2007 Kansas City Program Highlights

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Agenda
(schedule subject to change)

WEDNESDAY, September 26
11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Convention registration BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA
1:00 - 4:30 p.m. NCEW University (video editorial boot camp) SALON 3

6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Welcome reception and cocktail buffet at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Museum Director Marc Wilson will greet guests at the new Bloch addition, described by Time magazine as the most anticipated building of 2007. Shuttle buses will be available between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. to transport members to and from the museum.

9 p.m. - midnight Hospitality with cash bar ROOFTOP BAR

THURSDAY, September 27
7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Convention registration BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA
7 a.m. First-time attendees' breakfast ROOFTOP BAR
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA
8:00 - 9 a.m. ORIENTATION: WELCOME TO KANSAS CITY SALON 1A & 1B
Speakers: Monroe Dodd, author of two "Kansas City: Then & Now" books, on the history of KC. Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser: Future of Metro Areas.

9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Board Bus for optional spouse/guest tour to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Mo. Lunch at Webster House in a renovated 1885 historic downtown school building, and a tour of the Steamboat Arabia Museum in the River Market featuring sunken treasure discovered buried in a farm field. (Bus leaves promptly at 9:30a.m. from the side entrance of the hotel. Wear comfortable walking shoes.)

9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Critique sessions begin ROOM LIST AT REGISTRATION DESK

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Members' lunch at the InterContinental Hotel ROOFTOP BALLROOM
BEST STEALABLE IDEA, SHARING SESSION
Facilitator: TBD

1:45 - 4 p.m. Critique sessions conclude

4:00 - 5 p.m. Workplace ergonomics/yoga stretching session PAVILION I
Wear comfortable clothing. A $5 fee will be collected at the door.

6:15 p.m. Board buses for Best of KC BBQ dinner taste-off and reception at The American Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Jazz entertainment in the Blue Room begins at 8:30 p.m. Buses depart promptly at 6:30 p.m. from the side entrance of the hotel. Casual, barbecue-friendly clothes welcome.

9 p.m. - midnight Hospitality with cash bar ROOFTOP BAR

FRIDAY, September 28
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA
7:30 a.m. - 12: 15 p.m. Syndicate and Public Policy Exhibitors BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA

8:00 - 8:45 a.m. A USEABLE FEAST: Hemingway's newspaper training still valuable today SALON 1A & 1B
Speaker: Mark Zieman, editor and vice president, Kansas City Star

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. REPORTS FROM CRITQUE GROUPS SALON 1A & 1B
Facilitator: TBD

9:45 a.m. Break BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. FLYING THE B-2 BOMBER SALON 1A & 1B
Speaker: Col. Thomas Bussiere, Whiteman Air Force Base

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. COUNTERINSURGENCY TRAINING SALON 1A & 1B
Speaker: Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell, IV
Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort
Leavenworth, KS., and Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. THE FUTURE OF THE AIR FORCE SALON 1A & 1B
Speaker: Brig. General Christopher D. Miller, Director of Plans, Policy and Strategy, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Q & A ON MILITARY STRATEGIES TODAY with U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. SALON 1A & 1B

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch at the InterContinental Hotel ROOFTOP BALLROOM
Presentation of the 2007 Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship
HOW RESTORING COMMON SENSE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CAN HELP REUNITE AMERICA
Speaker: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius

2:00 - 5 p.m. Board buses for the National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial
(Buses leave promptly at 2:15 p.m. at side entrance of the hotel.)

Evening Dinner on your own or with one of the optional signup groups
9 p.m. - midnight Hospitality with cash bar ROOFTOP BAR

SATURDAY, September 29
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Syndicate and Public Policy Exhibitors BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA

8:30 - 10 a.m. THE NEW POLITICAL FIGURE: SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS (occasionally) FIND COMMON GROUND TO REUNITE AMERICA
SALON 1A & 1B
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, Republican
U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat

10:00 a.m. Break BALLROOM PREFUNCTION AREA

10:15 - 11:00 a.m. EARLY STEM CELL RESEARCH: Progress or peril? SALON 1A & 1B
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Missouri Democratic State Senator Chris Koster (research proponent) and Missouri Republican State Senator Matt Bartle (research opponent).

11 a.m. - Noon MAKING THE CASE FOR BIGGER, BETTER OPINION SECTIONS
SALON 1A & 1B
Panelists: Mac Tully, publisher, Kansas City Star
John Oppedahl, former publisher, S.F. and Phoenix

12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch at the InterContinental Hotel ROOFTOP BAR
Presentation of the 2007 Pulliam Award, sponsored by SDX Foundation
MAKING THE CASE FOR AN ENDANGERED SPECIES: POLITICAL CARTOONISTS
Speaker: Lee Judge, political cartoonist, Kansas City Star

2:00 p.m. Annual NCEW business meeting and board elections SALON 1A & 1B

6:30 p.m. Reception at the InterContinental Hotel ROOFTOP BAR

7:30 p.m. Closing dinner at the InterContinental Hotel w/jazz entertainment
ROOFTOP BALLROOM
Presentation of 2007 Life Membership

9 p.m. - midnight Hospitality with cash bar ROOFTOP BAR

Sunday, September 30
9 a.m. Past presidents' breakfast ROOFTOP BAR