Social Program

We are now developing a social program for the conference which includes:

• Sunday, June 7 – A long to be remembered welcome reception sponsored by Agilent Technologies that includes great snacks and drinks.

• Monday, June 8 and Tuesday June 9 – The conferee will have just too many choices with our sponsors hosting hospitality suites with invitations for all (they are outdoing themselves and we highly recommend them). To complicate matters, we may be able to provide you with another option – a Cincinnati Reds baseball game with the first established team in major league baseball – if they are in town.

• Starting about nine on any evening, the youngsters from 18 to 80 rock on at Main Street Cincinnati or Newport on the Levy, one mile from the Symposium hotel, where we find all kinds of entertainment including The Hofbrau House – a bit east of Munich, but in the full spirit – come polka with Dave, Gary Joe and Ken – see if you can tire them out!

• Tuesday, June 9 – All registered attendees are invited to the Gala Dinner at the Metropolitan Club where we do some high dining plus entertainment by a great local area favorite – The Cincinnati Dancing Pigs – jug band extraordinaire.

• Post-symposium – if there is sufficient interest, we will arrange a 2.5 day post-symposium tour (two motel nights) to Mammoth Cave with stops on our way back in Bardstown (great summer entertainment and near the home of ‘Makers Mark’ only Kentucky Bourbon here – none of that Scotch or Irish stuff) and at the Stephen Foster Memorial Homestead. (See Excursions to express your interest online).

So much for the formal things, but clearly there are many things for you to enjoy in the Cincinnati Metropolitan area and tri-state area of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, many in just one or two hour drives on exceptional freeways. We list some of these here, but please check out the better listings and descriptions at the following tourism web sites:

http://www.cincinnatiusa.com/          The official Cincinnati Tourism site

http://www.nkytourism.com/attractions/attractions_main.aspx      Northern Kentucky Tourism

http://www.sunnysideoflouisville.org/           Southern Indiana Tourism

Some of our local/ regional suggestions – Google their web sites.

• Cincinnati Museum Center and Omni Max Theatre

• USA Air Force Museum – Dayton, OH ; one hour away and a remarkable collection of warplanes from several nations and their stories

• Kentucky Horse Park; one hour away - to get a feel of the world’s greatest thoroughbred racing area

• Krohn Conservatory – for a beautiful view of botanical excellence

• Universities – Indiana University – 2.5 hours, University of Cincinnati, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky – 1.5 hours, University of Louisville – 1.5 hours, Ohio State University – 1.5 hours, Miami University – 45 min

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

• Newport Aquarium

• Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens – one of the world’s finest

• Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky

• Cincinnati Art Museum

• The Cincinnati Observatory

• Newport on the Levy – dining and entertainment

• Main Street – Cincinnati entertainment

• Cincinnati Red’s Baseball – if they are in town