Tuesday, April 28:
10:00 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M. Registration, Packet Pick up
3:00 -- 5:00 P.M. COGNA Busness Meeting (Voting members only)
6:00 -- 9:00 P.M. Opening Reception: Welcome, Host Remarks, & Housekeeping
Wednesday, April 29:
7:30 -- 10:30 A.M. Registration
8:30 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M. Workshop: Methodology and Policy Issues for Native Place Names in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Canada: Gary Holton & Lawrence Kaplan, Co-Chairs
This Workshop is sponsored by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.
For more information and the tentative program for the day click this link.
Thursday, April 30:
7:30 -- 10:30 A.M. Registration
8:30 -- 10:00 A.M. Panel discussing the Principles, Policies, & Procedures (PPP) updates: U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Members (USBGN DNC)
10:00 -- 10:30 A.M. Break
10:30 -- Noon; U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Meeting
Noon -- 1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own
1:30 -- 3:00 P.M. U.S. Board on Geographic Names-Domestic Names Committee Meeting continued
3:00 -- 3:30 P.M. Break
3:30 -- 5:00 P.M. Alaska Historical Commission Meeting
Friday, May 1:
7:30 -- 8:30 A.M.; Registration
8:30 --10:00 A.M.; State Names Authorities Reports
10:00 -- 10:30 A.M.; Break
10:30 -- 11:00 A.M.; The most significant Dene (or Athabascan) place names surrounding the Alaska Range: James Kari; Alaska Native Language Center
11:00 -- 11:30 A.M.; Panel Discussion--The Name Dispute: McKinley vs. Denali. Panelist: Ed Alexander, Major Sam Alexander, Dana Wright, and Ken Karstens
11:30 -- Noon; Teaching the Ahtna Athabascan Language Through Interactive GiIS Mapping: Gene Agnew & Lisa Wade; Chickaloon Native Village
Noon -- 1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own
1:30 -- 2:00 P.M. Sam Clemens Cove: The Trials and Tribulations of Naming a Cove in Lake Tahoe: Christine K. Johnson, PhD; Nevada Board of Geographic Names
2:00 -- 2:30 P.M. The Onomastic Legacy of America's Forgotten War: Edward & Jean Callary; Northern Illinois University, Emeritus
2:30 -- 3:00 P.M. Place Names Associated with Animals and Plants: Matthew O'Donnell; US BGN Contractor
3:00 -- 3:30 P.M. Break
3:30 -- 4:00 P.M. The Numbers Game: Numbers in Geographic Names: Mr. Douglas Caldwell; U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
4:00 -- 4:30 P.M. What was the name of that bar? The Notorious Bars of Alaska: Douglas L. Vandegraft
4:30 -- 5:00 P.M. Individual Paper TBA
6:00 -- 8:30 P.M.; Wrap-up Social with speaker. Twisted Names and Imaginary Places: Alaska, Yukon, and Klondike
Terrence M. Cole, Professor of History, University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Member, Alaska Historical Commission
8:30 -- 10:30 P.M. "Historic Bar Crawl of Fourth Avenue" Note: This is not a bar hopping, beer drinking thing! Doug Vandegraft will enlighten th group about
the history and legends how these historic bars got their names.
Saturday, May 2:
7:30 A.M. -- 5:30 P.M.; Anchorage to Hope: An Educational Toponymic Tour
Geographic Names Conference & Workshop
Tentative Program
April 28--May 2, 2015
Northern Lights, by Wayne Johnson
Alaska Railroad along Turnagain Arm
Photo by Nicole Geils
Note: All photography on this page provided by Visit Anchorage
Flattop Mountain
Photo by Roy Neese
Trekking on Eagle River
by Ken Graham