Monday, July 04, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Rafting the Truckee

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Tuesday, July 05, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Colloquium 2022 — Giftedness Across the Lifespan: A More Complete Picture

Room: Nugget 2

Tuesday, July 05, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Virginia City Tour

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Tuesday, July 05, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Wild Mustang Tour

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Tuesday, July 05, 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Star Party Shuttle

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Wednesday, July 06, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Discovery Museum

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Wednesday, July 06, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Need2Speed Racetrack Adventure

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Wednesday, July 06, 1:30 PM

Debate Room: Escape from “Lesser of Two Evils” Voting?

Room: Redwood 2

GeneSIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

How a 132-Year Federal Government Policy Still Obstructs Native Americans

Room: Sierra 3

LocSec Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Naming Places on the Land: History and Challenges

Room: Sierra 5

Putting the Recent (2020-??) Western U.S. Drought Into Historical Context: How Bad Is It and Could It Get Worse?

Room: Sierra 2

Region 4 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

We Are What We Build

Room: Sierra 1

Wednesday, July 06, 1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Mexican Train Dominos

Room: Cascade 1

Wednesday, July 06, 3:00 PM

Beginner’s Guide to Gambling and Casinos

Room: Sierra 2

Corsets, Kilts, and Tutus

Room: Sierra 5

Debate Room: Putin vs. Ukraine

Room: Redwood 2

Hidden Gems of the United States Constitution

Room: Sierra 1

Knit-SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Region 10 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Region 6 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Ways to Drown and How Water Search Dogs Find the Bodies

Room: Sierra 3

Wednesday, July 06, 4:00 PM - 6:45 PM

Wizard Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Wednesday, July 06, 4:30 PM

Debate Room: Intervention in the War Between Russia and Ukraine

Room: Redwood 2

Gen Y Ms Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

How Pharmaceutical Companies Develop Medicines and Vaccines

Room: Sierra 5

M-Available Meet-and-Mixer

Room: Redwood 5

M-Winers Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Reach for the Stars! Explore the Past, Present, and Future of the Fleischmann Planetarium: The Biggest Little Planetarium in the World

Room: Sierra 1

The People of the Comstock Lode

Room: Sierra 2

Two Degrees from Kevin Bacon: A Life Spent With Celebrities in NYC

Room: Sierra 3

Wednesday, July 06, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Wednesday, July 06, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Registration for the Mensa Admission Test

Room: Southern Pacific C

Wednesday, July 06, 6:00 PM

150 Years of Collecting: The Story of the W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum

Room: Sierra 2

Adaptability: A Skill to Help You in Your Career

Room: Sierra 5

Debate Room: Cultural Appropriation

Room: Redwood 2

Gen-M BoomPlus SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Inspiring Sparks of Genius in Your Photography

Room: Sierra 1

Local Membership Officer Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Region 8 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

You’ve Been Lied to About Physics (Because the Truth is Complicated)

Room: Sierra 3

Wednesday, July 06, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

BrewBike Reno Tour

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Wednesday, July 06, 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Sudoku Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Wednesday, July 06, 7:30 PM

Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias Support Group

Room: Redwood 5

Debate Room: Separation of School and State?

Room: Redwood 2

Friends of Bill W

Room: Redwood 7

Mixed Media Art as a Hobby for Busy People

Room: Sierra 2

Region 2 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

The Air Force Victims’ Counsel Program: A Model for Civilian Legal Systems

Room: Sierra 5

The Baby Boomer Fanboy (or: How to Build a Nerd)

Room: Sierra 1

Wednesday, July 06, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Mensa’s Got Talent!

Room: Nugget 2

Wednesday, July 06, 9:00 PM

Debate Room: The Gig Economy

Room: Redwood 2

HELL’s M’s Prequel

Room: Redwood 5

Wednesday, July 06, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Karnak Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Wednesday, July 06, 10:30 PM - 11:45 PM

Debate Room: Genetically Modified Organisms

Room: Redwood 2

Thursday, July 07, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Multisport Ms Morning Run/Walk

Room: Lobby

Thursday, July 07, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Thursday, July 07, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Yoga With a Spiritual Intention

Room: Cascade 4

Thursday, July 07, 9:00 AM

Advocacy and Involvement: How You Can Support Your Child and Gifted Education

Room: Sierra 2

Debate Room: Copyright and Patent Rules

Room: Redwood 2

Evangelical Christianity SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Gold Mining in Nevada

Room: Sierra 1

National Ombudsman Election Ballot Counting Session

Room: Redwood 7

North America’s Oldest Dated Petroglyphs

Room: Sierra 3

Solar Telescope preview (Prior to Roof Top Observation Session!)

