North American Jules Verne Society, Inc. - Annual Meeting 2003

2003 Conference in Tampa, FL

Here are two collections of photos from the conference taken by Dennis and Jean-Michel.

Fri May 9	8:00 PM	Rusty Pelican - dinner 2425 Rocky Point Dr.
Sat May 10	Show and Tells may be held by various people throughout the day, until the business meeting starts.
	9:00 AM	Opening remarks - Jean-Michel Margot
	9:15 AM	Verne as viewed by his contemporaries - Jean-Michel Margot
	9:45 AM	Verne and Frank R. Stockton (a novel comparision) - Jean-Michel Margot
	10:15 AM	Break
	10:30 AM	Des leçons d’abîme: Translation and textual relays of Voyage au centre de la terre - Terry Harpold
	11:00 AM	Was Verne really anti-feminist? Or just schizoid? New evidence in The Mighty Orinoco - Walter James Miller
	11:30 AM	Book discussion: The Mighty Orinoco (the first English translation of Le Superbe Orénoque) - Dennis Kytasaari and everyone present!
	12:00 PM	Lunch (nearby restaurant TBD)
	1:30 PM	Verne, Doyle and vanishing diamonds - Rick Walter
	1:50 PM	Jules Verne’s prototype of A.C. Doyle’s Professor Moriarty - David McCallister
	2:10 PM	The case of Jules Verne and the implications for adaptation studies - Brian Taves
	2:45 PM	Break
	3:00 PM	Business meeting begins
	6:00 PM	Adjournment
	8:00 PM	Dinner (nearby restaurant TBD)
Sun May 11	9:00 AM	Conclude any unfinished business and journey to nearby JV sites and Salvador Dalí museum for those who are interested.