Performing Arts Managers Conference Concludes in Seattle, 3/9

Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center and Benaroya Hall have led a local effort to host the 18th annual International Association of Assembly Managers - Performing Arts Managers Conference (IAAM-PAMC), March 6 - 9, at The Grand Hyatt, Benaroya Hall and McCaw Hall.

The IAAM, a 80-year old non-profit professional association for managers of public assembly facilities, including stadiums, arenas, convention centers and performing arts centers, provides a variety of professional development resources to the field, including educational seminars, publications, training and conferencesand this annual four-day conference for performing arts center managers that draws over 250 attendees from the United Statesand Canada.

The overall conference theme is sustainability - both in performing arts venues and the arts they accommodate. Participants will discuss both how to manage and maintain their facilities in environmentally sustainable ways and to sustain supportive audiences. There will be a strong emphasis on skills building, programming and communications. In addition to several sessions on sustainable design and operations, the conference includes specific sessions on cultural facilities planning, television production in performing arts facilities, and the latest in theatrical production and box office technologies.

Conference participants will have an opportunity to explore several of the city's cultural venues through tours and a planned scavenger hunt. Through these activities, conference attendees will visit 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT, Benaroya Hall, EMP I SFM, McCaw Hall, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Library, Seattle Children's Theatre, Space Needle, Teatro ZinZanni, The Paramount Theatre and Town Hall Seattle.

PAMC has come to be known nationally as the preeminent conference for managers of all facets of theatres, performing arts centers, and suppliers of products and services to this sector of the venue management industry. The choice of Seattle as a conference venue speaks to the city's reputation as a world class center for the performing arts.

For more information on the role of McCaw Hall in hosting the Performing Arts Managers Conference and its other business, arts and community endeavors, please visit www.seattlecenter.com or contact Chris Miller at 206-733-9711.

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