The View from Inside: One-day Conference with Editors and Agents
Hahn University Center, University of San Diego
March 8, 2008

Working Agenda

7:30-8:50 AM   Pre-Conference for those new to writing/illustrating for children
Patricia Morris Buckley, Asst. Regional Advisor, San Diego Chapter, SCBWI

7:30-9:00 AM    Registration

 9:00 AM    Welcome

 9:15 AM    The View from Inside – Publishing Children’s Books
Andrea Welch, Editor, Harcourt Book's for Children

10:15 AM.   Meet the Agents
Lindsay Davis, Junior Agent, Writers House
Kelly Sonnack, LiteraryAgent, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

10:45 AM.   Break

11:15 AM    Connecting with Young Readers – The Power of Children’s Magazines
Kim T. Griswell, Coordinating Editor, Highlights and Highlights High Five

12:15 PM     Lunch

1:30 PM      First Pages Panel – Picture Books
Lindsay Davis, Kim T. Griswell, Lori Mitchell, Kelly Sonnack & Andrea Welch

 2:15 PM     The View from Inside – The Agent-Author/Illustrator-Publisher Connection
Lindsay Davis, Junior Agent, Writers House
Kelly Sonnack, LiteraryAgent, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

 3:15 PM      Break

 3:45 PM      First Pages Panel – Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels
Lindsay Davis, Kim T. Griswell, Kelly Sonnack, Andrea Welch

 4:30 PM      Questions and Answers
Lindsay Davis, Kim T. Griswell, Lori Mitchell, Kelly Sonnack, Andrea Welch & Michele Wetherbee

 5:00 PM      Adjourn