AAW 2002 Providence Symposium

The 2002 AAW Conference was held at the Rhode Island Convention Center

The convention center is in the heart of downtown Providence

The convention center is relatively new and very well setup for the event

The AAW hangs out it's shingle

With the weather being extremely hot, the convention center was very comfortable

Thursday, before registration, the rotations board goes up

Some of the folks getting ready for the registration booths to open

Meanwhile, the enormous amount of work setting up continues

Each room was set up with a lathe, pa system, video system, and seats

There was even a lathe setup in the lobby for demonstrations

The downtown district has many microbrew houses

The Trinity brew house was almost across the street

The air was cool, the beer cold, and the food hot.

As usual, there was a very good vendor show

Vendors, wood merchants, equipment manufacturers, tool makers, and more

So much wood and so little time

Photos by Kurt Hertzog (6/02)