October 4-8, 2011
AAVSO HQ, Cambridge, MA & Hilton Hotel, Woburn, MA
Tue, 10/4
All day
Council Meeting - Current Council Members Only (@ AAVSO HQ)
Wed, 10/5
Morning
Historical Paper Session: Women in AAVSO History; The History of Variable Star
Organizations (@ Woburn Hilton)
Afternoon
Historical Paper Session: The History of Variable Star Organizations (@ Woburn Hilton)
Evening
Leadership Banquet - by invitation only (@ AAVSO HQ)
Thur, 10/6
Morning
Building Dedications/Invited Talks (@ AAVSO HQ)
Afternoon
Lunch/Birthday Party/ Time Capsule Dedication (@ AAVSO HQ)
Evening
Amphibious Duck Boat Tour of Boston Sights and Clambake (buses depart from Woburn Hilton)
Fri, 10/7
Morning
Membership Meeting (@ Woburn Hilton)
Book reading T. Williams & M. Saladyga (@ Woburn Hilton)
Afternoon
Scientific Paper Session (@ Woburn Hilton)
Evening
Historical Session: Variable Star Observers I Have Known (@ Woburn Hilton)
Sat, 10/8
Morning
Scientific Paper Session (@ Woburn Hilton)
Afternoon
Scientific Paper Session (@ Woburn Hilton)
Poster Session & Picture Session (@ Woburn Hilton)
Evening
Centennial Banquet with Guest Speaker Owen Gingerich "A Century of Progress: Ten Decades of Astronomical Highlights" (@ Woburn Hilton)