Conference Agenda

MPAEA Conference 2009

March 1 - 4

Las Vegas, Nevada

Conference Agenda

Sunday, March 1

12:00 pm  -   4:00 pm                  Pre-conference Sessions:

  • Take a Gamble on Web 2.0 - What You Want to Know and Are Afraid to Ask!
  • The Politics of Education
  • A New Health Literacy Curriculum for Beginning ESL

2:00 pm  -   5:00 pm                 Registration

3:00 pm  -   5:00 pm                 Pre-conference MPAEA Board Meeting

5:00 pm  -   6:30 pm                 Reception

Monday, March 2

7:15 am  -   8:00 am                 Seated Breakfast

7:00 am  -   2:00 pm                 Registration

8:00 am  -   8:30 am                 Welcome & Opening Announcements with Teri Zutter and Carolyn Goodman

8:30 am  -   9:30 am                 Keynote Address: Chancellor Jim Rogers

9:45 am  - 10:45 am                  Keynote Address: Cheryl Keenan

11:00 am  - 12:15 pm                  Breakout Session I

12:15 pm  -   1:30 pm                  Buffet Lunch and Networking

1:00 pm -    2:00 pm                 Vender Break and Poster Session

2:00 pm  -   3:30 pm                 Breakout Session II

3:45 pm  -   5:00 pm                 Breakout Session III

Tuesday, March 3

7:30 am  -   8:30 am                 Buffet Breakfast & Past President’s Breakfast

7:00 am  - 11:45 am                  Desert Rose Tour (Includes Breakfast)

7:30 am  - 10:00 am                  Registration

8:30 am  -   9:45 am                 Breakout Session IV

9:45 am  - 10:15 am                  Vender Break

10:15 am  - 11:45 am                  Breakout Session V

12:00 pm  -   2:00 pm                  Keynote Address: Punam Mathur

Awards Luncheon

2:15 pm  -   3:30 pm                 Breakout Session VI

3:45 pm  -   5:00 pm                 Breakout Meetings by State

Wednesday, March 4

7:30 am  -    8:30 am                Heavy Continental Breakfast

8:45 am  -  10:00 am                 Breakout Session VII

10:15 am  -  11:30 am                 MPAEA Business Meeting and Closing

12:00 pm  -    2:00 pm                 MPAEA Board Meeting