FAQ

Check-in opens at 10:00 AM in the Forum. Joining a Lunch & Learn? Pick up your badge at Home Court, 6121 S. Stony Island Ave. The program begins at 12:00 PM in the Elie Wiesel Auditorium in the Forum. Doors close at noon, so plan to be seated by then.

In the Forum, 6011 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, where main registration has three alphabetical lines. Joining a Lunch & Learn? Your badge is waiting at Home Court. Wear it all day. If anything on your badge needs fixing, the Solutions table in the Forum will reprint it.

See the full Agenda or your personal My Day. The short version:

• 10:00 check-in in the Forum (Lunch & Learn guests: Home Court)
• 11:00 Lunch & Learns
• 12:00 program
• 2:05 1st Half rooms
• 3:10 2nd Half rooms
• 4:15 closing sessions and readouts
• 5:40 museum
• 6:00 drinks at Home Court
• 7:00 dinner
• 9:00 close

Check in at the Forum. Lunch & Learns, drinks and dinner are at Home Court, a short walk south, and the museum is just north of the Forum.

Your personal schedule: your two rooms, museum, dinner and table, plus what's happening right now. Sign in with the personal link we emailed you, or your email and last name. Open My Day

This is a Presidential Center, not a typical museum, and security is heightened: everyone goes through a metal detector at the Forum, the museum and Home Court. Laptops and tablets set it off, so take yours out of your bag before you reach the line. A group our size takes time to clear, so arrive early, carry only what you need, and leave the rest at coat check.

Yes. Coat and bag check is at both the Forum and Home Court. Check yours where you start your day (Lunch & Learn guests: Home Court) and pick everything up there at the end of the night. Bags go through security at every building.

We recommend Uber or Lyft, and our team will be at the drop-off to point you to the Forum. If you drive, enter Obama Presidential Center Parking in your GPS. Parking is paid through the Metropolis app; cash isn't accepted. For hotels and travel, see Stay & Travel.

It'll be around 57°F and we walk outdoors between buildings, so bring a layer and comfortable shoes.

• Tuesday 5:30 PM: heavy hors d'oeuvres and open bar at the DePaul welcome reception (RSVP with DePaul)
• 10:00 AM onward: coffee, soft drinks, sparkling and still water, and granola bars just outside the auditorium, inside the Forum (coffee all day)
• 11:00 AM: boxed lunches at the Lunch & Learns (reserved seats)
• 1:45 PM: box lunches, water and soft drinks downstairs in the Forum, restocked before the 2nd Half. Take yours into Rooms A-B, F and G
• 4:05 to 4:15 PM: coffee and snacks outside the auditorium
• 6:00 PM: beer, wine, soft drinks and bar snacks at Home Court
• 7:00 PM: dinner at Home Court

We have what you told us at registration, and special meals are marked at your seat at dinner, so there's nothing to resend.

Not into the auditorium or the museum, including water. Box lunches are downstairs from 1:45 PM, and you can bring them into Rooms A-B, F and G. If your room is in the auditorium, eat downstairs first. The Center's café is open during the day; purchases are on your own.

Two conversations at Home Court, 11:00 to 11:40 AM, at the same time, with boxed lunches. Seats are limited and reserved seats are let in first. Your badge is waiting at Home Court; check your coat and bags there too. We stop right at 11:40 and walk to the Forum together for the 12:00 PM program.

• Leadership & Human Capital Transformation: Building the Next Generation of Sports Leaders RSVP
• The Women's Sports Paradox: Record Growth, Rising Barriers, and What's at Stake for the American Economy RSVP

Two 55-minute working rooms, one per half: 1st Half 2:05 to 3:00 PM, 2nd Half 3:10 to 4:05 PM. Rooms are in the Elie Wiesel Auditorium and in breakout rooms downstairs in the Forum (Rooms A-B, F and G). People with a reservation are let in first, then walk-ins as space allows.

• Auditorium: Design Thinking (1st Half), The Innovation Playbook (2nd Half)
• Room A-B, downstairs: Building for Life (1st Half), Keeping the Flame Lit (2nd Half)
• Room F, downstairs: Sidelined (1st Half), Sports as the Engine of Mental Wellness (2nd Half)
• Room G, downstairs: Don't Bench Future Generations (1st Half), Coaching American Youth to Greatness (2nd Half)

Rooms fill by reservation first. On the day you can walk into any room with open seats.

The day runs under the Chatham House Rule. There's no press, and we record for internal use only. Share what you learn, not who said it.

Everyone who signed up for it. It opens to us at 5:40 PM and closes promptly at 6:45 PM. The Center team walks you over from the auditorium, and at 6:45 staff on each gallery level will direct you to the Level 1 elevators; our team will point the way to Home Court.

Upstairs at Home Court. Drinks start at 6:00 PM, and dinner starts at 7:00 PM. Your table number is on My Day.

Only guests who are registered. Email us and we'll check.

Tuesday, October 27, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, at Wintrust Arena, 200 E. Cermak Road, hosted by DePaul Athletics. RSVP with DePaul

Business casual with a sporty twist. Sneakers welcome.

Yes! Share what you learn, not who said it. Tag GSV Sports on LinkedIn and @gsv_sports on X, and use #RebootingTheAmericanDream.

Email us and we'll arrange whatever you need, from drop-off to seating.

Text 248-765-7751.

All speakers gather at the Partner Lounge, downstairs in the Forum. Look for the Partner Lounge sign. Speaking on the main stage? Be there 20 minutes before your session.

No slides and no introductions; names and titles are on screen. Branded handheld mics.

• 10:00 AM: check in at the Forum (Lunch & Learn speakers: your badge is at Home Court)
• 10:40 AM: Speakers for Lunch & Learns at Home Court
• 1:55 PM: 8 Rooms 1st Half speakers in your room
• 3:00 PM: 8 Rooms 2nd Half speakers in your room
• 5:05 PM: Share-Out Group meets at the Partner Lounge
• 7:00 PM: Dinner speakers meet at Home Court