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The 2003 Conference Program

"Heroes Among Us": March 28-30, 2003 at MIT, download the 95-page Program Binder

Our 2003 Program "Heroes Among Us" - March 28-30, 2003

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There's something for everyone:  Youth   High school    Collegiate    Women   Recreational   Professional   Olympics   Sports Fans    Academics    Sports Leadership   Sport & Health Clinics  Federation of Gay Games

Program Binder is available for download

Day Beginning Time Duration Event
Thu, Mar 27, 2003 7:00 PM 3 hours GBBC and Ultimate Sports Club Sponsors Dinner
(dinner is separate from registration fee)

START - SPORTS LEADERSHIP CONGRESS (optional)
(subscribe here:
completely attendee driven)

Fri, Mar 28, 2003 12:00 PM 6 hours Registration (MIT - Student Center W20 - 3rd Floor)
84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Arrival after 6pm on Fri, go directly to Boston City Hall) Directions
1:00 PM 5 hours Sports Leadership Congress (MIT)
1:00 PM 2 hours Session I: Breakout sessions for sports organization leaders - local, umbrella, national/international (MIT)
2:00 PM 2 hours Session II: Breakout sessions for sports organization leaders - local, umbrella, national/international (MIT)
1:00 PM 1.5 hrs Diversity awareness for coaches/admin roundtable (MIT)
2:45 PM 1.5 hrs Diversity awareness for athletes/students roundtable (MIT)
1:00 PM 2 hours PFLAG Safe Schools and Communities Project (MIT)

START - CONFERENCE

  6:00 PM 2 hours Networking - Meet & Mingle (Boston City Hall) One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 02201 -- Foyer (at escalators). Directions
7:00 PM 2 hours Welcome and Light Food (Boston City Hall)
Sat, Mar 29, 2003 7:30 AM 10 hours Registration (MIT - Student Center W20 - 3rd Floor)
84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Directions
8:00 AM 30 min Light Breakfast (MIT)
8:30 AM 1 hour Opening Keynotes (MIT)
10:00 AM 8 hours ALL DAY: Company & Sports Technology Expo (MIT)
  1:00 PM 4 hours HALF DAY: Sport, Fitness & Wellness Clinics by GLMA and Spaulding Hospital Network of Harvard Medical School (MIT)
prelim 9:45 AM 1.25 hours Panel: Outsports.com/ GLAAD panel on "The Portrayal of the Gay Athlete in the Media" Panel: NCAA/SMIA on "LGBT Athletes in Collegiate Sports" Panel: Federation of Gay Games on "Gay Games, Not Just One Every Four Years"  
prelim 11:15 AM 1.25 hours Panel: Out & Equal panel on "Corporate Sponsorship of Athletes & Events -- Is money $exual?" Panel: NCLR on "Legal Protection & Action for LGBT Persons in Sport" Lecture: Gay & Lesbian Medical Association and Spaulding Hospital on "Core Strengthening" Panel: CLAGS on "Current Research in LGBT Studies and Sports: What's Up in Gay Scholarship?"
12:30 PM 45 min Lunch (MIT)
1:15 PM 45 min Keynotes (MIT)
prelim 2:15 PM 1.25 hours Panel: "Defying Stereotypes: The Lives of LGBT Professional Athletes" Panel: NACWAA panel on "Title IX: The Myths and the Facts Panel" Panel: GLSEN on "LGBT Athletes in High School Sports" Panel: AIDS Action Committee on "HIV and Athletics"
  3:30 PM 1.75 hours Company & Sports Technology Expo (MIT)
prelim 5:15 1.25 hours Panel: "LGBT Athletes in the Olympics" Panel: Sociology of Sport Workshop: WSF Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport  
  7:30 PM 1.5 hours "Taste of Boston" -- a variety of dishes sponsored by local restaurants and caterers -- Food sponsored by Cottonwood Cafe, Geoffrey's Cafe, Pho Republique, Baja Mexican Cantina
  9:00 PM 1.5 hours Sports after-party at a local venue
Sun, Mar 30, 2003 11:30 AM 1.5 hours Continental breakfast with Keynote (MIT*) Directions
  1:30 PM 2 hours Rugby Match (B-side match consisting of a combined Boston/New York vs. a composite side of other players) Sports Competition II Sports Competition III Youth Clinics
3:30 PM 2 hours (open)
1:30 PM 2 hours Obstacle course (MIT*) (still under consideration)

END - CONFERENCE

  7:00 PM TBD Optional dinner/evening entertainment for guests (your own cost)

 

     
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