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Conference Schedule

Below, you can review the conference schedule. Most "In-depth" sessions have only 20 computers per session. Computers are assigned on a first-registered, first-served basis.

Guest tickets for optional events and the Dinner at El Pinto are available on the registration site. Guest tickets to lunches are available at the conference registration desk for $25 per lunch. Please allow 24 hours notice.

As part of their room fees, Embassy Suites guests receive breakfasts and access to hotel-hosted happy hours. Both are served in the hotel atrium. Breakfasts are available from 7 to 10:30 a.m. on weekends and 6 to 9:30 a.m. on weekdays. Happy hours are from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. daily.

Saturday, June 16th

7:00am
Breakfast Buffet
7:00-10:30am
(hotel guests only)
CANCELLED - Golf Tournament
7am-1:30pm
Reservation required
$65 per entrant
Ticket includes:
Transportation between the
Embassy Suites and the
Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course
Range balls for warm up
Cart
18-hole green fees
Lunch
8:00am
Administrative Meetings
8am-noon
ACE Board Meeting
Research Presentations
9:00am
Santa Fe Day Tour
9am-4pm
$65 per person, lunch included,
reservation required. Tour agenda (PDF)
Preconference Workshops
9am-noon
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Final Cut Pro Tips and Techniques
Flash 101
noon
Albuquerque Day Tour
noon-4pm
$45 per person, lunch not included
Reservation required. Tour agenda (PDF)
Internet Cafe opens
1:00pm
2:30pm
Administrative Meetings
2:30pm-3:30pm
State Rep Meeting and SIG Chairs Joint Meeting
JAC Task Force
3:30pm
Administrative Meetings
3:30pm-4:30pm
SIG Chair Training
State Reps Training
NETC Steering Committee
JAC Board Meeting
4:30pm
New Member Reception
4:30pm-5:30pm (Sandia 4&5)
Free, no reservation required
ACE Past President's Reception
4:30pm (Rm 233)
5:30pm
Welcome Reception
5:30pm-6:30pm
Free, no reservation required
Evening
Night on the Town
6:30pm-midnight
"On your own" time.
Prearranged groups available.
Hospitality Suite
8pm-midnight
Meet and greet in the hospitality suite!

Sunday, June 17th

7:00am
Breakfast Buffet
7:00-10:30am
(hotel guests only)
7:30am
Fun Run
7:30am-8:30pm
Free, reservation required
Silent Auction Begins
8am
Bidding open throughout the day until 5pm
Internet Cafe open
8:00am-5:00pm
8:45am
Breakout Session 1
8:45am-9:30am
Crisis Communications: Turn Your Crisis into a Fiasco
Virtual Panoramic Tours
Marketing 4-H Through News: Targeting 4-H Audiences in Brave New Worlds
Bringing the Power of Google Co-op Search to Your Website
Building Resources for First-Generation and Culturally-Identified Hispanic Students
Extended Sessions
8:45am-10:30am
Selling Ice to Eskimos: The How-To's of Strategic Marketing Plans
From one non-photographer to another: tips for taking usable pictures
In-depth sessions
8:45am-11:45am
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Podcasting for Virtual Instruction (Seating limited to 20)
An Article in the Wiki: Start to Finish
SIG Sessions
8:45am-10:15am
Leadership and Management
Academic Programs
9:30am
9:45am



Breakout Session 2
9:45am-10:30am
Crisis Communications: Collaborating to Handle Emergencies and Crisis
Behind the Scenes on "Science Pirates"
Nightmare on Publication Street: Tales of Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism
How Pug Bowling Remakes the World
From Static Paper to Dynamic Web: Illinois Manure Management Plan
10:15am
SIG Sessions
10:15am-11:45am
Graphic Design
Electronic Media
10:30am
10:45am
Breakout Session 3
10:45am-11:30am
Promote Your University's Extension 4-H Program through the Tufts Study on Positive Youth Development
Distance Education / Communication Tools: What's the Difference?
ACE Members Spheres of Influence
Managing the Human Side of Web Redesign
On the Internet, No One Knows that You Belong to Extension - Managing Online Identity
Server down again? Network Monitoring Applications and Techniques
11:30am
noon
Gary Hermance Luncheon
noon-1:30pm
Free with paid registration, no reservation required
Speaker: Marley Shebala
1:30pm
Breakout Session 4
1:30-2:15pm
Getting the Most Out of Student Workers
Delivery of Timely Information to Agricultural Producers Using Podcasting
A Perspective on 3D Simulation Models for the Enhancement of Education and Research
On-Line 4-H Reporting: Vermont's "Green Ribbon" Approach
New Collaboration Tools for Knowledge Workers
Breakout Session 4
1:30-3:15pm
Hands-on How To: Audience Analysis 101 (extended session)
SIG Sessions
1:30-3:00pm
Writing
Research
In-depth sessions
1:30pm-3:30pm
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Lights! Camera! Animate!: 3D Modeling and Animation
An Introduction to SQL for Web Developers
2:15pm
2:30pm




