AUBER Conferences in 2005

Spring Conference
The New Administration and Congress:
Policy Frontiers for Growth and Security

The NABE/AUBER 21st annual policy conference will be held Monday, March 21, and Tuesday, March 22, at the Marriott Metro Center Hotel in Washington, D.C. How will the new policies of the Bush administration affect the domestic and global economic climate and business strategies? Get the most up-to-date information from recognized experts. In addition to organizing three sessions that will be of particular interest to AUBER members, the association is sponsoring a reception that will kick off the conference on Sunday evening. View a preliminary program. To register for the conference, please visit http://www.nabe.com/.

Fall Conference

AUBER's 59th annual fall meeting will be held in Missoula, Montana, October 8-11. Missoula is served by nonstop flights from four airlines: Alaska/Horizon flies from Seattle, Delta from Salt Lake City, Northwest from Minneapolis, and United from Denver. Last-minute tickets can be pricey, but advance purchase tickets are usually reasonable. It is never too early to start looking for specials!

The conference will run from Sunday morning until noon on Tuesday. Conference program organizers Jerry Conover, Indiana University, and Stephen Smith, University of Memphis, have scheduled full days of meetings on Sunday and Monday, with adjournment by noon on Tuesday. The board will meet on Saturday afternoon. This schedule will allow most people to arrive in Missoula on Saturday and return home (even to the eastern time zone) by late Tuesday evening.

If you are interested in organizing a session or presenting, contact Jerry at conover@indiana.edu or Stephen at scsmith@memphis.edu.

The Northern Rockies are spectacular in early fall, and Missoula is roughly equidistant from Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks (but they are too far for a day trip). We will, however, visit the National Bison Range, which is one of the oldest wildlife refuges in the country. It is home to elk, deer, pronghorn, black bear, and coyote, along with more than 200 species of birds and 350-500 bison. Watch for additional conference details in upcoming issues of the newsletter and on the AUBER web site, www.auber.org.

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