Conference Schedule

Event Schedule is now set, but subject to change if necessary. Any changes will be sent to notify all registered attendees.  

 Thursday, April 4th, 2013

8:30 AM Registration Opens

8:50 Kimberly Smith - music

9:00 Welcome - Rod L. Meldrum

9:15 Howard Carlos Smith - Joseph Smith's Sword:

        And In That Day - Miracles & Warnings

9:30 Steven E. Smoot - Lost American Antiquities -

        A Hidden History

10:30 Franklin Keel - North American Lamanites in

          the Latter Days 

11:00 Dr. Steven E. Jones - New Scientific  

         Evidence for Pre-Columbian Horses in  

         North America

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch Break

12:50 Kimberly Smith - music

1:00 Wayne N. May - Archaeological Evidence from

        the Heartland of America: Artifacts & Villages -  

        A Closer Look

2:00 James E. Vieira - Stonebuilders, Mound

        Builders and the Giants of Ancient America 

3:00 Afternoon Break

3:30 Jake Hilton - Empowering the Youth: An

        Essential Focus of the FIRM Foundation

4:30 Dr. Clovis Karam - From the Promised Land to

        The Land of Promise, A Journey into

        Lehi's Fertile Crescent and beyond

5:30 - 7:00 Dinner Break

6:45 Michele Baer - music

7:00 Rod L. Meldrum -  The Book of Mormon, An  

        Ensign For Our Day

8:00 Amberli Nelson - The Calendar of the  

        Covenant; How the Jewish Holy Days Play a  

        Prominent Role in America's Dates with Destiny

9:00 Q&A & Close

Friday, April 5th, 2013

8:30AM Registration Opens

8:50 Michele Baer - music

9:00 Welcome - Rod L. Meldrum -

9:15 Michele Baer - To God and Country -  

        A message of religious liberty

10:00 David Lindsley - Transporting the Prophet  

          Mormon to the Heartland

10:30 James & Hannah Stoddard - For Our Day:

          Covenant on the Land Pt. 1

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch Break

12:50 Michele Baer - Music

1:00   Vicki Bean Topliff - Hill Cumorah History

           Through Willard Bean

1:30 Wayne N. May - Book of Mormon Archaeology

         of North America: A Proposed Geography Map

2:30 Timothy Ballard  - Ancient Orders, Founding  

         Fathers and the Temple of God

3:30 Afternoon Break -

4:00 Paul Rimmasch - The Lost Stones, A CSI  

        Perspective on Heartland Evidences

4:30 James & Hannah Stoddard - For Our Day:  

        Covenant on the Land Pt. 2

5:30 - 7:00 Dinner Break

6:45 Michele Baer - music

7:00 Ryan Fisher - Nephite Explorer TV Series  

        Unveiled!

7:30 Rod L. Meldrum - Heartland Happenings -  

         Looking Toward the Future

8:00 Lawrence W. Cerenzie - Energizing the  

        Blessed Land of America

9:00 Close

Thurs.ONLY - $25 per person ($20 Early Bird Special)  

Friday ONLY - $25 per person ($20 Early Bird Special)  

Entire Conference - Thursday and Friday - ONLY $40 per person ($35 Early Bird Special)  

Many such events are more than $60 per person per day .  We are trying to keep costs as low as possible to make this information available to as many as possible.  

Meals  are not provided but there are many eating establishments in the vicinity.  You may chose to bring your own food (which must be eaten off the premises according to venue regulations)  

Parking: The South Towne Expo Center parking is free and open to the public.     

Dress: Nice Casual 

This is the most powerful lineup of Book of Mormon Speakers and information that we''ve ever assembled.  Please come and join us in an historic conference that you will never forget!  I am very excited to offer this incredible opportunity to hear from the top scholars in the field of Book of Mormon geography in the Heartland of North America.   

Be sure to invite your friends, family, ward members and everyone interested in the Book of Mormon.  Thank you for your wonderful support and desire to search for the truth!