Schedule at a Glance
To provide a better conference experience, we have made some changes to our conference schedule. If you are a regular attendee, please review the full schedule to ensure you don’t miss any exciting opportunities!
Registered attendees are invited to all events, meals, & programming unless ‘by invitation only’ is noted. Attendees registered for a specific day can attend events for that specific day only.
*Schedule is subject to change. When onsite, use the IIAR App to see the most current schedule.
FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2024
7:00 AM 5:00 PM RETA Operator Training – Certified Refrigeration Service Technician Review Course
1:00 PM 5:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting – By invitation only
SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2024
8:00 AM 12:00 PM IIAR Board Meeting – By invitation only
7:00 AM 5:00 PM RETA Operator Training – Certified Refrigeration Service Technician Review Course
8:30 AM 5:00 PM Registration Open
9:00 AM 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Setup
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Incoming Board Photos – By invitation only
12:30 PM 1:15 PM Committee Meetings Coffee Break – For committee meeting attendees only
1:00 PM 5:00 PM Committee Meetings - Standards, Piping, Government, Research, Marketing, Energy and CO2
3:00 PM 3:45 PM Committee Meetings Coffee Break – For committee meeting attendees only
6:00 PM 8:30 PM VIP Dinner for IIAR Board of Directors & IIAR Committee members - By invitation only
Photo credit Rosen Shingle ®
SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2024
NRF FUN DAY!
*NRF events require additional registration fee
6:30 AM 8:00 AM Golf Tournament Buffet Breakfast
7:30 AM 5:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM 2:00 PM Golf Tournament (8:00 AM tee time)
7:00 AM 5:00 PM RETA Operator Training – Certified Refrigeration Service Technician Review Course
8:00 AM 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Setup
10:00 AM 2:00 PM Pickleball & Corn Hole Tournaments
3:00 PM 4:00 PM NRF Awards Ceremony & NRF VIP Reception - All NRF Tournaments participants invited!
5:00 PM 5:30 PM Diversity in Natural Refrigeration Reception
5:30 PM 6:00 PM First Timers Reception
6:00 PM 7:00 PM Chairman's Reception
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Scholarship Students Dinner – By invitation only
MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2024
7:00 AM 8:00 AM General Session Breakfast
6:30 AM 5:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM 5:00 PM RETA Certification Testing Day
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Business Meeting
8:30 AM 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker
9:30 AM 1:30 PM Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM 1:30 PM Product Showcase Presentations during Exhibit Hall hours
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Coffee Break inside Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM 12:00 PM Education Committee
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch inside Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM 3:35 PM Technical Program presentations - Workshops, Tech Papers, Panels. Detailed schedule will be available in the Technical Program tab.
3:30 PM 4:00 PM Technical Program Coffee Break
4:00 PM 6:05 PM Technical Program presentations - Workshops, Tech Papers, Panels. Detailed schedule will be available in the Technical Program tab.
6:00 PM Buses start to depart for the Monday Night Event
6:30 PM 9:30 PM Monday Night Event at Andretti
TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2024
7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast inside Exhibit Hall
7:30 AM 1:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 AM 8:15 AM Committee Meetings Coffee Break – For committee meeting attendees only
8:00 AM 1:00 PM Product Showcase Presentations during Exhibit Hall hours
8:00 AM 9:30 AM Committee Meetings- Safety and International Committees
9:30 AM 11:00 AM Outgoing & Incoming NRF Board Member Meeting – By invitation only
9:30 AM 10:15 AM Committee Meetings Coffee Break – For committee meeting attendees only
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Committee Meetings - Compliance, AIM Act Task Force and LATAM Committees
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Coffee Break inside Exhibit Hall
11:00 AM 11:30 AM NRF Board Photos – By invitation only
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Committee Chairs Meeting – By invitation only
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch inside Exhibit Hall
12:30 PM 1:00 PM Finance Committee Meeting – By invitation only
1:00 PM 3:05 PM Technical Program presentations - Workshops, Tech Papers, Panels. Detailed schedule will be available in the Technical Program tab
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Technical Program Coffee Break
3:30 PM 5:35 PM Technical Program presentations - Workshops, Tech Papers, Panels. Detailed schedule will be available in the Technical Program tab
4:45 PM 7:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open
6:00 PM 7:00 PM Exhibitors Reception in the Exhibit Hall
7:00 AM 10:30 AM Registration
7:30 AM 10:30 AM Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast inside exhibit hall
8:30 AM 9:30 AM Student Education on Natural Refrigeration Field
9:30 AM 10:30 AM Student Tours of Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Coffee Break in area leading to Closing Forum
11:00 AM 12:30 PM Closing Forum
END OF CONFERENCE