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Connect Conference 2008
Connect 2009: Integrating Social Media and Traditional PR
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Miller Student Learning Center
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Agenda (Tentative)


Registration fee includes: Full day of sessions and keynote dinner, conference materials, coffee breaks and lunch. Space is limited.


8 a.m. – Check-in

8:30 – 10 a.m. - Is Social Media Transformational? – Panel Discussion
Melanie James – University of Newcastle (Australia) (via Skype)
Dan Greenfield – Bernaise Source Media, Atlanta, GA
Stephanie Agresta – Porter Novelli, Atlanta, GA

10 a.m. – Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. - Integrating Social Media in Non-Profits Panel
Tom Watson – Bournemouth University (United Kingdom) (via Skype)
Richard Waters – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Sara Valkova – Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Integrating Social Media in Business and Industry Panel
Jeremy Pepper – Palisades Systems, Los Angeles, CA
Toby Bloomberg – Bloomberg Marketing/Diva Marketing, Atlanta, GA

12:30 p.m. – Lunch
Speaker: Lauren Fernandez, Public Relations Blogger, Dallas, TX

2:15 – 3 p.m. – Legal Issues with Employee Blogging
Perry Binder- Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

3p.m. – Break

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. – Integrating Social Media in Government Panel
John Tedesco - Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Lt. Connie Braesch – U.S. Coast Guard, Washington DC (via Skype)

6:30 p.m. – Dinner – Foundry Park Inn Ballroom
Introduction – Melissa Taylor, Porter Novelli, Atlanta, GA
Keynote speaker - Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines, Dallas TX


 

Accommodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved for Connect conference attendees at the Foundry Park Inn, 706-549-7020. To qualify for the conference rate, reservations must be made by 8/28/09.

 

Parking:
Parking is available in the Hull Street or Tate Center Parking Decks. See Parking at UGA for more details, www.parking.uga.edu.

Questions? Please contact Diane Murray at murrayd@uga.edu.


 

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