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Society for Photographic Education
45th National Conference in Denver

Agents of Change: Art and Advocacy

March 13-16, 2008 in Denver, Colorado

SCHEDULE

Schedule as of 02/21/08. Please note that this schedule is tentative and is subject to change. Please check here for the most recent schedule updates.
The SPE website will be updated as new information becomes available.

 

WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008

Governor's Square 14 4:00 - 6:00 p Student Volunteer Training
Governor's Square 14 9:00 - 11:00 p Student Volunteer Training

 

THURSDAY, March 13, 2008

Plaza Registration 8:00 a - 6:30 p Registration (8:00 a - noon, Pre-Registration Only)
Plaza Court 6 8:00 - 10:00 a  Final Volunteer Training
Governor's Square 12 9:00 a - 12:00 p Student Seminar (Volunteers & Scholarship Recipients Only)
Plaza Foyer 10:00 a - 5:00 p Informal Portfolio Sharing
Governor's Square 14 12:00 - 1:15 p Industry Seminar: Tom P. Ashe, "Digital Color Management in Contemporary Photography"
sponsored by MAC Group & X-Rite Photographic Marketing
Governor's Square 15 12:00 - 1:15 p Industry Seminar: Robert Hirsch, "World in a Jar: Camera Vision as a Cultural Tool"
sponsored by Focal Press, part of Elsevier
Governor's Square 14 1:30 - 2:45 p Industry Seminar: Jean Miele, "Digital Infrared Photography"
sponsored by FujiFilm USA
Governor's Square 15 1:30 - 2:45 p Industry Seminar: Gene Nocon, "Photography is dead, long live photography"
sponsored by Freestyle Photographic Supplies
Governor's Square 14 3:00 - 4:15 p Industry Seminar: Vincent Versace, "Believing is Seeing: Removing the Confusion from Circles of Confusion"
sponsored by ExpoImaging, Inc.
Governor's Square 15 3:00 - 4:15 p Industry Seminar: Patricia Russotti, "Workflow is not a dirty word."
sponsored by Calumet Photographic
Governor's Square 9 3:00 - 4:00 p Multicultural Caucus Meeting
Governor's Square 10 4:00 - 5:00 p Women's Caucus Meeting
Governor's Square 14 4:30 - 5:45 p Industry Seminar: Julieanne Kost, "Lightroom and Photoshop - the Dynamic Duo!"
sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.
Governor's Square 15 4:30 - 5:45 p Industry Seminar: Russell Hart and Miki Johnson, "How to Get Published"
sponsored by American PHOTO On Campus and Popular Photography: College Edition
  5:30 - 7:00 p Dinner Break
Plaza Ballroom EF 7:00 - 8:30 p Keynote Speaker – Susan Burke, "Averting Our Gaze: The Imagery of Torture"
sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company and University of Colorado Denver, College of Arts & Media
Plaza Foyer 8:30 -10:00 p Welcome Reception
Plaza Foyer 10:00 p - 12:00 a Late Night Informal Portfolio Sharing

 

FRIDAY, March 14, 2008

Plaza Registration 8:00 a - 4:00 p Registration
Governor's Square 10 8:00 - 8:45 a Women’s Caucus Meeting
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 8:00 - 10:00 a  Breakfast with the Exhibitors
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 8:00 a - 4:00 p Exhibits Fair
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 8:00 a - 4:00 p Silent Auction & Raffle Items on View
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 8:00 a - 4:00 p SPE Store
Plaza Court 1 8:30 a Check-in for Student Portfolio Critiques
Plaza Court 2, 3, 4 9:00 - 3:30 a Student Portfolio Critiques
Governor's Square 11 9:00 - 10:45 a Apple Training Sessions, sponsored by Apple, Inc.
  9:00 - 10:45 a PRESENTATIONS
Plaza Court 5 11:00 - 11:45 a  Northwest Regional Meeting
Plaza Court 6 11:00 - 11:45 a  Southwest Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 10 11:00 - 11:45 a  South Central Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 12 11:00 - 11:45 a  Southeast Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 15 11:00 - 11:45 a  Midwest Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 15 11:00 - 11:45 a  Northeast Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 16 11:00 - 11:45 a  West Regional Meeting
Governor's Square 17 11:00 - 11:45 a  Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
  11:45 - 1:00 p Lunch Break
  1:00 - 3:45 p PRESENTATIONS
Governor's Square 11 1:00 - 3:45 a Apple Training Sessions, sponsored by Apple, Inc.
Plaza Ballroom EF 4:00 - 4:30 p Honored Educator Ceremony – Patrick Nagatani
Plaza Ballroom EF 4:30 - 5:30 p Featured Speaker – Subhankar Banerjee, "Resource Wars in the American Arctic"
Sprint Systems of Photography
Plaza Ballroom EF 5:30 - 7:00 p Members' Meeting
Plaza Foyer 7:00 - 9:30 p Curator Portfolio Walkthrough
Director's Row E 9:00 - 11:00 p RIT Reunion
Governor's Square 10 9:00 - 12:00 m UNM Alumni Reception

