PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
****SUBJECT TO CHANGE****

THURSDAY, MAY 16

8:00 AM—NOON: REGISTRATION, BOOK STORE, AND EXHIBITS OPEN

8:00—9:00 AM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

9:00—10:30 AM: OPENING PLENARY SESSION PART ONE

• Welcome from Emily Lisska and Ben Brotemarkle
• Presentation of Presidential Citation to Former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
• Featured Speaker: Dr. Glen Doran, Principal Archaeologist of the Windover Dig
  “Windover and Beyond: 35 Years of Archaeology on the Space Coast”

10:30—10:45 AM: BREAK

10:45—11:45 AM: OPENING PLENARY SESSION PART TWO

• Panel Discussion featuring space program historian Dr. Lori Walters
  “A Conversation with Apollo-Era Space Workers”

NOON—1:15 PM: ANNUAL SOCIETY AWARDS LUNCHEON

1:30 PM: BOARD SHUTTLES FOR KENNEDY CENTER VISITORS COMPLEX TOUR

6:00 PM: BOARD SHUTTLES FROM KSC TO LIBRARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY

6:30—8:30 PM: RECEPTION AT THE LIBRARY OF FLORIDA HISTORY/STATE HEADQUARTERS OF THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• Dedication of the facility as a National Historic Landmark with small group tours, food and drink, and live music

FRIDAY, MAY 17

8:00 AM—NOON: REGISTRATION, BOOK STORE, AND EXHIBITS OPEN

8:00—9:00 AM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

8:00—9:15 AM: CONCURRENT PRESENTATION SESSIONS

• Race and Relations
• Murder Mysteries as Meaningful Literature
• Cultural Interpretations of Nineteenth-Century Florida

9:15—9:30 AM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

9:30—10:45 AM: CONCURRENT PRESENTATION SESSIONS

• New Directions in History: Archives and Digital History
• Florida History on Film Part I: The Soul of the People
• Florida Journalism

11:00 AM—12:15 PM: CONCURRENT PRESENTATION SESSIONS

• Environment and Agriculture
• Florida History on Film Part II: Marching Forward
• Florida on the International Stage

12:15—1:15: LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (Food available on site)

1:30: BOARD SHUTTLE FOR AFTERNOON TOURS

2:00—3:00: HARRY T. AND HARRIETTE V. MOORE CULTURAL COMPLEX

3:00: BOARD SHUTTLES

3:30—5:00: BREVARD MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND NATURAL SCIENCE

5:00: BOARD SHUTTLES FOR HOTEL (BACK BY 5:15)

6:00—7:00 PM: RECEPTION

7:00—10:00: FHS BANQUET

Keynote Speaker Former Astronaut Winston Scott

• “From the Cape into Space: The Adventures of a NASA Astronaut”

SATURDAY, MAY 18

8:00 AM—NOON: REGISTRATION, BOOK STORE, AND EXHIBITS OPEN

8:00—9:00 AM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

9:00—10:15 AM: CONCURRENT PRESENTATION SESSIONS

• Reigniting the Past to Professionalize the Future: How the Veterans Legacy Program Illuminates the Sacrifices Made in the Great War for a New Generation of Florida Students
• The Stories We Tell: Critical Approaches to Black Public History
• The Golden Years of Surfing in Brevard County

10:15—10:30 AM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

10:30—11:45 AM: The Future of History: Student Presentations from Florida History Day

11:45 AM—12:00 PM: COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

12:00—1:30 PM: CLOSING PLENARY SESSION

• Includes a Soup and Sandwich Lunch Buffet!!

12:00—12:45: FHS Member Meeting: Emily Lisska and Ben Brotemarkle

12:45—1:30: Featured Speaker Charlie Venuto

• Director Environmental, Health and Safety, Delaware North at KSC
  “The History of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge: A Partnership of Rockets and Wildlife”