Annual Conference

Schedule

Faculty

Intensives

Portfolio Exhibition

Illustrators' Intensive Schedule

Writers' Intensive Schedule

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration, Coffee & Bagels

9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome & Introduction

9:15am - 10:15am

Opening Keynote, Nikki Grimes
“The Power of Poetry”

10:15am - 11:00am

Morning Keynote, David Wiesner
“Storytelling Without Words”

11:15am - 12:15pm – "My Wish List: What I Want to Buy"

First Pre-Assigned Breakout Workshop Session*

A	Anamika Bhatnagar Senior Editor, Scholastic Press Director of Paperback Reprints for Scholastic’s hardcover imprints
B	Alessandra Balzer Executive Editor, Hyperion Books for Children
C	Caitlyn M. Dlouhy Editorial Director, Athenum Books for Young Readers
D	David Gale Vice President, Editorial Director, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
E	Jennifer Hunt Senior Editor Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
F	Wendy Loggia Executive Editor, Delacorte Press
G	Mark McVeigh Editorial Director, Aladdin Paperbacks
H	Molly O’Neill Assistant Editor, HarperCollins
I	Reka Simonsen Senior Editor, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
J	Nancy Siscoe Associate Publishing Director & Executive Editor Knopf & Crown Books for Young Readers

12:30pm - 2:30pm

Luncheon Keynote, Carolyn Mackler
“Laughing, Crying and Being A Major Snoop: My Life as a Teen Novelist”

2:45pm - 3:45pm – Second Pre-Assigned Genre Breakout Session*

A - J Attend a second session from the list above.

4:00pm - 5:15pm

Five Agents View The Marketplace
Tracey Adams Founder, Adams Literary
Miriam Altshuler Founder, Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency
Barry Goldblatt Founder Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC
Elizabeth Harding VP, Curtis Brown Ltd.
Jodi Reamer Agent/Attorney, Writers House

* On the Registration Page rank your top THREE session choices.

9:00am - 9:15am
	Presentation of Private Portfolio Exhibition Awards & Tomie dePaola Award

9:15am - 10:00am
	Morning Keynote, Susan Patron “The Diary of an Oldbery: How It Can Happen To You”

10:00am - 11:00am
	Continental Breakfast & Publishers’ Exhibition Enjoy this great opportunity to expand your knowledge of what's currently on the market. Peruse a sampling of publishers' most recent titles while enjoying a continental breakfast..

11:00am - 12:00pm
	The Path of the Picture Book Arthur Levine Vice President, Scholastic Bob Brown Owner, Books, Bytes, Beyond John Mason Director of Library & Educational Marketing, Scholastic Tracy van Straaten Vice President Publicity, Scholastic Jonah Winter Author (Frida; Diego)

12:00pm - 12:30pm
	Closing Keynote, Richard Peck “Facebook or Real Book? Writing for the Electronically Reared Child”

Schedule

Faculty

Intensives

Portfolio Exhibition