Projected Schedule

Schedule is subject to change

Revised: January 22, 2010 5:10 PM

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Monday, April 5, 2010: Pre-Congress Meetings

Time

Event

Location

All day

BCA Office, Lounge

6th floor – Great America Room

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Tuesday, April 6, 2010: Pre-Congress Meetings

Time

Event

Location

All day

BCA Office, Lounge

6th floor – Great America Room

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

RCCongress Planning Committee

5th floor – Denver / Houston Room

1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

WACC North America Executive Board

5th floor – Los Angeles / Miami Room

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Wednesday, April 7, 2010: Embracing Change

Time

Event

Location

All day

BCA Office, Lounge

6th floor – Great America Room

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

4th floor – Halsted Room

8:00 a.m.

Registration Opens

 

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

UCC Editors Meeting

6th floor – Ohio State Room

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

BCA Conference

4th floor

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

BCA Lunch

4th floor – Halsted Room

12:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Pre-Congress Seminar

Global Media, Global Religion: Research on Popular Media and the Remaking of Religions with Stewart M. Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi

6th floor – Indiana / Iowa / Michigan / Michigan State Room

Pre-Congress Tour

Sacred Architecture of Chicago Tour with Deirdre Colgan

Chicago Loop

2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

 

3:00 - 5:30 p.m.

WACC Honorary Awards

6th floor – Ohio State / Purdue / Wisconsin Room

3:00 - 5:40 p.m.

Odyssey Members Meeting

6th floor – Lincolnshire Room

6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Opening Banquet and Program

Mitch Albom

Robin Roberts (invited)

Multi-faith comedy team: A Rabbi, a Baptist minister and a Muslim lawyer walk into RCCongress...

  • Bob Alper
  • Susan Sparks
  • Azhar Usman

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Thursday, April 8, 2010: Social Change

Time

Event

Location

All day

BCA Office, Lounge

6th floor – Great America Room

7:00 - 8:15 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

4th floor – Halsted Room

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

 

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

8:45 a.m.

Plenary: A Society of Change

A presentation on who we are and the challenges we face

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

10:00 a.m.

Plenary: Changing Society, Changing Media – A panel discussion

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

11:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch: on your own

 

ELCA Communicators Lunch

6th floor – Lincolnshire Room

12:00 noon

Roundtable Interest Groups

 

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

BCA Lunch

4th floor – Halsted Room

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshops Session 1

Various rooms

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Break

 

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshops Session 2

Various rooms

4:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

 

5:30 p.m.

Dinner: on your own

 

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

RCC Meeting and DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards

7th floor – Salon I

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

BCA Dinner

4th floor – Belmont Room

7:45 - 10:00 p.m.

Feature Film: Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma

 

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

NASBWACC Reunion

4th floor – Armitage Room

9:30 p.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

 

10:00 p.m.

International Film and Video Festival

 

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Friday, April 9, 2010: Religious Change

Time

Event

Location

All day

BCA Office, Lounge

6th floor – Great America Room

7:00 - 8:15 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

4th floor – Halsted Room

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

 

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

8:45 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session hosted by Joan Brown Campbell

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

11:45 a.m.

Lunch: on your own

 

Roundtable Interest Groups

 

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

UCC - OC, Inc. Lunch

4th floor – Armitage Room

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshops Session 3

Various rooms

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Break

 

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshops Session 4

Various rooms

5:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Close

 

5:30 p.m.

Dinner: on your own

 

6:00 p.m.

Wilbur Awards Reception, Banquet, and Program (requires separate ticket)

 

7:00 p.m.

Evening Events

 

9:30 p.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

 

10:00 p.m.

International Film and Video Festival

 

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Saturday, April 10, 2010: Technological Change

Time

Event

Location

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

8:45 a.m.

Plenary: Surveying the Digital Future with Jeffrey Cole

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

10:00 a.m.

Plenary: Communicating Globally – A Conversation with our Global Parnters

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

11:45 a.m.

Lunch: on your own

 

Offsite Tours

Confirmed:

Under consideration

  • Broadcast Museum

  • Freedom Center at Chicago Tribune

 

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshops Session 5

Various rooms

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Break

 

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshops Session 6

Various rooms

6:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Closing Banquet: Taking Change Home

Speakers, entertainment, and good food

Interfaith Youth Core will share a multi-voice, interfaith, spoken-word performance that illuminates the religious experiences of young people in contemporary America

7th floor – Grand Ballroom

Mon., April 5Tue., April 6Wed., April 7Thu., April 8Fri., April 9Sat., April 10Sun., April 11

Sunday, April 11, 2010: Post-Congress Meetings

Time

Event

Location

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

RCC Board Meeting

6th floor – Great America Room