NASIG 2024: Full Schedule

Welcome to the NASIG 2024 Conference. This conference will take place at the Spokane Davenport Grand, Spokane, WA June 3 - June 7, 2024. Please visit the NASIG website for conference details.

Please note: edits and other changes are still being made the schedule, content will remain as listed.

The NASIG Evaluation & Assessment Committee wants your feedback on the 2024 NASIG Annual Conference in Spokane, WA. Link to survey forthcoming.

As in previous years, you will be asked to rate the sessions and workshops you attended. You will be asked to rate presenters, as well as provide an overall rating for the sessions. You will also have the opportunity to rate other conference events, facilities, and arrangements and to provide input for next year’s conference.

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9:00am PDT

Board Meeting

Monday June 3, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Meeting Room 5

Meeting

1:30pm PDT

Registration + Information Desk

Monday June 3, 2024 1:30pm - 6:00pm PDT
Pre-Function 2 / Ground Floor Lobby

Registration

3:30pm PDT

First Timer's Reception

Serving a selection of sparkling and mineral waters along with potato chips, popcorn, and gourmet mixed nuts.

Monday June 3, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Meeting Room 4

Social

5:00pm PDT

Opening Session

Talk by tribal historian Warren Seyler and author Jack Nisbet about the relationship of people with the Spokane River before, during and after the creation of the city we know today as Spokane.

Speakers

Warren Seyler

Warren Seyler is a member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, a historian and storyteller. He served fifteen years on the Spokane Tribe’s Business Council during a period of that time he held the position of Tribal Chairman. While in this capacity he took a leadership role in national... Read More →

Jack Nisbet

Spokane-based author Jack Nisbet explores the intersection of human and natural history in the Intermountain West. He has published several collections of essays centered on the period of contact in the region, as well as award-winning biographies of fur agent David Thompson and naturalist... Read More →

Monday June 3, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Grand Ballroom C

General Session

6:00pm PDT

Opening Reception

Serving house made breads with butter, hot and sour soup, cucumber slaw, sushi rolls including vegan options, tempeh kabobs, kalbi short ribs with udon noodles, miso salmon with furikake sticky rice, char siu pork, vegan curry with garlicky steamed rice, fried rice, stir fried vegetables, chocolate and mango caramel bites, pineapple coconut creme tart. Drinks will include coffee and tea with creamers, including non-dairy and milk alternatives, sodas, sparkling and mineral waters, and a cash bar featuring wine, liquor, hard seltzer, and beer, including O'Douls non-alcoholic beer.

Monday June 3, 2024 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Grand Ballroom A