Trot Insider has received an updated agenda for the 2010 Atlantic Harness Racing Symposium

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The symposium will be taking place from Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre (previously called 'Keddy's Motor Inn'), located at 437 Prince St. in Truro, Nova Scotia.

The hotel -- which offers a games room, exercise room, indoor saltwater pool -- can be contacted by calling 866-863-3351.

For banquet tickets, call Diane at 902 893-8075 (Ext. 239). For more information, call Morah at 902-987-2526.

Friday, April 9

1:00 p.m.
• Registration

1:15 p.m.
• Racetracks (closed)

3:30 p.m.
• Atlantic Harness Race Ind. Council (closed)

7:00 p.m.
• Meet & Greet (hors d'oeuvres and open bar)

7:30 p.m.
• NS, PEI, NB, Nfl. Updates

Saturday, April 10

8:30 a.m.
• Registration & Welcome

8:45 a.m.
• Updates (tracks, Atl. Council, CPMA)

10:00 a.m.
• Break (coffee, muffins)

10:15 a.m.
• MPHRC & Standardbred Canada (open discussion, question and answer)

10:45 a.m.
• Doing It Right
1) HRNB video streaming and wager platform
2) Halifax teletheatres
3) Building from the grassroots
A) Sustaining racing in Newfoundland
B) Building live race wagering; the Northside Downs experience
C) Inverness success story
D) Matinee Racing

12:00 p.m.
• Lunch (Minister of Agriculture & Local MLA)

1:30 p.m.
• National initiatives (Darryl Kaplan and Ted Smith)

2:15 p.m.
• One Experience: PEI's Red Shores new model for racing, gaming and dining

3:00 p.m.
•ASBA (annual meeting)

4:00 p.m.
• MBA (annual meeting [closed])

7:00 p.m.
• Social (open bar)

7:30 p.m.
• Dinner and awards presentations
• ABC champions
• Kennedy Award

Sunday, April 11

8:30 a.m.
• Continental breakfast

9:30 a.m.
• Review and wrap-up

(With files from the Atlantic Harness Racing Symposium)