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2016 Annual Meeting - Louisville, KY

​2016 Annual Meeting - Louisville, KY

The Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program will be hosting the 2016 NCoGS annual meeting October 13-15.  

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF GOVERNOR'S SCHOOLS
General Meeting
October 13 - 15, 2016
Louisville, Kentucky

Registration Fees and Membership Dues:
 
On or before $175 (plus dues)
After  $185 (plus dues)

REGISTRATION INCLUDES

Thursday, October 13th
  • 2:00 p.m. - NCoGS Executive Committee Meeting at Hilton Garden Inn
  • 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Registration at the Hilton Garden Inn
  • 5:30 p.m. - Shuttles depart the Hilton Garden Inn to go to Downtown Louisville for the Opening Reception
  • 6:30 p.m. - Opening Reception at Doc's Cantina (about five miles from the hotel)
  • 7:30 p.m. - Presentation by Louisville's own Tori Murden McClure
  • 8:30 p.m. - Opportunity to explore the Louisville Riverwalk and the Big Four       Pedestrian Bridge over the Ohio River that connects Louisville with Southern IN
  • 9:15 p.m. - Shuttles return to the Hilton Garden Inn

Friday, October 14th
  • 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn
  • 8:00 a.m. - Shuttles depart the Hilton Garden Inn to go to the Kentucky Derby     Museum (about one mile from the hotel)
  • 8:30 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks at Kentucky Derby Museum 
  • 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Two session presentations (see preliminary details below)
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Opportunity to tour the Kentucky Derby Museum on     your own
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch at the Kentucky Derby Museum
  • 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Two session presentations (see preliminary details below)
  • 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. - Guided tour of Churchill Downs / Free time
  • 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Shuttles return to the Hilton Garden Inn
  • 5:15 p.m. - Shuttles depart the Hilton Garden Inn to go to Shelbyville, KY for       dinner (about twenty-five miles from the hotel)
  • 6:30 p.m. - Dinner at Claudia Sanders Dinner House followed by a Chautauqua   impersonation of Kentucky Colonel H. Sanders
  • 8:45 p.m. - Shuttles return to the Hilton Garden Inn

Saturday, October 15th 
  • 7:30 a.m. - Shuttles depart the Hilton Garden Inn to go to the Kentucky Derby     Museum (about one mile from the hotel)
  • 8:00 - Breakfast at the Kentucky Derby Museum
  • 8:30 a.m. - One session presentation and Roll Call of the States (see preliminary   details below)
  • 11:00 a.m. - Business Meeting
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch at Kentucky Derby Museum
  • 1:00 p.m. - Shuttles return to the Hilton Garden Inn
  • 2:00 p.m. - Shuttles depart the Hilton Garden Inn to go to the Muhammad Ali     Center (about five miles from the hotel)
  • 2:30 p.m. - Tour of Muhammad Ali Center
  • 4:00 p.m. - Shuttles return to the Hilton Garden Inn
  • Dinner on Saturday will be on your own, but the Governor's Scholars Program staff will be happy to facilitate and suggest places. 

Note about the Sessions

The following sessions have been proposed or are required by the NCoGS minigrant (more specific details to be shared at a later time):
  1. "Art Not just for Art's Sake: Art Integrated Processes" led by Morgan Eklund and the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts team.
  2. A session on legislative relations led by Karen Taylor Mitchell of the Governor's Institute of Vermont in collaboration with Aris Cedeño of the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program
  3. A session on the newly created West Virginia Governor's School of Entrepreneurship led by its dean, Jonathan Butler
  4. A session on the project funded by the NCoGS minigrant led by Jean Patrick Antoine of the New Jersey Governor's School of Engineering
  5. A session on the project funded by the NCoGS minigrant led by Melissa Herr of the Missouri Fine Arts Academy

ROOM RESERVATIONS
The conference hotel is: Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Airport
The address is: 2731 US 2735 Crittenden Drive Louisville, Kentucky 40209
The phone number is: 502-637-2424
To get the discounted rate at the hotel for the conference, please register here.
Please note that the rooms will be held until 
The rate is $.00 per person plus taxes. Breakfast is included in the price.
The hotel web site is: The Hilton Garden Inn.

TRANSPORTATION
A Complementary shuttle is available from the airport the phone number is:
 
A list of the airlines served by the Louisville Airport can be found here.

Information about car rental available at (or near) the Louisville Airport can be found here.

TO MAKE RESERVATIONS

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