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2010 Conference in Columbia, Maryland
Here is a collection of
photos from the conference taken by Dennis and Henry.
Our 2010 annual meeting was held in Columbia, Maryland, from May 20th - May 22nd.
Agenda
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Wed May 19 |
7:00 PM |
Dinner at: Morgan’s Restaurant @ Columbia Hilton Hotel 5485 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045-3247 |
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Thu May 20 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:00 AM |
NAJVS Business Meeting (members only) - Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Jean-Michel Margot |
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch as you wish… - Fast food and chain restaurants nearby |
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| 2:00 PM |
NAJVS Business Meeting continued — if required (members only) otherwise relax as you wish… |
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| 7:00 PM |
Official welcome dinner at: Cafe De Paris 8808 Centre Park Drive, Columbia, MD 21045-2109 |
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Fri May 21 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:00 AM |
Opening remarks - Jean-Michel Margot, President, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 9:15 AM |
“Publishing Jules Verne at Home” - Norm Wolcott, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 10:00 AM |
“Jules Verne & NASA” (from the Henry Sharton Collection) - Dennis Kytasaari, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 11:00 AM |
“Anticipating the Past” - Prof. Marie-Hélène Huet, Princeton University |
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch as you wish… - Fast food and chain restaurants nearby |
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| 2:00 PM |
“A Brief History of Howard County and Columbia, MD” - Mark Eckell, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 2:30 PM |
“A Land of Eccentrics: Jules Verne’s United States and The Will of an
Eccentric” - Brian Taves, Library of Congress |
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| 3:00 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 PM |
“Writing a Jules Verne Story” - Roger Leyonmark, NAJVS Inc. |
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| 3:45 PM |
“Why Read Verne?” - Michael Dirda, Washington Post |
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| 7:00 PM |
Dinner at: Rams
Head Tavern 8600 Foundry Street, Savage, MD 20763-9512 |
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Sat May 22 |
Breakfast as you wish… | |
| 9:00 AM | Relax as you wish, perhaps the hotel pool?! | |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch as you wish - Fast food and chain restaurants nearby |
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| 3:00 PM |
Around the World in Eighty Days at the Round House Theatre 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 We will leave just after lunch to get to the theater for this starting time. After the play, members of the NAJVS will be leading a discussion of the play and Verne with the audience. Transportation from Columbia to Bethesda and back should not be a problem; there will be enough cars with available seats to do the job. |
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| 6:00 PM |
Dinner in Bethesda at location: McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant 7401 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814 |
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Sun May 23 |
— BON VOYAGE — | |