Special Events

Saturday, Sept. 13

Sunday, Sept. 14

Monday, Sept. 15

Tuesday, Sept. 16

Wednesday, Sept. 17

Pre-Conference Workshop

  • 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 (optional event, free to conference participants, advance reservations requested): Atlantic Station: Join us for this exciting pre-conference workshop. Atlantic Station is a huge and nationally known Brownfield redevelopment project that started as a Georgia Tech student master’s thesis. Discover how his plan was developed into a national model for smart growth and new urbanism through the creation of a 24-hour live-work-play community. Then visit Atlantic Station to see his master plan in person. Check back for more information as it is made available.

Optional Events

7:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14: Golf Outing: Register by July 15.
Each golfer is sure to have a unique, fresh and memorable golf experience at this years AUREO golf outing. The concept is Bear's Best - a collection of great holes from Jack Nicklaus designs. Bear's Best Atlanta is ranked in the “Top ten courses you can play in America” by  Golf Magazine.

Jack Nicklaus selected 18 holes from his more than 200 course designs worldwide and put them into one extraordinary round of golf at Bear's Best Atlanta. Among the courses featured are Castle Pines, Muirfield Village, PGA National Championship Course, Sherwood Country Club, Shoal Creek and Gleneagles.

Your Bear’s Best experience begins the moment you arrive in the parking lot and your clubs are picked up and placed on your golf cart. Your forecaddie will serve as your personal on-course guide throughout your round and enhance your experience by providing hole descriptions, helpful course hints, precise target yardage, spot shots, and assist with club selection and reading putts.

In addition to green fee and cart, included is practice facilities and range balls, transportation, continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments on the course.

To guarantee your space sign up no later than July 15 and be among the first 24 register. No refunds but substitutions may be made.

  • 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14: Georgia Aquarium: Register by July 15. Tour time depends on ticket time availability. This is the perfect time to experience the world’s largest aquarium and one of Atlanta’s feature attractions! With 8 million gallons of fresh and marine water and more aquatic life than found in any other aquarium, you are sure to see things you have never seen before! Tickets are available by arrival time and are limited – don’t be disappointed - make sure you reserve yours!
  • 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14: World of Coca-Cola: Register by July 15. The NEW World of Coca­Cola is the only place where you can explore the complete story—past, present and future—of the world's best-known brand! For more than 120 years, Coca-Cola has been putting its secret formula into bottles. You will see more than 1,200 featured Coca-Cola artifacts from around the world. Around every corner, you'll experience something new and inviting—from a fully functioning bottling line to a refreshing opportunity to sample up to 70 different products from around the world. Departure time depends on ticket time availability.
  • Sunday, Sept. 14: On Your Own Activities: Additional information will be available on-site at conference check-in, in addition to a sign-up sheet to  join other AUREO members.
  • 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14: Opening Reception at Georgia Tech Hotel. Renew old acquaintances and make new friends at this popular reception. Advance reservations are requested. Advanced tickets must be purchased for your guests.
  • 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15: Campus Tours: Georgia Institute of Technology or Georgia State University
    • Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of Atlanta, where more than 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.
    • Georgia State University, founded in 1913, has a mission of excellence in teaching, research and service. Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, this major research university has an enrollment of more than 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students in six colleges. Georgia State is the second largest university in the state, with students coming from every county in Georgia, every state in the nation and from more than 145 countries.

     

  • 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15: AUREO DineAround: Sign-up will be available on-site at conference check-in on Saturday through Monday morning. For the traditional AUREO DineAround, we have selected several restaurants that highlight Atlanta at its best. You are responsible for your restaurant charges.
  • 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16: AUREO Banquet at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia: Certain to be a memorable event. Start your evening enjoying cocktails and a stroll through the magnificent gardens. After dinner in the Garden Conservatory, cap off the evening with some extraordinary Georgia entertainment by the incomparable Brooks Coleman. Advanced reservations are requested. Advanced tickets must be purchased for guests.
  • 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17: Campus Tours: Kennesaw State University or Emory University (advance reservations requested)
    • Kennesaw State University: Kennesaw State University, the third-largest university in the University System of Georgia, is a comprehensive university with expanding undergraduate and graduate programs in Kennesaw, Ga., one of metropolitan Atlanta's burgeoning northwest suburban communities. Founded in 1963, nearly 20,000 commuter and residential students, including more than 1,700 from 136 countries, pursue their undergraduate and graduate studies at Kennesaw State. The student body is a mix of traditional and nontraditional students with an average age of 26.
    • Emory University: Emory University, a world-renowned private university, is an inquiry-driven, ethically engaged, and diverse community whose members work collaboratively for positive transformation in the world through courageous leadership in teaching, research, scholarship, health care, and social action. Emory is recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts college, superb professional schools, and one of the leading health care systems in the Southeast. Through collaboration among its schools, units, and centers, as well as with affiliated institutions like The Carter Center and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory is committed to working for positive transformation in the world.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, a public educational facility operated under the University of Georgia, is a "living laboratory" for university students and faculty members who utilize the collections and natural plant communities for studies in a variety of disciplines. The Garden is also a public garden for enjoyment by the general public who find beauty, knowledge and solitude in a garden setting.

Founded in 1968, it encompasses more than 300 acres, much of which borders the Middle Oconee River. The Garden contains a number of specialty gardens, special collections, and a tropical conservatory which feature a broad array of both native and exotic plant species. More than 5 miles of nature trails traverse the natural areas of the Garden where small populations of wildlife, particularly birds, can be observed. Both the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance and the Garden Club of Georgia are headquartered at the State Botanical Garden.

The conservatory features a permanent collection of tropical species representing beneficial plants of the tropics—plants from which beverages, foods, spices, medicines, fibers, building materials and industrial products are derived.

 

UGA
The University of Georgia - Old College, the first permanent building at the University of Georgia, was completed in 1806.  Modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale University, the building stands today much as it looked over 200 years ago.

 

Georgia State University
Georgia State University - The $45 million, four-story Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center includes a computer lab, 44 classrooms and two 200-seat lecture halls and blends with the traditional architecture of the historic Fairlie-Poplar district. A cyber cafe allows students to relax, mingle, study or work on group projects.