Conference attendees arrive.
7:30am - 5:00pm
Registration and NMEA Central -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Exhibit Preview -- Ballroom A (Convention Center)
Entertainment by Woodpickers
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Welcome -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Native American Blessing Presented by Jerry Wolfe
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Stegner Lecture -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Charles Maynard -- Storyteller
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Exhibitor Reception at Ober Gatlinburg
Entertainment by DJ Dusty Dickey
7:30am - 5:00pm
Registration and NMEA Central -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
7:00am - 8:00am
Buddy Breakfast -- Gatlinburg Room B (Convention Center)
8:00am - 8:30am
Daily Announcements
8:30am - 5:00pm
Exhibits Open -- Ballroom A (Convention Center)
8:30am - 10:00am
General Session -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Bill Landry -- Downstream: From the Mountains to the Ocean (25 years of TV production with "The Heartland Series" documenting some of the richest freshwater streams in America, including the Clinch River, Citico Creek, Abrams Creek, etc.)
10:15am - 11:15am
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11:30am - 12:30pm
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12:45pm - 1:30pm
Special Event -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Merrie Southgate -- The Secret of the Seven and The L.A.S.T. Book Project
1:45pm - 2:45pm
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3:00pm - 4:00pm
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4:15pm - 5:15pm
General Session -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Todd Witcher -- Update on the Smokies All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Sea Faire/Sea Swap -- Azalea (Glenstone Lodge)
6:00pm - 7:00pm
President's Circle -- Jules Verne (Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies) 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Evening at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
Entertainment by the Chillbillies
TEAMS Making a Difference Award Presentation
7:30am - 5:30pm
Registration and NMEA Central -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
8:00am - 8:30am
Daily Announcements -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
8:30am - 10:00am
General Session -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Dr. Michael Gibson -- A Tale of Two Oceans
Dr. Steven Wallace -- The Gray Fossil Site: A Unique Forest Refugium from the Appalachians of Tennessee
10:15am - 11:15am
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11:30am - 12:30pm
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12:30pm - 2:00pm
Chapter Lunch -- Tennessee Ballroom (Convention Center)
2:00pm
Registration Closes -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
Last Chance to Purchase Additional Tickets
2:15pm - 3:15pm
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3:30pm - 4:30pm
General Session: Keynote Speaker (Convention Center -- Mills Auditorium)
Dr. Eugenie Clark
5:00pm - 11:00pm
Banquet and Auction -- Tennessee Ballroom (Convention Center)
Entertainment by FarCry
7:30am - 5:00pm
NMEA Central -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
8:00am - 8:30am
Daily Announcements -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
8:30am - 9:45am
General Session -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Dr. George Benz -- Sharks Under Ice
Joe Choromanski -- The first-ever successful live capture by hand via SCUBA, successful long-distance transport over water and land by ship and semi-truck, and the successful captive maintenance of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus).
10:00am - 11:00am
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11:15am - 12:15pm
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12:30pm - 2:30pm
New Board Meeting -- Azalea (Glenstone Lodge)
12:45pm - 1:30pm
Oil Spill Discussion -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
2:45pm - 3:30pm
General Session -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
Dr. Diane Nelson -- From Water Bears to Whale Sharks
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Awards/Business Meeting/NMEA 2011 Preview -- Mills Auditorium (Convention Center)
6:00pm
Buses depart from Glenstone Lodge
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Tennessee Hoedown at Dumplin Valley
Entertainment by Greenbrier
7:30am - 5:30pm
NMEA Central -- Magnolia Room (Glenstone Lodge)
8:00am - 6:00pm
Biltmore Estate
8:00am - 4:00pm
Discover Life in America
8:00am - 4:00pm
Fishing in the Smokies
7:00am - 5:00pm
Gray Fossil Site and Museum
8:00am - 5:00pm
Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont
8:30am - 2:00pm
Horseback Riding
7:00am - 5:00pm
Tennessee Aquarium and River Gorge Explorer
9:00am - 2:00pm
Tubing
8:00am - 4:00pm
Whitewater Rafting
7:15pm
Buses depart from Glenstone Lodge
8:30pm
Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show