2011 AAICU Meeting

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Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon, April 29 – May 1, 2011

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Program:

Wednesday April 27

Recommended arrival of participants attending the joint workshop with AMICAL

Thursday April 28: Joint Program with AMICAL

Recommended arrival of participants attending the AAICU meetings only

• 8:30 am : Depart hotel to LAU, Beirut Campus
  Meet: Hotel Lobby for escort to bus & place of meetings
  Facilitator: Ms. Carol Awadah
• 9:00 am – 5:00 pm: AMICAL Meetings (joint AAICU and AMICAL Meetings)
  Venue (all): Business Building 903, LAU, Beirut Campus
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm : Workshop with Gene Spencer on Library-IT Collaboration
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm : Lunch
  Venue: LAU Cafeteria
  Facilitator: Ms. Carol Awadah for escort back to BB 903
• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm : Workshop with Gene Spencer on Library-IT Collaboration (continued)
• 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm : Break (same place)
• 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm : AMICAL-AAICU Panel session on collaborative instruction and videoconferencing
  -AMICAL report on videoconferencing study
  -AAICU/AMICAL member presentations: Elements of successful projects from various points of view: administration, faculty and technology
• 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm : Vendor presentations (concurrent)
  -Library track (Discovery services)
  -IT track
• 5:15 pm : Return to hotel
  Facilitator: Ms. Carol Awadah for escort to bus

Official Opening of the AAICU Meeting

• 6:30 pm : Depart to LAU Beirut Campus (Participants, Companions & Guests)
  Meet: Hotel Lobby for escort to bus & transportation to campus
  Facilitator: Ms. Carol Awadah
• 7:00 pm : Cocktail Reception, LAU
  Venue: Irwin Hall Central Administration Lobby
• 8:30 pm : Depart to Restaurant
  Facilitator: Ms. Loubna Asmar
• 9:00 pm : Joint dinner with AMICAL participants
  Venue: Al Mawal Restaurant, Hotel Habtoor, Beirut
• 12:00 am : Return to Hotel

Friday April 29

• 8:30 am : Depart to LAU Beirut Campus
  Meet: Hotel Lobby for escort to bus & place of meeting
  Facilitator: Ms. Carol Awadah
• 9:00 am – 11:00 am : Welcome by the Interim President and President’s Report, Treasurer Report, AAICU Business meeting and consideration of new members
  Venue(all): Irwin Hall Conference Rooms A, B, C (LAU Beirut Campus)
• 11:30 am – 12:30 pm : Panel Report on Institutional Profile
• 12:30 pm : Departure to Haigazian
  Meet: Irwin Hall Central Administration Lobby for escort to bus
  Facilitators: to be arranged
• 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm : Lunch, Haigazian (Keynote Speaker: Terry Hartle, ACE)
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm : Plenary Session (discussion of AAICU Advocacy issues with Keynote Speaker, Terry Hartle)
• 4:30 pm : Departure to AUB
  Facilitators: to be arranged
• 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm : Presidents’ Business Meetings
• 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm : Chief Academic Officers’ Business Meetings
• 8:00 pm : Dinner at AUB (Participants, Companions & Guests)

Saturday April 30

• 7:30 am : Departure to Byblos Campus of LAU
  Meet: Hotel Lobby for escort to bus
  Facilitator: Ms. Loubna Asmar
• 9:00 am – 9:30 am : Plenary Meeting
  Venue: Science Building, Jamil Iskandar Conference Room
• 9:00 am - 11:30 am : Break Out for Concurrent Meetings of AAICU Committees
  -By-laws and Membership Committee
  Venue: Science Building, Jamil Iskandar Conference Room
  -Quality Assurance and Accountability Committee
  Venue: Frem Center, Conference Room 203
  -Communications and Advocacy Committee
  Venue: Frem Center, Conference Room 204
  -Institutional Cooperation Committee
  Venue: Science Building, Conference Room 608
  Facilitator: Ms. Ruby Khalaf
• 11:30 am - 12:45 pm : Plenary Meeting, Reports from Committees
• 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm : Lunch (Participants, Companions & Guests)
  Venue: Science Building, Conference Room 607
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm : Election of the new Executive Committee & Wrap-up Session
• 3:00 pm : Depart to Visit of the Ancient City of Byblos
  Guide: Ms. Najwa Bassil, Member of the Byblos Municipal Council
• 7:00 pm : Dinner in Byblos
  Venue: Byblos Sur Mer Restaurant
• 10:00 pm : Return to Beirut

Sunday May 1

Optional Tour

• 8:30 am : Depart to Cedars of Lebanon, Becharreh, Kozhayah
  Meet: Hotel Lobby
  Guided Tour (lunch included)
• 5:30 pm : Return to hotel

Hotel Arrangements:

We are recommending the Crown Plaza Hotel a few minutes’ walk from LAU campus (refer to website: www.crowneplaza.com)
Single rooms are $129 + VAT
Double rooms $149 + VAT

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