Tours
Last updated 20th October, 2009
Morning Tours: 8:30am-12:30pm
Taliesin West: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Winter Home and Architectural masterpiece
Cost: $50 (Includes transportation and a 90-minute Insights tour)
http://www.franklloydwright.org/fllwf_web_091104/Tours.html
Desert Botanical Gardens
Cost: $30 (Includes transportation and admission to the gardens)
http://dbg.org/index.php/about
TGEN: A Non-profit Biomedical Research Institute
Come tour the research facility that you will see scientists researching the latest detection and treatment procedure for autism, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s, just to name a few. Come see the facility that Arizona Senator John McCain has toured.
Cost: $10 (Includes tour only – facility is within walking distance of the conference hotel)
Sky Harbor Airport: An Engineering Perspective
Have you ever wanted to go behind the scenes of Sky Harbor Airport? here is your chance to check out the engineering feats at the airport, such as the biggest building in the state. Lets ride the longest escalators in the city while we are over at the rental car facility. Come check out one of the security checkpoints at the Airport.
Cost: $20 (Includes transportation and tour)
http://phoenix.gov/skyharborairport/index.html
Afternoon Tours 1pm – 5pm
Rapelling Tour
I am ready for a change…but Woah! Look at that first step! Rappel and learn about how you make transitions. (Cost includes transportation and equipment. No rapelling experience needed!)
Cost: $35 (Includes transportation and equipment)
http://www.climbingedge.com/ClimbingEdge/SWE_Rappel.html
Video: http://www.climbingedge.com/ClimbingEdge/JobSeekers.html
Arizona Science Center
Cost: $20 (Includes admission to the Science Center and the Robots interactive exhibit. No transportation will be provided because the Science Center is within walking distance of the conference hotel)