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[Room allocations are all in the Lord Nelson Hotel]
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Friday, June 7
| ISC Conference Sessions | EAC Pre-Conference Workshops | EAC Meetings | ||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | CHECK-IN / ACCUEIL [Georgian Lounge] | |||
| 9:00 – 9:45 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Nancy Mulvany – The repurposed book index and indexer [Britannia] | 9:00 – 12:00 WORKSHOP Antidote 8: Quoi de neuf? • Louise Saint-André [Vanguard 1] | 9:00 – 12:00 WORKSHOP Writing fiction, editing fiction: A dialogue • Kate Kennedy and Linda LIttle [Admiral] | 9:00 – 3:30 EAC MEETING National executive committee [Paramount Club] |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Metadata, marketing, and more: Indexes as discovery tools • Pilar Wyman [Britannia] | |||
| 11:00 – 11:15 | BREAK / PAUSE [Georgian Lounge] | |||
| 11:15 – 12:15 | User-generated metadata: Boon or bust for indexing? • Louise Spiteri [Britannia] | |||
| 12:15 – 1:00 | LUNCH / REPAS [Georgian Lounge] | |||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | ISC Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de la SCI [Britannia] | 1:00 – 4:00 WORKSHOP Plain English: Building results • Frances Peck [Admiral] | 1:00 – 4:00 WORKSHOP Powerful conversations: Using the telephone to get things done • Mary Jane Copps [Vanguard 1] | |
| 2:15 – 3:15 | The EJIW team indexing experience: The way forward? • Caroline Diepeveen [Britannia] | |||
| 3:15 – 3:30 | BREAK / PAUSE [Georgian Lounge] | |||
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Indexing software innovations • Frances Lennie, Cindex; Gale Rhoades, Macrex; Kamm Schreiner, Sky; Harry Bego, TExtract [Britannia] | 3:30 – 5:30 EAC MEETING Branches and twigs chairs and coordinators [Belleisle] | ||
| 6:00 – 8:00 | EAC WELCOME RECEPTION / RÉCEPTION D’ACCUEIL ACR – Lord Nelson Hotel [Regency Ballroom] | |||
| 7:30 – 10:00 | ISC BANQUET / BANQUET DE LA SCI – Dalhousie University Club, 6259 Alumni Crescent | |||
Saturday, June 8
| Indexing | Language & Culture | Techniques & Technologies | Business & Career Building | Arts & Sciences | |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | CHECK-IN / ACCUEIL [Georgian Lounge] | ||||
| 9:00 – 9:45 | OPENING REMARKS / DISCOURS D'OVERTURE [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Fr] KEYNOTE SPEAKER / CONFÉRENCIÈRE D'HONNEUR – Robert MacNeil [Simultaneous translation to Fr] | ||||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Image indexing: TIIARA, a bilingual taxonomy to the rescue! • Elaine Ménard [Britannia] | Les Acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse et l’usage du français • Marie-Claude Rioux [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Eng] | Effective manuscript queries: Between the (double-spaced) lines • Elizabeth d'Anjou [Admiral] | Creating an effective small-business website • Emily Dockrill Jones [Vanguard 2] | The editor and the memoirist: Creating your best working relationship • Marjorie Simmins [Vanguard 1] |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | BREAK / PAUSE [Georgian Lounge] VENDOR FAIR / FOIRE DES EXPOSANTS [Regency Ballroom] | ||||
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Indexing a memoir: Michael Bryant’s 28 Seconds • Marnie Lamb, with Mary Newberry, Margaret de Boer and Marjorie Simmins [Britannia] | Spin me a yarn, tell me a tale • Liz Newkirk and Steve Vernon [Vanguard 1] | Entrelacs de chiffres et de couleurs: Réviser tableaux et graphiques • Anna Olivier [Vanguard 2] | Canadian copyright: The new rules • Christene Hirschfeld, QC [Admiral] | Panel: The new age of publishing: How regional publishers survive • Andrew Steeves, Terrilee Bulger, Robbie MacGregor, Heather Fegan (moderator) [Imperial Ballroom] |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Speed mentoring: Pre-arranged individual consultations – Elizabeth d'Anjou, Emily Dockrill Jones, Barbara Dylla, Arden Ogg, Frances Peck | ||||
| 12:15 – 1:15 | LUNCH / REPAS VENDOR FAIR / FOIRE DES EXPOSANTS [Regency Ballroom] | ||||
