Northeast Region Stranding Conference
April 16th – 20th, 2008
Sheraton Providence Airport Hotel
Hosted by the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration and the
Cape Cod Stranding Network, a Project of IFAW
Name:
Affiliation:
(as you would like it to appear on your name tag)
Address:
Telephone:
E-mail address:
Please indicate which workshops, meetings and events you plan to attend.
Wednesday, April 16
□ NERS Consortium Board Meeting
Representatives only
□ Ice Breaker
Located at the hotel
Thursday, April 17 (breakfast & lunch will be provided by the hotel – included in registration fee)
□ NERS General Consortium Meeting
Open to those that are interested
□ NMFS Business Meeting
Open to network members and invited guests only. Two representatives per LOA, 109 (h) or
sub-designee at the table. Maximum of four people per institution.
Friday, April 18 (hotel buffet lunch option: $14 + tax per person – not included in registration fee)
□ Presentations & Poster Session
Saturday, April 19 (hotel buffet lunch option: $14 + tax per person – not included in registration fee)
□ Presentations & Poster Session
□ Banquet
Located at the Fire & Ice Restaurant in downtown Providence
Sunday, April 20 (breakfast & lunch will be provided by the hotel – no fee for stranding network STAFF;
$30 for non-staff members)
□ Workshops
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Northeast Region Stranding Conference
April 16th – 20th, 2008
Sheraton Providence Airport Hotel
Conference Registration Fees
Method of Payment
Early Registration
$60
Covers Ice Breaker, Consortium Meeting,
Business Meeting, Friday & Saturday Sessions
Check
Please make checks payable to:
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
Registration after March 3
Visa
$75
Saturday Evening Banquet
$30 / person
Number of tickets requested
Master Card
Friday Session Only
$20
Discover Card
Saturday Session Only
$20
American Express
Sunday Session Only
$30
TOTAL:
If paying by credit card, please provide the following information
Name as it appears on the card:
Billing address:
Card number:
Please return registration form with payment to:
Cindy Davis, Stranding Assistant
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
55 Coogan Blvd.
Mystic, CT 06355
FAX: 1-860-572-5972
E-MAIL: cdavis@mysticaquarium.org
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Card expiration date:
All rooms must be booked through the hotel by March 3, 2008. To make reservations call 1-800-SHERATON-1
(1-800-325-3535). Please reference the Northeast Stranding Association when making your reservations.
Single, double, triple room rates: $95 per room, per night
Fourth person (over the age of 18): $15
A free shuttle is available from the airport to the hotel.
The following restaurants are within walking distance of the hotel:
Bertucci’s (brick oven pizza and Italian restaurant)
Bickfords (sort of like a Denny’s)
Shannonview (Irish pub)
Legal Seafood (about a ½ mile walk-sometimes the shuttle will take you)
Pizza King (pizza and sandwiches and also delivers to the hotel)
Walt’s Roast Beef (fast food)
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