Breakout Session 5
2:30-3:15pm
Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation
The BitBuckIT Podcast: Keeping staff up-to-date with technology
Remote Management of County Office Servers
Dreamcatchers: Creative Exercises to Capture Your Personal and Professional Goals
Have a Hit on your hands: Increase hits to your Web site
3:00pm
3:15pm
SIG Sessions
3:15-4:45pm
Photography
3:30pm
Breakout Session 6
3:30-4:15pm
Evaluation by any other name is... well, still evaluation
Moving Traditional Face-to-Face Programs Online
Portable Disk Imaging - Saves Countless Hours for Field Technicians
User Testing Practices
eXtension: Opportunities for You
Pupils, Professors, Professionals, and Passports: ACE/ACT International Study Tour
SIG Sessions
3:15-4:00pm
Information Technology
In-depth sessions
3:30pm-4:30pm
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
iPhoto and Digital Albums
Making Fake Video
4:15pm



SIG Sessions
4:15-5:00pm
Support Roundtable
5:00pm
Silent Auction Ends, Live Auction Begins
5:00pm-7:00pm
Winners of silent auction announced at Live Auction
7:00pm
ACE C&A banquet
7:00-8:30pm
Sandia 4&5
NETC 404 dinner
7:00-8:30pm
Ocotillo 2
9:00pm
X-Tension Chords Nightclub and Hospitality Suite
9:00pm to Midnight

Monday, June 18th

6:00am
Breakout Buffet
6:00-9:30am
(hotel guests only)
8:00am
Poster Session
8:00am-5:00pm
Internet Cafe open
8:00am-5:00pm
8:45am
Breakout Session 7
8:45-9:30am
eXtension Wants You: Photographers, Videographers, Graphic Designers, Editors and Writers
Understanding Your Office Network
How to Use Google Analytics
Evaluation of web-based applications: The eXtension experience
Got Templates? Distributing Web Content Management with the Adobe Publishing System
Comm and IT Heads Roundtable (extended session)
In-depth session
8:45am-10:45am
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
What Works in the Huddle: Strategies Behind Effective Web Sites
SIG Sessions
8:45am-10:15am
Distance Education and Instructional Design
Publishing
In-depth session
8:45am-11:45am
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Beyond the Web: Education in the Second Life Multi-user Virtual Environment
9:30am
9:45am
Breakout Session 8
9:45-10:30am
How to see like a photographer - Visual Cognition and images
Got video? Here's how to make the most of it!
Nurturing the "Fourth Estate": Cultural Experiences with Media in the Republic of Mali, West Africa
An in-depth look at RIA Rich Internet Applications
Training Them On Their Own Turf
SIG Sessions
9:45am-10:30am
Marketing
10:30am
10:45





Breakout Session 9
10:45-11:30am
Target Your Market - Save Your World
Peer-Review Primer: How to Give Your Publications the "Expert" Seal of Approval
Listen to me!
OPML as a News Reporting and Organization Tool
A Study of the Use and Value of the LSU AgCenter's Web Site
Diabolical Secrets of the eXtension Virtual News Room
Tools and Strategies for Implementing Atom Syndication Feeds
In-depth session
10:45am-11:45am
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Video Editing for the Non-Video Editor, Part 1
SIG Sessions
11:00-11:45am
International SIG Speaker (Galloway)
11:00am



11:30am
11:45am
noon
Bill Murphy Luncheon
Free with paid registration, no reservation required
Speaker: Lowell Catlett
1:30pm
Breakout Session 10
1:30-2:15pm
Using An Integrated Marketing Campaign for Extension
Online Systems to Manage Peer Review
15-minute Showcases - Lunch and Learn: Quality 1-Hour Training at Your Desk; Internet Radio and Extension; Online Learning for Disaster Preparedness
iTunes @ New Mexico State University
Share Your Experiences/Issues with Content Management Systems
Ugly Truth about Business Plans
Focus on Focus Groups
SIG Sessions
1:30-2:15pm
Media Relations
Diversity
In-depth session
1:30pm-2:30pm
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Video Editing for the Non-Video Editor, Part 2
In-depth session
1:30pm-4:30pm
Seating Limited, Reservation Required
Flash 101 (repeat)
AJAX: Asynchronous Web, User Interfaces and Performance
2:15pm
2:30pm
Breakout Session 11
2:30-3:15pm
News vs. Marketing: What Happened to the Integration in Integrated Marketing?
You Don't Know JAC: Readership Survey and Listening Session
Early field experiences for Agricultural Journalism and Communications students
Faculty and Agent Communication Training
Beyond CMS - What's next for the convergence of publishing content?
Yet Another Accountability System - The Story of TEXAS
See it! Hear it! Feel it! Make it Accessible
PorkBridge: A world of knowledge brought directly to you
3:15pm
3:30pm
Breakout Session 12
3:30-4:15pm
Using SysInternal Utilities to Identify Malware and Rootkits
Development of a Web Portal system for use and customization by multiple departments
Vista - Why Upgrade?
ACE Regional Meeting
3:30-4:15pm
4:15pm
4:30pm
Breakout Session 13
4:30-5:15pm
Understanding White Privilege
Advanced Media Relations: What to do When Reporters Make Mistakes
15-minute Showcases - New Life from Old Negs: 30-year-old Photos Transformed by Desktop Publishing; Open-access, online, and indexed: Navigating possibilities for scientific impact on the Web; Advancing an Extension Publication and Archive Site
The Numbers Game: Finding New Ways to Attract Students
Catching the Bug on Game Design: Mixing Play with Learning - A Work in Progress
Leadership: Beyond managing resources and strategic planning
Power of Stories
5:15pm
5:30pm
Happy Hour (hotel guests only)
5:30-6:30pm
6:30pm
Dinner at El Pinto
Busses leave at 6:30pm
9:30pm
Hospitality Suite
9:30-midnight