Room: Sierra 5

Thursday, July 07, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Friendly Duplicate Bridge

Room: Cascade 1

Thursday, July 07, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

American Mensa Committee Meeting

Room: Cascade 3

Thursday, July 07, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

National Automobile Museum Excursion

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Thursday, July 07, 10:30 AM

Bibliophile Ms Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Debate Room: Close a Department

Room: Redwood 2

Deep Dive of History of Nevada Railroads and Their Museums

Room: Sierra 2

Friends of Bill W

Room: Redwood 7

Reformer’s Dilemma and the Challenges of Governing in Modern Times

Room: Sierra 1

Sierra Nevada Uplift Fast and Slow: The Science of Geodesy in a Wet World

Room: Sierra 5

The History and Experience of African Americans in Las Vegas

Room: Sierra 3

Widowed Ms Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Thursday, July 07, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Solar Observation: A Sun Party

Room: Top of Nugget Parking Garage

Thursday, July 07, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Thursday, July 07, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Debate Room: Climate Change Solutions

Room: Redwood 2

Thursday, July 07, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Nevada Museum of Art

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Thursday, July 07, 1:30 PM

Clergy SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Debate Room: The Butterfly Effect: Alt History Brainstorming Session

Room: Redwood 2

Gig’M SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Humor and Content Retention: Does Laughing Out Loud Lead to Lots of Learning?

Room: Sierra 2

Lettering as Art — Calligraphy Workshop

Room: Nugget 2

Prohibition: The Best Thing that Ever Happened to Organized Crime

Room: Sierra 3

Sew Sew SeaMs Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

The 420,000,000th Year of Biomass Burning on Earth

Room: Sierra 1

Walking With the Ghosts of the Donner Party

Room: Sierra 5

Thursday, July 07, 1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Thursday, July 07, 3:00 PM

Baseball Records: How Many Will Never Be Broken?

Room: Sierra 2

CANCELLED - A (Mis)Guided Tour of the Comic Book Multiverse

Room: Sierra 3

Dances With Words

Room: Sierra 5

Debate Room:: What should everyone learn by the end of high school?

Room: Redwood 2

Metaphysical Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Proctor and Testing Coordinator Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

The Making of 5 Indie Theatrical Feature Films

Room: Sierra 1

The Triple Nine Society Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Thursday, July 07, 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM

True Greed Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Thursday, July 07, 4:30 PM

An Archaeology of the Cosmos: Evidence of Advanced Astronomical Knowledge Encoded in Ancient Art and Myth

Room: Sierra 2

CANCELED: Tom Gray Truckee-Virginia City Railroad

Room: Sierra 1

Debate Room: Covid Policy Retrospective: What Worked and What Didn’t?

Room: Redwood 2

Firehouse SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Journey to Being Visible

Room: Sierra 5

M-Cats Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

PolyaMorySIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Slot Machines and Video Poker

Room: Sierra 3

Thursday, July 07, 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Ferino Distillery

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Thursday, July 07, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Thursday, July 07, 6:00 PM

#Jensa Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

‘Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We Are Heading’: Gifted Education and Data Science Perspectives on Lessons Learned From Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Virtual Learning Technologies

Room: Sierra 2

Comedy Hypnosis Show

Room: Sierra 3

Debate Room: To Vax or Not To Vax, That Is the Question

Room: Redwood 2

Ethically Non-Monogamous — Who Me? I Was Fundamentally Christian!!!

Room: Sierra 5

VRrrrM SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Sierra 1

Writers of the High Plains

Room: Redwood 6

Thursday, July 07, 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Ticket To Ride Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Thursday, July 07, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Aces Baseball Game

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Thursday, July 07, 7:30 PM

Bill Shipper Concert

Room: Sierra 5

Conservative Ms SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Debate Room: Midterm Elections

Room: Redwood 2

Uncommon Minds! The Problems and Promise of the ADHD Adult

Room: Sierra 3

Thursday, July 07, 7:30 PM - 10:15 PM

Live Sing-Along

Room: Redwood 6

Thursday, July 07, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Misster Mensa

Room: Nugget 2

Thursday, July 07, 9:00 PM

Debate Room: Social Security

Room: Redwood 2

UPDATED: Kink Links: A BDSM Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Thursday, July 07, 9:00 PM - 11:45 PM

Double Deck Cancellation Hearts Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Thursday, July 07, 10:30 PM - 11:45 PM

Debate Room: Abortion

Room: Redwood 2

Friday, July 08, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Multisport Ms Morning Run/Walk

Room: Lobby

Friday, July 08, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Friday, July 08, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Yoga With a Spiritual Intention

Room: Cascade 4

Friday, July 08, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Annual Business Meeting

Room: Sierra 5

Friday, July 08, 10:30 AM

"Virtually" Double Your Engagement

Room: Redwood 3

Boggle Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Cryptic Crawl

Room: Cascade 4

I Thought I Was So Smart — How Did I Get ADHD? (And Now, What Can I Do About It?)

