Merrillville Community Planetarium
Bringing the Universe to the Merrillville Schools and Northwest Indiana

GLPA - Conference Schedule

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Start Time End Time Activity Location / Room Number
9:00am 5:00pm Executive Committee meeting
6:20pm Bus leaves for Pierce for new member orientation
6:40pm Bus leaves for Pierce for desert reception
6:30pm 7:00pm New member orientation
6:45pm 7:30pm Dessert reception
7:30pm 8:30pm Planetarium show
Vendor Presentations
8:30pm 9:30pm Guest Speaker
Professor Clem Pryke — "The History of the Universe..."
9:30pm 10:00pm Vendor Presentations
10:15pm Buses return to hotel
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Start Time End Time Activity Location / Room Number
7:40am Buses leave for Pierce
8:00am 8:15am Conference Welcome
8:15am 10:00am Paper Session #1
10:00am 10:20am break — refreshments with vendors
10:30am 12:00pm Full Dome Visualizations of Current Astrophysical Data
Vendor Presentations
12:00pm 1:00pm lunch
1:00pm 3:00pm Paper Sessions #2
3:00pm 3:20pm break — refreshments with vendors
3:30pm 5:00pm workshops
5:15pm Buses return to hotel
6:00pm Buses leave for optional trips to Challenger Center
and Valparaiso University
10:00pm Buses return to hotel from optional trips
Friday, October 27th, 2006
Start Time End Time Activity Location / Room Number
7:40am Buses leave for Pierce
8:00am Announcements
8:10am 10:00am Paper Sessions #3
10:00am 10:20am break — refreshments with vendors
10:30am 12:00pm Vendor Presentations
12:00pm 1:00pm lunch
1:00pm 3:00pm Paper Session #4
3:00pm 3:20pm break — refreshment with vendors
3:30pm 5:00pm Astronomy Update with Dr. James Kaler
5:15pm Buses return to hotel
6:15pm Buses leave for Gamba Ristorante
6:30pm Cash bar, banquet, awards
9:00pm Armand Spitz Lecture &mdash
Mr. Gene Zajac — "Making a Difference"
10:00pm Buses return to hotel
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Start Time End Time Activity Location / Room Number
8:00am 9:00am Check out of hotel, drive to Pierce
9:15am 9:45am State Caucuses
10:0am 11:30am GLPA Business Meeting
11:30am 12:30pm lunch
12:30pm 1:30pm Scott G. Lever from JPL
"Roaming Mars, a Personal Perspective"
1:45pm 3:00pm Door prizes & conference closing

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