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ACES 2015
Welcome to the 19th annual American Copy Editors Society national conference in Pittsburgh March 26-28, 2015.
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Wednesday
, March 25
5:00pm
Freelance editors' happy hour
Sharp Edge Bistro
Thursday
, March 26
8:30am
First-timers' orientation
Ballroom 3 & 4
9:30am
Opening general session
Ballroom 3 & 4
10:45am
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
Lunch on your own/peer group lunches
TBA
2:00pm
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
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
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
Education Fund Spelling Bee
Ballroom 3 & 4
7:00pm
Reception
King's Garden 4 & 5
Friday
, March 27
9:00am
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
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
Lunch on your own
TBA
2:00pm
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
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
Silent auction
King's Garden foyer
4:30pm
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
Banquet
King's Garden 3, 4 & 5
Saturday
, March 28
9:00am
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
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
Lunch on your own
TBA
2:00pm
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
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
Closing general session
Ballroom 2
7:00pm
Social
Olive or Twist – upstairs
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