GLAF

"Taking On The Challenge": March 26-28, 2004 at MIT (last year's 95-page Program Binder for reference)

===> Registration is at the MIT Student Center on the 3rd Floor. Check in at Registration to find all room assignments. Directions

Day	Beginning Time	Duration	Event
Thu, Mar 25, 2004	10:00 AM 6:00 PM	8 hours	Private Planning Meetings. The annual conference is a great meeting venue for your International, national, and local meetings. Email us if you're interested in having your own private meeting as well -- all are welcome to create their own session. A great reason and place for all your members to fly in, meet, and contribute to the Conference.
START - SPORTS LEADERSHIP CONGRESS (for sports group leaders) (Join the Sports Leadership email list: completely member driven)
Fri, Mar 26, 2004	8:00 AM 6:00 PM	10 hours	Registration at the MIT Student Center on the 3rd Floor. Directions If you arrive after 6pm, save registration for Sat and proceed directly to Boston City Hall. Directions
	8:30 AM 5:00 PM	8.5 hours	ALL DAY: Sports Leadership Congress (MIT) Speakers: The Gill Foundation Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) Rendez-Vous Montreal 2006 The Federation of Gay Games Gay Games VII 2006 Chicago International Front Runners (IFR)
START - MAIN CONFERENCE
	6:00 PM 8:00 PM	2 hours	Networking - Meet & Mingle (Boston City Hall) One City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 02201 -- Foyer (at escalators). Directions KEYNOTE SPEECHES by Patricia Nell Warren and Boston Mayor Menino
	7:00 PM 9:00 PM	2 hours	Welcome and Light Food (Boston City Hall) Preview of Photo Exhibit: Fearless: A Photography Project on Openly Gay High School and Collegiate Athletes (on display entire weekend of the conference at MIT)
Sat, Mar 27, 2003	7:30 AM 6:30 PM	11 hours	Registration at the MIT Student Center on the 3rd Floor. Directions
	8:00 AM 8:30 AM	30 min	Light Breakfast (MIT Student Center)
	8:30 AM 9:30 AM	1 hour	Keynote Panel on Leadership and Role Models (MIT Student Center)
	9:00 AM 6:00 PM	9 hours	Photo Exhibit: Fearless: A Photography Project on Openly Gay High School and Collegiate Athletes
	9:45 AM 11:45 AM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Panel: NCAA's Gay Issues in Collegiate Athletics: Getting from Here to There!	Workshop and Panel: The Truth About Love - PFLAG Parents Talk About Their GLBT Children (9:45a-10:40a)	Panel: The Social and Psychological Benefits of Coming Out by NAGWS	Lecture: Smart Dieting for Athletic Performance and Nutritional Supplements (9:45-10:40am)
	9:45 AM 11:45 AM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable		Slide Presentation: Gay Mountaineering Expeditions - Breaking Down Stereotypes by GO (10:50a-11:45a)		Lecture: Beyond Talent- A Multidisciplinary Look at Athletic Excellence and Psychological Preparedness (10:50-11:45am)
	12:00 PM 12:30 PM	30 min	Lunch (MIT Student Center)
	12:30 PM 1:30 PM	1 hour	Keynote Panel on Race and Racism in LGBT Athletics (MIT Student Center)
	1:00 PM 5:00 PM	4 hours	*HALF* DAY: Company & Sports Technology Expo (MIT Student Center)
	1:00 PM 5:00 PM	4 hours	*HALF DAY*: Health & Wellness Lectures & Clinics (MIT Student Center), golf, massage, acupuncture, pilates, cycling
	1:45 PM 3:45 PM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Panel: Learning From Our Different & Common Experiences in Sports: What Can LGBT Athletics Take from Race, Gender and Disability in Sports	Panel: Olympics Panel	Panel: High School Athletics Panel by PFLAG and GLSEN
	3:45 PM 5:00 PM	1.25 hrs	Explore Company & Sports Technology Expo and Health & Wellness Lectures & Clinics		Rendez-Vous Montreal 2006 (4:00-5:00pm)
	5:00 PM 6:00 PM	1 hour	Outsports.com Feud Gameshow
	7:00 PM 9:00 PM	2 hours	Athletes Scholarship Fund Raising Dinner (separate fee requires registration). KEYNOTE SPEECH by Andrea Zimbardi: Speech: "Facing the Fear ... Being Out in NCAA Division I Athletics"
	10:00 PM	1.5 hours	Sports Social (open)
Sun, Mar 28, 2004	8:30 AM 1:00 PM	4.5 hours	Registration at the MIT Student Center on the 3rd Floor. Directions
	9:00 AM 11:00 AM	2 hours	Fun Run 5K by the Boston Frontrunners and Yoga
	11:00 AM 1:00 PM	2 hours	MIT BGALA Athletes Brunch (MIT Student Center) Directions
	11:00 AM 5:00 PM	6 hours	Photo Exhibit: Fearless: A Photography Project on Openly Gay High School and Collegiate Athletes
	1:00 PM	15 min	break
	1:15 PM 3:15 PM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Workshop: It Takes A Team! Training for Presenters	Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (1:15-2:10pm)	Lecture: Why the Connection between Crystal Meth and the Gay Community? (1:15-2:10pm)	Panel: Corporate Sponsorship of Athletes and Events
	1:15 PM 3:15 PM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Workshop: It Takes A Team! Training for Presenters	Federation of Gay Games - Chicago Host City (2:20-3:15pm)	Lecture: HIV: A disease of the past? (2:20-3:15pm)	Panel: Corporate Sponsorship of Athletes and Events
	3:15 PM	15 min	break
	3:30 PM 5:30 PM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Panel: Gay Marriage and the New Family	Lectures: The Academic Perspective + "Guards" in the Locker Room: Sexuality Games and Foucault's Panopticon + Disentangling Sexuality from Masculinity + As I Am: An Oral History of Gay Male Athletes at Dartmouth College	Panel: LGBT Athletes and the Media	Lisa Padilla: Legal Protections (3:30-4:25pm)
	3:30 PM 5:30 PM	1.50 hours + 30 min roundtable	Panel: Gay Marriage and the New Family		Panel: LGBT Athletes and the Media	Planning for Performance: A Complete Conditioning Program (4:35-5:30pm)
	6:00 PM 11:00 PM	5 hours	+ Las Vegas Night Fundraiser, Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue (front dining room), Directions + PFLAG Pride & Passion Annual Party, Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue (Moonshine room)
END - CONFERENCE