2025 M&A Next -ElevateAEC Run-of-Show

Day Start time

Lead Staff

Support Staff

On stage

Description

Location

Marketing Materials/Props/Comments

Tuesday 6:00:00 AM Clinehens

Kyle

Prog/Rehearse

Rehearsal/Programming

All cubes, meter boards, and table tents. Table top signs on buffet tables for Lawson Weitzen (breakfast sponsor)

Prefunction A, three breakout rooms, Main ballroom (table tents),

Tuesday 7:00:00 AM Shirley

Coldiron, Shelby

Signage setup.

Tuesday 7:15:00 AM Anna

Crystal (SN)

Registration continues Daily team text/huddle M&A Next Breakfast Photographer debrief

Prefunction A

Tuesday

Shirley, Anna

Tuesday 7:30:00 AM Shelby Tuesday 8:15:00 AM Shirley

Shirley

Prefunction A/ Lone Star Ballroom

Prefunction A

Tuesday 8:30:00 AM Tuesday 8:35:00 AM Tuesday 9:10:00 AM

Clinehens Tracey, Jeff

Welcome

Lone Star Ballroom

Zweig Group and Stambaugh Ness Presents: Valuation, multiples, and what's next in M&A in AECLone Star Ballroom

Jesse

Jesse Kropelnicki. Energizing Leadership – Inspiring People and the Verdantas Journey

Lone Star Ballroom

:: Set three chairs for panelists on stage during break. :: Set table top signs at bev stations (RBC)

Tuesday 9:35:00 AM Shelby (via Allied) Shirley

Break

Will, Paul VanDuyne, & Brandon Pinkerton

Panel Discussion: "Beyond the numbers – Managing the hearts and minds during an M&A transaction - Perspectives from a buyer and seller"- Paul VanDuyne and Brandon Pinkerton

Tuesday 9:50:00 AM

Lone Star Ballroom

Place roundtable numbers (with stanctions provided by Hyatt) on tables – two sets of 12 24x36 breakout session boards, 17x11 session titles, easels, CE tent cards, podium signs Tracey, Hobson, Steve, Jen, Will, Brad, Jeff, Bill, Sean, Ying, Kristi, Jeremy

Tuesday 10:50:00 AM Coldiron

Alyson

Break

Breakout rooms SETUP/CHECK : 24x36 signs, 17x11 signs, laptop, charger, advancer, content loaded, audio good to go, CE tent card, panel chairs if applicable.

Tuesday 10:45:00 AM Shirley

Crystal, Heather

Tuesday 11:05:00 AM Coldiron, Alyson

Clinehens

Hot M&A Topics Roundtables

Lone Star Ballroom

Tuesday 12:15:00 PM Shelby Tuesday 12:15:00 PM Shirley

Networking Lunch Download photos

Prefunction A/ Lone Star Ballroom

Matt the photographer

Goliad

Lunch learning session: The emerging role of innovation and AI in M&A transactions and firm integration - KP Reddy (Sponsored by SN/Deltek Partnership) - CONFIRMED

Tuesday 12:45:00 PM

KP

Lone Star Ballroom

Tuesday 1:15:00 PM

Networking lunch continued

Prefunction A

Tuesday 1:30:00 PM Mailena

Brad, Tracey

Focus Session 1: Deep Dive into Valuation Trends Focus Session 1: Smart Integration Strategies

Travis A/B Travis C/D Bowie A/B

Tuesday Tuesday

Heather Alyson

Dan Huntington, Kate

Megan Miller, Alok, Kari, Ryan Focus Session 1: Your Tech Stack: Helping or Hurting Your M&A Effort

Needs 4 panel chairs

24x36 registration sign on easel, replace all M&A Next cubes and meter boards with ElevateAEC ones. MEA TV & sign, Research sign & TV for Insights.

Exhibitor set up begin. Get ready for ElevateAEC registration, set up MEA and Insights. Place sponsor tent cards on respective exhibit booths.

Tuesday 1:30:00 PM Coldiron

Shirley, Anna, Shelby, Keith, Crystal

Prefunction A

Tuesday 2:15:00 PM Breakout room leads: Crystal, Mailena, Heather

REPLACE ALL session title boards 15 minutes before break

17x11 session titles

Tuesday 2:30:00 PM

Break

Tuesday 2:45:00 PM Mailena

Peter Grupp

Focus Session 2: Minimizing Risk & Maximizing Clarity Focus Session 2: Preparing to Sell: The Head and Heart of M&A Focus Session 2: Strategic M&A as a Growth Accelerator

Travis A/B Travis C/D Bowie A/B

Tuesday Tuesday

Heather Alyson

Hobson Hogan, Will Phil Keil, Walter Powell

Tuesday 3:00:00 PM Anna

Shelby, SN, Keith

Prefunction A

ElevateAEC Registration OPENS!

Tuesday 3:30:00 PM Breakout room leads: Crystal, Mailena, Heather

REPLACE ALL session title boards 15 minutes before break

17x11 session titles

Tuesday 3:45:00 PM

Break

3 stacks of FIESTA cubes, two 24x36 for the A frame, bev naps, a copy of final guest list, Pavilion diagram, event handbook

Heads over to the Pavilion. Bring Welcome Reception prints: 3 stacks of FIESTA cubes, two 24x36 for the A frame, bev naps, a copy of final guest list, Pavilion diagram, event handbook.

Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Western Museum

Tuesday 3:50:00 PM Shirley

Shelby, Whitney (Pape-Dawson)

Tuesday 4:00:00 PM Mailena

Rob Hughes, Tom Marchetti Focus Session 3: Strategic Risk: Safeguarding Growth & Success

Travis A/B Travis C/D Bowie A/B

Tuesday Tuesday

Heather Alyson

Jeff & Will

Focus Session 3: Assembling Your M&A Dream Team Focus Session 3: Retaining Top Talent thru a Transaction

Kristi and Kate

Send photographer over to the Museum - so he can drop his M&A photos to my laptop already; and ready for Welcome Fiesta coverage.

Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Western Museum

Tuesday 4:30:00 PM

Exclusive Museum access begins. Guests enter through Museum entrance only, no access to Pavillion yet.

Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Western Museum

5:00:00 PM Shirley, Matt

Download photos

Tuesday 5:00:00 PM

All M&A Next sessions DONE! Breakout room leads & speakers, please invite guests to join us at the Briscoe

Break down (pack valuable items and registration materials to Goliad). Stay till AFTER M&A Next guests get out of the final sessions and start to clear out – invite them, or say a proper goodbye (potentially a final impression for M&A guests)

Tuesday 5:15:00 PM Anna

Keith, Crystal, Mailena, Heather

Prefunction A

At least one of us at each entrance, alongside security, to greet/check that they are indeed our guests.

ElevateAEC Welcome Fiesta OPENS!

Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Western Museum Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Western Museum

Tuesday 5:30:00 PM Shirley

Shelby, Whitney (Pape-Dawson)

Guests enters through Sculpture Garden entrance

Please get everyone over to the Museum. Nothing else to bring, just all the remaining ZG & SN staff

Tuesday 5:30:00 PM Anna

Tuesday 7:30:00 PM Shirley Tuesday 8:00:00 PM Shirley

Shelby, Whitney (Pape-Dawson)

Clear out of the Pavilion/Museum. Bring back all the cubes and centerpieces.

Put next day's cubes together .

Prefunction A

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