2011 One-on-One Plus Conference

Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cook Campus Center, New Brunswick, NJ

PROGRAM

9:30 a.m.    Mentor breakfast

Mentee registration, continental breakfast, and . . .
A One-on-One Success Story: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Author

10:15    Welcome: Vivian Grey, Author and Council Chair

10:30 -11:15    Five-on-Five Sessions

11:15 -11:30    Break

11:30 -12:30    Panel:
"You Asked for It! "
Answers to YOUR questions about the business and art of writing and illustrating.
(for mentees and other conference guests)

Panelists:
Meagan Bennett, Art Director, Abrams Books for Young Readers
Barry Goldblatt , Agent, B. Goldblatt Literary Agency
David Lubar, Author
Deborah Kogan Ray, Author/Illustrator
Harold Underdown, Editor; Creator of The Purple Crayon website

Council Member, Marietta Zacker, Agent,
Nancy Gallt Literary Agency, will moderate

11:30 -12:30   Mentor Hospitality Hour
(for mentors; optional)

12:30 -12:45    Break

12:45 -1:30    Lunch with the Editors

1:45 -2:30    One-on-One Sessions

2:45    Featured Speaker: Jon Scieszka, Author

3:45    Closing remarks: Brian Schatell
Author/Illustrator and Conference Co-Chair

Conference concludes

The 2011 One-on-One Plus is dedicated in memory of Steven Kroll; beloved author, advocate for children's literature, and generous, longtime friend of this conference.