Pre-Conference Session: Moving On Up

Panelists: Neil Barclay, Executive Director, Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Nancy Hytone Leb, Director of Training for the Center for Cultural Innovation and Sharon Yazowski, Executive Director, Levitt Pavilions

AIE Panel & Discussion: World Music

Panelists: Laura Connelly, Director of Presentations, L.A. Philharmonic, Isabel Soffer, founder/director of livesounds.org/Live Sounds and co-director/producer of globalFEST, NYC, Tom Schnabel, Radio Producer, KCRW, Los Angeles

AIE Panel & Discussion: Defying Boundaries

Panelists: Sarah Cahill, Guest Programmer, Friday Nights @ BAM/PFA, Simon Dove, Co-Curator of Crossing the Line Festival, NYC

AIE Panel & Discussion: Classical Music

Panelist: Justin Kantor, co-founder, Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

Keynote Speaker: "Opening Up the Arts"- Nina Simon, Executive Director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

Breakout Sessions:

Community Engagement through Strategic Partnerships
Speaker: Deborah Cullinan, Executive Director, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

New Paradigms in Marketing: Social Media and other Quandaries of the Digital Age
Speakers: Robynn Takayama, Program Manager, Community Arts & Education, San Francisco Arts Commission; Randall Vogel, Director, Theater and Operations, Mesa Arts Center

Breakout Sessions:

Securing and Activating Sponsorships Successfully
Speakers: Kim Hawkins, Regional Manager, Front Row Marketing, L.A., Marcie Escalante, Recreation/Retail Key Account Manager, PepsiCo

Inspiring Diversity and Pluralism in Programming, Audiences and the Presenting Field
Speaker: David McCauley, Director of Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances

The Deeper Dive: Audience Development That Works
Speaker: Jeremy Ganter, Associate Executive Director & Director of Programming, Mondavi Center, UC Davis

AIE Panel & Discussion: Jazz & Blues

Panelists: Scott Aiges, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, New Orleans, Laura Evans, Artist Administrator, SFJAZZ

AIE Panel & Discussion: Family Programming

Panelists: Alice Roberts, Vice President of Education & Community Programs, The Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN, Jason Holland, Director, Education Programs, Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Funders Panel

Panelists: Ted Russell, Senior Program Officer, The James Irvine Foundation; Julie Baker, Executive Director, The Center for the Arts, Grass Valley; Raquel Gutierrez, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

AIE Panel & Discussion: Dance

Panelists: Christy Bolingbroke, Director, ODC Theater,
Laura Burkhardt, Director of Programming and Marketing, New Orleans Ballet Association

AIE Panel & Discussion: Pop/Cabaret/Indie

Panelists: Chris Porter, Programming Director, One Reel / Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, Elizabeth Garo, Talent Buyer / Event Producer, Spaceland Productions, L.A.