7:00 p.m.

Dinner and Speaker at East-West Bistro
Kevin Dugan
FRCH Design Worldwide
Cincinnati, Ohio

All sessions will be held in the Student Learning Center, Room 250 unless otherwise noted.

 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

What educators/professionals should know, advice from the Pros:

Josh Hallett
Hyku
Winterhaven, Florida

Constantin Basturea
Converseon
New York City, New York

Katie Delahaye Paine
KD Paine & Partners
Berlin, New Hampshire

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Coffee break

10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

What does research tell us? What research is needed?

Kaye Sweetser
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Walter Carl
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert D. Sprague
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Guest Speaker at SLC Amphitheatre

Jay Bernhardt
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, Georgia

1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Case presentation: Forward blog

Paull Young
Converseon
New York City, New York

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Social Media’s Influence: What’s Happening in Georgia

Politics: Johnathon McGinty
Safe As Houses blog
Athens, Georgia

MSM: Barry Hollander
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

PR/Marketing: Sherry Heyl
What a Concept!
Atlanta, Georgia

B2B: Mike Neumeier
Arketi
Atlanta, Georgia

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

"How-to" break-out sessions, Journalism Building

5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Educators roundtable: Integrating social media in the PR curriculum, Journalism Building, Room 205

7:00 p.m.

A post-conference dinner at a local Athens restaurant
(Not included in conference fee.)
Restaurant T.B.D.