Save the Date.... March 5 - 7, 2014

This is a reminder to save the date for the 2014 Inland Waterways Conference (IWC), scheduled March 5-7 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday).

The conference dates have shifted one day because of the Mardi Gras celebration of Fat Tuesday (Tuesday, March 4). As a result we are providing an extra block of rooms for those who would like to come down to New Orleans one or two days in advance of the IWC to take part in and enjoy the Mardi Gras celebration.

Because we are at the Hyatt Regency at the Superdome, the hotel assures me that traffic and airport transportation will not be affected by the road closures for the parades. Also any exhibitors who would like to set up early on Tuesday will be able to do so per the hotel agreement.

We are looking forward to next year's conference in New Orleans and I am told that our government partners in the Coast Guard and Corps of Engineers are equally enthusiastic.