WEDNESDAY 7/18

8:00 pm – Until ?

ACRA Board Meeting    

THURSDAY 7/19

TIME

EVENT/SEMINAR

PRESENTER

CEU

11:00 – 2:00 pm

Registration

12:00 – 5:30 pm 

Vendor Exhibitions

12:15 – 12:45 pm

Welcoming Remarks/Conference Overview

Diana Battles, CSR, RPR

12:45 – 1:45 pm

Town Hall Meeting

Rick Greenspan, FAPR, RMR, CRR
NCRA Director

.10

1:45 – 2:00 pm

Comfort Break

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Professionalism and Best Practices

Parian Holderfield, CSR, RMR, Moderator for Panel Discussion

.15

3:30 – 3:45 pm

Comfort Break

3:45 – 5:15 pm

Behind the Scenes with a Forensic Pathologist

Dr. Gary Telgenhoff, Clark County, Nevada,  Forensic Pathologist, consultant to “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

.15

 5:45 – 6:45 pm

Opening Reception

Dinner on your own

FRIDAY 7/20

7:30 – 8:30 am

Registration continues

7:30 – 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

7:30 – 12:00 pm

Vendor Exhibitions

8:00 – 10:00 am

Punctuation and Its Relevance to the Reader

Patricia Hill, Prince Institute of Professional Studies

.20

10:00 – 10:15 am

Comfort Break

10:15 – 11:45 am

Retirement Planning – And Beyond

Eric McClain and Woodard Peay,
Fee-Only Planning Professionals

.15

11:45 – 12:00 pm

Comfort Break

12:00 – 2:00 pm

Annual Business Meeting/Luncheon

2:15 – 3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions Part I – Software Training
Stenograph, Stenovations, Eclipse

Jeanene Harper
Carmen Santone
Jana Colter

.15

2:15 – 3:45 pm

Recognizing Domestic Violence:  How to Protect Yourself and Others
(Concurrent with Breakout Sessions Part I)

Jennifer Arsenian, Attorney at Law,  Legal Advisor for Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence

.15

3:45 – 4:00 pm

Comfort Break

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Breakout Sessions Part I Continued

.15

4:00 – 5:30 pm

IT Systems and Data Security

Jason McDonald, State of Alabama,  Administrative Office of Courts

.15

6:00 – Until ? 

Annual Awards Banquet

Installation of 2007-08 Officers and Directors

Music provided by Caribbean Chrome Steel Drum Band

SATURDAY  7/21

8:00 – 9:00 am

Voluntary Prayer Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast/Registration

9:00 – 12:15 pm

(includes 15 minute break)

Breakout Sessions Part II – Software Training
Stenograph, Stenovations, Eclipse

Jeanene Harper
Carmen Santone
Jana Colter

.30

9:00 – 10:30 am

Alabama Drug Courts and the Judicial Court Referral Program
(Concurrent with Breakout Session Part II)

David Hennigan, Program Manager, Court Referral Program

.15

10:45 – 12:15 pm

Improvised Explosive Devices and How They’re Detected
(Concurrent with Breakout Session Part II)

Gary Pippin and Rick Searcy,

Center for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security

.15

12:15 – 1:15 pm

Lunch on your own

1:15 – 3:30 pm  (includes 15 minute comfort break)

Mock Tests for RPR, RMR, CRR, and Preparing for The Test

Jana Colter, RMR, CRR

Reporters Advantage

.15

3:30 pm

Submit Conference Evaluations/Adjourn

Total CEU’s applied for

1.50