We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans, March 1-4, for the 2020 Annual Meeting! This year, we've organized all of our programming, from the main stage to small stage, around the following three ideas that are playing and will continue to play a major role in how we advance our operations, connect with our members and lead our industry into the future:
Beneficial electrification
Digital & data transformation of the industry
Consumer engagement & expectations
We will also be offering a variety of peer-to-peer learning opportunities centered on these topics. Read on to learn more about our keynote speakers, Entertainment Night, opportunities to build our future leaders, have hands-on experiences with emerging technologies and give back to our host city.
Entertainment Night: Wynonna & The Big Noise
Tuesday, March 3 - 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
Fee: $60 per ticket
Sponsored by Verizon
Once heralded by Rolling Stone as “the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline,” Wynonna’s rich and commanding voice is treasured by millions of fans and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, spanning her remarkable 35-year career. We are excited to welcome Wynonna & The Big Noise to our annual Entertainment Night on Tuesday, March 3.
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New York Times best-selling author, Wynonna has always revolved her career around telling stories. Whether performing alongside her mother as one half of the legendary duo The Judds, or pushing the boundaries on her own mega-successful solo path, Wynonna's ability to reach the heart of the human spirit through her bold and unflinching honesty, is the entertainer's true gift. Once dubbed by
Rolling Stone as "the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline," Wynonna's rich and commanding voice has sold over 30 million albums worldwide spanning her remarkable 35-year career. Wynonna has received over 60 industry awards, with countless charting singles, including 20 No. 1 hits such as "Mama He's Crazy," "Why Not me," and "Grandpa, (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ole Days)."
Wynonna's latest album, titled
Wynonna & The Big Noise was released in 2016 to critical acclaim. It features her band, The Big Noise, led by her husband/drummer/producer, Cactus Moser. Wynonna has described the sound as "vintage yet modern" and a "return to the well." It's a rootsy work encompassing country, Americana, blues, soul and rock. The album features special guests Derek Trucks, Jason Isbell, Susan Tedeschi and Timothy B Schmit. Wynonna is actively working on her next album while touring the country with a new, energized show. The current tour takes audiences on a musical journey through her extensive career beginning as The Judds, through her incredibly successful solo career, to new music from Wynonna & The Big Noise. NPR's Ann Powers has said, "Come experience Wynonna like you've never seen her before. She just sounds like she's home...You can just feel the grin on her face."
In addition to her vast musical career, Wynonna is also a proud humanitarian with a long history of charitable involvement and philanthropic work. She has received the USO's Merit Award for service to all United States Armed Forces divisions, as well as the GI Spirit Award for her patriotic work in support of the troops, the Wounded Warrior Project, and various war veterans' groups. Teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to record "Heart of America" with Michael McDonald and Eric Benet, she helped raise over $90 million for victims of natural disasters to the Gulf Coast. Wynonna is an active member of the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet, and was a 4-year United States Ambassador for YouthAIDS. She has made innumerable appearances and performances benefiting such causes as the American Red Cross, St. Jude, MusiCares, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, The Oasis Center, Steps of Faith Foundation, and more.
View these videos to get a taste of what you'll experience on Entertainment Night!
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Next Generation Leaders Experience
Thank you for your interest in the 2020 Next Generation Leaders Experience. We have reached capacity for this year's program and registration has been closed.
NRECA is committed to working with our member co-ops to attract and retain top talent. This, of course, includes the future leaders of America's electric cooperatives. The Next Generation Leaders Experience develops emerging cooperative leaders through special NRECA Annual Meeting programming designed to build their co-op knowledge, extend their professional network and develop self-awareness that will help as they grow and contribute as co-op leaders.
The Next Generation Leaders Experience will be offered as part of the 2020 Annual Meeting registration.
Learn more
The Lab
This year, The Lab will be a demonstration of the
electric cooperative of the future. Featuring nearly two dozen technologies from a wide variety of partners from across the country, this year's Lab will offer you a sneak peek into the data-driven, efficient, forward-thinking technologies that can fundamentally change how we work and deliver power to our members.
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With its display of drones, mobile and multi-channel communication technologies and computation and modeling methods, among other innovative technologies, The Lab's Electric Cooperative of the Future will offer Annual Meeting and TechAdvantage attendees a glimpse into a future in which co-op staff will be able to more efficiently and effectively:
Build virtual substations.
Analyze outages.
Accelerate design productivity.
Deliver same-day construction as-builts, red-lines and data corrections remotely.
Improve inspections and damage assets.
And much more!
Make plans to stop by The Lab (located in the TechAdvantage Expo) and try out these new technologies that could transform the future of your co-op.
Thank you to Our Lab Sponsors:
Alianza, Caliza, ERMCO, Futura Systems, IQGeo, Landis+Gyr, NISC, NRECA, SEDC and SinglePhase
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Annual Meeting participants will have two opportunities to give back to our host city before and during the event.
Saturday, February 29 | 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Service Project
Please join Touchstone Energy Cooperatives® for a full day of community service in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Learn more
Monday-Tuesday
| March 2-3
Concern for Community Service Project
Convention Center
Once again, we'll be offering community service opportunities during the Annual Meeting (in the Expo's Action Park). This year you have two ways to give back.
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Write a Letter to Our Veterans: NOLA Tree Project, in partnership with the American Red Cross, will bundle and mail letters written by Annual Meeting and TechAdvantage attendees to our service men and women worldwide.
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Package Hygiene Kits for the Homeless: Put together packages of essential toiletries for patrons of Covenant House (a homeless shelter for youth) and Lantern Light Ministries (a homeless shelter for men and women).
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Resource for Executive & Administrative Assistants
Download this checklist to organize all the information you will need to register your co-op staff and directors for the Annual Meeting.
Proposed Resolutions
Download the 2020
Proposed Resolutions booklet to review in advance of the Business Meeting on March 3.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? Check our
Frequently Asked Questions page.
Future Annual Meeting Dates
2021
| San Diego
| Feb. 18-24
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2022
| Nashville
| March 3-9
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2023
| Nashville
| March 2-8
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2024
| San Antonio
| Feb. 29-March 6
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2025
| Atlanta
| Feb. 27-March 5
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2026
| Nashville
| March 5-11
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