Hello,
The Earhart-Noonan Symposium will occur on Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon.
You have two options to participate:
1. Fly to Eugene, Oregon and attend in person. See the attached PDF registration form. For the Symposium only the tickets are $50 in advance or at the door. $130 if you attend the larger conference which includes non-Earhart-Noonan topics. See the attached program.
2. Log-in remotely. The attached PDF lists that as an option. This ticket is also $50. After you register and pay you will receive an email with a remote log-in link.
The Symposium has been expanded this year into Friday, June 25 to accommodate a longer list of presenters plus the Earhart-Noonan Round Table Saturday afternoon. The AE-Noonan Presentations will start Friday afternoon at 2:40 PM Pacific Time.
The conference is not at a hotel. I am not aware of a central hotel folks are stating at. Hotels are at this link:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/tac-events/international-film-festival/227-tac-fest-2021-pages/3064-2021-hotel-informationThe attached PDF lists abstracts for each presentation. The following presenters will attend the symposium in person and thus present live in no particular order. A brief description of their presentation is included.
1. Lynn Engelbert: Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs on Nikumaroro in 2017 (no contractual limits, can talk freely now)
2. Jaime Bach: Rumors of [Human] Remains: Trips to Tarawa
3. Rick Pettigrew: The Nikumaroro 2017 Project and the Evolution of a Cultural Heritage Nonprofit
4. Kenton Spading: Did Gerald Gallagher Unearth the bones of a Norwich City Castaway? Part 2 (new data uncovered)
5. Marjorie Smith: Why Is This Funny? Amelia Earhart As a Punchline
6. Greg George: Reassessment of Acute Environmental Impacts on Earhart’s Final Flight, Part 2
7. Michael Ashmore: The Taraia Object: Is the Electra in the Nikumaroro Lagoon opposite Tatiman Passage (the main inlet)?
8. Aaron Arrants: Managing the medial risks during the 2019 expedition (which explored the seven site).
9. Lynne Angeloro: Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs on Nikumaroro in 2019 - the continued search for Amelia Earhart.
The following people are presenting remotely. A brief description of their presentation is included.
10. Tom King: The 2015, 17, & 19 Visits to Nikumaroro; an Overview
11. Joe Cerniglia: 2017 Search of the Nikumaroro Dispensary Site, Comparative Data: Brown Amber Vial, Cap Imprinted “UCA PHARMACY.”
Earhart-Noonan Round Table: Saturday, June 26, 4:40 PM to 6:00 PM PDT.
This will be informal but moderated.
Round Table Participants n no particular order:
Bill Snavely: Did Earhart Crash Land Near Buka Island?
Tom Palshaw: Is Artifact 2-2-V-1 from the C-47 Crash on Sydney/Manra Island?
Kenton Spading: Expedition to Sydney (Manra) and Hull (Orona) Island: C-47 crash and 2-2-V-1 (Sydney) and an object in a lagoon (Hull).
John Kada: Dead ends and surprises during research into the sextant box Gallagher mentioned (and other topics).
Lew Toulmin: Lew will sing two pre-recorded songs: 1) Off We Go, into the Wild Bird Guano! (to the tune of “Wild Blue Yonder”) and 2) Amelia Earhart: Find Me the Lass That’s Gone (Adapted from the Skye Boat Song, Sir Harold Boulton, Bt., 1884 nd the theme song from Outlander by Bear McCreary)
Questions and or Topics from Anyone are welcome.
Schedule: Amelia Earhart-Fred Noonan Symposium:
Friday, Symposium Day 1: Friday, June 25, Afternoon, The details are in the attached PDF.
Friday Evening Ice Breaker: Friday evening, June 25. We will meet at the Ambrosia Restaurant and Bar at 174 East Broadway, Eugene, Oregon 97401, (541-342-4141) after the Round Table.
Saturday, Symposium Day 2: Saturday, June 26, 10 am to 5 pm (these times could change) including a Q and A Round-Table discussion in the afternoon. The details are in the attached PDF.
Saturday Social, Saturday, June 26: Participants from the entire conference and film festival (including the AE-FN folks) will meet at the WOW Hall at 291 West 8th Street, Eugene, OR. Details will be in your registration packet.
Jaime Bach, in addition to presenting, is also the keynote speaker at the Wednesday evening, June 23, banquet. Jaime will present an overview of the Nikumaroro fieldwork up to and including from the 2019 National Geographic Expedition which, in addition to Ballard’s search, included field work at the seven site.
The presentations are 30 minutes long including time for questions and answers. The conference/symposium venue is the:
Civic Winery and Wines
50 E 11th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
+1 541-636-2990
www.civicwinery.comTAC link:
https://www.archaeologychannel.org/events-guide/tac-international-film-festival/international-film-festivalCheers to Gerald; God’s Speed to Fred.
Kenton Spading, P.E., FRGS 20, FN ’20
1586 Grotto Street North
St. Paul, MN 55117-3460
Voice/Text: 651-272-7970
KSpading@Comcast.net