Online Library – Session Handouts
Attendees purchasing the full, education, student and retired registration packages will have free online access for one year to the full session content and accompanying handouts for all education sessions! This is a new feature to help foster environmental awareness for our conference and represents a $249 value!

Access to the online library will start 2 weeks prior to the conference to permit attendees time to review session content and handouts, and if necessary, print their own handouts, prior to arriving on-site.  We are encouraging the speakers to reduce or eliminate printed handouts to make our Congress a more “green” conference.

After Congress, the audio portion of each session will be uploaded to the library to accompany the session content and handouts

If your purchased registration does not include the free online library and you would like to purchase it, please visit the registration desk on-site.

Education

Join thousands of park and recreation professionals, citizen advocates, industry suppliers and others in Baltimore for the 2008 NRPA Congress & Exposition, October 14 – 18. Don't miss a thought-provoking keynote address from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., over two hundred education sessions, more than 15 Off-Site Institutes, endless networking opportunities, and the latest products and services from nearly 500 exhibitors.

Education Sessions

Something for Everyone: The NRPA Congress & Exposition provides hundreds of education and learning opportunities through interest areas specifically tailored to parks and recreation. Pick an area that best suits your needs, or participate across interest areas for a well-rounded experience. Choose from a variety of session topics with a focus on citizens, environmental stewardship, marketing, programming and much more!
Please visit the conference brochure for a full schedule of education sessions, tours and other activities.

This Year’s Focus Areas

• Local Sessions: Education sessions that
  highlight the best practices from and are being presented from those in the local areas.
  
  
• Citizen Sessions: Sessions designed for the citizen audience focused on advocacy, engagement, leading and participating in effective citizen boards and friends groups.
  
  
• Student Sessions: Designed to prepare students who are studying in the park and recreation field to become exceptional professionals.
  
  
• Hot Topics: These sessions expertly presented sessions will touch upon some of the most current “hot” topics in the field.  (For more detailed information about the Hot Topic sessions, please visit the Features Sessions area of the website.)