Thursday, September 28

     
    4:30 – 5:00 pm Registration at the Kimpton Schofield Hotel
    Meet and Greet
    5:00 – 6:00 pm Dinner at the Hotel
    6:00 – 6:15 pm Isabel and Larry (conference co-chairs) – Welcome
    6:15 – 6:30 pm Keith Allen (site host) – A Special Welcome to Cleveland
    6:30 – 7:15 pm Simon Arizpe – Pop-Off
    7:30 – 7:45 pm Break
    7:45 – 8:15 pm Emerging Engineer Prize Presentation & Lifetime Achievement Awards Presentation
     

    Friday, September 29

     
    8:00 – 9:00am Coffee and Pastries at the Hotel
    8:30am – 2:30pm GROUPS A – B – C – D at American Greetings 

    Please refer to your individual scheduling based on your specific group.
    8:30am – 9:00am Transportation to go to American Greetings GROUPS A & B
    9:30am – 10am Transportation to go to American Greetings GROUPS C & D
    1pm –1:30pm Transportation to go back to the HOTEL GROUPS A & B
    2pm – 2:30pm Transportation to go back to the HOTEL GROUPS C & D
    2:30pm – 3:15pm OPEN MIC SESSION
    3:15 – 3:30pm Break
    3:30pm – 4:15pm Cris Takacs & Larry Rakow – Pop-Up Book Conservation: First, Do No Harm
    4:15 – 4:30pm Break
    4:30 – 4:50pm Marianne R. Petit – Graphic Medicine Pop-ups & Paper Cut
    4:50 – 5:10pm Keith Allen – #Popuptober
    5:10 – 5:30pm Break
    5:30 – 6:10pm Seth Larson – Paper Engineer, American Greetings
    6:10 – 6:30pm Sherry Hee – Global Cuisine Pop-Ups
    6:30 – 8:00pm DINNER on your own
    8:00pm Informal Show-n-Tell
    (Location TBA)
     

    Saturday, September 30

     
    Until Lunch On-Site (& Virtual) Silent Auction open for Bids
    Until 6:00pm Voting: Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineers –Trade Publications
     PLEASE give your ballots to Ellen G. K. Rubin no later than 6pm
    8:00 – 9:00am Coffee and Pastries at the Hotel
    8:45 – 9:00am Business Meeting
     Denise Price (MBS Treasurer) and Shawn Sheehy (MBS Board Director)
    9:00 – 9:45am Jodie Coates PhD – “Paper-Engineered Poetry and Pedagogy”
    Children’s literature
    9:45 – 10:00am Break 
    10:00 – 10:30am Liz Garcia – A-to-Z words
    10:30 – 11:00am Rianne Van Duin – Large-Scale Theater Pop-Ups
    11:00 – 11:15am Break
    11:15am – 12:00PM Sean Higgins – Director of Innovations, American Greetings (Host Talk)
    12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
    1:00 – 1:30pm Ben Sapp – Mazza Museum Talk
    1:30 – 2:00pm Ellen Rubin – Animated Advertising exhibit – 200 years of premiums, promos, pop-ups
    2:00 – 2:15pm Break
    2:15 – 3:30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “Wendell and Wild” – Behind the Scenes Look by Peter Dahmen, Designer & Paper Engineer
    3:30 – 4:00pm Set-Up for Book Sales, Swaps, Signings
    4:00 – 5:30pm Book Sales, Swaps, Signings
    5:30 – 6:30pm Break
    6:30 – 7:00pm Pre-Banquet Reception
    7:00 – 8:15pm DINNER at the Hotel 
    8:15pm Silent Auction proceeds announced  /  Meggendorfer Prize for Artists Book Announced / Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineer – Trade Publications winner announced / Closing Remarks

    Sunday, October 1
    ALL DAY EVENT Post-Conference Tour Visit to the Mazza Museum with Ben Sapp.
    Registration Closed. 
    10:00am Transportation to go to Mazza Museum
    12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch on your own
    1:00 – 3:00pm Mazza Museum Guided Tour
    3:00pm Transportation to go back to Hotel
    (to return by 5:00pm)
    MORNING EVENT
    10:00am – 1:00pm Visit the Morgan Art of Paper Making Conservatory & Educational Foundation.
    A tour of the facilities and 3 make-and-take activities are planned for the visit.
    Registration Required.
    Transportation and Lunch on your own.

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