Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Workshop

Show Me Center

Tuesday, May 7 7:30-8:30 a.m. -- Registration, coffee

8:30-8:45 a.m.-- Welcome and introductions: Doug Eiken, executive director, Missouri Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission

Opening remarks: To be announced

8:45-9:30 a.m. -- Opening presentations:

Lewis and Clark in Southeast Missouri -- Jim Denny

Red House Interpretive Center -- Jane Randol Jackson

Mississippi County Lewis and Clark activities -- Silvey Barker/Tom Graham

9:30-10:15 a.m. -- National events and statewide activities (Part 1):

St. Charles Re-enactment Group -- Peter Geery, Discovery Expedition

Corps of Discovery II in Missouri -- NPS, to be announced

Missouri Historical Society traveling exhibits -- Dr. Robert Archibald, Missouri Historical Society

Secretary of State map exhibit -- Dr. Ken Winn, Missouri State Archives

10:15-10:30 a.m. -- Break with coffee, juice and snacks

10:30-11 a.m. -- Diversity and the Lewis and Clark Commemoration -- Sheila Bercier-Liese and Dr. Barbara Woods

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. -- National events and statewide activities (Part 2):

Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission Task Force activities -- Frank Wesley, Missouri Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission

Agency updates -- Various agency representatives

Illinois Lewis & Clark Commission activities -- Brian Widaman, Illinois Lewis & Clark Commission

12:15-12:45 p.m. -- Lunch

12:45-1 p.m. -- Networking and exhibit hall

1- 2:45 p.m.

Forum No. 1, Mississippi River events coordination

Forum No. 2 -- Educational opportunities

Forum No. 3 -- Addressing diversity within Lewis and Clark activities

2:45-3:15 p.m. -- Break

3:15-4 p.m. -- Forum reports, questions and answers

4-4:15 p.m. -- Closing remarks