Schedule

7:00am-12:00pm Event and Vendor Setup

1:00pm -1:30pm Opening Ceremony

6:20pm-8:00pm Welcome Party

At this event, registrants can meet keynote speakers, performers, and breakout session speakers. Hors d'oeuvre and wine will be served!

9:00am-10:45am Featured Keynote Presentation

Breakfast will be provided from 9:00am-9:30am with the keynote presentation to follow.

11:00am-12:00pm Morning Activity/Workshop

This session will be an interactive workshop in which participants engage in light activity or create a craft or art piece.

12:15pm-1:45pm Performance Tea

Enjoy an elegant afternoon English tea with hors d'oeuvres served on hand-painted China and featuring a historical re-enactment performance.

2:00pm-4:00pm Excursion

TBD

4:15pm-5:15pm Breakout Session

The Chernobyl Catastrophe: Causes and Consequences by Ryan Chilcutt

This talk explores the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986—one of the most significant technological failures in modern history. We will examine the sequence of events that led to the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine, the human and environmental cost of the disaster, and the long-term effects that continue to shape global nuclear policy. The session will also shed light on the heroism of the first responders, the secrecy of the Soviet response, and the lessons learned in the decades since. Through historical analysis and scientific context, the talk aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how a single event reshaped our perception of nuclear energy forever.

6:30pm-8:00pm Evening Dinner and Performance

TBD

9:00am-10:45am Featured Keynote Presentation

Breakfast will be provided from 9:00am-9:30am with the keynote presentation to follow.

11:00am-12:00pm Morning Activity/Workshop

This session will be an interactive workshop in which participants engage in light activity or create a craft or art piece.

12:15pm-1:45pm Performance Tea

Enjoy an elegant afternoon English tea with hors d'oeuvres served on hand-painted China and featuring a historical re-enactment performance.

2:00pm-4:00pm Excursion

TBD

4:15pm-5:15pm Breakout Session

Eyewitness to History: Fall of Communism by Greg Garland

Greg was an eyewitness to the collapse of communism. Living and working in Poland from 1986 to 1990, he saw the rot finally give way and knew many of the people who became household names. But what he saw went mostly unreported and has since fallen by the wayside before new narratives had been woven about why communism fell. Greg will share some of those stories about himself and real persons in Poland: what they faced, how they coped, and how they overcame enormous obstacles to refute and defeat Marx and Lenin.

6:30pm-8:00pm Evening Dinner and Performance

TBD

Kids Activities and Field Day

We will provide updates as details are finalized.

6:30pm-8:00pm Evening Dinner Performance

Closing Ceremony

We will provide updates as details are finalized.