Tuesday, June 19th

6:00am
Breakfast Buffet
6:00-9:30am
(hotel guests only)
8:00am
Internet Cafe opens
8:00am-5:00pm
8:45am
Breakout Session 14
8:45-9:30am
15-minute Showcases - Event-in-a-Box: A Communications Tool Kit; Gardening in a Minute: Reaching Florida's Gardening Audience through Edutainment; Treasures in the Attic: Let Your History Do the Talking
Online Registration and Payment Processing System
Stir-Fry Video ProdUction
Web Accessibility Policies and Implementation
15-minute Showcases - NMSU's Media Productions Showcase - Eat, Move, Learn; Kid's Exercise DVD; Science Pirates: The Curse of Captain Brownbeard
Conveying Consistent Disaster Education: Communicators' Roles
Breakout Session 14
8:45-10:30am
Branding Bootcamp: A Tale from the Trenches (extended session)
Videoconference Roundtable (extended session)
On Your Own Time Training (8:45-9:30)
In-depth session
8:45-11:45am
Reservation Required
Podcasting for Virtual Instruction (repeat) (Seating limited to 20)
Speaking with Confidence: Techniques for Effective Media Spokesperson Training (Seating not limited)
9:30am
9:45am
Breakout Session 15
9:45-10:30am
IT Policy: Covering All Your Bases
Working with Remote Clients to Troubleshoot Web Conferencing Technology Issues
15-minute Showcases - iPod Secrets Revealed - Museum Mode; iPod Secrets Revealed - Viewing iPod Video Files on a Computer; Irrigation of Row Crops
Leasing vs. Purchasing Technology Equipment (Pros, Cons, and Gotchas)
Breakout Session 15
9:45-11:30am
To Market, To Market: The Rights, Wrongs and Risks of Working with Professional Consultants to Brand Extension (extended session)
10:30am
10:45am
Breakout Session 16
10:45 -11:30am
Microformats: Feeds without Feeds
Listening Before You Leap: Lessons Learned from Marketing Research in Developing An Extension Radio Program
Web Conferencing by Example
How a Question Changed Our Minds
Have Aliens Pay You to Do Your Job! - The Sponsorship Model
Redesign an Ag Magazine for the Web
11:30am
noon
Reuben Brigham Award Luncheon
noon-1:30pm
Free with paid registration, no reservation required
Awardee: Tony Hillerman
1:30pm
Breakout Session 17
1:30-2:15pm
AJAX: Cleaning Up Your Web Applications and Reducing User Clicks
Planning, Reporting and Evaluation System for Extension Staff
A web-based repository and simulation environment for evaluating the economic effects of invasive species
Dark Alleys of the Internet, Part 1
ACE Business Meeting
1:30-3:00pm
ACE Leadership Institute
1:00-5:00pm
2:30pm
Breakout Session 18
2:30-3:15pm
A routing system for IFAS Human Resources
Creating Web Applications with User-centric Design
myExtension Portal for Extension Staff
Dark Alleys of the Internet, Part 2
Analyzing Web Site Traffic with WebTrends
Using the web to conduct surveys, acquire information, and take tests
15-minute Showcases - A Simple, Yet Effective Model for Web Production; Work Projects Just Got Easier!; Controlling Room Resources
Breakout Session 18
2:30-4:15pm
Studio photos on the go - quick and dirty tricks for slick shots anywhere (Seating not limited)
3:15pm
3:30pm
Breakout Session 19
3:30-4:15pm
Designing a Statewide Extension Marketing Campaign
A National Marketing Plan for Extension
Outsourcing a communications service: A statewide print service contract for UF
Where there's a Web (site) there's a way
Online Survey Tool Training
Some Serious Magic! Visual Communicator: When you don't have a studio
MarketMaker: An Online Marketing Tool to Connect Farmer Entrepreneurs to Consumer Markets
4:15pm
6:30pm
Night on the town on your own
6:30pm to ?