FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020
8:00-9:00 AM – Intensive check-in at conference registration desk on second floor (mezzanine)
9:00-4:00 PM – Intensives
Noon-1:00 PM – Lunch for Intensive attendees and faculty in Rickenbacker Restaurant on first floor
3:00-4:30 PM – Check-In at conference registration desk on second floor (mezzanine)
4:30-4:45 PM – Meet in ballroom on second floor (mezzanine) for welcome and faculty introductions
4:45-5:20 PM – Keynote speaker-Tara Lazar
5:20-6:00 PM – First Books Panel
6:00-7:15 PM – Snacks, cash bar, autographs with Tara Lazar and First Book panelists, networking with area coordinators
Dinner is on your own.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020
7:00-8:30 AM – Conference check-in at registration desk on second floor (mezzanine)
8:00-4:30 PM – ART EXHIBIT: Pick up portfolios no later than 4:45 PM
8:30-8:45 AM – Announcements.
8:45-9:30 AM – Keynote speaker: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
9:30-10:15 AM – Editor panel: Maria Barbo, Mekisha Telfer, Kristen Nobles, Kaylan Adair
10:15-10:30 AM – Break
10:30-11:15 AM – Keynote speaker: Lynne Kelly
11:15-Noon – Keynote speaker: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Noon-1:00 PM – Lunch in hotel’s Rickenbacker Restaurant on first floor.
1:00-1:45 PM – Agent panel: Molly O’Neill, Erin Murphy, Minju Chang
1:45-2:30 PM – Keynote speaker: Jack Cheng
2:30-2:45 PM – Crystal Kite presentation to Jan Eldredge
2:45-3:00 PM – Break
3:00-4:15 PM – BREAKOUT WORKSHOP 1: Choose from one of five:
A. Tara Lazar
B. Sonia Chaghatzbanian
C. Molly O’Neill
D. Mekisha Telfer
E. Jack Cheng
4:30-6:45 PM – Critiques in the Clipper Room (Please arrive on time.)
7:30-11:00 PM – ADVENTURES IN PUBLISHING COSTUME BALL/DINNER DANCE in ballroom on second floor (mezzanine)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020
8:00-9:00 AM – Sunday Only check-In at conference registration desk on second floor (mezzanine)
9:00-10:15 AM – BREAKOUT WORKSHOP 2: Choose from one of five:
F. Lynne Kelly
G. Erin Murphy
H. Kaylan Adair
I. Kristen Nobles
J. Lorin Oberweger (PAL Members Only)
10:15-10:30 AM – Break
10:30-11:45 AM – BREAKOUT WORKSHOP 3: Choose from one of five:
K. Maria Barbo
L. Minju Chang
M. Sherri Duskey Rinker
N. Vanessa Brantley-Newton
O. Moira Rose Donahue
11:45-11:55 AM – Break
11:55-12:30 PM – Contest winners, auction of enlarged pin, closing announcements
12:30-1:15 PM – Autograph party in ballroom
