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AUDITORIUM SPEAKERS Additional speakers are being added to this series. Please check the Annual Conference web site at www.alaannual.org for updates Sunday, June 26th, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PLA PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM AND AWARDS PRESENTATION DAVID SIMON AND LAURA LIPPMAN PLA and PLA President, Audra Caplan, welcome writer-producer David Simon and mystery author Laura Lippman as keynote speakers. Simon and Lippman, husband and wife, bring a dynamic energy and urban perspective to the stage. Their Baltimore origins inspire their work–Simon as writer and producer of award-winning shows, Homicide and The Wire and Lippman as the best-selling author of mysteries featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan and books, What the Dead Know and Life Sentences. Simon also brings unique insight on the conference host-city, New Orleans, from his current work on the TV drama, Treme. Sponsored by HarperCollins Monday, June 27th, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY PANEL FEATURING CJ CHERRYH AND BRANDON SANDERSON A multiple award-winning author of more than thirty novels, C.J. Cherryh received her B.A. in Latin from the University of Oklahoma, and then went on to earn a M.A. in Classics from Johns Hopkins University. Cherryh’s novels, including Tripoint, Cyteen, and The Pride of Chanur, are famous for their knife-edge suspense and complex, realistic characters. Cherryh won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1977. She was also awarded the Hugo Award for her short story Cassandra in 1979, and the novels Downbelow Station in 1982 and Cyteen in 1989. Cherryh has traveled from New York to Istanbul, and her hobbies include needlepoint, painting, and refinishing furniture. Cherryh, who also goes by the name Caroline Janice Cherry, resides in Oklahoma. Sponosred by DAW Brandon Sanderson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hero of Ages and Warbreaker. He will shortly complete Robert Jordan’s bestselling Wheel of Time® series with the long awaited A Memory of Light. He also teaches at Brigham Young University, where he earned a master’s degree in creative writing. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he lives in Utah. Visit Brandon at www.brandonsanderson.com. Sponsored by Tor 7 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2011 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM www.alaannual.org  http://www.alaannual.org http://www.brandonsanderson.com http://www.alaannual.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ALA 2011 Annual Conference Preliminary

OPENING GENERAL SESSION AND CLOSING SESSION
AUDITORIUM SPEAKER SERIES
PLA PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM AND AWARDS PRESENTATION
ALA PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM ANNUAL 2011
SPECIAL EVENTS
NOW SHOWING @ ALA
BOOK CART DRILL TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
THE 2011 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE EXHIBITION
EXHIBITOR PAVILIONS
ALA STAGES
DIVISION PRESIDENTS PROGRAMS
COUNCIL/MEMBERSHIP MEETING SCHEDULE
FIRST TIME ATTENDEE INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
TRAVEL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION AND HOUSING INFORMATION
HOTEL MAP & INFORMATION
PRECONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
TOUR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
CAMP ALA
ALA ACRONYMS
PROGRAM TRACKS AND DESCRIPTIONS

ALA 2011 Annual Conference Preliminary

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