Conference Agenda

Time

Event

Location

Breakfast

Staying over the night before? We'll be providing breakfast and coffee for all registered attendees. Venture down from your sleeping room to grab a bite to eat and coffee before registration opens. Breakfast will be held in the Polaris Ballroom.

Polaris Ballroom A & D

Registration Opens/Badge Pick Up

Stop by the CTAO Registration table just outside the Polaris Ballroom to pick up your name badge and conference materials.

Polaris Ballroom Foyer

Polaris B, C, E & F

Lunch/Visit Exhibitors

Polaris Ballroom A & D

Polaris B, C, E & F

District Meetings

Gather with treasurers and staff from your geographic region to discuss the issues facing your offices and communities.

Look for posted signs for locations

Buses leave for Smash Park Westerville

Front Entrance

Smash Park Westerville

Be among the first to visit a brand-new event venue, Smash Park! We'll have a private space for our dinner buffet, and plenty of time to check out all it offers - including duckpin bowling, pickleball, axe throwing, darts, arcade games, karaoke, and more! There's a little something for everyone, so don't miss out on the fun! The venue is less than two miles from the hotel.

After-Hours Networking

Not ready to call it a night? The hotel restaurant and bar, 17 Arrows, will be open to our attendees for drinks and light snacks after our evening activities. Each attendee will receive three drink tokens each evening. Additional drinks are on your own tab.

17 Arrows
(Hotel bar)

Time

Event

Location

How To Get Your Substance Use Program, Workplace Violence Program and Training for FREE!

Presenter: Scott Warrick, Scott Warrick HR Consulting & Employment Law Services

Discover how Ohio employers can access new state-funded programs in 2025 that fully reimburse organizations for substance abuse policies and training at no cost to your budget. This session will cover the application process, reimbursement procedures, and how recent medical and recreational marijuana legislation impacts workplace substance abuse programs.

Attendees will learn essential components of compliant substance abuse policies, legal standards for establishing "reasonable suspicion" of substance abuse, proper documentation procedures for managers, and warning signs for recognizing employee substance abuse. The presentation will also explore the neurological effects of substance abuse and its connection to workplace violence, including best practices for defining and preventing workplace violence in your organization.

Polaris Ballroom B, C, E & F

Polaris Ballroom B, C, E & F

Break/Visit Exhibits

Ballroom Foyers

Polaris Ballroom B, C, E & F

Lunch

Polaris Ballroom A & D

Polaris Ballroom B, C, E & F

Polaris Ballroom B, C, E & F

Break

Take a bit of time for yourself to catch your breath before our evening's activities.

Leadership Installation Dinner/President's Banquet

Polaris Ballroom

Evening Activities - more info coming soon!

Polaris Ballroom

9:00 pm - 11:00 pm

After-Hours Hospitality & Networking

Not ready to call it a night? The hotel restaurant and bar, 17 Arrows, will be open to our attendees for drinks and light snacks after our evening activities. Each attendee will receive three drink tokens. Additional drinks are on your own tab.

17 Arrows
(Hotel Bar)

Time

Event

Location

Breakfast & Treasurer Roundtable Discussions

Treasurers will gather based on county population to discuss issues facing their offices and share advice and best practices with their peers & colleagues. We will once again be offering the opportunity for similar sized counties to gather and discuss issues & topics of concern. We'll provide some questions for all groups to discuss.

Group 1 - 1-35,000 people
Group 2 - 35,001 - 55,000
Group 3 - 55,001 - 95,000
Group 4 - 95,001 - 200,000
Group 5 - 200,000+

Various locations

Roundtable Recap

We'll gather back as a large group to discuss the key take-aways from each of the small groups and continue the discussion. Each roundtable will have a spokesperson to share what they learned with the larger group. There will also be time for Q&A.

Arriving on Tuesday night? Nothing official is planned, but plan to meet at the hotel restaurant, 17 Arrows to meet up with friends and colleagues or plan a dinner together at one of the many restaurants nearby!