Throughout the day: Assigned Manuscript/Portfolio Critiques, Submission Strategy Consultations, Agent Quick Query Meetings, and NetWit Social Media and Promotion Consultations
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Mix & Mingle with Picture Book Creators at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Conference Registration Open at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Conference Bookstore Open
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm INTENSIVE SESSION A
4:40 pm - 5:35 pm WORKSHOP SESSION B: Conference Orientation
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm Conference Welcome Ceremony
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Portfolio Showcase Open to Faculty, Editors, Agents, Art Directors, and volunteers
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner on your own
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm KEYNOTE - Independent Editor Panel with Harold Underdown, Tamson Weston, Eileen Robinson, John Bell, and Lionel Bender
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Evening Activities: Open Mic and casual networking
Throughout the day: Assigned Manuscript/Portfolio Critiques, Submission Strategy Consultations, Agent Quick Query Meetings, and NetWit Social Media and Promotion Consultations
7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am - 8:30 am Conference Registration Open
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Conference Bookstore Open
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Poster Contest Open for Voting
8:45 am - 9:40 am KEYNOTE with Sara Zarr
9:50 am - 11:45 am INTENSIVE SESSION CD
9:50 am - 10:45 am WORKSHOP SESSION C
10:50 am - 11:45 am WORKSHOP SESSION D
11:50 am - 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm KEYNOTE with Kate Messner
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm KEYNOTE with Harry Bliss
2:20 pm - 3:15 pm WORKSHOP SESSION E
3:20 pm - 4:15 pm WORKSHOP SESSION F
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Conference Closing and Door Prizes
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Book Signing and Special Interest Group Meetings
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Portfolio Showcase Open
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dinner on your own
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Evening Activities: Open Mic, Regional Meet-Ups
7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am Conference Registration Open
8:30 am - 3:30 pm Conference Bookstore Open
8:45 am - 9:40 am KEYNOTE - It's a Great Time for Nonfiction Panel with Tanya Lee Stone, Elizabeth Partridge, and Susan Campbell Bartolleti, moderated by Ken Wright
9:50 am - 3:05 pm AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ACADEMIES
9:50 am - 11:50 am INTENSIVE SESSION G
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm Book Signing
2:10 pm - 3:05 pm WORKSHOP SESSION H
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Conference Closing Ceremony