CONVENTION OVERVIEW

FRIDAY, October 24, 2008

TIME

EVENT

PLACE

7:45 – 3:00

Registration

Hotel Lobby

8:00 – 6:00

Publishers’ Exhibits

(Coffee breaks)

Arapahoe/Douglas Grand Ballrooms and Hotel Lobby

8:45 – 10:00

Plenary Address:

Dorothy Zemach

Hasn’t that book already been written?

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

10:15 -- Noon

Concurrent Sessions

(See Sessions at a Glance)

Noon --1:15

Luncheon

Colorado Room (lower level)

1:30 --2:15

Poster Sessions

Poster area (Registration area)

1:30 -- 4:15

Concurrent Sessions

(See Sessions at a Glance)

4:30 – 5:45

Publishers’ Raffle, Cash Bar

Arapahoe/Douglas Grand Ballrooms

6:00 – 6:45

Special Live Entertainment:  Ash Dargan, premier didgeridoo performer from Australia’s Northern Territory

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

 

SATURDAY, October 25, 2008

TIME

EVENT

PLACE

7:45 –12:00

Registration

Hotel Lobby

8:00 –12:00

Publishers’ Exhibits

(Coffee breaks)

Arapahoe/Douglas Grand Ballrooms and Hotel Lobby

8:45 –10:00

Plenary Address:

Neil Anderson

Developing fluency in L2 reading

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

10:15 --Noon

Concurrent Sessions

(See Sessions at a Glance)

12:00 -- 1:15

Awards Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting

Colorado Room (lower level)

1:30 -- 3:15

Concurrent Sessions

(See Sessions at a Glance)

  

Convention Chair—Bruce Rogers

Program Chair—Virginia Nicolai

Publishers’ Liaison—Debra Daise

Convention Publicity, Registration—Larry Fisher