This schedule is subject to change, so check it again before you go,
but it's accurate as of October 16, 2008. Room assignments
relate to the Westward Look map below.
| 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. | Bookstore and Hospitality Areas Open |
| 12:00 to 7:00 P.M. | Registration in the Lobby Terrace |
| 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. | Dinner on your Own |
| 6:30 to 7:00 P.M. | Board Welcomes Newcomers – Hospitality Area |
Cholla/Ocotillo Rooms |
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| 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. | Welcome Reception – Cash Bar |
| 8:00 to 9:30 P.M. | Welcome to the Forties with Dads' Tunes Sing-Along |
| Led by AWON Member Maggie Malone |
| Catalina Ballroom Foyer | |
| 7:45 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. | Registration Catalina Ballroom Foyer (closed during presentations) |
| 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. | Bookstore & Hospitality Areas Open (closed during presentations) |
| Catalina Ballroom | |
| 8:15 to 8:30 A.M. | President's Welcome – AWON President Judy Geis Hoffman |
| 8:30 to 8:45 A.M. | Announcements |
| 8:45 to 10:15 A.M. | Susan Johnson Hadler, Ph.D., AWON Member |
| Finding Our Fathers, Healing Ourselves | |
and |
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| Nick Etcheverry, Ed.D., AWON Member | |
| Healing the Wounded Child | |
| 10:15 to 10:45 A.M. | Break |
| 10:45 to 11:45 A.M | Brigadier General John W. Nicholson, USA (Ret.) – Secretary |
| American Battle Monuments Commission (Overseas Cemeteries) | |
| 11:45 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. | Lunch on your Own |
| 1:00 to 2:15 P.M. | Vamik D. Volkan, M.D. |
| Creating Memories and Generational Continuity to Heal | |
| 2:15 to 2:30 P.M. | Break |
| 2:15 P.M. | Sharing Circle Facilitators meet with Judy Hathaway |
| 2:30 to 3:30 P.M. | Four Orphan Stories – Moderator: Pat Albani |
| 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. | Sharing Circles (AWON Members only, please) |
| Palm Terrace | |
| 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. | Family Discussion Groups – Moderator: Carel Stith |
| Free Evening | Dinner on your Own |
| 7:00 to 9:30 P.M. | Hospitality Area Open |
| Memorial and Pima Air and Space Museum | |
| (Bookstore and Hospitality Area Closed until return from PASM) | |
| 8:45 A.M. | Meet in Hotel Lobby for departure to PASM |
| 8:45 to 9:00 A.M. | Board Buses for PASM |
| 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. | Buses depart for 60-minute ride. (Stragglers will be |
| left behind. No exceptions!) | |
| 10:00 to 11:15 A.M. | Pima Air and Space Museum Tour (remain on buses) |
| 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. | Memorial Service followed by Brown Bag Lunch |
| 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. | Free Time
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| 2:00 P.M. | Meet at (TBA) and board buses to prepare for return to hotel |
| 2:15 P.M. | Bus Departure (Promptly at 2:15 P.M.) |
| 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. | Bookstore Open |
| 4:00 to 9:30 P.M. | Hospitality Area Open |
| Free Afternoon | |
| and Evening | Dinner on your Own |
| Catalina Ballroom | |
| 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. | Bookstore & Hospitality Areas Open (closed during presentations |
| and Banquet) | |
| 8:45 A.M. | Announcements |
| 9:00 to 9:45 A.M. | Sharon Estill Taylor, Ph.D., AWON Member |
| Finding my Phantom Father | |
| 9:45 to 10:00 A.M. | Break |
| 10:00 to 10:45 A.M. | Stephen Watson, VP and COO |
| National World War II Museum | |
| 10:45 to 11:00 A.M. | Break |
| 11:00 A.M. to Noon | Robert W. Mann, Ph.D., D-ABFA |
| Director and Forensic Anthropologist, Joint POW/MIA | |
| Accounting Command (JPAC) Forensic Science Academy, | |
| Hawaii | |
| Noon to 1:00 P.M. | Lunch on your Own |
| 1:00 to 2:30 P.M. | Open AWON Business Meeting; Q & A to follow |
| Palm Room and Terrace | |
| 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. | Nick Etcheverry and Susan Hadler |
| Healing Ourselves – Interactive Workshop | |
| 11:00 A.M. to Noon | Sharing Circles (AWON Members only, please) |
| Canyon Room and Terrace | |
| 11:00 A.M. to Noon | Mary Lee Coe Fowler, AWON Member |
| Writing About Our Fathers | |
| Santa Catalina Terrace | |
| 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. | Reception (Cash Bar) |
| Santa Catalina Ballroom | |
| 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. | Banquet |
| Missing Man Table, Awards, Raffle |
Hasta, Bye-Bye
Happy Veterans Day!! • Have a safe trip Home!!