General Sessions/Events	“Landscapes” Module A (Kent Room)	“Practitioners” Module B (Directors Room “A”)	“Collectors” Module C ( Directors Room “B”)	Other
Thursday
10:00 – 5:00					Registration
12:30 – 1:30	Opening Plenary: The Age of User Generated Content (Kent Room)
1:45 – 3:15		Trend Spotting	“Access in a Box”	Power of Story	Social Space (Ottawa Room)
3:30 – 5:00		U-verse Experience	Developing a Fundraising Plan	Citizen Generated News
Evening	Art Hop / ArtPrize
Friday
8:00 – 5:00	Trade Show! (Conference Foyer)				Registration Social Space (Ottawa Room)
8:00 am					Coffee & Pastries Foyer
9:00 – 10:30		Fight Club: Action & Organizing	PEG on the Web	The “Flip” Side (All day session)
10:45 – 12:15		PEG in the Courts	The Next Generation Youth Media	Flip Side – cont.
12:30 – 2:00	Keynote Luncheon “Art of Collaboration” (Grand River Room)
2:15 – 3:45		Session TBA	Generating New Income	Flip Side – cont.
3:45 – 4:30	Regional Meeting (Kent Room)
6:00 pm	Philo Video Awards and Reception (Grand River Room)
Saturday
8:00 am					Coffee & Pastries Foyer
9:00 – 11:00	Open Space Sessions “What’s the Big Idea?” (Kent Room)	Open Space Breakout	Open Space Breakout	Open Space Breakout
11:00 - Noon	“Flip Side” Premieres Raffle Lego Art Recognitions

Session & Activity Descriptions

Social Space (The Ottawa Room)

Sign up for a 1:1 social media check-up to optimize your Facebook or get advice about twitter (Friday)

Participate in our special Lego Art competition (Thurs/Fri/Sat)

As for ideas and respond to requests, from fellow attendees

Share materials

Thursday Opening Plenary: “The Age of User Generated Content” (The Kent Room)

How have trends and developments in social media and user generated content affected the work, operations and perceived relevancy of both traditional and community media? Hear from three perspectives: traditional media, new media and PEG. what is working? What is not? What are we learning? Speakers: Darin Estep, Grand Rapids Press; Tom Bishop, Media Bridges; Kolene Allen, Grand Rapids Public Library

Friday Keynote Luncheon: “The Art of Collaboration” (The Grand River Room)

When communities come together, great things can happen. What does it mean to really collaborate? Well-respected change leader and Community Foundation president, Diana Sieger will help you think about all the pieces that make successful collaborations and ultimately impactful programs.

Friday Trade Show: Conference Foyer

Check out an exciting array of Community Media support services and equipment at the conference trade show, thanks to our vendor friends and business supporters! Be sure to say hello to sponsors Leightronix, Lawrence Production, Tally Lights, Advanced Lighting and Sound, Telvue, Video Systems Services, Roscor Corporation, Tightrope , and Radiant communications Corp.

Module “A” Sessions “The Landscape” (all module sessions in The Kent Room)

Trend Spotting: How can mobile, aggregation, social media, hyper-local, and other communication trends enhance community growth and service? Understanding social and new media developments can help us better plan for, and continue to evolve meaningful services through PEG.

The U-Verse Experience: First-hand experiences of launching PEG on AT&T systems. Was it complicated? What did it cost? What was the level of assistance and support from AT&T? Three different centers and three different experiences will be profiled.

Fight Club: Learn techniques for organizing and taking action to protect community voices. Seasoned PEG veterans will join the ACM’s new Executive Director, Sylvia Strobel to lead this empowering session.

PEG in the Courts: What’s the latest in Court battles to protect PEG access in our communities? And what might it mean for the future? Get the inside scoop from those who have been on the front line.