The 73rd Annual SEDAAG Meeting will kick off today November 18, 2018, in Johnson City, TN at the Carnegie Hotel and Millennium Center. Featuring attendees from ten southeastern states, the two-day conference will feature poster and paper presentations, the World Geography Bowl, award presentations, a banquet, and keynote speech by leading international expert in weather and climate and the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia Dr. Marshall Shepherd. Below is the program at a glance.
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
| Sunday, November 18 | ||
| 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Registration | Lobby, Carnegie Hotel |
| 8:00 – 10:00 | Executive Committee Breakfast | Wine Cave, Carnegie Hotel lower level |
| 11:00 – 2:00 | Steering Committee Meeting | Wilder Dining Room, Carnegie Hotel |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | World Geography Bowl Registration | Lobby, Carnegie Hotel |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | World Geography Bowl Orientation | Grand Soldiers Ballroom, Carnegie Hotel |
| 12:00 – 3:00 | World Geography Bowl Round Robin Competition (winning teams and all-star team announced immediately following conclusion of Round Robin Competition) | Robert Taylor and Alfred Taylor Salons, Carnegie Hotel lower level;
120, 125, 130 Millennium Center |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Southeastern Geographers Social Event | Library, Carnegie Hotel |
| 4:00 – 6:00 | Paper and Poster Sessions | Robert Taylor and Alfred Taylor Salons, Carnegie Hotel lower level;
115, 120, 125, 130 Millennium Center |
| 6:00 – 8:00 | Opening Reception (co-sponsored by Study of the American South Specialty Group) | Grand Soldiers Ballroom, Carnegie Hotel |
| Monday, November 19 | ||
| 7:00 – 1:00 | Registration | 2nd floor Lobby, Millennium Center |
| 7:00 – 8:00 | Status of Women in Geography Breakfast | 260 Millennium Center |
| 8:00 – 5:00 | Paper, Poster, and Panel Sessions | Millennium Center |
| 8:00 – 5:00 | Southeastern Geographer Photo Competition | 2nd floor Lobby, Millennium Center |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Stand-Alone Geographers Lunch | 260 Millennium Center |
| 5:00 – 6:00 | SEDAAG Business Meeting | 137A Millennium Center |
| 6:00 – 7:15 | World Geography Bowl Championship | 137B Millennium Center |
| 7:30 – 10:00 | Honors Banquet and Plenary Address | Ballrooms ABC, Millennium Center |