Room: Sierra 1

Member Acquisition — How Local Groups Can Participate

Room: Redwood 2

SETI: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

Room: Sierra 3

Virginia City Gold Hills Water System: Little Unknown Piece of History

Room: Sierra 2

Friday, July 08, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Friday, July 08, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Doctor Grammar Guy

Room: Nugget 2

Friday, July 08, 1:30 PM

Disnerd Ms Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Flightless Fancy: The Emu – Friendly or Formidable?

Room: Sierra 3

Gen-X Ms SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

How Are Animals Trained With Operant Conditioning? (Live Animals Present!)

Room: Sierra 5

Planet Nine From Outer Space

Room: Sierra 1

RESCHEDULED: Are You Smarter Than a Middle Schooler?

Room: Cascade 1

The Mensa Foundation and You

Room: Redwood 2

The Right Ways to Be Wrong: Embracing Fallibility in Leadership Roles

Room: Redwood 3

This Doesn’t Ad Up – Spectacular Fails in Global Marketing

Room: Sierra 2

Friday, July 08, 3:00 PM

Keeping it on the Rails: Facilitating and Moderating Mensa Discussions

Room: Redwood 3

Lessons for our Future Selves: Wisdom From Harvard and the Oldest of the Old

Room: Sierra 2

Leveraging Social Media for Your Local Group

Room: Redwood 2

Mark Twain and Virginia City History

Room: Sierra 1

Musical Theater Ms Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Party on Safari: 16 Ms in East Africa

Room: Sierra 3

Pollyanna SIG Meet and Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Region 9 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Wordle Tournament

Room: Sierra 5

Friday, July 08, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Roll for the Galaxy

Room: Cascade 1

Friday, July 08, 4:30 PM

Caring for a Loved One With Dementia

Room: Sierra 1

Fossil Ichthyosaurs in Nevada: History and Recent Developments

Room: Sierra 2

Friends of Bill W

Room: Redwood 7

Mind Your Manners

Room: Sierra 5

Naval Aviation, a 50-Year Perspective of Catapulting Aircraft, Flying Off the Aircraft Carrier, and Landing Back on It

Room: Sierra 3

Region 1 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Region 7 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

SIGHT During The Pandemic

Room: Redwood 3

Starting a Gifted Youth Program in Your Local Group

Room: Redwood 2

Friday, July 08, 6:00 PM

Ask a Genealogist

Room: Sierra 3

Introduction to Amateur Deep Space Imaging, or a Travel Camera Becomes a Gateway Drug to Sleepless Nights and Jacked-Up Credit Cards

Room: Sierra 1

L’ChaiM! SIG Welcomes the Sabbath

Room: Redwood 7

Songwriting SIG Song Circle

Room: Redwood 5

Friday, July 08, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Gala Dinner Featuring Keynote Speaker Margot Lee Shetterly

Room: Nugget 2

Friday, July 08, 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

EPGSIG - Exceptionally & Profoundly Gifted SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Friday, July 08, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Name That Tune

Room: Cascade 1

Friday, July 08, 9:30 PM - 11:59 PM

Comedy Night: Jocular Geniuses

Room: Nugget 2

Saturday, July 09, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Multisport Ms Morning Run/Walk

Room: Lobby

Saturday, July 09, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Saturday, July 09, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Vin-Yin Yoga

Room: Cascade 4

Saturday, July 09, 9:00 AM

Artificial General Intelligence

Room: Sierra 3

CANCELED: Mobsters Gamble on Reno-Tahoe, 1900-1970

Room: Sierra 5

Cultural Competence and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging: What You Can Do Right Now To Make A Difference

Room: Redwood 2

Editors’ Round Table Discussion

Room: Redwood 3

Make Your Own Hedgehog

Room: Nugget 2

Punctilious Punctuation: Telling Tales With (and of) Those Jots and Tittles, Including Why They’re Called Jots and Tittles, and the Horrifying Story of Why the Period Goes Inside the Quotation Marks

Room: Sierra 2

Stress Management and Self-Care: The Essentials of Emotional Health and Wellness

Room: Sierra 1

WebHEADs SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Saturday, July 09, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Catan Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Saturday, July 09, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Truckee, Lake Tahoe, Carson City Tour

