2008 Conference Schedule

* Subject to Change *

NOTE: All times and events are subject to change. Please check the "last updated" date below to make sure you have the latest information.

Schedule last updated on 4/14/08

TUESDAY, 7/15/08

8:00 AM – 9:50 PM
Fee-Paid Option
(includes cont. breakfast, lunch and dinner)

Coaches depart hotel promptly at 8:00 AM

Optional Pre-Conference Ramble: Historic Theatres of Georgia
Registration and Continental Breakfast begin at 7:00 AM, Georgian Terrace Conference Center

Ramble Includes:

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Fee-Paid Option

Registration begins at 8:30 AM, Georgian Terrace Conference Center

WEDNESDAY, 7/16/08
8:30 – 12:30	*Optional Pre-conference Seminar: Tax Credits,* cont.,** Georgian Terrace Conference Center
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Optional Pre-Conference Workshop: The Building is Saved, Now What? – How Product Relates to Audience Development Registration begins at 8:15 AM, Georgian Terrace Conference Center
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM	LHAT Board Meeting
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fee-Paid Option	Optional Guided Bus Tour of Atlanta while en-route to Atlanta Cyclorama and the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM	CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Georgian Terrace Grand Ballroom Terrace
1:00 – 2:30 PM	Opening Luncheon (w/speaker) Georgian Terrace Grand Ballroom
3:00 – 4:15 PM	Tools & Techniques: Session 1 Georgian Terrace Conference Center Fox Labs at Fox Theatre Studios
5:00-7:00 PM	Opening Reception, First Timers Orientation & Fox Theatre Tours
8:00 PM	Optional Performance: *The Color Purple* Fox Theatre, Discounted tickets available through the Fox

THURSDAY: 7/17/2007
8:00 – 9:15 AM	Peer Discussion Breakfast #1 Georgian Terrace Conference Center
9:30 AM 9:40 AM – 2:45 PM Coaches Sponsored by:	Board Coaches for Theatre Tours in Small Georgia Communities and Nuts & Bolts Discussions Intro and tour of The Grand Theatre, Cartersville Intro and tour of the Canton Theatre, Canton Lunch on your own in Canton
3:15-4:30 PM	Tools & Techniques: Session 2 Georgian Terrace Conference Center Fox Labs at Fox Theatre Studios
5:00 – 7:00 PM	8th Annual Meet the Service Providers & Suppliers Expo & Reception The Ponce at Peachtree, Georgian Terrace Hotel
Evening	Optional Performances

FRIDAY: 7/18/2007
8:00 – 9:15 AM	Nuts & Bolts Discussion & Breakfast Georgian Terrace Grand Ballroom
9:30 AM 9:40 AM - 12:30 PM Coaches Sponsored By:	Board Coaches for Atlanta Neighborhood Theatre Tours Rialto Theatre at Georgia State Theatrical Outfit, The Balzer Theatre at Herren's, in the Virginia Highland district Plaza Theatre in the Poncey Highlands neighborhood
12:30 – 2:00 PM	Mid-day Break
2:00 – 3:15 PM	Tools & Techniques: Session 3 Georgian Terrace Conference Center Fox Labs at Fox Theatre Studios
3:30 – 5:30 PM	LHAT Annual Membership Meeting & Reception Georgian Terrace Piedmont Ballroom & Piedmont Lobby
Evening	Optional Performances, TBA or Optional: Take Me Out to the Ball Game Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves, Turner Field

SATURDAY: 7/19/2007
8:00 – 9:15 AM	Peer Discussion Breakfast #3 Georgian Terrace Conference Center
9:30 AM – 12:45 PM	Plenary Session, Performance and Tour: Center for Puppetry Arts
Mid-day Break 1:00 – 1:30 PM	Boxed Lunch at Savannah College of Art & Design - Atlanta
1:30 – 2:45 PM	Plenary Session: "Savannah College of Art & Design: Historic Preservation in Action"
2:45 – 3:15 PM	Tours of Ivy Hall
4:00 – 5:15 PM	Tools & Techniques: Session 4 Georgian Terrace Conference Center
6:30 – 8:00 PM	Reception and Silent Auction Georgian Terrace Hotel Terrace
8:00 – 10:00 PM	Closing Banquet & 2008 Awards Presentation Georgian Terrace Grand Ballroom