Save the date for #ACMNEPORTLANDME from October 31 – November 1, 2019 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel! This is the premiere annual community media conference in the Northeast region which brings together media professionals, media vendor companies, artists, educators and more! You won’t want to miss it! Plan for a fun Halloween costume party, a robust vendor trade show, engaging educational workshops, networking opportunities, community building, nor’easter awards festival and overall creative visioning for our future! Did we mention you get to also enjoy delicious local breweries, local arts, Maine harbor views, donuts and New England Fall charm?
Featured Keynote Speaker: Robert Shetterly, Artist/Activist & Founder of the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait project.
About: He says that the maintenance of democracy depends less on voting rights and the separation of powers than on historically honest education, a media that believes in the right and necessity of citizens to hear the truth, and the moral courage of citizens to act for the common good. In this age of the corporatization of nearly everything, the role of local, independent media has never been more important for the survival of democracy as well as the survival of the planet. With portraits and stories Shetterly will speak about the failure of corporate media in the run-up to the Iraq War and how the weight of truth telling shifted to local media.
ACMNE 2019 Conference Schedule – (updated 5/1/19)
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
3:00pm-9:00pm: Vendor – Trade Show set-up
6:00pm-8:00pm: Registration
Thursday, October 31, 2019
8:30AM-5:00PM: Registration Table Open (Exhibit Hall)
9:00AM-10:30AM: BREAKFAST (Exhibit Hall – Key Hall)
9:00AM-4:00PM: TRADE SHOW and PRESENTATIONS
5:00PM-7:00PM: Reception at Portland Media Center (tentative)
7:00PM-9:00PM: Nor’Easter Awards at SPACE Gallery & Venue (538 Congress Street)
Friday, November 1, 2019
7:30AM-12:30PM: Registration Table Open
8:00AM-8:50AM: Breakfast and Welcome Plenary
9:00AM-10:30AM: Workshop #1 – See Grid Choices
10:45AM-12:15AM: Workshop #2 – See Grid Choices
12:30PM-1:45PM: Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Followed by Panel Discussion
2:00PM-3:30PM: Workshop #3 – See Grid Choices
3:45PM-5:15PM: Workshop #4 – See Grid Choices
5:30PM-7:00PM: ACM NE Region Board Meeting/Dinner
5:30PM-8:00PM: Dinner Break
5:00-11:00pm: First Friday Arts Crawl in Portland