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance

Saturday, July 09, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Registration for the Mensa Admission Test

Room: Southern Pacific C

Saturday, July 09, 10:30 AM

Body Wisdom

Room: Sierra 5

Communications Officer Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Historic Downtown Sparks

Room: Sierra 1

Intertel Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Local Group Marketing

Room: Redwood 2

Region 3 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Room: Sierra 2

The Importance of Adding New States to the Union: The Case for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

Room: Sierra 3

The Root of All Evil: Local Groups and Money

Room: Redwood 3

Saturday, July 09, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Saturday, July 09, 1:30 PM

Charley Parkhurst: American History and Trans Storytelling

Room: Sierra 5

Discovering and Reprising the Route and Story of the Forlorn Hope

Room: Sierra 3

Illuminating Mensa’s Past

Room: Redwood 3

Musical Theater Ms Murder Mystery Game

Room: Redwood 6

Roulette and Craps

Room: Sierra 2

Sing Sea Shanties with Captain Mensa

Room: Sierra 1

The Mensa Hearings Process

Room: Redwood 2

Saturday, July 09, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Carnelli

Room: Cascade 1

Saturday, July 09, 3:00 PM

A Captain Is Only as Good as Her Crew: Creating Community Engagement Online

Room: Redwood 2

CANCELLED - Vent to a Real-Live Insurance Agent: Should You Be Spending All That Money? Understanding Risk, How To Protect Yourself and Property From Catastrophes, Lawsuits, and Yes — Other Insurance Agents

Room: Sierra 1

Friends of Bill W

Room: Redwood 7

HELL’s M’s Annual Meeting

Room: Redwood 5

Intro to Tai Chi

Room: Cascade 4

Real Steampunk

Room: Sierra 5

Region 5 Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Science Time With Timmy: Holes in Space/Time

Room: Sierra 3

The Future of Mensa

Room: Redwood 3

The Neuroscience of Language Learning: Why We Struggle To Learn Languages and How To Fix It

Room: Sierra 2

Saturday, July 09, 3:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Dominion

Room: Cascade 1

Saturday, July 09, 4:30 PM

Atheist Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Celebration of Life for Russ Bakke

Room: Sierra 3

Davidson Academy, ‘A University School for Profoundly Gifted Pupils’ — Who We Are and How We Do What We Do

Room: Sierra 1

Eastern and Western Approach to Emotional and Physical Well-Being

Room: Sierra 2

Finding and Supporting Volunteers of All Generations

Room: Redwood 3

Mis(s)ter Mensa Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 7

Name That Movie

Room: Sierra 5

Want More Productive Meetings? Put on Your Thinking Hats

Room: Redwood 2

Saturday, July 09, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Saturday, July 09, 6:00 PM

Ahoy M-atey! Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 5

Givers, Takers, and Others

Room: Sierra 1

Learn to Knit!

Room: Nugget 2

Life Members SIG Meet-and-Greet

Room: Redwood 6

Mensa Bowl

Room: Sierra 5

Yet Another Post-Covid Joke-Off

Room: Sierra 3

Saturday, July 09, 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Codenames Tournament

Room: Cascade 1

Saturday, July 09, 7:30 PM

CANCELED: Ride a Whale, Go to Jail: Living a Life of Humor and Authenticity

Room: Sierra 2

Pirates After Dark with Captain Mensa

Room: Sierra 1

Saturday, July 09, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM

Carmina Burana Annual Sing-Along

Room: Sierra 3

Saturday, July 09, 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Enchantment Under the Sea Dance

Room: Nugget 2

Saturday, July 09, 10:30 PM - 11:45 PM

Charades

Room: Sierra 3

Sunday, July 10, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Nugget 1

Sunday, July 10, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Yin/Nidra Yoga

Room: Cascade 4

Sunday, July 10, 9:00 AM

CANCELLED - Creating Your Cybersecurity Plan (For People Who Know Nothing About Cybersecurity)

Room: Sierra 3

Debate Room: Energy From Thorium

Room: Redwood 2

Thirty Years of Puzzle Columns

Room: Sierra 5

Sunday, July 10, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Drag Brunch Featuring the Haus of Does Moore

Room: Nugget 2

Sunday, July 10, 10:30 AM

Debate Room: Constitution: Enumerated Rights or Enumerated Powers?

Room: Redwood 2

Friends of Bill W

Room: Redwood 7

Most of What You Know About Black Holes Is Bogus

Room: Sierra 5

Sunday, July 10, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Debate Room: Mensa Forum Moderation and Codes of Conduct?

Room: Redwood 2

Sunday, July 10, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

BrewBike Reno Tour

Room: Main Casino Floor Entrance