2011 SEPA Conference
O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium
Young Harris, Georgia
June 21-25
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Tentative Schedule
Updated 6/15/11 Download schedule at-a-glance [pdf]
Tuesday, June 21 |
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| 7:00 am - 6:00 pm BVR | Vendor area setup |
| 2:00 - 4:30 pm BVR | Check-in and Registration |
| 4:00 pm BVR | SEPA Council Meeting |
| 5:30 pm BVR | New Members Welcome |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm BVR | Opening reception (heavy hors d'oeuvres) |
| 7:00 pm BVR | Make our way to YHC |
| 7:15 - 9:00 pm YHC | Welcome & Planetarium Shows Session 1 (including Opening session with VIPs, etc) |
| 9:00 - 9:15 pm YHC | Break |
| 9:15 - 11:00 pm YHC | Planetarium Session 2 |
| 11:00 pm YHC | Make our way back to BVR | Wednesday, June 22 |
| 7:00 - 8:30 am BVR Conference Center break area | Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:55 am BVR | Vendor Plenary Session 1 |
| 9:55 - 10:15 am BVR | morning break & vendor time |
| 10:15 - 11:15 am BVR | Vendor Plenary Session 2 |
| 11:15 am - Noon BVR | Pre-business meeting |
| Noon - 1:15 pm BVR | Lunch Buffet with speaker Peter McLeish |
| 1:15 - 2:45 pm BVR | Delegate Plenary Session 1 & Vendor Time |
| 2:45 - 4:00 pm BVR | Explore Vendor Area & afternoon break |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm BVR | Delegate Plenary Session 2 & Vendor Time |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm BVR | Dinner at BVR Tack Room |
| 7:00 pm BVR | Make our way to YHC |
| 7:15 pm YHC | Group photo on YHC Campus Plaza |
| 7:30 - 8:50 pm YHC | Planetarium Session 3 (including Cherokee Sky Legends with Mr. Freeman Owle) |
| 8:50 - 9:15 pm YHC | Break |
| 9:15 - 10:45 pm YHC | Planetarium Session 4 |
| 10:45 pm YHC | Make our way back to BVR |
| 10:45 pm until... YHC | (optional) Make your way to observing session at top of Georgia's tallest mountain, Brasstown Bald (weather dependent) |
| 11:00 pm until... BVR | Hospitality Suite 1 (Spaced Out Music) | Thursday, June 23 |
| 7:00 - 8:45 am | Pick up Boxed Breakfast in lobby |
| 8:45 am BVR | Buses depart for Tellus in Cartersville, GA |
| 9:00 am bus | View Devlin's BLAST! movie on bus |
| 10:30 am | Orientation at Tellus; meteorite presentation |
| 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Tellus | Lunch and free time to wander |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm Tellus | Tellus Planetarium Session |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm Tellus | Observatory / solar house / museum open house |
| 4:00 pm Tellus | Buses depart for Young Harris |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | "Brasstown BBQ" cookout dinner at Sunset Pavilion |
| 9:00 pm Tellus | Make our way to YHC |
| 9:15 - 10:30 pm YHC | Planetarium Session 5 (Constellation Shootout) |
| 10:30 pm until... | Optional observing sessions at YHC Observatory (weather dependent; unstructured and informal) |
| 11:00 pm until... | Hospitality Suite 2 (Astro Jeopardy) | Friday, June 24 |
| 7:00 - 8:30 am BVR | Breakfast (BVR Conference Center break area) |
| 8:30 - 11:00 am BVR | Workshop sessions 1a/1b & Vendor Time |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am BVR | Morning break & Vendor Time |
| 11:15 am - 12:30 pm BVR | Business Meeting |
| 12:30 pm BVR | Pick up boxed wrap lunch |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm | Free Time (or meet with vendors by appointment only) |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm BVR | Silent Auction and Cash Bar |
| 7:00 - 9:30 pm BVR | Banquet Dinner with keynote speaker Mark Devlin; Jack Horkheimer tribute |
| 10:00 pm until... BVR | Hospitality Suite 3 | Saturday, June 25 |
| 9:00 - 11:00 am BVR | Breakfast Buffet / Door prizes |
| Noon BVR | Checkout |
| 3:30 pm | Post-SEPA tour of PARI in Rosman, NC |