1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WACC North America Executive Board

7:00 - 9:00 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Registration Opens

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

WACC North America Executive Board

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

UCC Editors Meeting

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

BCA Conference

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

BCA Lunch

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

Pre-Congress Tour

• Sacred Architecture of Chicago Tour with Deirdre Colgan

2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

3:00 - 5:40 p.m.

Odyssey Networks Meeting

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

WACC Honorary Awards

6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Opening Banquet and Program

• Welcome
• Faith Expressions
• Mitch Albom
• Multi-faith comedy team: A Rabbi, a Baptist minister and a Muslim lawyer walk into RCCongress...
  • Bob Alper
  • Susan Sparks
  • Azhar Usman

7:00 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

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

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

8:45 a.m.

Plenary Sessions

• Rev. Otis Moss, III with Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
• Changing Society, Changing Media — A panel hosted by Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty with Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Kevin Eckstrom, Kenneth Irby

11:45 a.m.

Lunch: on your own

ELCA Communicators Lunch

BCA Lunch

12:00 p.m.

Presbyterian Communicators' Network lunch at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St.

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

CEU Meeting (Required for those requesting CEUs)

1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m.

Workshop Session 1

• 1A Using Works to Further Your Message: How Copyright Law Applies to Communities of Faith — Kevin Keener
• 1B Religion in the News Media: Going, going, gone? — Debra L. Mason
• 1C Communication Rights and the Millennium Development Goals — Philip Lee
• 1D Social Media With a Strategy — Michael Hoffman
• 1E Peace and Justice Journalism: Covering Faith in Action Regionally and Modeling Media Responsibility — Mary Stamp
• 1F Communications Ethics Today — Kenneth Irby

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshops Session 2

• 2A Cultural Diversity and Communication — A Panel Presentation — Jim McDonnell, Nick Stuart, Mhike So, Janaan Hashim, Marcel Gabioud
• 2B Learning the Basics of Photoshop and Photo Editing — Kevin Slimp
• 2C Beyond Viral Video — Michael Hoffman
• 2D Social Networking and Congregations — Aaron Spiegel
• 2E Join the Coalition: Media Justice is Social Justice — Andrea Cano and Cheryl Leanza
• 2F Finding Your Marketing Sweet Spot: A hedgehog, a sock, and the path to communications enlightenment online — Katya Andresen

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshops Session 3

• 3A Communication for Peace: How Digital Technologies can Enhance Empathy and Dialogue — Carole St. Laurent
• 3B Photo Editing and Color Correction Tips in Photoshop for Experienced Users — Kevin Slimp
• 3C Top-Notch Congregational Communication — Angela Bengtson
• 3D Helping Kids Mind the Media in Faith Communities — Rose Pacatte
• 3E Broadcast Radio: How to Get Started and Offer Quality Programs — Janaan Hashim and Shawn Campbell
• 3F Gender, Media and Social Change: A case study of the Global Media Monitoring Project — Sarah Macharia

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

6:00 p.m.

BCA Dinner

7:45 p.m.

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

9:00 p.m.

NASBWACC Reunion

9:30 p.m.

Evening Prayers / Quiet Time

9:30 p.m.

Film and Video Showcase

7:00 - 8:15 a.m.

BCA Breakfast

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

Resource Plaza and Exhibits Open

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

8:45 - 11:30 a.m.

Plenary Sessions

• Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell
• Dr. Ingrid Mattson
• Dr. Diana Eck

11:45 a.m.

Lunch: on your own

UCC - OC, Inc. Lunch:
So We Might See

12:00 p.m.

National Council of Churches Electronic Programming Committee

1:00 - 2:0 p.m.

Workshop Session 4

• 4A Package Your Message for High Impact — Jean DiGiovanna
• 4B Words Can Move Mountains: Successfully Communicating Advocacy Issues — Rajyashri S. Waghray
• 4C Communicating Religion in the Evolving Environment of New Media and Changing Society — Basilio G. Monteiro
• 4D Virtual or Real: Faith in the Second Life Community — David Louder
• 4E Social Media Marketing — Leah Jones
• 4F The Soul of Photojournalism — John White

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshop Session 5

• 5A How Advertising Can Help Activate the Members of a Church — Greg Reifel
• 5B What Makes a "Good" Religion Story Today: Relating to the mainstream media in times of social, religious and technological change — Manya A. Brachear
• 5C When Religion Meets New Media — Heidi Campbell
• 5D Raising Kids in a 24/7 Digital Media World: The Role of Faith Groups — Rebecca Randall
• 5E Video in a Web 2.0 World — Tim Frakes
• 5F Bridging the Digital Divide: Social Marketing Applied — Michael (Mhike) J. So

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshop Session 6

• 6A Tools for Communicating in Multi-Religious America — Kathryn Lohre
• 6B How to Evaluate Research about Congregations and Worshipers — Deborah Bruce and Scott Thumma
• 6C Shared Voices: Communicating in Anti-racist Ways — Nekeisha Alexis-Baker and Ryan Miller
• 6D Web Ministry 3.0: A view of emerging tools and applications — Matt Carlisle
• 6E In the Spotlight: A Media Training Workshop — Anuttama Dasa
• 6F The Key to Successful News Articles Starts Before You Even Write a Word — Jennifer Davis Rash

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)

7:45 p.m.

Concert: Ken Medema

9:30 p.m.

Evening Prayers / Quiet Time

9:30 p.m.

Film / Video Showcase

8:15 a.m.

Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

8:45 a.m.

Plenary Sessions

• Dr. Jeffrey Cole — Surveying the Digital Future
• Dr. Randy Naylor and Dennis Smith — Tao Meets Tech: Emerging Global Trends in Religious Communication

11:30 a.m.

Gala Closing Banquet Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Religion Communication Congress Closes

2:00 p.m.

A Taste of Chicago - Area Tours

• Bahá’í House of Worship and Skokie Holocaust Museum
• Navy Pier
• Architecture Cruises
• Millennium Center (The "Bean")
• Shedd Aquarium
• Many others

8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

RCC Board Meeting

2:30 p.m.

Tour: CBS Studios