Below is the tentative schedule for the 2008 WLC. Please consider this a sample and note that there may be changes made in the days leading up to the WLC.
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM | Ambassador Arrival |
| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Registration & Elective Sessions |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Dinner/WLC Welcome & Orientation Session |
| 9:15 PM - 10:30 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group Time & Orientation |
| 10:45 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speaker |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Picnic Lunch on the National Mall |
| 1:15 PM - 4:00 PM | HOBY Family Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence |
| 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | HOBY 50th Anniversary Family Time: Hear the HOBY story, featuring highlights, alumni case studies, and HOBY milestones |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | HOBY ‘Best of the Best’ Presentation |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | International Presentations & Pin Exchange |
| 10:15 PM – 11:15 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group Time |
| 11:30 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM | Future Leaders Forum |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Session One: Defining Leadership - What Is Leadership? |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Session Two: Personal Leadership Profiles - What Kind of Leader Am I? |
| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Lunch Break and Team Building Challenge Orientation |
| 12:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Session Three: HOBY Amazing Race - Team Building Challenge. How Can We Work As a Team? |
| 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM | Session Four: Developing the Leader Within - How Can I Develop My Leadership Skills? |
| 5:45 – 6:00 PM | Session Wrap Up and Amazing Race Awards |
| 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM | Dinner |
| 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Panel - World Religions 101 - Interfaith Dialogue & Cross Cultural Understanding |
| 8:45 PM – 10:15 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group Time |
| 11:45 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM – 2:45 PM | GW/SBA Youth Entrepreneurship Seminar |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Greeting |
| 8:45 AM– 9:30 AM | Keynote: Youth Entrepreneurship |
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | PANEL: Start Up Early - Young entrepreneurs share trials and success of entrepreneurship |
| 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM | GW CFEE Entrepreneurship Workshop Orientation and Training |
| 11:30 AM– 12:15 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM | GW CFEE Entrepreneurship Workshop Breakout Sessions |
| 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | Wrap-Up Session: Finalist Competition |
| 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Smithsonian Museum |
| 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Dinner |
| 8:15 PM – 9:45 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 10:00 PM – 11:15 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group Time |
| 11:30 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Keynote: Global Perspectives |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel - Geopolitics: Greatest International Challenges by Region |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch at Union Station |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Visits with U.S. Congress Members |
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Reception/Dinner at Foreign Embassies |
| 6:00 PM | International Dessert Reception |
| 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM | AMBASSADOR PANEL |
| 9:00 PM – 10:15 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | Facilitator Group Time |
| 11:45 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM | HOBY Photo Session |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Picnic Lunch on the National Mall |
| 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Keynote and Interactive Discussion: Cyber Bullying |
| 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM | Panel: Advances in Science, Medicine and Technology |
| 3:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM – 10:15 PM | Ambassador Talent Show |
| 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group Time |
| 11:45 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Youth Service Day Kick-Off Rally & Community Service Day Project Presentations |
| 10:00 AM– 3:30 PM | HOBY Youth Service Day Projects |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 6:45 PM – 9:45 PM | 50th Anniversary Celebration |
| 10:00 PM – 11:15 PM | Facilitator/Ambassador Group and Section Time |
| 11:30 PM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Breakfast and Letter Writing |
| 9:45 AM – 2:45 PM | TBD |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | Ambassador Picnic on National Mall |
| 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM | Prep for Banquet |
| 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM | Ambassador Chorus Practice |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Guest Reception |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | HOBY WLC Closing Ceremony & Awards Banquet |
| 10:15 PM – 12:30 AM | Ambassador Dance |
| 2:00 AM | Lights Out |
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast in Dorms |
| 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Ambassadors Depart |