NASIG Newsletter

PPC UPDATE
Erika Ripley and Sarah Wessel, Co-Chairs

The 2008 conference program is shaping up to be a strong one.  Over the past several weeks, members of the Program Planning Committee have been hard at work reviewing over 60 proposals received from two calls.  We’re paying special attention to the distinctions between strategy and tactics sessions in order to create a slate of programs balanced between the big picture and the immediately practical. We’re also finalizing names for the three vision (i.e., keynote) speakers.  We hope to confirm all of our speakers by mid-December.  A preliminary program should be available in early January.  So stay tuned!

The conference schedule will feature all your favorites – poster sessions, user groups, and informal discussion groups – as well as a few changes: sessions will not be repeated this year so that you will have a wider variety of sessions to choose from.  We’re also considering different ways to present the program so that you can make sure that the sessions that are “can’t miss” for you aren’t overlooked.

Special thanks to each PPC member, the NASIG Board, and especially our board liaison, Jill Emery.