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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024
3:00 – 5:00 PMCHECK-IN AND REGISTRATIONSchooner Foyer
4:00 – 5:30 PMPRE-OPENING RECEPTIONWater Wall Foyer
5:30 PMDINNER ON YOUR OWN Mystic
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024
8:00 – 5:00 PMCHECK-IN AND REGISTRATIONSchooner Foyer
8:00 – 5:00 PMTECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS AND TRADE SHOWClipper Ballroom
8:00 – 9:00 AMCONTINENTAL BREAKFASTSchooner Ballroom
8:30 – 9:50 AMWELCOME TO CONNECTICUTSchooner BallroomFormer State Rep. Lonnie Reed and others
SESSION ONECutterSchooner Ballroom
10:00 – 11:15 AMAdvocacy and Legislative WorkMichael Max Knobbe, Rob Chapman, Jennifer EvansSocial Media Metrics, Outreach, MarketingLiz DiFiore
11:15 – 11:30 PMINTERMISSIONClipper Ballroom
SESSION TWOCutterSchooner Ballroom
11:30 – 12:30 PMWhy you should join NATAS and ACMTim EganUse of AI in AccessErich Archer, Allen Russell
12:45 – 1:45 PMLUNCHEON and PANELSchooner BallroomFranchising, Negotiations, and the Regulatory Landscape
SESSION THREECutterSchooner Ballroom
2:00 – 3:15 PMYouth Media Makers: Cut Your Teeth and Find Your Callingbring your stories to a roundtableAccessibility, Captioning, Language Access, Adaptive MeasuresDaniell Krawczyk, Charles Paige (TelVue), Mike Wassenaar
3:15 – 3:30 PMINTERMISSIONClipper Ballroom
SESSION FOURCutterSchooner Ballroom
3:30 – 4:30 PMDigital EquityLiz DiFiore, Alex LaMarche, Audrey DuncanCommunity Storytelling as JournalismNicholas Lavallee, Grace Lemay
4:30 – 5:00 PMINTERMISSION / TRADE SHOWClipper Ballroom
5:00 – 5:30 PMTRADE SHOW THANKSClipper Ballroom
5:30 – 6:00 PMPrepare for Nor’Easters
6:00 – 7:00 PMNOR’EASTER AWARDS RECEPTIONTBA
7:00 – 8:30 PMNOR’EASTER AWARDS CEREMONYTBA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024
8:00 – 12:30 PMCHECK-IN AND REGISTRATIONSchooner Foyer
8:00 – 12:30 PMTECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS and TRADE SHOWClipper Ballroom
8:00 – 9:00 AMCONTINENTAL BREAKFASTSchooner Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 AMACM NORTHEAST REGION ANNUAL MEETINGSchooner Ballroom
9:00 – 9:50 AMIntersection of Local Journalism + Community MediaSchooner BallroomBruce Putterman (CT Mirror), Max Resnick (City Bureau, Brooklyn)
SESSION FIVECutterSchooner Ballroom
10:00 – 11:00 AMFundraising and Revenue DiversificationOwen Provencher leads roundtableAddressing Racism, DEI, Anti-SemitismGlenn Williams (IEE Caucus of ACM national)
11:15 – 12:15ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONSClipper & Schooner Ballrooms
12:30 – 1:30 PMBOXED LUNCH / ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONSSchooner Ballroom
1:30 – 2:30 PMINTERMISSION / TRADE SHOWClipper Ballroom
3:00 PMCONFERENCE CLOSING, EXHIBITOR DRAWINGS FOR PRIZESClipper Ballroom