Building Your Planner

Add an event to your planner:

Creating and adding events to your planner is as simple as clicking on the Add to Planner icon listed next to every event in the program search results listings. To view program offerings visit the Program Highlights or Tour sections of the conference website, or use the Custom Program Search to narrow your search by your own criteria.

Important note: Regular conference sessions are on a first-come basis. Adding them to your planner does not guarantee you a seat. Additionally, sessions that require pre-registration (e.g., BYOD) and fee events (e.g., workshops, tours, some special events) are not confirmed unless you have officially registered for them via your conference registration form.

Look for the pre-registration and fee event icons throughout the program to know if an event requires additional registration.

Add Exhibitors to your planner too!

• Interactive Floorplan & Exhibitor Search

And you can create your own events, and invite members of a group to attend.
See Group Planner information for more details.

Printing Your Planner

Be sure to print your planner after mid-May, when room locations are added to the Program Search and Planner.

Visit the "Dr. is In" stations in the Convention Center to print out your planner onsite.

Keeping Up with Changes

Because your planner is synched to the conference's online registration, any changes made to your registration after June 18 (when online registration closes) will not be automatically reflected in your planner. You'll need to make those changes yourself using the self-scheduling tool.

The conference database (including location and day/time) will be updated until June 23, when conference staff moves onsite. After this time changes should be minimal, but be sure to check signage in front of session rooms for any last-minute cancellations or room changes.

HINT: The planner will alert you to conflicts if you schedule two events at the same time. However, you'll still be able to schedule two events. This is a good way to provide a backup in case your first session choice fills.

Group Planner

To create a group:

• First, create your personal planner using the Planner Login above.
• From the planner itself, choose the Group Planner link in the Toolbox at the left.
• You'll be prompted to "Create or Edit your Planner Group." Note: you'll need to know the email addresses that are being used by the people you're inviting in order for your planners to sync.
• It's a good idea to email the folks you've invited to let them know they should create their own planners and/or check the Group Planner link in the Toolbox to accept your invitation.
• Use the Planner Home link on the Toolbox to return to your individual planner. Now when you add an item to your planner, you have the option of sharing it with your group.
• Whenever you want to see the status of your invitations, or want to add or remove members to your group, just click on the Group Planner link in the Toolbox.

Accepting or rejecting an invitation to a group:

• First, create your personal planner using the Planner Login above.
• From the planner itself, choose the Group Planner link in the Toolbox at the left.
• You'll see the Group Invitation Page showing the group(s) you've been invited to, with links to accept or reject the invitation.
• Note: You can be a member of only one group. You cannot create your own group if you are already a member of another group. You always have the option of removing yourself from a group, or accepting an invitation later if you change your mind.

Tips on using the Group Planner:

• On your planner home page, in the upper right corner, you have a drop-down list with three choices on viewing your planner:
• Personal Planner—shows only items added by you personally
• Group Planner—shows only items that have been shared by the group
• Combined Planner—shows both personal and shared items
• You do not have the option of removing items that have been shared by other members of your group. Choose the Personal Planner view if you don't want to see shared items.
• Your group will need to agree upon what it means when an item is shared. Are you are simply informing your group about an event, or does your sharing an item mean that you expect your group members to attend as well?
• If you have placed an event in your personal planner and a member of your group shares the same item, it will appear as a shared item in the Group or Combined Planner view. When you choose the Personal Planner view, the event will show up as your individual event.

Questions about the Planner?

Send an email to ; put "Planner Question" in the subject line of your email.