Convention Schedule

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Schedule at a Glance

This schedule is tentative and subject to change

Time Event
9h30 AATF Opening & Awards Ceremony
10h00 Keynote -- M. Alain Mabanckou
11h30 - 13h00 Welcome Luncheon (by ticket only)
13h15-14h15 Sessions
14h30-15h30 Sessions
15h30 - 16h00 Grad Student Poster Sessions
16h00 Exhibit Hall Opening
18h00 Exhibit Hall Closes
19h00 Palmes (ASFAP) dinner (by invitation only)
  Dinner Group (with local guide)
Time Event Time Event
7h30-8h30 JAF/SHF breakfast (for sponsors only) 7h30-8h30 Colleges & Universities Commission breakfast
8h30-9h45 Sessions 8h30-11h30 Workshop 1 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase)
9h45-10h30 Exhibit break and tombola Workshop 1
10h30-11h30 Sessions Workshop 1
11h30-13h00 Lunch break
13h00-14h00 Sessions 13h00-16h00 Workshop 2 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase)
14h00-14h45 Exhibit break and tombola Workshop 2
14h45-15h45 Sessions Workshop 2 (ends at 16h00)
16h00-17h00 Dictée  
19h00 Film: "Noirs en France" and Q&A with Alain Mabanckou  
Time Event Time Event
7h30-8h30 NFC breakfast (for local administrators, by invitation only)
8h30-9h30 Sessions 8h30-11h30 Workshop 3 (runs concurrently with sessions and requires separate ticket purchase)
9h30-10h00 Exhibit break & tombola Workshop 3 
10h00-11h00 Sessions Workshop 3 
11h00-12h30 Lunch break Commission Chairs' Luncheon
12h30-13h30 Sessions
13h30-14h00 Exhibit break & tombola
14h00-15h15 Sessions
15h30 Walking Tour (meet in hotel lobby)
17h00 Dinner group (local guide)
19h30-21h30 Karaoke
Time Event
8h30-9h30 Sessions
9h45-10h45 Sessions
11h00-12h00 Sessions