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Schedule

Alt and Kirtsy have partnered to develop the conference presentations and panels. We'd love to hear from you. What you'd like out of the conference. What topics are most important to you. Feel free to let us know. You can send your feedback to gabrielle@kirtsy.com.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21

12:00noon - 6:00pm - Registration Open 

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Early Bird Lecture
Topic: How to Find the Best Design Sites
Speakers: Nicole Balch of Making It Lovely, Allison Czarnecki of Petit Elefant, Jaime Derringer of Design Milk & Karey Mackin of Mackin Ink.
Looking for some inspiration? Here's where to start.

6:30pm - 8:00pm - Speed Networking
Fill your dance card with sponsors you'd like to work with and get one-on-one time with a company rep from each sponsor you select.

8:00pm - Hollywood Opening Social
Get your glam on in the Grand Salon at Grand America. We'll be channeling Old Hollywood with live music, delicious food and red carpet treatment. We'll be staying indoors, so you won't need to cover your fabulous outfit with 30 layers of warmth.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22

7:00am - 12:00noon - Registration Open 

8:00am - 5:00pm - Alt Lounge
Need a snack? Need some coffee? Need a printer? The Alt Lounge will be stocked with everything you need to refresh and network. Be sure to drop by between sessions. Extra-fun: drop by the Lounge Friday morning (9:30 to 11:30) to see a live Letterpress Demo by Lifestyle Crafts.

8:00am - 9:30am - Keynote Breakfast
Topic: Why Design?
Speakers: Heather Armstrong of Dooce, Jean Aw of NotCot, Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge & Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan of Apartment Therapy
Sponsored by: Cambria Cove
Enjoy breakfast while you hear design and social media superstars dissect what all the fuss is about and why the focus on design is so strong right now.

9:45am - 10:45am - Breakout Sessions
Pick one of three classes.

Track 1: Design Theory
Topic: Designer Vs. Design Blogger
Speakers: Kelly Beall of Design Crush, Joy Deangdeelert Cho of Oh Joy!, Jaime Derringer of Design Milk & Rachel Jones from Black Eiffel
If you're both, should your blog or your studio be your focus?

Track 2: Form & Function
Topic: Designing Online.
Speakers: Bryan Mason of Typekit, Jonathan Minori & Jeff Yamada of Struck Design, Bob & Laurie Smithwick of Leap Design
The realities and challenges of working on the web. Programmers, online type experts, and online designers will tell you what you need to know to design online now.

Track 3: Hands On
Topic: Ad Networks
Speakers: Emily Gray of Martha’s Circle, Neil Chase of Federated Media & Rita Arens of BlogHer
Ad networks representatives will be on hand to describe how their networks work, how they're changing and how to optimize your own site to earn more revenue.

11:00am - 12:00noon - Breakout Sessions
Pick one of three classes.

Track 1: Design Theory
Topic: Can Design Save Social Media?
Speakers: Jeroen Bours of Darling & Michael Kern of We Like Small
A conversation about the future of design and new media.

Track 2: Form & Function
Topic: Building Your Brand and Your Business
Speakers: Emily Goligoski of TheSanFranista, Victoria Smith of SFGirlbyBay, Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl & Sarah Jane Wright of Sarah Jane Designs
Using social media and design to grow an "accidental" small business — hear from experts who might not have started out to grow a business, but made it happen anyway. How important is design to the small business person? And should every small business be using social media?

Track 3: Hands On
Topic: How To Twitter
Speakers: Monica Danna of Cosmopolitician and Laura Mayes of Kirtsy
How to use Twitter and how to craft your Twitter presence — your page, your voice, your style.

12:15pm - 1:30pm - Keynote Lunch Panel
Topic: New Media Artists
Artists: Erik Natzke & DJ Earworm
Two premiere digital artists — a painter and and mashup DJ — take us through their process and showcase their work. Find out what it's like to work with a digital palette.

1:45pm - 2:45pm - Breakout Sessions
Pick one of three classes.

 Track 1: Design Theory
Topic: Designing Your Community
Speakers:  Erin Loechner of Design For Mankind, Megan Reardon of NotMartha, Kathryn Storke of Snippet & Ink & Joslyn Taylor of Simple Lovely
A discussion about how to grow your audience, your readers and your site.

Track 2: Form & Function
Topic: Credit Where Credit is Due
Speakers: Enrico Schaeffer of Traverse Legal, Amy Love of PicScout, Stacey Ferguson from the FTC and Bridgette Meinhold of Inhabitat
A blogger, a lawyer with an online focus, a photo credit expert and an FTC representative answer your questions about blog etiquette — how to gracefully (and legally) credit sources and sponsors.

Track 3: Hands On
Topic: Online Book Making
Speaker: Mat Thorne
Sponsored by: Blurb
Designer Mat Thorne will teach you how to create a permanent (and super cool) record of your digital projects with ease.

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Breakout Sessions
Pick one of three classes.

Track 1: Design Theory
Topic: Sundance Film Festival - Creative Revolution
Speakers: Volker Durre, Jan Fleming & Josh Rogers
A star team from Sundance takes you through their film creation process.

Track 2: Form & Function
Topic: Beyond Ad Networks
Speakers: Stephanie Brubaker of Stephmodo, Sheila Bernus Dowd of Lookiloos, Chelsea Fuss of Frolic & Maggie Mason of Mighty Girl
 Monetizing your site in creative ways that go way beyond pageviews and click-throughs.

Track 3: Hands On
Topic: Photography for Web
Speakers: Justin Hackworth, Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks
How to shoot for web, how to store your images, what you need to know about photography today.

4:15pm – 4:45pm - Summit Closing Session
Join attendees for official closing remarks — and final design thoughts — before you head out to the after parties.

4:30pm - 6:30pm - Blurb Meetup/Happy Hour
Food. Drinks. Your new best friends. Plus lots of real-live-super-cool-books that have been made with Blurb. This might be the last chance you get to chat it up face-to-face with your social media idols. You won't want to miss it. Compliments of Blurb.

7:00pm - After Parties
All sorts of after parties are being held all over the Salt Lake Valley, at Sundance/Park City and at Solitude Ski Resort. Your Alt Attendee Pass will give you exclusive VIP access to these Sundance events. Alt will help you arrange your evening itinerary. It will be awesome. 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23

7:00am - Ski Day
Skiers, meet your fellow skiers in the lobby for a free ski day at gorgeous Solitude Resort.

9:00am - 12:00noon - Post Summit
Non skiers, sleep in, then meetup for casual networking and discussions (and continental breakfast) with fellow attendees before you head on your way. This will be very unstructured. Feel free to drop by for a few minutes or stay the whole time.

Travel safely everybody.

Note: the Agenda is subject to change. We'll make updates here if it does.