The 9th International Conference of
The Society for Computational Economics
Computing in Economics and Finance

The Quad in Autum

SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET

The banquet will take place on Saturday, July 12, at the Museum of Flight, Seattle’s world-class air and space museum located at Boeing Field. Although the conference schedule is yet to be finalized, our hope is to end sessions and board buses in time to spend about an hour viewing the exhibits before they close to the public at 7pm. We’ll then enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the Red Barn, which is the original Boeing Manufacturing plant. Dinner will be served in the Skyline room, with a view of small planes landing on the adjacent runway while the sun sets on the Seattle skyline.

More information about the museum is copied below, or visit the Museum of Flight website. We hope you will join us for a visit to one of Seattle’s most popular tourist stops and a superb meal prepared by one of Seattle’s top caterers.

The cost is $75 per person, which includes bus transportation from campus to the museum, access to the exhibits for about one hour, drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the Red Barn, and a 3-course dinner with wine in the Skyline Room. Purchase tickets by marking the appropriate space on the conference registration form.

Information about the Museum of Flight

Red Barn®—Explore the Birthplace of The Boeing Company
The Museum of Flight opened its first wing on Boeing Field in 1983 in the historic "Red Barn," The Boeing Company's original manufacturing plant. Built in 1909, the Red Barn was donated to the Museum of Flight by the Port of Seattle in 1975 and moved to its present location at Boeing Field/King County International Airport that same year. Restoration of the Red Barn was completed in 1983 and marked the first phase in an extensive three-part program to build a world-class air and space museum in the Pacific Northwest.

Exhibits in the Red Barn trace aviation history from its early beginnings through 1938. Learn about early visionaries, aviators, manufacturers, and airlines. Displays include the 1914 Italian Caproni Ca 20, the world's first fighter aircraft in its original, unrestored condition; the restored 1917 Curtiss "Jenny’ biplane with its fabric covering removed to showcase the exquisite woodwork underneath; a 1928 Alexander Eaglerock; an authentic recreation of an aircraft manufacturing wood shop; the office of The Boeing Company's first chief engineer; a drafting room with tools; a row of vintage propellers; and a working replica of the wind tunnel used by the Wright Brothers. Models, uniforms, videos, and aircraft parts are also exhibited.

The Great Gallery—Stroll Through the History of Flight
The Museum of Flight's Great Gallery opened to the public on July 12, 1987. Designed by the Seattle architectural firm of Ibsen Nelsen and Associates, the dramatic 142,816-sq. ft., steel-and-glass complex is unlike any other museum building in the world.

The Great Gallery is of clear-span construction and rises six stories at its highest point. In addition to the 48,344-sq. ft., glass-clad main exhibit hall, the complex features five additional special focus galleries, a 268-seat theater with 70mm projection, and the largest aviation library and archives facility on the West Coast (10,000 sq. ft.).

The Great Gallery's contemporary design enhances the display of the Museum's large collection of aircraft and artifacts, with the main gallery bathed in natural light and the adjacent galleries able to accommodate changing exhibit requirements. The building's space frame roof structure, comprised of twelve 30-ton triangular steel panels, allows for the suspension of all sizes of aircraft, including an 18,000-lb. Douglas DC-3. More than twenty full-size aircraft are now suspended from the gallery's intricate webbed ceiling.

The Skyline Room, with its burgundy carpet and light wood trim, provides an elegant, contemporary atmosphere for any function. This room includes an exterior balcony, private elevator, and views of Boeing Field and the Seattle skyline.