The article discusses the planning involved for an International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) convention. The 2009 ICEA convention was already being planned after the 2008 convention had ended with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma being decided on as the location and October 15-17, 2009 being chosen as the date. Heather Blanken, a certified meeting planner, has been working with the ICEA planning committee since 2008.