 

FRIDAY PRESENTATIONS:
I=Imagemaker, L=Lecture, P=Panel, IS=Invited Speaker, G=Graduate Student, APW=Academic Practicum Workshop, GBFIA=Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award Recipient
9:00 - 9:45 a  
Governor's Square 11 Apple Training Session, "An Introduction to Aperture," sponsored by Apple, Inc.
Governor's Square 17 Diane Meyer, "Public Views/Private Lives: Photography and Privacy Laws" L
Governor's Square 16 Liz Lee, "Grassroots: the 'shun' series" I
Governor's Square 14 David Maisel, "Library of Dust" I
9:00 - 10:45 a  
Governor's Square 12 Kathryn MacDonald w/ Jeff Curto, Mark Malloy & Robert Milne, "The Impact of the Web on Photographic Education" APW P
Governor's Square 15 Vagner M. Whitehead w/ Carola Dreidemie, Robin Lasser, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, "TERGLOBA" P
10:00 - 10:45 a  
Governor's Square 11 Apple Training Session, "Mixed-Media Storytelling with Final Cut Pro," sponsored by Apple, Inc. SESSION FULL
Governor's Square 17 Erin Harper Vernon, "Homelands" I
Governor's Square 16 Keith Adams, "Shaping the Future: Teaching Students How to Talk and Write About Art" APW
Governor's Square 14 David Taylor, "Frontier/Frontera" I
1:00 - 1:45 p  
Governor's Square 11 Apple Training Session, "Aperture for iPhoto Users," sponsored by Apple, Inc.
Governor's Square 17 Jessica Lieberman, "Traumatic Images" L
Governor's Square 16 Christine Shank, "they spoke softly: a story of love and loss" I
Governor's Square 12 Kenneth Hoffman, "Online Collaborative Evaluation of Student Photography Projects" APW
Governor's Square 14 Lauren Greenfield, "Documentary Storytelling with Photography and Video and Possibilities for Education" IS, sponsored by Canon USA
1:00 - 2:45 p  
Governor's Square 15 Hannah Frieser w/ Miriam Romais & Ariel Shanberg, "In the Mix: Opportunities for Artists of Color" P
2:00 - 2:45 p  
Governor's Square 11 Apple Training Session, "An Introduction to Aperture," sponsored by Apple, Inc. ALMOST FULL (one slot left)
Governor's Square 17 Margot Herster, "Guantánamo: pictures from home" I
Governor's Square 16 Matthew Liam Conboy, "W. Eugene Smith: Advocate for Change" L
Governor's Square 12 Steven Rubin, "From Changing the World to Changing a Person's World: Questioning the Means, Motives and Modalities of Community Arts Projects in Photography" L
2:00 - 3:45 p  
Governor's Square 14 Claude Baillargeon w/ John Ganis, David Maisel & David McMillan, "Beauty and Terror in Traumatic Landscapes and Poisoned Ecologies" P
3:00 - 3:45 p  
Governor's Square 11 Apple Training Session, "Mixed-Media Storytelling with Final Cut Pro," sponsored by Apple, Inc. SESSION FULL
Governor's Square 17 Andrew John Liccardo, "Up High on The Land of Underground Rain" I
Governor's Square 16 Mary Ann Lynch, "One by One: Photographers Seeking Social Change" L
Governor's Square 12 Carla Williams & Deirdre Visser, "It's What We've Always Called It;" Toponomy, Race & The Landscape" I
Governor's Square 15 Toby Jurovics, "Landscape and Reconciliation: Photography of the American West" IS

 

