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Welcome to the 21st annual American Copy Editors Society national conference March 23-25, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo courtesy Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater)

9:00am EDT

Great Bosses Boot Camp - pre-registration + fee required Williams Board Meeting Bayboro

3:00pm EDT

Registration Grand Bay Foyer

5:00pm EDT

Copyediting Freelancer Happy Hour The Tavern at Bayboro (Off-site)

7:00pm EDT

Editors for Diversity Happy Hour Red Mesa Cantina (Off-site)

7:30am EDT

Registration Grand Bay Foyer

8:00am EDT

Vendor Trade Show St Petersburg Foyer

8:30am EDT

Opening General Session: A look at the state of ACES and recognition of scholarship winners Grand Bay Ballroom

9:45am EDT

Beyond Editing: First and Last Steps When Working With Self-Publishers Harborview/Pier/SkywayJodi Brandon • Katherine Pickett Quick Fixes You May Have Forgotten About Williams/DemensMerrill Perlman Is This Racist? How Editors Can Identify Hidden Bias in Language St. Petersburg IIIHenry Fuhrmann • Steve Bien-Aimé, Ph.D • Rick Kenney, Ph.D • Karen Yin Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editing Business St. Petersburg IJennifer Maybin Leadership in the Workplace Grand Bay NorthRebecca Dyer • David Yontz

11:15am EDT

Ask the leadership expert: Jill Geisler BoardwalkJill Geisler

11:30am EDT

Latest Research on Editing Williams/DemensAlyssa Appelman, Ph.D • Steve Bien-Aimé, Ph.D • Susan Keith, Ph.D • Rick Kenney, Ph.D Catch as Catch Can Grand Bay NorthJohn Russial What’s New at the Chicago Manual of Style Harborview/Pier/SkywayCarol Fisher Saller Freelance Editing: The Top 10 Things I Wish I'd Known St. Petersburg IElizabeth d'Anjou Using Social Media to Earn Trust St. Petersburg IIIJoy Mayer

12:30pm EDT

Networking Lunches Grand Bay South

2:15pm EDT

What's Taught In Editing Courses? And What Should Be Williams/DemensAndy Bechtel • Sue Burzynski Bullard • Vicki Krueger • Beverley Rilett Copy Editing & Corpus Linguistics Grand Bay NorthJonathon Owen Words Matter: Covering Disabilities St. Petersburg IIIJennifer LaFleur Professional Etiquette: Navigate Networking Without Making Enemies St. Petersburg IChristina M. Frey • Sarah Grey • Barbie Halaby • Heather Saunders The Future of Headlines? You'll Never Believe How People Reacted to Clickbait Harborview/Pier/SkywayJoshua Scacco

3:30pm EDT

Libel: Why Attribution Matters Williams/DemensCharles DelaFuente • Bill Hickman Getting Down to Business: Copy Editing for Corporate and Financial News Harborview/Pier/SkywayStephanie Halchin • Jill Stephens • Maggie Swensen 'Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries' Reading Grand Bay NorthKory Stamper A Progressive Prescription: Epicene Pronouns and Style St. Petersburg IIISandra Schaefer Mastermind Group: A Copyeditor's Key to Career Growth St. Petersburg IWendy Barron • Erin Brenner • Judi Heidel • Amy J. Schneider

5:00pm EDT

Education Fund Spelling Bee St. Petersburg II

6:00pm EDT

Opening Night Reception Poolside

7:30am EDT

Registration Grand Bay Foyer

8:00am EDT

Vendor Trade Show St Petersburg Foyer

8:30am EDT

The Online Misinformation Ecosystem (general session) Grand Bay BallroomCraig Silverman

9:30am EDT

Computer-Assisted Copy Editing: Using Tansa’s Products for Clear, Concise and Consistent Content St. Petersburg IIChris Grimm How to Edit Marketing Materials and Corporate Communications With Sense and Savvy Williams/DemensSamantha Enslen Don't get fooled: How to spot bad information and fake news St. Petersburg IIIGerri Berendzen Freelancing 201: Beyond the Startup St. Petersburg ILaura Poole Our Changing language: When Does Wrong Become Right? Grand Bay NorthJames Harbeck Women in Management Harborview/Pier/SkywaySara Ziegler • Kat Jercich • Maisha Maurant • Melissa McCoy • Courtney Rukan

