AIS Conference 2007

Hosted by Arizona State University                   e-mail: AIS2007@asu.edu

Report to the AIS Board                                       website: http://uc.asu.edu/ais2007

March 1, 2007                                                                                              

 

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

 

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, single or double; includes breakfast

 

Speakers:    Odds Bodkin, Story Teller

Friday Evening Performance

 

Dr. Sarah Amira de la Garza

Acting Director, North American Center for Transborder Studies

Arizona State University

Plenary Session: Saturday afternoon

 

Workshop: Heard Museum

Thursday, September 27, 9:00 – 12:30

Cost: $20 per person (lunch/drinks/snacks at café not included)

Limit: 28 people

http://www.heard.org

 

 

Outings:       Taliesin West

Guided two-hour tour: Thursday evening, September 27

$40 (no meal included)

Limit: 25 people

http://www.franklloydwright.org/

 

 

Desert Botanical Garden

Saturday Evening (9/29): Guided Tour, Cooking Demo & Dinner

Cost: $60

            http://www.dbg.org/

 

 

Performance of “Jersey Boys”

Saturday Evening (9/29): Tony Award winning musical performed in a theatre designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on the ASU campus

Cost: TBD (dinner on your own at a nearby restaurant)

 

TIME LINE

 

March 19:      Proposal Submission Deadline

           

April 27:        Program Committee meets with conference liaison Roz Schindler

 

May 1:                        Online Registration available

 

May 15:          Presenters Notified

 

Sept. 1:           Early registration deadline

 

Sept. 1:           Hotel registration deadline (for guaranteed group rate)

 

Sept. 26:        AIS Board Meeting

 

Sept. 27:        Conference begins

 

 

 

 

AIS BOARD MEETING

 

 

Boardroom Reserved: Wednesday, September 26: 12:00 – 9:00 PM

Dinner plans and transportation will be arranged.

 

Boardroom Reserved: Thursday, September 27: 8:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch is available at Garcia’s, the hotel’s restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

Please let me know if you have special requests for sessions during the conference (breakfast circles, SAGE sessions etc.).  

 

 

 

 

Tentative Schedule

 

Thursday, September 27

8:00 – 1:00                AIS Board Meeting

9:00 – 12:30               Workshop and lunch at Heard Museum

 

1:30 – 5:00                 Concurrent Sessions (with break midway)

 

5:30                             Reception

 

6:30                             Dinner Circles (at local restaurants)

                                    Optional Tour of Taliesin West

 

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 Bodkin

 

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

                                    Dinner and Performing Arts (Jersey Boys at ASU)

 

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

 

Registration Income

150 attendees paying by early registration deadline = $37,500