The Opening Reception and Corporate Partner Showcase was held at University Place Hotel in the beautiful Bistro Lobby.  This event included NMC Corporate Partner exhibits, prize drawings, music, good food and drinks for all!  The gathering offered an excellent way to meet directly with NMC‘s corporate partners, meet other conference attendees and see friends from the past.

A racecar designed by IUPUI students was on show for attendees to see on Thursday. IUPUI has joined the forefront of American universities training graduates for the Motorsports Industry.  IUPUI's Motorsports Technology Certificate is offered by the School of Engineering and Technology where students have the opportunity to take several motorsports specific classes and work on real world projects relating to motor racing.  The best example of this is the IUPUI student project racecar, which has been completely designed and built by students.  Although the car began life as a 1969 MGB-GT, it has been completely overhauled and rebuilt and is ready to race.  It debuted last fall with a win in Sports Car Club of America autocross competition and is expected to move into a full racing schedule this year.  The car is called Catherine or “Cat” because of a paint job that incorporates the IUPUI spirit mark and other Jaguar graphics.

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The Thursday night reception was held at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. The Eiteljorg Museum is the only museum of its kind in the Midwest, and one of only two museums east of the Mississippi that showcase both Native American and Western art, culture and history. The museum contains one of the best Native American and Western art collections in the world, including traditional and contemporary work by artists such as T.C. Cannon, N. C. Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keeffe, Allan Houser, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell and Kay WalkingStick.

The museum's Mihtohseenionki (The People's Place) gallery explores Indiana's indigenous peoples—the Delaware, Miami and Potawatomi Indians—through preserved rare objects, historical photos, interactive displays and audiovisual technology. Other galleries feature Native American art and artifacts from coast to coast, including pottery, basketry, woodcarvings, beadwork and apparel. The museum's alliance partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) gives it invaluable access to the NMAI's traveling exhibitions and collections.

On Friday evening IUPUI hosted a reception and tour of The Informatics and Communications Technology Complex.  The Informatics building includes a CAVE virtual reality lab, access to the Abilene Internet2 Network, and much more! 

Back by popular demand….We were once again entertained by all the NMC musicians, jammers, and dancers who debuted in 2006 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!   This year we added a dance floor, snacks and a cash bar.

Special tickets were available for purchase for spouses or significant others to attend the Wednesday Night Opening Reception and Corporate Partner Showcase and the Thursday Night Eiteljorg Museum Reception.

Spouse and significant other ticket prices for both events are $75.00 and include only tickets to the Wednesday Night Opening Reception and the Thursday Night Eiteljorg Museum Reception. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available for purchase onsite at the conference. You may purchase these tickets when registering for the conference and for your convenience separating business and personal credit card payments. We have set up the registration so that the attendee and spouse may register separately. Simply use the link above to register a spouse or significant other for either or both of these events.

Be sure to fill in the name of the conference attendee the spouse or significant other will be accompanying, as the name badge and tickets will be put in the conference attendee's registration packet onsite at the conference.