2026 SPE Annual Conference: Catalyst for Exchange
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Past SPE Annual Conferences
exhibitions
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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