Fairchild Garden Tours, Authors and Pitch Slam (pre-registration and $25 fee required) at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables; post-conference Keys tour

Buses will depart from the InterContinental Hotel’s front entrance at 7:30 a.m. to take attendees to Fairchild Garden. Buses will return to the InterContinental no later than 1:00 p.m. If you’re checking out of the hotel on Sunday, you can check luggage with the concierge. Attendees on the The Keys post-conference tour should board your tour bus at the hotel and bring your luggage along. 

 

(9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Visit Books and Books, Miami’s independent, locally owned bookstore, on site at Fairchild Garden, where you will find a variety of books for sale, written by SEJ members, invited speakers and University of Miami professors.)

 

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast, Welcome and Orientation

Location: The Jean Ellen duPont Shehan Visitors Center Ballroom

 

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Breakfast Plenary with the Authors

Location: The Jean Ellen duPont Shehan Visitors Center Ballroom

 

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Fairchild Garden Tours

 

11:00 a.m. – Noon  Book Author Pitch Slam

Location: The Jean Ellen duPont Shehan Visitors Center Ballroom

 

Noon: Conference ends and buses return to the InterContinental or head out on the post-conference tour.

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Afternoon: Fairchild Garden is offering SEJ conference-goers free admission to its popular Edible Garden Festival. SEJ-sponsored transportation back to the conference hotel will be leaving at noon so plan ahead if you’d like to stay longer. Cab service back to the InterContinental is available for ~$25 - $30: Coral Gables Taxi, (305) 444-2828.

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Post-Conference Tour - Sunday, October 23 - Wednesday, October 26

Unlocking the Florida Keys: Development, Coral Reefs and Marine Research in Paradise

Departs Miami following the Sunday authors program and returns to Miami by 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26.

 

LINK TO FULL AGENDA DETAILS

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