Agenda

Conference Agenda

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Monday, December 4

Optional Field Trips

  • Oconee Station and Station Cove Falls
  • Jones Gap - Rainbow Falls
  • Musgrove Mill and Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Sites
  • Devils Fork – Lake Jocassee Boat Trip

4-6pm Networking time (free snacks and drinks) 

5-8pm Registration (Congaree Room/Hotel Lobby)

5:30-9pm Downtown Greenville - dinner on your own-shuttles provided

9-11pm Hospitality Suite

Tuesday December 5 

6:30-8am Breakfast buffet provided by Embassy Suites Hotel

8:30-8:45am Welcome – SC State Park Ceremonial Corps 

8:45-9:45am Key Note Phil Gaines - SC State Park Director

9:45-10am   Break

10-11am State Park Showcase - (Delaware/Georgia/Maryland)

11:15am-Noon Concurrent Sessions

12:15-12:30pm Vans depart to Table Rock State Park

1:15-2pm Box lunches (option to eat on shuttle)

2-4pm Guided hikes of Table Rock State Park

4-5pm Explore Table Rock State Park

5:30-7:30pm Bluegrass and BBQ

7-8pm Van Shuttle

9-11pm Hospitality Suite


Wednesday, December 6

6:30-8am Breakfast buffet provided by Embassy Suites Hotel

8am Silent Auction begins (ends Thursday at 10:00am)

8:30-10am State Park Showcase- (Virginia/NC/Kentucky/Tennessee/Louisiana)    

10-10:15am Break

10:15- 11am Concurrent Sessions

11-11:15am Field Trip Logistics/Safety Brief

Field Trips Depart (see departure times below) Return by 5pm - box lunch provided

11:30am - Jones Gap

11:30am - Lake Conestee

1pm Swamp Rabbit Trail

2pm Roper Mt Science Center

1pm Musgrove Mill

4-6pm Networking time in hotel (free snacks and drinks)

4:30-5:30pm Interpretive Chiefs meet

5:30-9pm Downtown Greenville - dinner on your own-shuttles provided


Thursday, December 7

6:30-8am Breakfast buffet provided by Embassy Suites Hotel

8am Silent Auction continues

8:30-9:50am State Park Showcase (Mississippi/Alabama/Arkansas/Florida/West Virginia)     

9:50- 10:00am Field Trip Logistics/Safety Brief

10am Silent Auction Ends

10:15-10:30am Van Shuttle - Paris Mountain

11am-3pm Lunch and activities at Paris Mountain State Park

3-3:30pm Van shuttle

4:30-5:30pm Chief of Interpreters Meeting

4-6pm   Networking time in hotel (Free snacks and drinks)  

6-9pm Banquet Dinner and Live Auction (Pinehurst Room)

9-11pm Hospitality Suite


Friday, December 8

6:30-9:00am Breakfast buffet provided by Embassy Suites Hotel

Departure End of conference