Friday, March 6, 2009

TAM 7

Last spring I was chatting with my buddy, Herb, who lives in Las Vegas. I hadn't seen him in awhile and wanted to visit. I also mentioned that I'd like to make it to a TAM someday. I was thinking it was just a wild idea, but Herb is better at pulling the trigger on those sorts of things than I am. I'm glad because attending TAM 6 turned out to be one of the coolest things I've done in awhile.

Now I'm looking forward to and making plans for this years TAM 7. This year's meeting will be July 9-12 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. There is going to be a good mix of returning and new speakers. Dr. Phil Plait, Lt. Col Hal Bidlack, Adam Savage, Dr. Michael Shermer and Dr. Steve Novella are returning presenters and I couldn't be more excited to see them again. The keynote speaker this year is Bill Prady, creator of the TV show The Big Bang Theory. This should be good though it will be incredibly difficult to equal Dr. Tyson's talk from last year. Overall it looks like a great mix of scientist, educators, journalist and entertainers.

This year I'm looking forward to knowing a few more people there, being a shameless fanboi getting books autographed and maybe getting in on some more of the afterhours programs like the Penn & Teller show.

4 comments:

Amicus said...

Woo hoo! TAM 7 is going to be here soon. I agree that Neil deGrasse Tyson's presentation is going to be nearly impossible to surpass (or even equal). I loved his talk last year! Still, TAM 7 is undoubtedly going to rock.

Anyway, great blog entry! I'm looking forward to joining you again for another TAM. Hopefully it can become an annual event for us to attend together.

Unknown said...

How sweet.

Amicus said...

Lori, you should join us some future year!

Amicus said...

I drove by South Point twice today and couldn't help but get excited about TAM 7 both times I passed it!