10:30am EDT

Networking Coffee Break Sponsored by McClatchy Grand Bay Foyer

11:00am EDT

Copyediting Fiction for Traditional Publishers Williams/DemensAmy J. Schneider The Editor as Writer: Essential Tools and Strategies (With Music!) Grand Bay NorthRoy Peter Clark Truthful Copy in a Post-Trust Age St. Petersburg IIIBrooke Borel • Joshua Gillin • Alexios Mantzarlis • Craig Silverman Beyond the Basics: Creative Ways to Find and Retain Great Freelance Clients St. Petersburg IChristina M. Frey • Molly McCowan • Jake Poinier What Can News Editors Let Go? Harborview/Pier/SkywayNeil Holdway

12:30pm EDT

Lunch on Your Own TBA Dow Jones News Fund alumni lunch Bayboro

2:00pm EDT

Bookmaking for Beginners: Getting Your Self-Publishing Client to a Finished Product Williams/DemensDick Margulis Ask the AP Stylebook Grand Bay NorthPaula Froke • Colleen Newvine The Right of Self-Determination: Creating Inclusive Spaces for Transgender Folks in Journalism Harborview/Pier/SkywayTammy Matthews Faking Extroversion as an Introvert St. Petersburg IISamantha Enslen • Rachel Godward • Laura Lattimer Get in Front of the Line: Editing for Agencies St. Petersburg IIIBerna Ozunal Copy Editing Medical Content: Do No Harm St. Petersburg IJeni Crockett Holme

3:15pm EDT

“French toast” vs. “french fries”: The Wild West of Food Editing St. Petersburg IIIWendy Allen • Janet Keeler Averting Burnout Constructively and Decisively Grand Bay NorthRebecca Dyer • Richard Dyer 10 Mistakes Sports Writers Make and How to Fix Them Harborview/Pier/SkywayJohn Oudens • Susan Keith, Ph.D • Rick Kenney, Ph.D Assessment Editing Williams/DemensEvelyn Mellone • David Pisano Editing Across Borders: Translation, Localization, and the Global Readership St. Petersburg IEmmy Favilla • Sarah Grey • Katya Jenson • Marie-Christine Payette

4:00pm EDT

Silent Auction Grand Bay Foyer

6:00pm EDT

Reception Grand Bay Foyer

7:00pm EDT

Banquet Grand Bay Ballroom

7:30am EDT

Registration Grand Bay Foyer

8:00am EDT

Vendor Trade Show St Petersburg Foyer

9:00am EDT

Editing for Diverse Audiences Williams/DemensJevon Bolden The Art of the Possible: The Dictionary as Authority of a Changing Language Harborview/Pier/SkywayAnne Curzan • Peter Sokolowski • Kory Stamper Online Verification and Investigation St. Petersburg IIICraig Silverman Persuasive Pricing: A Strategic Approach to Your Freelance Rates St. Petersburg IJake Poinier How to Get Your Dream Job on the Web St. Petersburg IIEmmy Favilla • Megan Paolone

10:15am EDT

Editors and Accessible Content: Captions, Alternate Text, and Accessibility Style Guides Harborview/Pier/SkywayAshley Bischoff • Heidi Doxey • Char James-Tanny • Michelle Ostrowski How to Fact-Check St. Petersburg IIIBrooke Borel Google News Lab Research Tools Williams/DemensDebora Wenger Save Time and Your Sanity: Increase your Efficiency with Microsoft Word St. Petersburg II Streamline Your Business with Systems St. Petersburg IJodi Brandon • Lori Paximadis

11:45am EDT

Lunch on Your Own TBA

1:30pm EDT

Cookbook Editing from Soup to Nuts St. Petersburg IIIKaren Wise The Value of Narrative Stories in Corporate Communications St. Petersburg I Webster's Unabridged of 1864: The Invention of the Modern Dictionary St. Petersburg IIPeter Sokolowski Government Contract Editing--Guidelines to Make It Work Harborview/Pier/SkywayElizabeth LaPlante • Helen O'Guinn Learning to Let Go: Combatting Perfectionism When Deadlines Loom Williams/DemensRachel Godward • Laura Lattimer

2:45pm EDT

Small Staffs Harborview/Pier/SkywayRichard Dyer • Shana McNally • Tim Yagle Writing to Requirements: Helping Authors Tell Their Story St. Petersburg ILaura Cameron How to Diagram Sentences -- and Why St. Petersburg IIILisa McLendon Quality Control in Corporate Communications St. Petersburg IISamantha Enslen • Laine Entin • Kate Everson • Josh Olejarz • Fred Solomon Social Studies: Editing in a Post-print World Williams/DemensSheri Gibson • Gregory T. Matthews • Sherrie Voss Matthews

4:00pm EDT

Lightning Presentations and Closing General Session St. Petersburg Ballroom

7:00pm EDT

After-Party The Canopy (Off-site)