Meeting Timeline

The 2025 Annual Meeting will take place at the same hotels where attendees have secured lodging: the Sheraton New Orleans (500 Canal Street) and the New Orleans Marriott (555 Canal Street), located across the street from each other.

Tour: New Orleans through History and Collaborative Anthropology
12:30 – 4:30 PM

Tour: Geographies of Black Displacement
1:00 – 4:00 PM

Tour: Urban Agriculture Tour and History of the Land Workshop
1:00 – 5:00 PM

Tour: New Orleans 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: A Tour of the City’s “Recovery”
1:00 – 5:00 PM

Workshops
1:00 – 4:00 PM

Welcome Reception/Party
6:00 – 7:30 PM

Workshops and Installations throughout the day (see full program)

Sessions
8:30 – 10:00 AM
10:15 – 11:45 AM

Lunch
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Sessions
12:55 – 2:15 PM
2:30 – 4:00 PM
4:15 – 5:45 PM

Opening Keynote
6:00 – 7:30 PM

Special Events, Get Togethers, Parties, and more
7:30 – 10:00 PM (or later)

Exhibit Hall Hours
10:15 AM – 4:00 PM

Workshops and Installations throughout the day (see full program)

Sessions
8:30 – 10:00 AM
10:15 – 11:45 AM

Careers Exposition
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Lunch
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Sessions
12:50 – 2:15 PM
2:30 – 4:00 PM
4:15 – 5:45 PM

Happy Hour Poster Session
6:00 – 7:30 PM

Special Events, Get Togethers, Parties, and more
7:30 – 10:00 PM (or later)

Exhibit Hall Hours
10:15 AM – 4:00 PM

Workshops and Installations throughout the day (see full program)

Morning Coffee Poster Session
8:30 – 10:00 AM

Sessions
10:15 – 11:45 AM

Lunch
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Lunch Overflow Poster Session
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Sessions
11:45 – 2:15 PM
2:30 – 4:00 PM

Presidential Address
4:15 – 5:45 PM

Sessions and Special Events
6:00 – 7:30 PM

Special Events, Get Togethers, Parties, and more
7:30 – 10:00 PM (or later)

Exhibit Hall Hours
10:15 AM – 4:00 PM

Sessions
8:30 – 10:00 AM
10:15 – 11:45 AM

Official End of Annual Meeting
2:00 PM

Regular Registration & Housing Open

August 9 - October 31

Tours Registration Deadline

November 5