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ACES 2015

Welcome to the 19th annual American Copy Editors Society national conference in Pittsburgh March 26-28, 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Davis.)

Note: This schedule is subject to change.

5:00pm EDT

Freelance editors' happy hour Sharp Edge Bistro

8:30am EDT

First-timers' orientation Ballroom 3 & 4

9:30am EDT

Opening general session Ballroom 3 & 4

10:45am EDT

Catch as Catch Can Rivers Leadership in the Workplace Chartiers Rookie Mistakes That Even Veterans Make Ballroom 3 & 4 Editing in a Digital Environment: Best Practices for Workflow and Quality Control Brigade

12:15pm EDT

Lunch on your own/peer group lunches TBA

2:00pm EDT

English and How it Got This Way: A Brief History Ballroom 3 Switching Seats: Transitioning to a New Career or Medium Rivers The Latest Research on Editing Brigade Using Checklists to Foolproof your Editing Ballroom 4 Beltway Blues: Editing Washington copy Chartiers

3:10pm EDT

Copy Editing Translations Brigade Top 10 Apps for Editors Ballroom 4 Increasing the Accessibility of Online Information Rivers Social Media Fact-checking Ballroom 3 Jimmy's World Chartiers

4:20pm EDT

50 Years of the American Heritage Dictionary's Usage Panel Ballroom 3 Stress Reduction for Editors Ballroom 4 Working Away From the Office: Benefits and Drawbacks Brigade Libel-Proof Your Writing: The Importance of Accuracy and Attribution Rivers The Ethics of the Last Editor Standing Chartiers

5:45pm EDT

Education Fund Spelling Bee Ballroom 3 & 4

7:00pm EDT

Reception King's Garden 4 & 5

9:00am EDT

Ask a Lexicographer Ballroom 4 Level Up! How to Get More Out of Your Freelance Business Rivers Diversity and Sensitivity around Racial Language Chartiers Seven Steps to Setting up a New Fact-Checking Process Ballroom 3 Avoiding Pitfalls in Medical Editing Brigade

10:45am EDT

Ask the AP Stylebook Editors Ballroom 3 Deep Grammar Ballroom 4 Getting it Right on Mental Health and Suicide Brigade Critical Editing: Finding the Red Flags That You Need to Check Rivers CANCELED - Do No Harm: A Medical Copyediting Clinic Chartiers

12:15pm EDT

Lunch on your own TBA

2:00pm EDT

Disability and Mental Health: Editing for Clarity and Accuracy Chartiers Native Advertising Best and Worst Practices Rivers Bulletproofing Data-driven Stories Ballroom 3 Think Twice about Health Literacy: Writing and Editing for a Patient Audience Brigade Eyetracking Photojournalism Ballroom 4

3:15pm EDT

Beyond the Red Pen: New Directions in Editing Rivers Niggles, Nudges and Uh-Oh Sensors: The Intuitive Art of Catching Errors Ballroom 4 Future Tense: Messages From my Students Ballroom 3 Fact-checking for Niche Publications Chartiers Editing Medical and Scientific Tables Brigade

4:00pm EDT

Silent auction King's Garden foyer

4:30pm EDT

Between You and Me Ballroom 3 Putting Professional Experience to Work in the College Classroom Brigade The Language of the LGBT Community Chartiers The Art of the Link: Linking, Ethics and Verification Ballroom 4 Editing for Clarity in Medical Communications Rivers

7:30pm EDT

Banquet King's Garden 3, 4 & 5

9:00am EDT

Beyond the Plain Language Edit: Editing for Low-literacy and ESL readers Ballroom 4 Introduction to Book Editing Rivers Optimizing for Search or Social: Is It Really a Trade-Off? Ballroom 3 10 Mistakes Sportswriters Make and How To Fix Them Chartiers How to leverage LinkedIn for Journalists Brigade

10:45am EDT

Editing on Your Own: Launching a Freelance Business Ballroom 4 Giving Copy a Face Lift, With No Pain Ballroom 3 How to Get the Job You Want Brigade Women in Management Chartiers Getting it Right on Social Media Rivers

12:15pm EDT

Lunch on your own TBA

2:00pm EDT

Grammar is Power Ballroom 3 Headlines, not Cheaplines or Borelines Brigade Proofreading: Catch Mistakes Before They Cause a Crisis Ballroom 4 Legal Pitfalls on Social Media Rivers Maintaining Good Design in a Hub Setting Chartiers

3:40pm EDT

Defining American English Ballroom 4 Editing Fun and Games Rivers LUCIA, or Shedding Light on Government Reports Brigade Building your Brand with Social Media Ballroom 3 Cutting Through Cop Talk Chartiers

4:45pm EDT

Closing general session Ballroom 2

7:00pm EDT

Social Olive or Twist – upstairs