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March 06-08, 2025

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morning

8:00AM - 7:30PM
Orlando Ballroom Foyer

Registration

 

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Orlando VI

Student Seminar

with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant 

9:00AM - 6:30PM
Pocket Lake

2017 Media Festival

 

9:00AM - 11:00AM
Orlando Foyer

The Changing Face of Exposure: one-on-one discussions on ideas, teaching and creative work with incoming editor Stacy J. Platt

 

10:00AM - 11:45AM
Orange EF

"Dissecting the National Imagination"

Jasmine Rayna Clark, Heather M. O’Brien, Greta Pratt, and Rebecca Sittler (P) 

10:00AM - 10:45AM
Orange AB

"The Shepherd's Daughter: Constellations of Tradition and Time"

Clare Benson (I) 

10:00AM - 10:45AM
Orlando IV

"Rothstein's Family Portraits"

Richard Robinson (L) 

10:00AM - 10:45AM
Orange C

"300 Miles, The Oomaka Tokatakiya"

Ken Marchionno (2016 SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant Winner) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orange AB

"Kai: Following the Cycle of Life"

Osamu James Nakagawa (I) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orlando IV

"Kitchen Gods"

Priya Kambli (I) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orange C

"30,000 Intro Photo Students in 3 Months: Lessons Learned in the World of MOOCs"

Peter Glendinning and Mark Sullivan (T&L) 

8:00AM - 7:00PM
Orlando Ballroom Foyer

Registration & SPE Store Open

 

8:00AM - 9:45AM
Orange AB

Industry & Education Forum, moderated by Tom P. Ashe

"Industry, Educators, and Students 

8:30AM - 3:30PM
Orlando I

Student Portfolio Critiques

Registration Required 

9:00AM - 6:30PM
Pocket Lake

2017 Media Festival

 

9:00AM - 11:00AM
Orange EF

NEW! Interactive Session with Andrea Frank

"The Photographic Image as Site for Collective Creative Process" 

9:00AM - 11:00AM
Orlando Foyer

The Changing Face of Exposure: one-on-one discussions on ideas, teaching and creative work with incoming editor Stacy J. Platt

 

10:00AM - 4:30PM
Orlando III Ballroom

Exhibits Fair

Silent Auction, Raffle, Demos, Book Signings 

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Industry Seminars & Adobe Demo Sessions

session details below 

10:00AM - 12:00PM
Lake Lucerne

Career Mentoring - Friday

 

10:00AM - 11:30AM
Orlando VI

Adobe Demo Session, "The Lightroom Workflow - from Mobile to Desktop and Beyond"

with Julieanne Kost 

10:00AM - 11:00AM
Orlando IV

Garin Horner: "Class is Almost Over - Don’t Let Them Leave!"

Sponsored by Routledge | Focal Press  

10:00AM - 11:00AM
Lake Concord

Multicultural Caucus Meeting

 

11:00AM - 11:00AM
Exhibits Hall

Member Pin Up Show Coffee Break

 

11:15AM - 12:15PM
Orlando V

Eric Joseph: "The World of Inkjet Paper...The Print Matters!”

Sponsored by Freestyle Photo and Imaging Supplies 

11:15AM - 12:15PM
Lake George

Women's Caucus Meeting

 

11:15AM - 12:15PM
Orange EF

NEW! Interactive Session with Garin Horner, David Martin, and Joshua White

"Social Media in the Classroom: Going Global for Student, Faculty, and Artist Success!" 

8:00AM - 6:30PM
Orlando Ballroom Foyer

Registration and SPE Store Open

 

8:30AM - 1:30PM
Orlando I

Professional Portfolio Reviews

Registration Required 

9:00AM - 6:30PM
Pocket Lake

2017 Media Festival

 

9:00AM - 5:00PM
Orlando III Ballroom

Exhibits Fair

Silent Auction, Raffle, Demos, Book Signings 

9:00AM - 11:00AM
Lake Lucerne

Career Mentoring - Saturday

 

9:00AM - 10:45AM
Orange EF

"Nuclear Families: From Trinity to Nagasaki"

Claude Baillargeon, Mary Kavanagh, Mark Klett, and Katy McCormick (P) 

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Orlando VI

Adobe Demo Session, "Photoshop CC - Extending Your Creativity"

with Julieanne Kost 

9:00AM - 9:45AM
Orange AB

"First Comes Love: A Long-Term Project Examining Long-Term Relationships"

B. Proud (I) 

9:00AM - 9:45AM
Orlando IV

"Not MY Family Values: The Making of an Electronic Exhibition"

Rebecca Senf 

10:00AM - 10:45AM
Orange AB

"Between Girls: A Passage To Womanhood. The Creation of A Thirty-Year Project"

Karen Marshall (I) 

10:00AM - 10:45AM
Orlando IV

"Secrets of the Harem: Casting Iranian Women's Bodies in Public"

Fazilat Soukhakian (L) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orlando IV

"December/January: A Photographic Narrative About Death and Life"

Josephine Sittenfeld and Thad Russell (I) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orlando VI

"Teaching Towards Appreciation For Diversity and Family, Community And The World"

Zach Stephens and John Willis (T&L) 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orange EF

"Swimming Against the Tide: Challenges, Misadventures and Lessons Learned in Four Decades as a Feminist/Artist/ Educator"

Honored Educator, Barbara Jo Revelle 

11:00AM - 11:45AM
Orange AB

"Street Flower, An Impossible View"

Ailbhe Greaney (I) 

afternoon

3:00PM - 5:00PM
Lake Nona

Regional Affairs Committee Meeting & Educational Session

 

