ACES 2018 has ended

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ACES 2018

7:30am CDT

Coffee Break Salon Foyer 7-10 (3rd Floor) Registration Salons 1-6 Foyer (3rd Floor)

8:00am CDT

Sponsor and Info Area Salon Foyer 7-10 (3rd Floor)

8:30am CDT

Opening General Session Red Lacquer Room (4th Floor)

9:00am CDT

New Moms Room Dearborn (7th Floor)

9:30am CDT

Harassment, Assault, or Misconduct: Editing in the World of #MeToo Salon 2Laura Browning • Sara Ziegler How Much Editing is Too Much? Salon 3Rob Reinalda Slaying the Chimera: Diagramming Some of the Worst Sentences Ever Published Salons 4, 5, 6Hillary Warren User Interfaces to User Manuals: Technical Editing in the Software Industry Salons 7, 8, 9Patrick Gray Breaking into Academic Editing Salon 1Sarah Grey • Cathy Hannabach • Summer McDonald Leadership in the Workplace Salon 12David Brindley • Rebecca Dyer • David Yontz

11:00am CDT

Peer Networking Lunches or lunch on your own Red Lacquer Room (4th Floor)

2:00pm CDT

Editing and Emotional Labor Salon 12Isabella Furth • Sarah Grey • Heather Saunders Editing for Inclusion Salon 2Pam Hogle How to Work Effectively with Writers to Edit Copy Salon 1Patrick Regan Reaching the Fact-Resistant Audience Salon 3Jane Elizabeth The Human Connection: Bring Your Presentations to Life! Salons 7, 8, 9Judy Straalsund Deep Grammar Salons 4, 5, 6Lisa McLendon

3:30pm CDT

Singular "They" Revived? Salons 7, 8, 9Sandra Schaefer Basics of Readability Salon 1Samantha Enslen Digital Ad Units: Revenue Beyond the Banner Salon 12David Kamerer, PhD How to Be a Reader Whisperer Salon 3Nick Jungman Is This Biased? How Editors Can Identify Hidden Traps in Language Salon 2Henry Fuhrmann • Maisha Maurant • Ruthanne Salido Going rogue: Using (and Breaking) Style Rules to Create a Culture of Conscious Editing Salons 4, 5, 6Kaitlyn Jakola • Ali Killian • Sarah Schweppe • Dan Toy

5:00pm CDT

Education Fund Spelling Bee Empire Room (Lobby Level)

6:00pm CDT

Opening Night Reception Red Lacquer Room (4th Floor)

7:00am CDT

Yoga Price (5th Floor)

8:00am CDT

Coffee Break Salon Foyer 7-10 (3rd Floor) Registration Salons 1-6 Foyer (3rd Floor) Sponsor and Info Area Salon Foyer 7-10 (3rd Floor)

9:00am CDT

Copy Editing Comics Salons 7, 8, 9Janice Lee Checking Consistency and House Style: How PerfectIt Increases Speed and Accuracy Salon 12Daniel Heuman Making Conflict Work Salon 2Mac Steele How Do I Say That?! Salon 3Laura Poole Getting Student Journalists to Care About Editing in the Digital Age Salon 1Kay O'Donnell What’s New in the AP Stylebook Salons 4, 5, 6Paula Froke • Colleen Newvine New Moms Room Dearborn (7th Floor)

10:30am CDT

Editing for the Federal Government Salons 7, 8, 9Elizabeth LaPlante • Helen O'Guinn An IRL Reading and Q+A! A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age Salons 4, 5, 6Emmy Favilla Financial Strategies to Grow Your Freelance Business Salon 3Sea Chapman • Michelle Lowery • Melanie Padgett Powers One on One: Working with Independent Authors Salon 1Christina M. Frey Computer-Assisted Copy Editing: Using Tansa's Products for Clear, Concise and Consistent Copy Salon 12Chris Grimm

1:00pm CDT

Cookbook Editing from Soup to Nuts Salons 7, 8, 9Karen Wise More Styles, More Substance: An Overview of Changes to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate and Online Dictionaries Salons 4, 5, 6Peter Sokolowski Save Time and Your Sanity: Increase Your Efficiency with Microsoft Word Salon 12 Women in Management Salon 2Jesse Lewis • Maisha Maurant • Courtney Rukan • Dana Sitar Streamline Your Editorial Business with Systems Salon 3Jodi Brandon What to Know Before You Send Your Copy for Translation Salon 1Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo

2:30pm CDT

Macros 201: The Shell Game Salon 12Amy J. Schneider Women in Management Part II Salon 2Jesse Lewis • Maisha Maurant • Courtney Rukan • Dana Sitar How to Get Your Dream Job on the Web Salons 4, 5, 6Drusilla Moorhouse • Megan Paolone Outsourcing Editing: Getting the Best for Them and for You Salon 3Jane Hurge "Mother" or "Pregnant Person"? Why Words Matter When Covering Reproductive Rights Salon 1Kat Jercich • Regina Mahone "French Toast" vs. "French Fries": The Wild West of Food Editing Salons 7, 8, 9Wendy Allen

4:00pm CDT

Style Guide Superjam (or is it Super Jam?) Salons 7, 8, 9Paula Froke • Angela Gibson • Carol Fisher Saller • Peter Sokolowski • Susan Wessling Silent Auction 5th Floor Foyer

7:00pm CDT

Banquet Red Lacquer Room (4th Floor)

8:00am CDT

Coffee Break Salon Foyer 7-10 (3rd Floor) Registration Salons 1-6 Foyer (3rd Floor)

9:00am CDT

Registering Register Salons 7, 8, 9Karen Conlin What Journalism Can Teach You About Good Editing Salon 12Merrill Perlman How Does a Copy Editor "Pivot to Video"? Salon 2Kaitlyn Jakola • Ali Killian What Words Trigger Sharing, Liking, Commenting on Social Salon 3Jaime Endick Is This Resource Reliable? Salon 1Gerri Berendzen Why Is English Spelling So Wierd? Salons 4, 5, 6James Harbeck New Moms Room Dearborn (7th Floor)

10:30am CDT

Editing Children’s Books Salons 7, 8, 9Erin Stein Creating a Pro-Editing Culture in a Corporate Environment Salon 2Kristen Legg Keeping Current Amid Evolving Editing Skills Salon 12Sue Burzynski Bullard • Lisa McLendon Sharpening Your Skills: A Headline Workshop Salon 3Andy Bechtel • Vicki Krueger Editing Data Salon 1Jennifer LaFleur Webster's Unabridged since 1828: A Guided Tour Salons 4, 5, 6Peter Sokolowski

1:00pm CDT

Conlangs: Languages with Stories to Tell Salons 7, 8, 9Sea Chapman Perfectionism in Editing (and How to Let It Go) Salons 4, 5, 6Alysha Love Rookie Mistakes That Even Veterans Make Salon 2David Yontz Are Two Heads Really Better than One? Salon 3Brian Cleveland • Jim Webster Google News Lab Fundamentals Salon 12Andy Boyle

2:30pm CDT

The Tycoon’s Secret Werewolf Bride: Copy Editing for Romance Novels Salons 7, 8, 9Sara Brady Edit Sober: 79 Tips for On-Your-Feet Editing Salons 4, 5, 6Mark Allen Editing for Engagement Salon 3Sue Burzynski Bullard But I’m an English Major! Salon 12Colleen Barry • Sara Ziegler The Ins and Outs of Freelancing for Publishing Houses Salon 1Natalie Nyquist

4:00pm CDT

Closing General Session Red Lacquer Room (4th Floor)

6:30pm CDT

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