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Pre-conference Schedule

Monday
9:00am-5:00pm	Administrative Committee Meeting	[Green Library - Social Sciences Resource Center - Seminar Room]
Tuesday
9:00am-5:30pm	Pre-Conference Workshops	[Green Library]
5:00pm-7:00pm	Registration Table	[Arrillaga Alumni Center - Lobby]
6:00pm-8:00pm	Welcome Reception	[Arrillaga Alumni Center - Ford Garden]

Conference Schedule

	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00am	Registration Table open from 8:00am - 5:30pm
8:30am			Concurrent F 8:30am-10:30am F1: Implementation, Application, and Sharing of DDI Resources [McCaw Hall] F2: Integration and Linking: Bringing Data and Documents Together [Fisher Center - McDowell] F3: The Challenges of Data Preservation [Fisher Center - Lodato]
9:00am	Plenary I 9:00am-10:00am [McCaw Hall] Catherine Ruggles: New Approaches to Complex Data Management	Plenary II 9:00am-10:00am [McCaw Hall] Elizabeth Miller: From Best Practices to Best Guesses - The Impact of Technology on Knowledge and Understanding
10:00am	Break 10:00am-10:30am [McCaw Hall]	Break 10:00am-10:30am [McCaw Hall]
10:30am	Concurrent A 10:30am-12:30pm A1: DDI and Related Tools: Next Generation Tools for Converting, Displaying and Visualising Data [Fisher Center - McDowell] A2: Describing Data and Data Use [Fisher Center - Lane] A3: Moving Research Data Into and Out of Institutional Repositories [McCaw Hall] A4: Web Tech: Presentation and Design [Fisher Center - Lodato]	Concurrent D 10:30am-12:30pm D1: Metadata: Enhancing Access to Data Resources [McCaw Hall] D2: Data Discovery and Dissemination: Linking Librarians, Vendors, and Archives [Fisher Center - McDowell] D3: Numeracy, Quantitative Reasoning and Teaching about Data [Fisher Center - Lodato]	Break 10:30am-11:00am [McCaw Hall]
11:00am			Concurrent G 11:00am-12:30pm G1: Innovation in the Use of International Data for Teaching and Learning [McCaw Hall] G2: Licensing, Privacy and Protection [Fisher Center - McDowell] G3: Beyond Numbers: Preserving and Delivering Non-numeric Collections [Fisher Center - Lodato]
12:30pm	Lunch 12:30pm-1:45pm [McCaw Hall]	Lunch / Business Meeting 12:30pm-2:00pm [McCaw Hall]	Lunch 12:30pm-1:45pm [McCaw Hall]
1:45pm	Concurrent B 1:45pm-3:15pm B1: Cultures of Data Sharing [Fisher Center - Lane] B2: Tools for Data Visualization and Manipulation [McCaw Hall] B3: What Is Old Is New Again [Fisher Center - Lodato] B4: Something New, Borrowed, and Blue: Comparing Experiences in Developing Data Services [Fisher Center - McDowell]		Concurrent H 1:45pm-3:45pm H1: The CESSDA ESFRI Project - Setting Up a One-Stop Shop for European Data [Fisher Center - McDowell] H2: New Data, New Tools: the State of Software Development at the Minnesota Population Center [McCaw Hall] H3: Establishing Data Archives in Developing Countries: Some Initial Steps [Fisher Center - Lodato]
2:00pm		Concurrent E 2:00pm-3:30pm E1: Data Security and Access: Connecting from Afar [Fisher Center - Lodato] E2: Under the Hood: Choosing a Standard [Fisher Center - McDowell] E3: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Data on the Web from Vision to Practice to Sustainability [McCaw Hall]
3:15pm	Break 3:15pm-3:45pm [McCaw Hall]
3:30pm		Break & Poster Session 3:30pm-5:00pm [McCaw Hall]
3:45pm	Concurrent C 3:45pm-5:15pm C1: In Data We Trust: Maintaining Confidentiality, Authenticity and Quality [Fisher Center - McDowell] C2: Facilitating Data Access: Developing Multi-Function Access to Data Collections [McCaw Hall] C3: [Papers Withdrawn or Moved to Another Session] C4: International Outreach: Open Discussion [Fisher Center - Lodato]		Break 3:45pm-4:00pm [McCaw Hall]
4:00pm			Conference Wrap-Up 4:00pm-5:00pm [McCaw Hall]
5:00pm
5:15pm			Bus to San Francisco 5:15pm [front of Arrillaga]
5:30pm
7:00pm		Dinner & Entertainment 7:00pm-11:30pm [Faculty Club] Turkey Action Group [Time & Venue TBA]
8:00pm
11:45pm

Post-conference Events

Friday
5:15pm-12:30am	Bus to San Francisco & Back Again: SF Stops - SF Giants baseball game & King George Hotel (SF); returns to Palo Alto - 5 conference hotels & Arrillaga	[Leaves from Arrillaga Alumni Center]
7:15pm	SF Giants - San Diego Padres baseball game	AT&T Park - San Francisco
Saturday
9:00am-5:00pm	DDI Alliance Expert Committee Meeting	[Green Library - Social Sciences Resource Center - Seminar Room]
9:00am-4:30pm	Napa Valley Wine Train ***CANCELLED***	[Leaves from King George Hotel, SF]
Sunday
9:00am-5:00pm	Combo Tour: San Francisco City / Alcatraz Island ***CANCELLED***	[Leaves from King George Hotel, SF]