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Welcome to the 20th annual American Copy Editors Society national conference in Portland March 31-April 2, 2016. (Photo: Jamie Francis and Travel Portland.)

Updated April 1. This schedule is subject to change.

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8:00am PDT

Morning coffee service Plaza Foyer Registration Plaza Foyer

9:00am PDT

Working with Self-publishing Authors: The Short Course Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelJodi Brandon • Dick Margulis Beyond the Plain Language Edit: Going the Extra Mile Pavilion West, Plaza LevelClaire Foley • Tracy Torchetti Turdmonger is Definitely a Closed Compound Pavilion East, Plaza LevelLaura M. Browning • Marnie Shure Crowdsourcing Your Freelance Career Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelErin Brenner • Sarah Grey • Lori Paximadis • Laura Poole

10:45am PDT

The Nuts and Bolts of Copy Editing Fiction Broadway I-II, Plaza LevelAmy J. Schneider Save Time and Your Sanity: Increase Your Efficiency With Microsoft Word Pavilion West, Plaza Level Breaking the Feast or Famine Freelance Cycle Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelLaura Poole Questions & Quibbles: Dictionary Edition Pavilion East, Plaza LevelSteve Kleinedler • Kory Stamper Solutions Journalism: How to Edit Hard-hitting Pieces on What’s Working Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelSamantha McCann

12:15pm PDT

Lunch on your own n/a

12:30pm PDT

The Oregonian newsroom tour Lobby

2:00pm PDT

Catch as Catch Can: Numbers Edition Pavilion West, Plaza LevelJohn Russial The Art of the Query Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelRuth Wilson We’ll Show Real Headlines to Real People … Pavilion East, Plaza LevelAndy Bechtel Getting it Right: Fact-checking Social Media and Nontraditional Sources Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelGerri Berendzen Editing in a Vacuum: How to Thrive When You’re the Only Editor in Your Organization Broadway I-II, Plaza LevelMaria Hench • James Kogutkiewicz • Shana McNally

3:15pm PDT

The Subversive Copy Editor Redux Pavilion East, Plaza LevelCarol Fisher Saller Why is English Spelling So Weird? Pavilion West, Plaza LevelJames Harbeck Maintaining Standards (and Humor) in Chaos Broadway I-II, Plaza LevelRon Smith Sexist Creeps: How to Catch and Fix Sexist Language Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelColleen Barry • Dilane Mitchell • Kory Stamper • Karen Yin Getting Into the Thriving Arena of Educational Publishing Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelJamaal Pittman

4:00pm PDT

Silent auction Galleria I-II-III

6:00pm PDT

Silent auction reception Galleria I-II-III

7:00pm PDT

Banquet Grand I, Ballroom LevelKory Stamper