ASAE's Sunday morning 5k fun run/walk drew a big crowd to experience the sunrise over Salt Lake City as they bounded over the finish line.

The Build-a-Bear station at the Explore St. Louis booth was a huge hit with attendees.The Build-a-Bear World "Bearquarters" is in the Gateway City.

Kalee Barnhardt, CTA, national sales manager with Experience Columbus, with the team that delighted the general session audiences with their rapped observances and speaker introductions.

Brett Herzog, a product manager with ProExam (left), moderated a fascinating panel discussion with Debbie Ayres, director, PR and marketing, American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics; and Sean Hare, vice president information technology and operations, Institute of Management Accountants, on how their organizations are using digital badging for certificate and certification programs.

Enjoying the mountain air at the final evening event: Michele Bryan, group sales, Fairmont Royal York; Dave Simpson, CAE, president and CEO, Carolinas AGC; and Wayne Juchno, executive director, NARSA (The International Heat Transfer Association)

In a dynamic session on gamification, Shelly Alcorn, Alcorn Associates Management Consulting (standing at left), along with co-presenter Willis Turner, Sales and Marketing Executives International (not shown), challenged the audience to come up with a gamified solution to some sticky association challenges.

Mike McAllen, Grass Shack Events and Media, and MeetingsNet Editor Sue Pelletier joined a pub crawl through Park City after a reception held at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley.

Attendees relaxing at the Hyatt booth on the ASAE expo floor

The ASAE Board of Directors looked on as outgoing chairman Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, FACHE, CPA, CAE, APICS (left), passed the baton to ASAE's chairman-elect, Scott D. Wiley, FASAE, CAE, Ohio Society of CPAs.

The ASAE Foundation's The Classic fundraiser gala, held at the upscale Grand America Hotel, had a "Night with the Sundance Film Festival" theme this year, complete with paparazzi and a red carpet entrance for VIPs.

Who knew actor Kevin Bacon was such a good musician? He and his brother have a rootsy rock band called, not surprisingly, the Bacon Brothers, that had attendees kicking off their Sunday shoes at The Classic.

Backstage cameras caught The Classic crowd bopping to the Bacon Brothers' beat at the ASAE Foundation fundraising gala.

Closing keynote speaker Derreck Kayongo got a well-deserved standing ovation for his moving, funny, and inspirational story of growing up in Uganda, losing everything when Idi Amin took power, and eventually making it to the U.S., where he founded the Global Soap Project to reclaim soap from hotels to provide life-saving help to those in need.

The closing night celebration was held at the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, featuring the Wabash Mountains as a backdrop to the 21 acres of gardens, the amphitheater, and a lot of fun.

The lawn at the closing evening celebration was set with blankets and picnic baskets for ASAE attendees to enjoy as they listened to the opening band.

The skies cooperated, providing a spectacular sunset to kick off the final evening celebration.

Tyler Glenn, lead singer of Neon Trees, a pop band that hails from nearby Provo, Utah, wowed the crowd with an energy that got everyone up and dancing.

ASAE offered several pre- and post-con activities, including Salt Lake City tours and corporate social responsibility activities. Pictured: The crew who signed up to pack up 288 boxes of food for recipients of the Utah Food Bank’s senior services program during the post-con volunteer activity. Over the course of the conference, ASAE raised a total of $30,000 for the Utah Food Bank.