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ACES 2016

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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Sasha Nyary

Mount Holyoke College
Senior Editor
South Hadley, Mass.

https://mtholyoke.edu

currently: writer and editor in higher ed. 30 years experience as writer, reporter, editor, copyeditor, researcher. magazine journalist, nonprofits, freelance. recent library science masters gave me web development and photo archiving skills as well.

3:00pm PDT

Registration Plaza Foyer

8:30am PDT

Opening general session Grand I, Ballroom Level

9:45am PDT

Rookie Mistakes Even Veterans Make Pavilion East, Plaza LevelBill Walsh Leadership in the Workplace Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelDavid Brindley • Rebecca Dyer • David Yontz Poetry in Headlines Pavilion West, Plaza LevelChristopher Wienandt

11:30am PDT

Lessons in Trust From the Viral Frontier Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelMatthew Savener College Teaching: So You Want to Go Into the Classroom Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelGerri Berendzen • Bill Hickman • Nick Jungman

2:15pm PDT

'But Can I Start a Sentence with 'But'?' The Best of the Chicago Manual of Style's Online Q&A Pavilion East, Plaza LevelCarol Fisher Saller

3:30pm PDT

Writing for Editors Who Hate to Write Pavilion East, Plaza LevelSamantha Enslen

5:00pm PDT

Education Fund Spelling Bee Galleria I-IICorrie Loeffler • Lisa McLendon • Kory Stamper

9:00am PDT

Beyond the Plain Language Edit: Going the Extra Mile Pavilion West, Plaza LevelClaire Foley • Tracy Torchetti Crowdsourcing Your Freelance Career Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelErin Brenner • Sarah Grey • Lori Paximadis • Laura Poole

10:45am PDT

Questions & Quibbles: Dictionary Edition Pavilion East, Plaza LevelSteve Kleinedler • Kory Stamper

2:00pm PDT

The Art of the Query Parlor A-C, Ballroom LevelRuth Wilson

3:15pm PDT

Sexist Creeps: How to Catch and Fix Sexist Language Broadway III-IV, Plaza LevelColleen Barry • Dilane Mitchell • Kory Stamper • Karen Yin

7:00pm PDT

Banquet Grand I, Ballroom LevelKory Stamper

9:00am PDT

Developing a House Style Guide Pavilion East, Plaza LevelMegan Rogers

10:15am PDT

Sweat This, Not That: Real Rules vs. Grammar Myths Pavilion East, Plaza LevelLisa McLendon

1:15pm PDT

Ask the AP Stylebook Editors Pavilion East, Plaza LevelTom Kent • David Minthorn • Colleen Newvine Resting Your Eyes: A Copy Editor's Guide to Self-care Broadway I-II, Plaza LevelJanet Gillett

2:30pm PDT

Pecha Kucha: Rapid-fire Editing Presentations Pavilion East, Plaza LevelMark Allen • Ken Haley • Steve Kleinedler • Sharon McInnis • Merrill Perlman • Jessica Smith Making the Leap: Tips for the Transition from Staffer to Freelancer Pavilion West, Plaza LevelChristy Karras Honing Courageous News Judgment Broadway III, Plaza LevelGail MacDonald Responsible Writing and Editing About Sexual Violence Broadway I-II, Plaza LevelAnna Walsh

3:45pm PDT

Closing general session Pavilion West, Plaza Level

7:00pm PDT

Social Punch Bowl Social