4:00PM - 6:00PM
Lake Hart

Student Volunteer Training 1

 

12:00PM - 1:30PM
Lake Sheen

SPE Annual Members' Meeting & Roundtable

All welcome! 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orange EF

"Memory Orchards: Photographers Photographing their Families"

Gordon Stettinius (L) 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orange AB

"Pictures for Charis"

Kelli Connell, 2017 Imagemaker Award Winner 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orange C

"The Archive, Family History and Biographical Narratives: Framing a Holocaust Survivor's Story"

Larry Volk (I) 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orlando IV

"The Shark Tank: Photography Book Edition"

Colleen Mullins and Bruce Myren (T&L) 

3:00PM - 3:45PM
Orlando IV

"Photography with a Purpose: Exploring Service Learning and Social Change"

O. Gustavo Plascencia (T&L) 

3:00PM - 3:45PM
Orange C

"Insider/Outsider: Photographing The Other"

Abbey Hepner (L) 

4:00PM - 5:40PM
Orange AB

NEW! Imagemaker "Dialogic" Presentations

Five 18-Minute Imagemaker Presentations 

4:00PM - 5:40PM
Orange EF

Graduate Presentations

Five 18-Minute Graduate Presentations 

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Lake Concord

Adjunct Meeting

 

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Orlando IV

Amy Koppmann: "Learn the Latest in Digital Imaging Technology: Hands-on Training with Sony Mirrorless Cameras"

Sponsored by Sony  

1:30PM - 1:30PM
Exhibits Hall

Afternoon Member Pin Up Show Coffee Break

 

1:45PM - 2:45PM
Orlando IV

Michael Peres: "
Re-Envisioning the Classroom using Extracurricular Projects"

Sponsored by Profoto US 

1:45PM - 2:45PM
Lake George

High School Educators Meeting

 

2:00PM - 3:30PM
Orlando VI

Adobe Demo Session, "Lightroom CC - Take It, Then Make It"

with Julieanne Kost 

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Lake Concord

LGBTQ Caucus Meeting

 

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Orlando IV

Gregory Heisler, "Demystifying Lighting (Really)"

Sponsored by Profoto US 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake George

Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Orlando VI

Southeast Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Mizell

Northeast Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Sheen

West Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Monroe

Northwest Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Nona

South Central Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Florence

Southwest Regional Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Lake Down

International Member Meeting

 

4:00PM - 5:30PM
Orange EF

Midwest Regional Meeting

 

12:15PM - 12:45PM
Exhibits Hall

Silent Auction Closing

 

1:00PM - 2:45PM
Orange EF

"Save Our Children! That Sweet, Sweet Pie in Anita Bryant's Face"

Garth Amundson, Pierre Gour, Rafael Soldi, and Lorenzo Triburgo (P) 

1:00PM - 2:30PM
Orlando VI

Adobe Demo Session, " Showcasing your Work with Behance, Adobe Portfolio and Adobe Spark"

with Julieanne Kost 

1:00PM - 1:45PM
Orlando IV

"PROOF: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family"

Byrd Williams (I) 

1:00PM - 1:45PM
Orange AB

"Myth, Montage and Magic Realism: Rethinking the Photograph as a Discursive Document"

Invited Speaker, Liam Devlin 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orange AB

"Real Lyric: Tension, Power, and Love"

Anthony Francis (I) 

2:00PM - 2:45PM
Orlando IV

"Our Environment, Our World"

Invited Speaker, Colin Finlay  

3:00PM - 3:00PM
Orlando I & II

Pre-Raffle Reception

 

3:45PM - 4:45PM
Exhibits Hall

Raffle Drawing

 

evening

5:00PM - 6:00PM
Lake Nona

Regional Leadership and National Board of Directors Meeting

 

6:00PM - 8:00PM
Welcome Foyer (Lobby Level)

Pre-Registration Badge Pick-Up

 

6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lake Concord

LGBTQ Mentoring Sessions

 

7:30PM - 9:00PM
Lake Nona

Caucus Leaders & Board of Directors Meeting

 

8:00PM - 10:00PM
Lake Hart

Student Volunteer Training 2

 

5:45PM - 6:30PM
See description for locations

Imagemaker Dialogic Presentation Networking Sessions

 

7:00PM - 8:30PM
Orange Ballroom

Thursday Evening Guest Speaker, LaToya Ruby Frazier

"The Notion of Family" 

8:30PM - 10:00PM
Orlando III Ballroom (Exhibits Hall)

Exhibits Fair Opening Reception

 

8:30PM - 9:00PM
Orange Foyer

LaToya Ruby Frazier Book Signing

 

5:00PM - 6:30PM
David's Club Bar and Grill at the Hilton Orlando

RIT Alumni Reception

Please join your RIT Family during SPE Orlando 

5:30PM - 6:30PM
Orlando IV

SPE - Strategies of Resistance and Effective Action

Sponsored by SPE's Combined Caucuses: Women's Caucus, Multicultural Caucus, LGBTQ Caucus 

6:30PM - 7:00PM
Orange D

2017 Awards and Honored Educator Cermony

 

7:00PM - 8:00PM
Orange D

Evening Guest Speaker, Renee Cox

"The Art of Consciousness" 

8:30PM - 11:00PM
Orlando Ballroom Foyers

Curator Portfolio Walkthrough

Registration required to display work 

6:00PM - 7:00PM
Orange Ballroom

Saturday Evening Guest Speaker, Jerry Uelsmann

"Alchemy + Angst @ 82" 

8:00PM - 10:00PM
Pocket Lake

SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition

 

10:30PM - 1:30AM
Orlando Ballroom

Dance Party

sponsored by MAC Group / PhotoVideoEDU 

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