of face to face pre-scheduled appointments
  • February 29  - Adventure Day

On-Site Event Agenda

Sunday, February 25, 2024

1:00pm – 5:30pm Go West Summit Registration
Pick up your event credentials and meet the staff.
5:30pm – 7:30pm Buyer Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Travel Oregon
-Buyers and journalists only please

Monday, February 26 - Education Day

7:00am – 5:30pm Go West Summit Registration
7:30am – 4:45pm

Buyer Site Tour

Join your Lake Tahoe hosts on Monday, Feb. 26th for an exciting day of site visits, scenery, and guaranteed wildlife sightings! Click the link on your GWS landing page to learn more and submit your request to attend.
-Buyers and journalists only please

8:00am – 9:10am State Caucus Sessions
9:15am – 11:50am

Morning Educational Sessions

12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch - Sponsored by Brand USA
1:30pm – 5:15pm Concurrent Afternoon Educational Sessions
In Partnership with IITA 
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Opening Event

Tuesday, February 27

7:00am – 5:30pm Go West Summit Registration
8:00am – 12:00pm Marketplace I
This is the first of four Marketplace sessions featuring 12-minute, one-on-one, pre-scheduled appointments.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 5:30pm Marketplace II
Evening On Your Own

Use this free night to establish a relationship with a potential client or customer—ask them to join you for dinner! Visit the on-site information desk for ideas before exploring local cafés and restaurants.

Wednesday, February 28

7:00am – 5:30pm Go West Summit Registration
7:45am – 8:50am The BIG REVEAL Breakfast -
Presented by our 2025 Go West Summit destination host. Don't miss the excitement as our host is revealed!
9:00am – 12:00pm Marketplace III - Tikahtnu Ballroom
12:00pm – 1:10pm

Lunch

1:15pm – 2:15pm Speed Appointment Session
Meet with buyers at their tables for one full hour of unscheduled 5-minute appointments. 
2:15pm – 5:30pm Marketplace IV
6:30pm – 9:00pm Closing Event

Thursday, February 29 - Adventure Day

All Attendees Welcome! Multiple trips presented - check back soon for updates!

FAM Trips

Buyers and journalists are invited to explore destinations and hotels across the American West before and after the show. Several multi-day excursions will be offered.