SOLAR 2008 Special Events

SPECIAL EVENTS

Please note:  Some special events are included in your full conference registration, and some are not. You can buy additional tickets for friends and family for those events not included in your full registration.

ASES Chapters Caucus
Saturday, May 3
8:30am to 5:30pm
For representatives of ASES Chapters and forming chapters, a networking and training program. Representatives are encouraged to bring brochures and newsletters to share.
NOT included in full conference registration
Price if registration received by March 31, 2008 $45.00; After March 31 $55.00

Conference Opening Reception
Sunday, May 4
8:30pm
Come meet new friends, greet old ones, and enjoy the Southern California ambience by the pool at this  food and cash bar reception.
INCLUDED in full conference registration

Women in Solar Luncheon
Monday, May 5
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Join us for a networking lunch after the Women in Solar Forum. Come and hear amazing women tell their amazing stories – and maybe tell one of your own!
NOT included in full conference registration
Price if registration received by March 31, 2008 $45.00; After March 31 $55.00

Banquet Reception
Monday, May 5
6:00 - 7:00PM
Appetizers and cash bar before the Awards Banquet.

Awards Banquet
Monday, May 5
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Join your colleagues and friends for the Annual Awards Banquet. A brief awards presentation will be followed by a special presentation by Randy Udall, one of the nation’s leading activists in promoting energy sustainability.
INCLUDED in full conference registration
Extra Ticket Price if registration received by March 31, 2008 $55.00; After March 31 $65.00

Pirate Party
Wednesday, May 7
6:30pm to 10:00pm
Join us for a swashbuckling good time! Your adventure begins with appetizers and cocktails (cash bar) aboard the HMS Surprise - a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate - complete with pirate museum belowdecks. We’ll then move for dinner to the Berkley - an 1898 steam ferryboat that operated for 60 years on San Francisco Bay. In addition, you can tour the B-39 - a Soviet diesel electric submarine commissioned in the early 1970s  and the Maritime Museum on the lower decks of the Berkley. The adventure price includes transportation, dinner, entertainment and pirate accessories!
NOT included in full conference registration
Price if registration received by March 31, 2008 $70.00; After March 31 $80.00

Conference Closing Luncheon
Thursday, May 8
12:30pm to 2:00pm
We’ll wrap up the conference and show you what we have in store for SOLAR 2009 – being held in Buffalo, New York in May, 2009.
INCLUDED in full conference registration
Extra ticket price if registration received by March 31, 2008 $55.00; After March 31 $65.00

On-line registration will be available at the end of January, 2008.