Cemetery Registraton
- Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks
- Five Educational Speakers
- Prizes & Giveaways
- A chance to show off your backhoe skills
Supplier Registration
- Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks for 2 people
- Exhibitor Table to showcase your products
- Opportunity to speak for 2 minutes during supplier introductions
- A day with Arizona Cemeterians!
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
SOLD OUT Breakfast Sponsor – $750: Poster displaying your logo during lunch; recognition on website/newsletter/social media as a sponsor; branded giveaway with your logo. Includes your registration for your organization.
Lunch Sponsor – $1200: Poster displaying your logo during lunch; recognition on website/newsletter/social media as a sponsor, lunch giveaway with your logo for every attendee. Includes your registration for your organization.
SOLD OUT Branded Give-Away Sponsor – $1000: Your logo on a Travel Tool Kit to give to every attendee. Tool sets include: Built-in level, 100 cm/40 in tape measure, LED flashlight, 2 flathead bits, 2 Phillips bits, 2 Hexagon bits. Includes your registration for your organization.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
7:00 AM – Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM – Welcome
8:10 AM – Employee Wellbeing & Emotional Resilience in Cemetery Work
Terri Waibel, MSW, LCSW, FT – Founder, Clinical Director | Psychotherapist & Grief Counselor
9:00 AM – Revitalizing White Tanks Cemetery
Lindsay Sales, Decedent Services Program Supervisor
Maricopa County Office of Vital Registration (MCOVR) and its Indigent Decedent Services Program (CIDS) oversee Maricopa County’s White Tanks Cemetery
9:45 AM – Break
10:00 AM – Supplier Introductions
10:30 AM – Heat Exposure and Safety
Eric Rabago, Firefighter Paramedic • Representative of IAFF Local 2260, United East Valley Fire Fighters
11:15 AM – Invention Presentation
11:45 AM – Lunch
12:45 PM – Cultural Awareness in Burial Practices
Dr. Jessica Cerezo-Roman, Assistant Professor • Department of Anthropology, The University of Oklahoma
1:30 PM – Pesticide Safety, Compliance & Worker Protection Training
Daniel Monson, Inspector • AZ Department of Agriculture
2:15 PM – Closing, Awards & Prizes
COMPETITIONS
Get ready for the Backhoe Rodeo, a fan-favorite competition that will test your backhoe skills as you navigate various challenges in the driver’s seat.
Prizes await the top three performers: the champion gets the Backhoe Rodeo Plaque and cash, while the runner-up and third-place finisher also receive cash rewards.
Join us for a thrilling day of precision and excitement at the Backhoe Rodeo and be part of the action!
Got a tool hack, equipment mod, workflow shortcut, or creative fix that makes your day out on the grounds easier? We want to see it. Bring your invention, improvement, or clever workaround and show it off to fellow cemetery pros who truly get it.
This is your chance to share practical ingenuity, spark new ideas across the industry, and maybe walk away with bragging rights plus a great prize. If it saves time, improves safety, reduces strain, or just makes the job smoother, it belongs here.
Because sometimes the best innovations don’t come from a catalog. They come from the people doing the work every day.
THANK YOU SPONSORS
Event Host
Swag Sponsor
Breakfast Sponsor
Lunch Sponsor
THANK YOU PARTICIPATING SUPPLIERS
