The theme for this special anniversary conference is Bridging the Past and the Future . On this anniversary year, we want to take time to reflect on our past and to combine the best it has to offer with present goals as we create a sound future. Its format is therefore slightly different from past conferences. Seminar presentations run throughout the conference beginning on Wednesday morning with a special opening ceremony in which Dr. Ella Simmons, Provost and Vice President for Academic Adminstration, La Sierra University, is the featured speaker. The final presentations are on Sunday morning with the closing ceremony ending at noon on Sunday.
Scheduling allows everyone to attend all presentations.
To commemorate this Anniversary Conference, certificates of attendance will be given at the end of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday morning. In addition to the conference presentations, two full-day tours have been planned. The first is to San Francisco and includes visits to two libraries, Pier 39, and to one of the famous California missions. The second full-day tour is on Sabbath and includes visits to Adventist historical sites in and around the area. Two more special events of this conference are the banquet with a historical presentation about Napa Valley and the Friday vespers program, which will be held at Elmshaven.