CONVENTION OVERVIEW

FRIDAY, November 13, 2009

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 (repeated at 1:30):

Keith Folse

The least you should know about ELL grammar  

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

9:15 – 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)

2:30 – 4:15

Featured Speaker

Margo Gottlieb

Standards: A metric for language teaching and learning

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

4:30 – 5:15

Publishers’ Raffle, Cash Bar

Arapahoe/Douglas Grand Ballrooms

5:30 – 6:15

Special Live Entertainment:   

Jefferson Grand Ballroom

 

SATURDAY, November 14, 2009

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:

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Let me take you there: On the power of language mastery and reading to transform lives

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)

  

President—Bruce Rogers

Convention Chair—Dieter Bruhn

Program Chair—Christine Deines

Publishers’ Liaison—Debra Daise

Convention Planner, Registration—Larry Fisher