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. The registration desk will be located in the Marriott Hotel on the 3rd floor, view event maps here.

Registration Opens
12:00 PM

Workshops and Installations throughout the day (see full program)

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

Welcome Reception/Party and Awards Presentation
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 and Awards Presentation
6:00 – 8:00 PM

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

Exhibit Hall Hours
10:00 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
8:00 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 and Awards Presentation
4:15 – 6:15 PM

Registration Closes
6:00 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
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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

Official End of Annual Meeting
2:00 PM