SATURDAY, March 15, 2008

Plaza Registration 8:00 a - 2:00 p Registration
Governor's Square 10 8:00 - 8:45 a Multicultural Caucus Meeting
Governor's Square 14 8:00 - 8:45 a Industry and Educator Forum
Plaza Court 1 8:30 a Check-in for Professional Portfolio Sessions
Plaza Court 2, 3, 4 9:00 - 3:30 a Professional Portfolio Sessions (AT CAPACITY)
  9:00 - 11:45 a PRESENTATIONS
Governor's Square 9 9:00 a - 3:00 p Film Festival Showcase
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 10:00 a - 3:00 p Silent Auction & Raffle Items on View
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 10:00 a - 4:30 p Exhibits Fair
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 10:00 a - 4:30 p SPE Store
  11:45 - 1:00 p Lunch Break
  1:00 - 2:45 p PRESENTATIONS
Plaza Ballroom ABCD 3:00 - 4:30 p Silent Auction and Raffle
Plaza Ballroom EF 5:30 - 6:00 p Crystal Apple Award, sponsored by Freestyle Photographic Supplies, SPE Student Awards and Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award Presentation
Plaza Ballroom EF 6:00 - 7:00 p Featured Speaker –Edward Burtynsky, Urbanism and the Natural World: Mind the Gap
Sponsored by Calumet Photographic and The University of Colorado Denver, College of Arts &Media
  7:00 - 9:30 p Dinner Break
BUS TOUR 7:00- 10:00 p Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver, sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art and The University of Colorado Denver, College of Art & Media and Emmanuel Gallery at CU Denver Receptions, sponsored by The University of Colorado Denver, College of Art &Media
Plaza Ballroom EF 10:00 p - 1:00 a Dance Party
Sponsored by The MAC Group and FujiFilm USA

 

SATURDAY PRESENTATIONS:
I=Imagemaker, L=Lecture, P=Panel, IS=Invited Speaker, G=Graduate Student, APW=Academic Practicum Workshop, GBFIA=Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award Recipient
9:00 - 9:45 a  
Governor's Square 17 Stefan Petranek, "Tweaking the Periodic Table: Reflections on Science in Contemporary Art" L
Governor's Square 12 Stephen Marc, "Walking in the Footsteps: Digital Montage Storytelling" I
Governor's Square 14 Industry & Educator Forum (8:00 - 9:45 a)
9:00 - 10:45 a  
Governor's Square 16 Barbara Houghton w/ Darryl Curran, Eileen Gittens, Michael Peven & Jim Stone, "The Democratization of the Photographic Book" P
Governor's Square 15 George Slade w/ Linda Butler, Steven Benson & Jamason Chen, "Three Gorges" P
10:00 - 10:45 a  
Governor's Square 17 Zack Bent, "Backyards & Playgrounds" G (10:00-10:20 a)
Governor's Square 17 Jonathan Johnson, "Have Scanner, Will Travel" G (10:25-10:45 a)
Governor's Square 14 Liz Wells, "Photography and Environmental Change: (a return to) Aesthetics and Politics" L
10:00 - 11:45 a  
Governor's Square 12 Jay Kinghorn w/ Angie Buckley, Erika Gentry, Marie Griffin, Tim Keating & Patricia Russotti, "Incorporating Digital Photography Best Practices Into Your Curriculum" APW P
11:00 - 11:45 a  
Governor's Square 17 Sonya Naumann, "Thousand Dollar Dress" G (10:50-11:10 a)
Governor's Square 17 Maria Palmo, "The Image as a Medium for Social Transformation and Healing" G (11:15-11:35 a)
Governor's Square 17 Jeff Rich, "Watershed: A Survey of the French Broad River Basin" G (11:40 a-12:00 p)
Governor's Square 16 Christine Chin, "Alternative Alternative Energy and the Aesthetics of Positive Protest in China" GBFIA
Governor's Square 15 Brian Moss, "LUCID" I
Governor's Square 14 Sandy Sorlien, "Stormy Path: My Sudden Journey from Photography Educator to Urban Planner" I
1:00 - 1:45 p  
Governor's Square 17 Patrick Craig Manning, "Neither Here Nor There" I
Governor's Square 16 Karen Ruckman, "Inside Out: Photography and Confrontation" I
Governor's Square 12 Brian Steele, "Grading and Assessment: Be Clear, Save Time, and Improve Learning" APW
Governor's Square 14 Ruth Adams, "unremarkable" I
1:00 - 2:45 p  
Governor's Square 15 Dan Lamont w/ Subhankar Banerjee, Marita Holdaway & Alejandro Tomás, "More Than Just Heart" P
2:00 - 2:45 p  
Governor's Square 17 Tammy Cromer-Campbell, "Fruit of the Orchard/Environmental Justice in East Texas to Environmental Justice in the USA" I
Governor's Square 16 Libby Rowe, "Pink: a study on being female" I
Governor's Square 12 Preston Wadley, "Pentimento: A Search for a Usable Past" I
Governor's Square 14 Gary Kolb, "Curriculum for a New Era" APW

 

SUNDAY, March 16, 2008

Plaza Foyer 9:30 a - 12:30 p Portfolio Sharing
Denver Art Museum 11:00 a The Denver Art Museum: An Overview of the Photography Collection,
sponsored by the Denver Art Museum
 

 

 

 

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