Ft. Lauderdale
“If you still think of Fort Lauderdale as the raucous destination immortalized in the film Where the Boys Are, think again. With the city’s billion dollar clean up effort that began in the late 1980s and continues today, Fort Lauderdale has successfully transformed itself from a spring break capital into a sophisticated hot spot” (as stated in National Geographic Traveler Magazine).
The new Greater Fort Lauderdale is a vibrant, year-round destination. More than 10 million annual visitors enjoy Greater Fort Lauderdale’s 23 miles of Blue Wave beaches, more than 300 miles of inland waterways that run from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Everglades, 4,000 restaurants, top shopping, and a thriving arts and culture scene. For more information about Greater Fort Lauderdale, visit www.sunny.org.

Hotel
The NANN 24th Annual Educational Conference will be held at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club and Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. With its location along the stunning Intracoastal Waterway, the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club offers year-round entertainment in an enchanting setting. Enjoy a cool libation while lounging on the deck of the heated, outdoor pool. Admire breathtaking yachts berthed in the 33-slip marina of this sophisticated Fort Lauderdale hotel. Tour the area by water taxi to enjoy unforgettable shopping, rich dining, and thrilling activities. The colorful activities at this dynamic Fort Lauderdale hotel include:

• 33-slip marina
• heated outdoor swimming pool, perfect for lounging
• Spa 66 access and requested in-room massages
• fitness center, with brand-new cardiovascular and weight-lifting equipment
• immediate access to the city’s water-taxi service, your ticket to the area’s best attractions and restaurants, as well as “Millionaire’s Row”
• invigorating water sports, including riding Jet Skis, snorkeling, deep-sea fishing, diving, sailing, and waterskiing
• nearby golf at several championship-style courses
• Everglades airboat excursions for an intense wildlife adventure
• free beach shuttle, providing easy access to nearby beaches.

NANN is offering a special conference rate at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club. After the reserved block of rooms is filled, higher rates may apply. Please note this rate is guaranteed until August 18, 2008, provided that rooms in the NANN block are still available. Later reservations will be taken on a space-and-rate-available basis.

Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club
1881 SE 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Reservations: 888/554-2130
Fax: 954/463-4000
Rate: $169 single/double, plus applicable taxes
Cutoff date: August 18, 2008

Airline
United Airlines is offering special meeting discounts for attendees of the NANN Annual Educational Conference. Simply call (or have your travel agent call) our Special Meeting Desk at 800/521-4041 and refer to Meeting ID Number 550KO to receive a 2 %–15% discount off applicable fares. If you purchase your ticket at least 30 days prior to travel, you will receive an additional 5% discount (on most classes of service). This special offer applies to travel on domestic segments of all United Airlines, United Express, TED and United code share flights (UA*) operated by US Airways, US Airways Express and Air Canada. 

To purchase your ticket online, visit www.united.com and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares. After you link to www.united.com, enter your origin and destination, travel dates, and your promotion code number 550KO; available flights will then be displayed. Flights that qualify for the discount will be clearly identified with a red star symbol, which means that the itinerary is “electronic certificate eligible.” When you select an electronic certificate eligible flight, United will automatically calculate and present your discounted fare. This special offer applies to flights to or from the United States only. There are no fees for booking online. Note that the Code 550KO is case sensitive and the characters need to be capitalized.

To check schedules and to take advantage of this offer, please visit www.united.com or call 800/521-4041.

The following airports serve the Fort Lauderdale area:
•    Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, approximately 3 miles from hotel
•    Miami International Airport, approximately 30 miles from hotel
•    Palm Beach International Airport, approximately 30 miles from hotel

Ground Transportation
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, approximately 3 miles from hotel. Visit www.floridalimo.com, or call 800-244-8252 (Out of area), or 954-561-8888 (Local). Approximate cost of a one way shuttle from the airport to the Grande Hotel is $10.

NANN attendees arriving from Miami International Airport, (approximately 30 miles from hotel), can visit http://www.miami-airport.com/html/taxi_and_shuttle_service.html. Attendees arriving from Palm Beach International Airport, (approximately 30 miles from hotel) can visit http://www.pbia.org/guide/ground.aspx.

NANN Registration Information
The NANN Registration/Info Desk will be located in the Broward County Convention Center, 2nd level, across the street from the Ft. Lauderdale Grande Hotel. Conference confirmations will be e-mailed to you once your registration is complete. Hard-copy confirmations will not be mailed. If you do not receive your confirmation please call our member services department 800/451-3795, or e-mail info@nann.org.

Preparing for the NANN Conference:

• Download session handouts - The program handouts and session abstracts will be available to paid registrants from August 2-October 27 in PDF format at www.NANN.org. To access the syllabus online you will need to use the 10 digit order number on your confirmation email for the user name and your last name for the password. Prior to coming to Ft. Lauderdale, registrants may wish to peruse the syllabus online and print handouts for sessions of interest.  Please print early as download times will increase as the meeting draws near. All meeting attendees will receive a complimentary syllabus on CD at the meeting. Printed handouts will NOT be provided onsite (except for preconference sessions), but can be reproduced at the business center for a fee.
• Hotels and conference centers are notorious for having great variations in temperature from room to room. Plan to dress in layers that can be removed or added depending on the temperature. Wear clothes and shoes that are comfortable.
• Bring lots of business cards and plan to hand them out liberally.  You will be networking with peers and industry representatives from across the country.
• Conferences are great resources to gather product samples, promotional items, literature, business cards, and poster session handouts. Before you know it, you will have more things to pack for the way home than your suitcase will hold. In anticipation of this you may wish to follow a few suggestions that have worked for other attendees:
  • Ask vendors to mail product samples to your work address.
  • Pack a flat, expandable extra bag in your suitcase. You can use this to store and transport your extra products. Take that bag straight to your work or home office before unpacking it.
• Submit your photo to NANN’s Faces of Neonatal Nursing Photo Contest.  The submission deadline is August 1. All submissions will be on display and voted on by conference attendees during the 2008 Ft. Lauderdale meeting.  The submitter of the winning photo will receive a complimentary registration to NANN annual conference in 2009.  For submission and judging criteria, visit www.NANN.org. The NANN conference is non-smoking
• Infants and children are not allowed in sessions or the exhibit hall
• Cell phones and pagers must be turned off during educational sessions
• Attire for the conference is business casual