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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)
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Natalie Barnes

Transportation Research Board
Senior Editor
Washington, DC
Thursday, March 23
 

8:30am EDT

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

9:45am EDT

Quick Fixes You May Have Forgotten About Williams/DemensMerrill Perlman

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

2:15pm EDT

Copy Editing & Corpus Linguistics Grand Bay NorthJonathon Owen

3:30pm EDT

Mastermind Group: A Copyeditor's Key to Career Growth St. Petersburg IWendy Barron • Erin Brenner • Judi Heidel • Amy J. Schneider
 
Friday, March 24
 

9:30am EDT

How to Edit Marketing Materials and Corporate Communications With Sense and Savvy Williams/DemensSamantha Enslen

11:00am EDT

The Editor as Writer: Essential Tools and Strategies (With Music!) Grand Bay NorthRoy Peter Clark

2:00pm EDT

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
 
Saturday, March 25
 

9:00am EDT

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

1:30pm EDT

Government Contract Editing--Guidelines to Make It Work Harborview/Pier/SkywayElizabeth LaPlante • Helen O'Guinn

2:45pm EDT

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