AIRS Conference: Reno 2009

Some random snippets … and remember Early Bird pricing is available until March 31st!!!

  • Reno reduces the conference costs in many subtle ways – free shuttle between the airport and hotel, together with a vast array of affordable meal choices
  • Your conference registration includes 5 meals (breakfast and dinner on Monday, lunch on Tuesday and breakfast and lunch on Wednesday)
  • The spectacular Lake Tahoe, where California and Nevada meet, is the largest alpine lake in North America, and is only a one hour drive (
  • The conference includes the National Aging and Disability I&R/A Symposium on Sunday
  • The presentations and handouts from the majority of the presentations will be available for free to conference attendees via a password accessed web page that will be ready about two weeks after the conference
  • Mama Mia is playing at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts (
  • The conference offers two opportunities to take the certification test, together with some unique opportunities (e.g. the Intensives) to prepare for them.
  • At an I&R conference, whenever you pause for a few moments, someone will come up and ask if you want help!
  • There will be close to 90 workshops.
  • Shopping? Yes, there are stores where you can buy things …
  • The Conference is the best way to learn the latest options for I&R technology as all the vendors will be showing their wares within the small facility.
  • Whitewater rafting available in the downtown area! (
  • The hotel rooms are $101 for single/double – the cheapest for years.
  • Virtually all workshops are eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • The conference hotel – the Silver Legacy – adjoins by walkway the Eldorado Hotel and Circus-Circus Hotel to provide even more entertainment and dining options. Circus-Circus features performers from Cirque du Soleil and the Imperial Acrobats of China.
  • Weather should be wam but comfortable (average highs around 70 degrees)
  • For 2-1-1 agencies, the 2-1-1 Assembly has been increased from 90 minutes to a 3 hour session to allow for more sharing of news and information.
  • At the conference hotel, ladies may drink for free between 4pm and 7pm (
  • The Friends of AIRS Silent Auction and Party provides scholarships for future conference attendees plus provides a chance to bid on unique items brought in by conference attendees from across the continent.
  • Conference Tracks are Aging and Disability, I&R Service Delivery, Management, Disaster, Technology, Resource Database, Crisis, Military, Trends and Tangents, and 2-1-1.
  • There is a free bus service up and down Reno’s Virginia Street (which is where the conference hotel is located).

To register and obtain more information about the AIRS Conference, go to