HNSA Annual Conference – Tentative Itinerary Monday, October 27, 2008 0800 – 0900 Continental Breakfast (Hotel - Grand Ballroom) 0800 – 0945 Registration (Hotel - Lobby) For Executive Directors Only 0900 – 1200 Executive Directors' Seminar (Hotel - Jericho Room) Open to all Conference Attendees 1000 – 1015 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Hotel - Lobby Area) 1030 – 1300 Guided Tour of Fort Sumter (for those not participating in the Executive Directors' Seminar) Transportation will be provided back to Patriots Point or the Conference Hotel after the Tour. 1030 – 1300 "Ask the Curator": An informal question and answer session on issues of mutual concern for curators and registrars led by Frank V. Thompson (Curator Branch, Naval Historical Center) and Eleanor L. Wimett (Patriots Point) (Patriots Point Wardroom) 1300 – 1315 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) 1200 – 1400 Lunch – Three Oaks Grill 1400 – 1415 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Hotel - Lobby Area) 1415 – 1545 Board of Directors Meeting (Patriots Point - Theater) 1415 – 1545 For those not attending Board of Directors Meeting:
Guided Tour of Naval Ships at Patriots Point Ned Forney, Director of Education
1545 – 1600 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) 1600 – 1800 Annual Business Meeting (Hotel – Mt. Pleasant Room) 1800 – 1930 Opening Reception (Hotel - Patriots and Jericho Room) 1900 Until Dinner on Your Own
1930 – 2000 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Shem Creek (Hotel - Lobby Area)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 0730 – 0800 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Lobby Area) 0800 – 0900 Continental Breakfast/Registration – Yorktown - Hangar Bay I Plenary Session
0900 – 1030 Developing Multi-Media Exhibits "On the Cheap", Using "Off the Shelf" Hardware and Software (Yorktown Theater) Concurrent Sessions
1030 – 1045 Developing Collections Space Aboard Ship (Yorktown Wardroom) 1145 – 1245 Lunch (Yorktown Hangar Bay III) Plenary Session
1245 – 1415 Team Builders Plus (Yorktown Theater) Concurrent Sessions
1415 – 1530 Strategies for Improving Collections Management Using Computers (Yorktown Wardroom) 1530 – 1545 Break Concurrent Sessions
1545 – 1700 Is an Audio Tour Right for Me? (Yorktown CPO Galley) 1700 – 1715 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) Open to all Conference Attendees & Companions 1745 – 1800 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Lobby Area) 1800 – 2130 Dinner/Harbor Cruise (Pavilion Area) 2130 – 2145 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Open to all Conference Attendees & Companions 0715 – 0745 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Lobby Area) 0745 – 0845 Continental Breakfast – Yorktown Hangar Deck 0845 – 0930 Transportation from Patriots Point to Lasch Lab/Hunley/Clemson University via Absolutly Charleston 0930 – 1100 Tour of Lasch Lab/Hunley/Clemson University 1100 – 1130 Transportation from Lasch Lab/Hunley/Clemson University to Patriots Point via Absolutely Charleston 1130 – 1145 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (for Companions) (Pavilion Area) Open to all Conference Attendees 1130 – 1230 Lunch (Yorktown Hangar Bay III) Concurrent Sessions
1230 – 1345 Hands-On Lab Sampler in Artifact Storage, Photograph Digitization and Oral History for Curators and Registrars – Session 1 (Yorktown Wardroom) Concurrent Sessions
1345 – 1500 Ship As Artifact – Part 1 (Yorktown Theater) 1500 – 1515 Break Concurrent Sessions
1515 - 1645 Ship As Artifact – Part 2 (Yorktown Theater) 1645 – 1700 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) 1745 – 1800 Transportation from Conference Hotel to Patriots Point (Lobby Area)
1800 – 2030 HNSA Gala Dinner (Yorktown Hangar Bay III) 2030 – 2100 Transportation to Conference Hotel from Patriots Point (Pavilion Area) Return to the HNSA Home Page.
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