ACES 2017: Grid

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)

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Board Meeting 9:00am - 5:00pm

Registration 22 3:00pm -
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Editors for Diversity Happy Hour 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Copyediting Freelancer Happy Hour 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Great Bosses Boot Camp - pre-registration + fee required 9:00am - 3:00pm

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Boardwalk	Grand Bay Ballroom	Grand Bay Foyer	Grand Bay North	Grand Bay South	Harborview/Pier/Skyway	Poolside	St Petersburg Foyer	St. Petersburg I	St. Petersburg II	St. Petersburg III	Williams/Demens

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Ask the leadership expert: Jill Geisler 11:15am - 12:30pm

Opening General Session: A look at the state of ACES and recogni... 8:30am - 9:30am

Registration 7:30am - 5:00pm

Leadership in the Workplace 9:45am - 11:15am

Catch as Catch Can 11:30am - 12:30pm

Copy Editing & Corpus Linguistics 2:15pm - 3:15pm

'Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries' Reading 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Networking Lunches 12:30pm - 2:15pm

Beyond Editing: First and Last Steps When Working With Self-Publishers 9:45am - 11:15am

What’s New at the Chicago Manual of Style 11:30am - 12:30pm

The Future of Headlines? You'll Never Believe How People Reacted... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Getting Down to Business: Copy Editing for Corporate and Financi... 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Opening Night Reception 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Vendor Trade Show 8:00am - 5:00pm

Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editing Business 9:45am - 11:15am

Freelance Editing: The Top 10 Things I Wish I'd Known 11:30am - 12:30pm

Professional Etiquette: Navigate Networking Without Making Enemi... 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Mastermind Group: A Copyeditor's Key to Career Growth 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Education Fund Spelling Bee 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Is This Racist? How Editors Can Identify Hidden Bias in Language 9:45am - 11:15am

Using Social Media to Earn Trust 11:30am - 12:30pm

Words Matter: Covering Disabilities 2:15pm - 3:15pm

A Progressive Prescription: Epicene Pronouns and Style 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Quick Fixes You May Have Forgotten About 9:45am - 11:15am

Latest Research on Editing 11:30am - 12:30pm

What's Taught In Editing Courses? And What Should Be 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Libel: Why Attribution Matters 3:30pm - 4:30pm

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Dow Jones News Fund alumni lunch 12:30pm - 2:00pm

The Online Misinformation Ecosystem (general ses... 8:30am - 9:15am

Banquet 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Registration 7:30am - 5:00pm

Networking Coffee Break Sponsore... 10:30am - 11:00am

Silent Auction 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Reception 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Our Changing language: When Does Wrong Become Right? 9:30am - 10:30am

The Editor as Writer: Essential Tools and Strategies (With Music!) 11:00am - 12:30pm

Ask the AP Stylebook 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Averting Burnout Constructively and Decisively 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Women in Management 9:30am - 10:30am

What Can News Editors Let Go? 11:00am - 12:30pm

The Right of Self-Determination: Creating Inclusive Spaces for T... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

10 Mistakes Sports Writers Make and How to Fix Them 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Vendor Trade Show 8:00am - 5:00pm

Freelancing 201: Beyond the Startup 9:30am - 10:30am

Beyond the Basics: Creative Ways to Find and Retain Great Freelance Clients 11:00am - 12:30pm

Copy Editing Medical Content: Do No Harm 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Editing Across Borders: Translation, Localization, and the Global Readership 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Computer-Assisted Copy Editing: Using Tansa’s Products for Clear... 9:30am - 10:30am

Faking Extroversion as an Introvert 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Don't get fooled: How to spot bad information and fake news 9:30am - 10:30am

Truthful Copy in a Post-Trust Age 11:00am - 12:30pm

Get in Front of the Line: Editing for Agencies 2:00pm - 3:00pm

“French toast” vs. “french fries”: The Wild West of Food Editing 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Lunch on Your Own 12:30pm - 1:45pm

How to Edit Marketing Materials and Corporate Communications Wit... 9:30am - 10:30am

Copyediting Fiction for Traditional Publishers 11:00am - 12:30pm

Bookmaking for Beginners: Getting Your Self-Publishing Client to... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Assessment Editing 3:15pm - 4:45pm

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Grand Bay Foyer	Harborview/Pier/Skyway	St Petersburg Foyer	St. Petersburg Ballroom	St. Petersburg I	St. Petersburg II	St. Petersburg III	TBA	The Canopy (Off-site)	Williams/Demens

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Registration 7:30am - 5:00pm

The Art of the Possible: The Dictionary as Authority of a Changi... 9:00am - 10:00am

Editors and Accessible Content: Captions, Alternate Text, and Accessibility Style Guides 10:15am - 11:45am

Government Contract Editing--Guidelines to Make It Work 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Small Staffs 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Vendor Trade Show 8:00am - 5:00pm

Lightning Presentations and Closing General Session 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Persuasive Pricing: A Strategic Approach to Your Freelance Rates 9:00am - 10:00am

Streamline Your Business with Systems 10:15am - 11:45am

The Value of Narrative Stories in Corporate Communications 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Writing to Requirements: Helping Authors Tell Their Story 2:45pm - 3:45pm

How to Get Your Dream Job on the Web 9:00am - 10:00am

Save Time and Your Sanity: Increase your Efficiency with Microsoft Word 10:15am - 11:45am

Webster's Unabridged of 1864: The Invention of the Modern Dictio... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Quality Control in Corporate Communications 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Online Verification and Investigation 9:00am - 10:00am

How to Fact-Check 10:15am - 11:45am

Cookbook Editing from Soup to Nuts 1:30pm - 2:30pm

How to Diagram Sentences -- and Why 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Lunch on Your Own 11:45am - 1:15pm

After-Party 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Editing for Diverse Audiences 9:00am - 10:00am

Google News Lab Research Tools 10:15am - 11:45am

Learning to Let Go: Combatting Perfectionism When Deadlines Loom 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Social Studies: Editing in a Post-print World 2:45pm - 3:45pm