AIS
Conference 2007
Hosted by Arizona State
University
e-mail: AIS2007@asu.edu
Report to the AIS Board
website: http://uc.asu.edu/ais2007
October
4, 2006
(website
available 10/1/06)
Dates: Thursday,
September 27 – Sunday, September 30, 2007
Theme:
“Interdisciplinarity
at the Border: Creating, Thinking and Living New Knowledge”
Location: Embassy
Suites Hotel, Tempe, Arizona
http://www.embassysuitestempe.com
Room Rate: $119
plus tax (12.07%), single or double
Rate
includes breakfast, available between 6:00 and 9:30 AM.
Reservations
can be made online or by calling a toll free number.
Room Details: All
rooms are two room suites with a bedroom and separate living room with sleeper
sofa, microwave and mini refrigerator.
Hotel Amenities:
Business center with two free computer stations, Internet access ($9.95/24
hours with your own laptop), exercise room, sauna, outdoor pool and hot tub,
Mexican restaurant and bar.
Conference Space:
no charge for meeting rooms if 50 hotel rooms booked
Meals: Grand
Ballroom – seats 340 banquet style
Sessions: Grand
Ballroom A – seats 170 at tables
Grand
Ballroom B – seats 170 at tables
Junior
Ballroom A – seats 115 theatre style, 50 classroom style
Junior
Ballroom B – seats 115 theatre style, 50 classroom style
Boardroom
100 – seats 12 around a
table, 12 more around perimeter
Boardroom
200 – seats 25 theatre style
Boardroom
300 – seats 25 theatre style
Additional: Foyer for registration and
exhibits
Boardroom
173 for storage and planning committee meetings
1
complimentary sleeping room for out-of-town keynoter
Also, we’ll be the only
conference/event at the hotel at this time.
Transportation:
Free airport shuttle (runs
6:30 AM – 10:00 PM)
Free parking at hotel
Keynote Speakers
· Dr.
Sarah Amira de la Garza
Associate
Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Arizona
State University
Acting
Director, North American Center for Transborder Studies
Proposed
Title: Border Crossings: Finding Courage and Living with Integrity on our
Life Journey
Plenary
Session: Saturday afternoon
Honorarium,
plus lunch
Website
with CV:
http://www.asu.edu/clas/communication/people/faculty/delagarza/
· Odds Bodkin
Story
Teller
Friday
Evening Performance
Honorarium
+ travel expenses, plus dinner
His
website:
A
review of his Off Broadway one-man show:
http://www.oddsbodkin.com/time_out_ny_review.html
Off-Site Activities
Workshop: Heard Museum
Museum of Native American
arts and culture, founded 1929
Thursday, September 27,
9:00 – 12:30
Customized workshop/tour
of museum with lunch in the courtyard café
http://www.heard.org
Cost: $10 (tour) + $13
(lunch) + transportation (TBD)
Saturday Night Options
·
Desert Botanical
Gardens in Phoenix – tour and dinner
·
Downtown Phoenix
– walking tour with urban planner/architect and dinner
·
Dinner &
Performing Arts (TBD: Fall 2007 schedules aren’t out yet)
Costs:
TBD
Tentative Schedule
Thursday,
September 27
8:00
– 1:00 AIS
Board Meeting
9:00
– 12:30 Workshop
and lunch at Heard Museum
1:00
– 5:00 Concurrent
Sessions (with break midway)
5:30 Reception
6:30 Dinner
Circles (at local restaurants)
Friday,
September 28
7:00
– 9:00 Breakfast
9:00
– 11:45 Concurrent
Sessions (with break midway)
12:00
– 1:30 Lunch
1:45
– 5:00 Concurrent
Sessions (with break midway)
5:30 Reception
6:00 Banquet
(at hotel)
7:30 Performance:
Odds Bodkins
Saturday,
September 29
7:00
– 9:00 Breakfast
9:00
– 10:30 Concurrent
Sessions
11:00
– 12:00 Keynote
Speaker: Dr.
Sarah Amira de la Garza
12:00
– 1:30 Lunch
1:45
– 5:00 Concurrent
Sessions (with break midway)
5:30 Reception
6:30 Saturday
evening options:
Tour
and dinner at Desert Botanical Garden
Walking
Tour of Downtown Phoenix and dinner
Dinner
and Performing Arts
Sunday,
September 30
7:00
– 9:00 Breakfast
9:00
– 10:15 Concurrent
sessions
10:15
– 10:30 Break
10:30
– 11:45 Wrap-up
session
AIS CONFERENCE …
September 27 – 30, 2007 … DRAFT BUDGET
|
Expenses |
|
Estimated Cost |
|
Food |
|
|
|
Breaks |
$41.63/pp |
$6452 |
|
Lunches |
$57.52/pp |
$8943 |
|
Friday Banquet |
$39.64/pp |
$5985 |
|
Receptions |
|
$3000 |
|
FOOD TOTAL |
|
$24,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
Online Registration
Fees |
$8/pp + 3.5% on cc |
$3,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
Speakers (2) |
$1,250, honoraria/fees; $500, travel; $70, meals |
$1,820 |
|
|
|
|
|
Musicians |
|
$500 |
|
|
|
|
|
Printing |
|
|
|
Program |
|
$3,000 |
|
Other |
|
$250 |
|
|
|
|
|
Student Scholarships |
20 @ 100 |
$2,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Registration Items (bag, name tag etc.) |
|
$1,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
AIS Liaison Visit |
|
$750 |
|
|
|
|
|
A/V Equipment |
|
$500 |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous |
|
$1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUBTOTAL |
$39,900 |
|
Subvention |
- $5000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$34,900 |
Tentative
Registration Fees
EARLY
(Before or on 9/1):
AIS Member
$250 Non
Member $300
REGULAR
(After 9/1):
AIS Member
$275 Non
Member $325
Work to be completed
this semester (Fall 2006)
Work to be completed
next semester (Spring 2007)
Scheduling Questions
for AIS Board:
When will you be holding
your board meeting?
What space needs do you
have for the board meeting?
What food needs do you
have for the board meeting?
Are you planning on
holding SAGE sessions next year?
Breakfast is included in the
room rate and is served from 6:00 to 9:30 AM. There is a breakfast room where
people can sit and eat or they can sit at a table on the patio or in the
banquet room. I know you like to have working breakfasts. What types of things
would you like to accomplish over breakfast? Can they be accomplished if not
everyone is gathered and eating in the same room?