WABC Conference 2007             October 21, 22, & 23, 2007     St. Petersburg, Florida USA Sun. Oct. 21 10am-5pm  . Mon. Oct. 21 9am-5pm . Tues. Oct. 22  8:45am-3:00pm Mahaffey Theater Ballroom - 400 1st Street South
World Aquatic Babies Congress   •  World Aquatic Babies & Children 9th International WABC educational conference - for leading learn-to-swim teachers and program directors

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Event location will be the beautiful Grand Ballroom of the Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center downtown St Petersburg   Countries & USA States Represented at the Conference thus far: Argentina Australia Barbados Belgium Brazil Canada Costa Rica Cuba Greece Guatemala Japan Mexico New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Singapore Slovenia South Africa Sweden United Kingdom United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela   US States California Colorado Florida Georgia Louisiana North Carolina Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Oregon North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Wisconsin * Represent !   Discount on registration if you are the first from your Country or USA state to register for the Conference.

Conference Location The Ballroom at the Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center  400 1st Street South, St Petersburg, Florida  33701 (free parking on site). Driving Directions from Tampa International Airport; St Petersburg/Clearwater Airport; and from the north and south. Print out. Presenters & Schedule are a balance of 'fresh' and 'favorites' at the 9th Biennial International WABC conference held in St Petersburg, Florida USA Sunday, Monday and Tuesday October 21, 22 & 23, 2007 by World Aquatic Babies Congress - World Aquatic Babies & Children. You'll get lots of NEW ideas! The educational event will be a gathering for learn-to-swim teachers and program directors from around the world.  With a wide variety of philosophies, teaching sequences and methodologies represented and showcased. This will be the ninth biennial in a series begun in 1990 and traditionally features leading authorities worldwide on the learn-to-swim process for babies and young children. Participants will be able to choose from a variety of hotels, inns and bed & breakfast lodging ranging in price from economy to elite. A roommate pairing service will also be offered.  WABC has kept the attending teacher's budget in mind both for fees of participation and lodging. Registration WABC appreciates the cost of travel, lodging and food and understand they can often make or break your attendance ... therefore Attendees can register for the entire conference or participate/purchase by the day - taking two days at the 'by the day rate' is close if not equal to the 'entire conference' rate - so why not plan to take in the entire conference?!!!   You'll be glad you did. WABC non-member registration fees include WABC 12-month connection / membership fee. You get tangible value for the overage you pay coming in as a non-member! Program passport members - all employees receive the discount. Individual passport members, themselves, receive the discount. For details on WABC membership go to http://www.WABCswim.com Lodging WABC conference participants can stay in the location of their choice - that fits their desires and budget.  As few as just two nights in the hotel if that is what you want to do.  Florida-based conference attendees can drive in on Sunday morning and leave in time to be home if they wish on Tuesday evening - since the presentation schedule has been set to make that possible. Participants from the Southeast United States will find that they too can have that same 2 hotel night schedule - flying in early Sunday morning and out Tuesday late afternoon or evening, if the want to.  Travel Tourism The location of the conference will in the city center area of St Petersburg overlooking Tampa Bay to the east and with the Gulf of Mexico and world ranked sugar-sand beaches 5 miles to the west.  Nearby are Tampa with its urban nightlife and Orlando with the Disney and related theme parks. St Petersburg is on the west central coastline of Florida.  Average daytime high temperature in October is 84° F. (29° C.) and with a low overnight of 69° F. (20° C.)  Tourism Travel  Flying In? The are two airports or more airports to serve you Tampa International Airport (the largest) and St Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport.  Airlines that serve each airports are listed under Travel within this website.  The Orlando International Airport is an hour and fifteen minutes by car via all on interstate highway. Albert Whitted Airport is a block south of the conference site - small aircraft only. Travel For Some...Two Conferences in One Trip This will mark the third time in the history of the WABC conference that the group has met in proximity to the swim school owners association of the United States - though there has never been a formal agreement arranged by the two organization's leaders on behalf of their members to do so.  The schools will meet also in St Petersburg the three days following WABC (24, 25 & 26 Oct.)  see Coming Events for further details. WABC conference is focused on teaching methods, strategies, and sequences for infants, toddlers, and young children.  Some members of each organization have in the past attended one or more days of the other's event.  The fact that you can some will drive or fly-in Sun. Oct. 21 will save a night's lodging - and that one can stay at any hotel - they start at $77 up (lodging)   "The members of each organization have found their own way and enjoyed the benefit of attending an additional conference in the same travel trip" says WABC President Steve Graves. The organization formed and series of conferences thereafter were initiated by Virginia Hunt Newman, internationally honored swim teacher and author of books on teaching babies and young children to swim.  For more information about WABC see the organization's website at http://www.WABCswim.com  ● 9th Biennial International WABC Conference ... at a Glance Sunday 21 October registration from 9-9:55am • Opening at 10am • presentations until 4:45pm •  welcome reception & dinner @6pm Monday 22 October registration from 8:30-9 • Beginning at 9am presentations until 4:45pm • mid-conference reception overlooking the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday 23 October registration from 8:15am-8:40 • Beginning at 8:45am •  presentations until 12:45pm •  Closing luncheon till 3pm   Conference Location The Ballroom at the Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center  400 1st Street South, St Petersburg, Florida  33701 (free parking on site). Driving Directions from Tampa International Airport; St Petersburg/Clearwater Airport; and from the north and south. Print out.