2024 CONFERENCE
2024 OWAA Annual Conference: Sept. 20-22, 2024 – El Paso, Texas
We’re so glad you’re interested in joining us for our 2024 Conference in El Paso, Texas, Sept. 20-22, 2024! Please plan to join us in order to further your professional skills and/or business opportunities.
Outdoor media and other professionals will attend OWAA’s annual conference to connect, mingle and learn from more than 250 outdoor storytellers – and the brands that support their work. They will network with other professionals, hone communications skills, find a mentor/mentee and discover more and better ways to sell their work or promote their brand.
Conference attendees will meet with some of the best outdoor communicators in the country and absorb presentations on writing and editing, photography and videography, broadcast and digital media, the latest tech and newest tactics, and more. They’ll develop field craft and test the latest innovations during an off-site breakout day. Delegates will also join pre- and post-tours (in New Mexico, west Texas and the state of Chihuahua) to get the latest story on (and shots of) outdoor adventures in the region, be it hiking, climbing, hunting or other outdoor pursuits.
Registration will give you access to:
- All keynote and breakout sessions, including the always popular ‘Meet the Editors’ panel
- Three meals/day (nine total), including the honorary awards banquet and even more compelling speakers
- Two 3-hour ‘deep dive’ workshops to further your skillset
- All breakout day activities (gear demos and more)
- Hospitality events (which generally include adult beverages and light snacks/appetizers)
- Unique events like the fun run, photo scavenger hunt, membership meeting, and storytelling night
- Optional pre- and post-tour options in west Texas, New Mexico and the state of Chihuahua
Our hotel will be the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel El Paso Downtown. Sessions and events will take place in the El Paso Convention Center.
Call for Speakers
Know a great speaker or workshop instructor? We’d love to hear about them (especially if they’re from underrepresented outdoor communities such as BIPOC peoples, persons with a disability, LGBTQ+ peoples, etc.)! Click on these links to learn more and check back in for when we open the call for speakers:
Call for Pre/Post Tours
Cancellations are now covered:
Registration Insurance is now included in all registration fees, with coverage underwritten by Lloyds of London. Attendees receive a 100% refund, if they are unable to attend the event for a reason outside of their control (and because of a reason that is covered under the policy). This coverage starts on the date someone registers and ends on the first day of the show. Click here to see the claims website and then click on the tab ‘Policy Terms & Conditions’ to see what is covered.
Note too that traveling and attending events with a large number of attendees places individuals at risk (such as pandemics). Attendees who participate in person will be participating at their own risk.
Have any other questions? Reach out to info@owaa.org.
Schedule
View the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) 2024 Conference schedule & directory.