• Conference Links:
• Registration Form (.pdf for print and mail)
• Click here to use Shop DLIA!
• Request for Proposals
• Venue: the Park Vista
• Teacher Scholarship Application
• Conference Sponsorship Levels
• Conference Schedule
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  - - - (Conference Brochure)
• Field Trips Info
• Keynote Speaker Info
• Dr. Tuttle Saturday Reception Venue
• Park Science Colloquium
  Confirmed Speakers and Topics

We have some big news!  A new venuhas been selected for the annual ATBI conference:  The Park Vista in Gatlinburg. It's a nice, new venue - and not far from the GSMNP's Twin Creeks Research complex.  See the Park Vista web link to the left.

And ... we have confirmed our keynote speaker:  Dr. Merlin Tuttle, researcher/photographer of Bat Conservation International http://www.merlintuttle.com/.(more about Saturday event)

Again this year DLIA will be privileged to host the GSMNP Park Science Colloquium. As has been our custom in the past, it is scheduled for the first day of the conference and lead by Paul Super from the park's Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center.

Mark your calendars and make plans early for the DLIA, ATBI conference.  It is scheduled for March 20 -22, 2014. Check back for more details as our preparations develop.