2016 Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Here is a collection of photos from the conference taken by Dennis.
 
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Limited edition button created by Jean-Michel for the meeting.
Cover for 2016 Conference program.
 
The 2016 Annual Meeting was held from Wednesday, July 13 through Saturday July 16, 2016. The meeting was held in Philadelphia at the Independence Park Hotel. This location is walkable to Independence Hall and other tourist destinations. A conference room was reserved for a whole day on Thursday, July 14 and a half day for Friday July 15. July 16 will be a day for other activities. Perhaps a search for the Weldon Institute? ;-)
 
Our hotel and meeting facility is located at:
 

Agenda

Presenters and Members - if you have any corrections, suggestions, or comments, please contact Dennis Kytasaari at: djk@epguides.com
 
Wed
July 13 		7:00 PM Welcome dinner at: Spasso Italian Grill
   - 34 S Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
   - +1 (215) 592-7661
Thu
July 14 		Breakfast as you wish…
9:00 AM Opening remarks
   - Brian Taves, President, NAJVS Inc.
9:05 AM Update on Verne in Europe and Other Societies
   - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc.
9:15 AM “Robur vs. Nemo”
   - Brian Taves, NAJVS Inc.
9:45 AM “Loitering with Jules Verne”
   - Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc.
10:35 AM “English Translations of Jules Verne’s Le Château des Carpathes”
   - Art Evans, DePauw University
11:05 AM Break
11:20 AM “Robur the Conqueror: Chapter 1”
   - Alex Kirstukas, NAJVS Inc.
11:50 AM “Adventures in Translating: The Hidden Charms of Some of Jules Verne’s Unpublished Plays”
   - Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University
12:20 PM Panel - “Making a Palik Volume”
   - Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University
   - Brian Taves, NAJVS Inc.
12:50 PM Lunch
   - (as you wish; there’ll be a list of possible locations)
3:00 PM “‘Des inondés de Mars’: Sans dessus dessous and the Argument from Analogy”
   - Terry Harpold, University of Florida, Gainesville
3:30 PM “From 5 Weeks in a Balloon to the Graf Zeppelin: Famous lighter than air flights and the men and women who made them possible”
   - Howard Lipman, NAJVS Inc.
4:05 PM “Engineering Fiction”
   - Marie-Hélène Huet, Affiliate Faculty, MIT
7:00 PM Dinner
   - (as you wish; there’ll be a list of possible locations)
Fri
July 15 		Breakfast as you wish…
9:00 AM NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
   - Agenda TBA by NAJVS President Brian Taves
11:00 AM Panel - “Translating Verne”
   - Alex Kirstukas, NAJVS Inc.
   - Peter Schulman, Old Dominion University
12:05 PM “Visualizing Nemo and the Nautilus for the Screen: From Méliès to The Rock”
   - Brian Taves, NAJVS Inc.
12:30 PM Lunch
   - (as you wish; there’ll be a list of possible locations)
2:00 PM Free time to explore the historical city
7:00 PM Dinner
   - (as you wish; there’ll be a list of possible locations)
Sat
July 16 		Breakfast as you wish…
9:00 AM Free time to explore the historical city
Sun
July 17 		— BON VOYAGE —
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