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