2006 Conference at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA

Here is a collection of photos from the conference taken by Anna-Jean, Dennis and Henry.
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Cover for 2006 Conference program
Our 2006 annual meeting was held at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA on Memorial Day Weekend, May 25th - 28th.
The theme of the meeting was loosely based around the idea of Jules Verne’s America: The Civil War, The South and the Sea, etc.
 

Agenda

 
Thu
May 25 		5:30 PM Meet in Tazewell Hotel lobby for self-transfer to dinner.
6:00 PM Dinner at:
   Freemason Abbey
      290 West Freemason St.
      +1 757.622.3966
8:00 PM Jules Verne in Translation: Forum
   held at Broad Street Books
      517 West 21st, Norfolk, VA 23517,
      Ghent Section of Norfolk
      +1 757.622.2468
 featuring: Jean-Michel Margot, Peter Schulman, and
   Walter James Miller
Fri
May 26 		8:30 AM Carrey VIP Van pick up at Tazewell Hotel.
Parking Passes will be distributed for all those coming by car.
All meetings will be held in:
   Old Dominion University, Perry Library,
   LIB 151 unless otherwise noted.
      link to ODU Campus Map
8:45 AM Continental Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 AM Opening remarks
   - Jean-Michel Margot, President, NAJVS Inc.
9:15 AM “Frritt-Flacc, a surprising short story”
   - Jean-Michel Margot (featuring material from Andrew Nash)
9:45 AM “The Anarchist at the End of the World”
   - Julia Mastro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:15 AM “André Breton and Jules Verne”
   - Nicolas Saucy, University of Geneva
      Unfortunately Nicolas was unable to attend our event, we hope
      that he will be able to join us sometime in the future.
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM “Reading the Illustrations: The Example of Le Superbe Orénoque”
   - Terry Harpold, University of Florida, Gainesville
11:30 AM “Fathers and Sons: Letters of Alexandre Chatrian and Jules Verne”
   - Steve Foster, Old Dominion University
12:00 PM “The Jules Verne Renaissance: A Recent Publishing History”
   - Brian Taves, Library of Congress, Washington DC
12:30 PM Lunch at Virginia-Rice Room
   Webb University Center, Old Dominion University
(Sponsored by Vandeventer Black, LLP, one of Norfolk’s oldest
and most prestigious maritime law firms.)
1:45 PM Keynote Presentation: “The ATV Jules Verne Spaceship”
   - Fr’deric Castel, European Space Agency
      followed by a 26 min documentary
(Sponsored by the Batten College of
            Engineering & Technology, ODU.)
2:45 PM “From the Earth to the Moon: Jules Verne and NASA”
   - Keith Henry, Langley Research Center, NASA
   - Ray Turcotte, Langley Research Center, NASA
3:15 PM “Verne’s Other Trilogy”
   - Jean-Michel Margot
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM “A Pluri-Disciplinary Approach to L’Ile Mystérieuse”
   - President Roseann Runte, ODU Dept of Foreign Languages
   - Provost Tom Isenhour, ODU Dept of Chemistry
   - Professor Lytton Musselman, ODU Dept of Biological Sciences
5:00 PM Reception (held in LIB 151, Perry Library)
(sponsored by the Friends of the Old Dominion University Library)
6:15 PM dinner at
   Omar’s Carriage House
      313 W. Bute St., Downtown Norfolk
      +1 757.622.4990
8:00 PM (Optional)
Free Concert, Chrysler Museum Lawn, Downtown Norfolk
      featuring fireworks and the music of:
      Elgar, Williams, Hayden, and Handel
Sat
May 27 		9:00 AM Carrey VIP Van pick up at Tazewell Hotel.
   Parking Passes will be distributed for all those coming by car.
   All meetings will be held in:
      Old Dominion University, Perry Library,
      LIB 151 unless otherwise noted.
9:15 AM Continental Breakfast and Coffee
9:30 AM “The Great Pearl of Captain Nemo:
  Succession and Legacy in L’Ile Mystérieuse”
   - Tom McCormick, NAJVS Inc.
      Unfortunately Tom was unable to attend our event, we hope
      that he will be able to join us sometime in the future.
10:00 AM “Sneak Previews of The Meteor Hunt”
   - Walter James Miller, New York University
   - Rick Walter, Vice-President, NAJVS Inc.
10:30 AM “The Victorian Translators of Verne (II)”
   - Norm Wolcott, NAJVS Inc.
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM “The FS Jules Verne and Why it is a Tradition in the French Navy”
   - Captain (FRN) Christian Canova, French NLR to SACT
11:15 AM “Captain Cousteau’s Jules Verne-like Adventures”
   - Clark Lee Merriam, Research and Communications,
      Cousteau Society (USA)
12:15 PM lunch at
   Port City Java
      4416 Monarch Way, (located near campus)
      +1 757.440.5800
1:30 PM “A malin, malin et demi”
   - Anna Jean Mayhew, NAJVS Inc.
2:00 PM NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
   - Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Jean-Michel Margot
7:00 PM dinner at the
   Norfolk Yacht and Country Club
      7001 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA, 23505
      +1 757.423.4500
Sun
May 28 		9:00 AM Meet at Tazewell Hotel lobby,
for a van ride departure to Naval base for…
10:00 AM …a tour of USS Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier.
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