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Conference for Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP)
PROGRAM
OCT. 07, THURSDAY (Calgary)
1:00-6:00 PM: REGISTRATION
3:00-5:00 PM: Single Panel
Panel 1: Pedagogy and Creative Writing
7:00-8:00 PM: Keynote Lecture: Greg Hollingshead, University of Alberta and Banff
8:00-10:00 PM: Reception
OCT. 08, FRIDAY (Calgary)
9:00-10:00 AM: Lecture: Aritha van Herk, University of Calgary
10:00-10:15 AM: Break
10:15 AM -12:00 PM: Breakout Sessions
[Participants split up into breakout groups, according to their specific areas of concern, and members discuss proposed recommendations for consideration by the future Board.]
12:00-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30-2:45 PM: Concurrent Panels
Panel 2: Workshops in Creative Writing
Panel 3: Assessment in Creative Writing
Panel 4: Psychology and Creative Writing
2:45-3:00 PM: Break
3:15-4:45 PM:
Panel 5: Technology and Creative Writing
5:00-7:00 PM: Break for dinner
7:00-9:00 PM: Open Readings
OCT. 09, SATURDAY (Banff)
8:00-10:45 AM: TRAVEL
[Participants travel from Calgary to Banff on buses provided.]
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Concurrent Panels
Panel 06: Poetics of Personal Experience
Panel 07: Activisms of Creative Writing
Panel 08: Readership and Creative Writing
12:30-2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00-5:00 PM: Breakout Sessions
[Groups report general recommendations to entire assembly of participants, after which all participants discuss the recommendations arising from these sessions.]
5:00-7:00 PM: Break for dinner
7:00 PM: Draft Document
[Participants receive a draft of CCWWP document compiled from afternoon discussions.]
7:30-9:30 PM: Open Readings
OCT. 10, SUNDAY (Banff)
9:00 AM:
Panel 13: Taking the CCWWP to the Congress of Learned Societies
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Concurrent Panels
Panel 09: Graduates in Creative Writing
Panel 10: Publishing and Creative Writing
Panel 11: Creativity Between Disciplines
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-4:30 PM: Founding of the Board
[All participants at the conference elect members to the Board of the association, and all members finalize the CCWWP document for approval in principle, after which the organizing committee announces the venue for the next annual, general meeting.]
4:30-5:00 PM: Break
5:00-6:00 PM: Plenary Lecture: Rosemary Sullivan, University of Toronto
6:00-8:00 PM: Break for dinner
8:00-10:00 PM: Single panel
Panel 12: The Perils of Creative Writing
OCT. 11, MONDAY (Banff)
9:00-10:00 AM: Meeting of Board Members
[The newly elected board of the CCWWP meets and makes plans for refining policies in order to put into action the recommendations gathered by members at the conference.]
12:00 PM: END OF CONFERENCE
Conference Schedule for Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP)
(07-11 October 2009)
Thursday 7th (Calgary) / Friday 8th (Calgary) / Saturday 9th (Banff) / Sunday 10th (Banff) / Monday 11th (Banff)8:00 / Participants travel to Banff
9:00 / Lecture:
A. van Herk / PANEL 13
taking CCWWP to the Learneds Societies / New board meets
10:00 / Break / PANEL 09-11
10:15 / Participants meet in groups for breakout sessions.
11:00 / PANEL 06-08
12:00 / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
12:30 / Lunch
1:00 / Registration until 6:00 PM / Participants meet to elect Board of the association.
1:30 / PANEL 02-04
2:00 / Groups from each breakout session report back to all participants.
2:45 / Break
3:00 / PANEL 01 / PANEL 05
4:30 / Break
5:00 / Plenary Talk: Rosemary Sullivan
5:30
6:30
7:00 / Keynote:
Greg Hollingshead / Reading / Performance / Participants receive draft document for CCWWP.
7:30 / Reading / Performance
8:00 / Reception / PANEL 12
9:00