12:00 - 4:00 Special field trips -- registration required (see Field Trips)
5:30-7:30
Welcome -- and early registration opportunity with appetizers and cash bar at 100 Estrella Restaurant on Highway 85, just south of the Ajo town plaza, on the right
Lunch in the CurleySchool Indoor/Outdoor Auditorium
1:30–2:45
Simultaneous Sessions
2:45–3:15
Break
3:15–4:30
Simultaneous Sessions
5:30–7:30
Dinner in the Cafeteria Gallery on the Curley School Campus
Visit and dine in the midst of a special Art Exhibit: Celebrating the Sonoran Desert
Wednesday—March 21
8:00-9:00
Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Plenary Session — Keynote Speaker: Ned Norris, Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation
10:15–10:45
Break
10:45–12:00
Simultaneous Sessions
12:00–12:30
Break
12:30–4:30
Special Field Trip to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Experience the incomparable beauty of the Monument. You will have a choice between driving tours and tours with walking or hiking included. Wildflowers should be in bloom! Box lunches will be provided. All the tours will end at Pinkley Peak where Chuck’s BBQ will be preparing your dinner.
4:30–7:00
Evening in the Sonoran Desert
Enjoy a great barbecue dinner, sunset, and the night skies at Pinkley Peak in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Thursday—March 22
8:00-9:00
Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Simultaneous Sessions
10:15–10:45
Break
10:45–12:00
Simultaneous Sessions
12:00–1:30
Lunch in the CurleySchool Indoor/Outdoor Auditorium
1:30–2:45
Simultaneous Sessions
2:45–3:15
Break
3:15–4:30
Plenary Session—Panel Discussion of local leaders on Border Issues Tohono O’odham Color Guard
5:30–7:30
Dinner & Entertainment at the Curley School Outdoor Auditorium (weather permitting). Experience cultural food specialties of the Sonoran Desert region and colorful dance troupes including Ajo’s Ballet Folklorico
