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Conference Sessions
Wednesday, May 14
9 am - 10 am | HD4NEW | Islander Ballroom D
NEWH Annual Expo Breakfast: The New Entrepreneurs
Amy Hulbert | managing director, design | Best Western International
Julie Frank | global director of design | Le Meridien Hotels
Andy Masi | CEO | The Light Group
Alessandro Munge | CEO | Munge Leung
Moderator: Stacy Shoemaker Rauen | editor in chief | Hospitality Design magazine
HD's past and current Wave of the Future honorees talk trends, lessons learned,
secrets of success, challenges and solutions, and what's on the boards in an
informal conversation format. Plus, Symmons will present its $4,000 NEWH
Symmons Smart Scholarship to a winning student.

10:30 am - 11:30 am | HD4W2A | South Paciﬁc Ballroom E
* Keynote: Michael Bedner in conversation with HD's Michael Adams
Michael Adams | editorial director | Hospitality Design magazine
Michael Bedner | chairman of the board | HBA

Michael Bedner has been a leader in the hospitality industry since its beginnings.
With partner Howard Hirsch, he created HBA, one of the world's leading design
ﬁrms that over the years has grown in size, prestige, and international inﬂuence.
In a conversation with HD editorial director, Michael Adams, they will discuss
HBA's early days, the changes in the industry over the past several decades,
and his career highlights. .1 CEU; 1.0 LU
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9 am - 10 am | HD4W1A | Islander Ballroom G
Affordable Luxury: Brands that Speak to Gen Y
Verena Haller | senior vice president of design | Morgans Hotel Group
Anwar Mekhayech | partner | The Design Agency
Audra Tuskes | vice president, design | Commune Hotels + Resorts
Josh Wyatt | partner - hospitality and leisure | Patron Capital
Moderator: Kathleen Kervin | managing editor | Hospitality Design magazine
It's no secret that Millennial travelers have sharply different business and leisure
travel habits and expectations than older generations. As a result, from hostels
to new hotel brands, everyone is trying to authentically speak to this inﬂuential
generation. Designers and brand executives discuss their concepts-from their
innovative ethos and design to cool amenities and touches. .1 CEU; 1.0 LU
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9 am - 10 am | HD4W1B | Islander Ballroom F
Creativity Unplugged
Pat Kelley | professor/composer | Thornton School of Music
Ari Taymor | chef/owner | Alma Restaurant
Moderator: Carl L. Ross | president | Design Group Carl Ross Inc.
Learn how to think differently by stepping into two very different, wildly
creative disciplines-music and culinary. Two masters of their craft talk
about consistency, innovating in the moment, pressure, and performing at
a cutting-edge, world-class level. .1 CEU; 1.0 LU

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Noon - 12:30 pm | HD4GC3 | Booth 1955
* NEWH Student Green Scholarship Awards Ceremony

Presenter: Andrea Thomas | vice president/education | NEWH International
The NEWH Sustainable Design Competition provides students with the
opportunity to showcase their design skills while utilizing the very best in
sustainable design products and practices. Our sponsors have generously
donated the awards - one to the winning undergraduate student and one to
the winning graduate student or to the school of the undergraduate.
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Noon - 1 pm | HD4W3A | Islander Ballroom G
The Making of Makkah
Yasin Abdullah | vice president, project development | Wilson Associates
Moataz M. Baha | design director, technical advisor to the chairman of board |
Jabal Omar Development Company
Calvin Dix | senior associate | HBA
Deborah Forrest | president | ForrestPerkins
Darlene Henke | president | Audit Logistics
Patricia Miller | vice president, managing principal, corporate director of
hospitality | Leo A Daly
Anas Seraﬁ | founder and managing director | Abnia Consulting Engineers
Sam Suleman | vice president-development & operations | Equinox Hospitality
The numbers speak for themselves: a $6.5 billion project comprised of 24 hotels
and 37 towers (for a total of 11,790 keys) set on 21.5 million square feet in a
mountainous area of Makkah, which is being built by 13,000 workers, 20 hours
a day, in order to accommodate the millions of worshippers who descend on the

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