Friday, April 16

AE Institute Welcome Lounge
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Stop by for some refreshments and information about Quebec City, and meet the 2010 AE Institute Advisory Board.
Sponsored by: The Canadian Real Estate Association and its local associations

Saturday, April 17

AE Institute Orientation
7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Learn how to select the right Institute sessions for you so you make the most out of your Institute experience. Orientation is a great opportunity to meet your peers.

Opening Session
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
The Opening Session is the official kick-off to the 2010 AE Institute. Come and meet the 2010 AEI team, and leave exhilarated by a challenging keynote address. Imagine if you jumped in your car, fresh out of college, and set off on a cross-country adventure. Along the way you stopped to have coffee with the most extraordinary, accomplished people in the world and they freely shared with you the secrets of their own success. This all happened for you because you had the courage to do the unthinkable: you humbly asked smarter people for advice. It would have changed your life. That’s exactly what happened to Eric Saperston. The further he traveled, the more people he met, the smaller the world became, until everyone was connected to everyone else. He is a strong believer in the power of the individual to make a difference and is unwilling to let anyone accept anything less than an extraordinary life. You’ll also hear from 2010 NAR President Vicki Cox Golder, and 2010 CREA President Georges Pahud, who’ll both offer some special remarks.

Sponsor Walk-Around Lunch
12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
A new twist on an old favorite. The AE Institute’s sponsoring vendors will host lunch in the various hospitality rooms. Participants can enjoy their lunch while learning about different products available to them and their members.

Icebreaker Reception
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Join your friends and colleagues for this special reception where there will be a generous array of good food and good company at this official Institute welcome gala.

Sunday, April 18

NAR AE Forum
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
This special open forum allows U.S. AEs to participate in discussions about the issues impacting their associations and their members.

CREA AEC Forum
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
This special open forum allows Canadian AEs to participate in discussions about the issues impacting their associations and their members.

General Session: The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media and Web 2.0
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
As a part of the Joint Institute curriculum, an additional keynote address was added. Amber MacArthur is a young, bright and deeply credentialed Web consultant – a leading voice of the social media generation. Amber Mac – as she’s known to her legion of fans – is also a pioneering and wildly popular web journalist who interviews the Web’s users, content producers and entrepreneurs. In podcasts and on television (she has worked for the CBC, CityTV and G4TechTV), she traces the profound impact of emerging technologies on the way we live, work and play – and she makes it all fun, informative and accessible. Currently, MacArthur is the co-founder of both MGI Media and Arktyp, and a lead consultant for nationally known speaker Tony Robbins on his new social networking site.

Legislative Advocacy Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
As a REALTOR® association executive, you know that politics plays an important role in your members’ profession. Come enjoy lunch and sharpen your political insights with a special keynote address.
Sponsored by: RPAC

Monday, April 19

CREA Update Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Join CREA CEO Pierre Beauchamp, for an update on CREA issues. Ask the questions you need answers to in this open forum with your peers and your national counterpart.

NAR Update Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Join NAR CEO Dale Stinton, RCE, CAE, for an update on NAR issues. Ask the questions you need answers to in this open forum with your peers and your national counterpart.

General Session: The Art of Leadership and the Business of Social Change
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
The 2010 AE Institute Advisory Board is pleased to have Bill Strickland present this special address. For more than 30 years, Strickland has transformed thousands of lives, restored our faith in ethical leadership, and reshaped the business of social change. As president and CEO of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation – an extraordinary jobs training center and community arts program – he and his staff work with corporations, community leaders, and schools to give disadvantaged kids and adults the opportunities they need to build a better future. (Centers are already running in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and San Francisco; many more are planned.) And for years now, in front of enraptured audiences, this MacArthur Genius has shared his unshakable message of leadership, self-worth and the intrinsic ability in all of us to achieve remarkable transformation in our lives. “Bill Strickland is a genius,” says former e-Bay president Jeff Skoll, "because he sees the inherent genius in everyone."

Institute Happy Hour!
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Join your Institute friends for some refreshments and informal networking. The live and silent auctions benefiting the AE Professional Development Fund will also take place during the Happy Hour.

State/Provincial Night Out
After the Institute Happy Hour, get together with the other AEs in your state or province for a night out on the town. Monday night has been officially designated as “State/Provincial Night Out” at the 2010 AE Institute.

Tuesday, April 20

Legal Update with Laurie Janik & Bill Harrington
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Join NAR General Counsel Laurie Janik and CREA General Counsel Bill Harrington as they update Joint Institute attendees on the latest legal cases facing REALTOR® associations in both countries, and other legal issues that could have an impact on your members and your associations.

AE Institute Closing Ceremony
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.