| 1:15 – 2:15 | A walk through the EPUB3 indexes specification • David K. Ream, with Ronnie Seagren [Britannia] | Learning, teaching, surviving, revitalizing: An introduction to the Mi’kmaw language • Curtis Michael [Vanguard 2] | Truth in non-fiction? The editor’s role • David Swick [Imperial Ballroom] | Matrix Solutions' in-house editors: Growing the team from 2 to 18 in 10 years • Virginia Durksen and Tara Holmwood [Vanguard 1] | Make meetings matter • Moira White [Admiral] |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | ISC/SCI Closing plenary | ||||
| 2:15 – 3:15 | BREAK / PAUSE [Georgian Lounge] VENDOR FAIR / FOIRE DES EXPOSANTS [Regency Ballroom] REGISTRATION FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING / INSCRIPTION POUR L’ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE ANNUELLE | ||||
| 3:15 – 4:45 | EAC Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l’ACR [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Fr] | ||||
| 7:00 – 9:30 | EAC BANQUET / BANQUET DE L'ACR – Lord Nelson Hotel, 7:00 – 7:30 pre-dinner reception [Georgian Lounge], 7:30 – 9:30 dinner [Regency Ballroom] | ||||
Sunday, June 9
| Language & Culture | Techniques & Technologies | Business & Career Building | Arts & Sciences | ||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | CHECK-IN / ACCUEIL [Georgian Lounge] | ||||
| 8:30 – 9:00 | EAC Plenary: Updates on publication and certification initiatives – Anne Brennan, Janice Dyer, Elizabeth Macfie, Karen Virag [Imperial Ballroom] | ||||
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Légendes et contes acadiens • Anne LeBlanc [Vanguard 2] | Shortening text: Why, when, and how • Elizabeth Macfie [Admiral] | Stress management and ergonomics for editors • Traci Williams [Britannia] | Between the red and the black • Carolyn Burke [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Fr] | Good Reads between the covers: Editing fiction for literacy learners • Helena Aalto and Laurel Boone [Vanguard 1] |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | BREAK / PAUSE WORD TASTING BREAK – James Harbeck [Georgian Lounge] | ||||
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Panel: Political writing: Words that ruffle feathers and create change • Tim Bousquet, Dan Leger, Jane Taber, Gary Burrill (moderator) [Admiral] | Panel: Editing magazines in a digital world • Barry Boyce, David Holt, Alexa Thompson, Heather White (moderator) [Imperial Ballroom] | Clear communication by design • Michelle Boulton [Vanguard 1] | Develop and maintain your skills: Volunteering as professional development • Lisa Goodlet and Gael Spivak [Vanguard 2] | There's skunk breath in the breeze • Sheree Fitch [Britannia] |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | LUNCH / REPAS WORD TASTING BREAK – James Harbeck [Georgian Lounge] | ||||
| 12:30 – 1:30 | The voices in my head: The real housewives of Cape Breton • Lesley Crewe [Vanguard 2] | Editing by number: Basic numeracy for editors • Rosemary Tanner [Britannia] | Unconference session for experienced editors: Open discussion [Vanguard 1] | Painless financial management: Financial stuff you need to know to make money and stay out of trouble • Debi Peverill [Admiral] | L'Acadienne néo-écosaisse se raconte • Réjeanne LeBlanc [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Eng] |
| 1:45 – 2:45 | Panel: Meet The Coast: Halifax’s sassiest 20-year-old • Kyle Shaw, Stephanie Johns, Allison Saunders [Britannia] | The chart clinic • Laurel Hyatt [Vanguard 1] | Panel: Editing social media: What's to "like" about Atlantic Canada’s social-media community? • Trevor Adams, Tim Currie, Kimberly Walsh, David Holt (moderator) [Admiral] | Me speak? . . . But I'm an editor! • Adele Simmons [Imperial Ballroom] | The words of theatre: Challenges faced by playwrights • Wendy Lill, Kent Stetson, Anthony Black, Elissa Bernard (moderator) [Vanguard 2] |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | BREAK / PAUSE WORD TASTING BREAK – James Harbeck [Georgian Lounge] | ||||
| 3:00 – 3:45 | CLOSING REMARKS / DISCOURS DE CLÔTURE [Imperial Ballroom] [Simultaneous translation to Fr] KEYNOTE SPEAKER / CONFÉRENCIÈRE D'HONNEUR – Donna Morrissey [Simultaneous translation to Fr] | ||||
| 6:30 – 8:00 | TALL SHIP CRUISE | ||||
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