2011 RG: A Capital Time! - Metropolitan Washington Mensa

Note: This event is now in the past. I'm leaving it here so you can see what you missed! Eventually I will add links anybody cares to submit (hint hint) to any collections of photos from it.

Metropolitan Washington Mensa
2011 Regional Gathering
A Capital Time!

We're having an RG! What's an RG? Usually a weekend-long party... but in this case it's a LONG-weekend party, on Columbus Day Weekend, from Friday October 7 to 10! Four days for the price of three! Such a deal! Other features:

All activities on one floor!
Not just one but TWO dinners included in Registration!
Central Hospitality Area
LARGE Game Room
Free Parking
Free Airport Shuttle
"Are You Smarter than a Young Mensan?"
And of course, SPEAKERS, including:

"Java" Joe Haber (of Central NJ Mensa) on coffee
Win Wenger speaking several times on creativity
Bob Pugh on insightful investing
Donald Sheehan, an instructor at the FBI Academy, speaking on cognitive interviewing
Someone from ThinkGeek (based in Fairfax City, Virginia)
A panel of Washington DC area bloggers
A panel on the game industry (apropos since we're hosting Mind Games 2012), including

Fred Hicks from Evil Hat
Kathleen Donahue from Labyrinth Games and Puzzles
Luke Warren from North Star Games

Please contact co-chairs Dave Remine or Heather Poirier to volunteer.
Contact info for various people is at this page. (You will need your American Mensan login information.)
Click here (or see Attachments below) for the full schedule.
Click here (or see Attachments below) for speaker biographies.

It's at the Hyatt Dulles (2300 Dulles Corner Blvd., Herndon, VA 20171), which is giving us a room rate of a mere $99 per night (for up to four people).

The following are the registration prices: