Companion Activities @ 2014 IEEE-USA AMTC

Companion Activities @ 2014 IEEE-USA AMTC SPECIAL COMPANION RECEPTIONS Check the IEEE-USA Registration area for room numbers. Bonnie Blank’s Companion Reception Saturday * 17 May 2014 * 2:30 - 4:00 pm All companions are invited by Bonnie Blank (wife of IEEE-USA President Gary Blank) to attend a reception in her Parlor Suite on Saturday, 17 May, 2:30pm – 4:00pm. Companions need not be registered nor have a companion badge to attend this reception. The HindlePower Hospitality Suite Friday * 16 May 2014 * 9:00am – 11:30am and 2:00pm – 5:00pm Saturday * 17 May 2014 * 9:00am – 11:30am The IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and InnoTek2014 Conference are pleased to offer an area for companions to meet and visit while delegate attendees are participating in conference activities. Local Rhode Island Activities to do On Your Own (All require your own transportation) PROVIDENCE AREA http://www.goprovidence.com Take a self-guided walking tour: touring the State House (Friday only), some mansions, Roger Williams Park Zoo and/or Botanical Center, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum and the Providence Children's Museum for those with young children. See more at: AIR SHOW (Blue Angels) Saturday and Sunday May 17 - 18, there will be an Air Show out of Quonset Point (North Kingstown, south-east of the hotel). The gates open at 0900 and the show starts at 1000. Traffic will be heavy. CASINOS nearby: Grand Slots Casino in Newport, RI, Twin River in Lincoln, RI and Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT. NEWPORT AREA http://www.newportmansions.org & http://www.discovernewport.org Visit a Newport Preservation Society (The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble house, Rosecliff and Kingscote) The Breakers opens at 9:00am, all others at 10:00am, with the last tours at 5:00pm and the Houses and grounds closing at 6:00pm. Servant Life Tour at The Elms is hourly, 10:00am – 4:00pm. Also in Newport are St. Mary's, the church where John and Jacqueline Kennedy got married, Touro Synagogue (tours Thursday and Friday at 12; 12:30; 1:00 and 1:30) Colony House, and Trinity Church. Additional information is available in the HindlePower Hospitality Suite and at the Registration desk. Should you have any questions, please contact Janet Belson at +1 (401) 439-7645 or [email protected]. .

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