American Council of Learned Societies Conference of Administrative Officers Semi-Annual Meeting

November 4-7, 2010 Hosted by Tourism

SCHEDULE Thursday, November 4 Airport arrivals and hotel Participants will be met by representatives of Tourism Vancouver. If you check-in have any problems or flight delays, please contact Wendy Surkan at [email protected] or (604) 631-2813. Host Hotel Sheraton Vancouver Hotel 1088 Burrard Street Vancouver BC V6Z 2R9 Phone: (604) 331-1000 ·Toll-Free: 1-800-325-3535 www.sheratonvancouver.com Meeting Registration: North Tower Lobby 2:00-5:00 PM CAO Executive Committee - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Beluga Room, 3rd floor Concourse Level - (members of this group only) 6:00 PM Coach departs from Sheraton South Tower breezeway for welcome reception/dinner 6:15-8:30 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner - Vancouver Convention Centre West Building Co-hosted by Tourism Vancouver and the Vancouver Convention Centre Walk to Pan Pacific Hotel (1 block) 8:45-9:30 PM Dessert Reception - Pan Pacific Hotel, Coal Harbour Suite 9:30 PM Coach departs for Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 10:00-11:30 PM Hospitality Suite - Indigo Restaurant, South Tower Lobby

Friday, November 5 8:15-9:00 AM Breakfast - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Pavilion Room, 3rd Floor, Concourse Level 9:00-10:00 AM CAO Business Meeting/Updates – Pavilion Room 10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break 10:15-10:45 AM Managing Customs for Canadian Meetings Presenters: Bob Warnock, Canada Border Services Agency-International Events and Convention Services Program; Winnie Chan, Events on the Move; Remy Perrot, Livingston Event Logistics 10:45-11:30 AM Motivations and Challenges of International Meetings Moderator: Don Harreld, Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Panel: Paula Massood, Society for Cinema and Media Studies; Ann Moyer, Renaissance Society of America; Milagros Pereyra-Rojas, Latin American Studies Association; Ron Pipkin, Law and Society Association

11:30 AM-12:15 PM Learned Societies as International Organizations/International Organizations of Learned Societies Moderator: Amy Newhall, Middle East Studies Association Panel: Margery Daniels, International Society for Third-Sector Research; Jean-Marc Mangin, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences; Michael Paschal, Association for Asian Studies; Doug Richardson, Association of American Geographers 12:45 PM Coach departs from the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel to 1:00-2:30 PM Luncheon – Westin Bayshore, Marine Room Guest Speaker: Terry Wright, former executive vice president, Service Operations and Ceremonies, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2:30-3:30 PM Reports from Subcommittees on Brokering Services - Room Moderator: Bill Davis, American Anthropological Association Presenters: Linda Downs, Subcommittee on IT Services; Alyson Reed, Subcommittee on Legal Services 3:30-3:45 PM Coffee Break 3:45-4:30 PM Transitions in CAO Leadership Moderator: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, American Comparative Literature Association Panel: Bernie Carlson, Society for the History of Technology; Chris Crenner, American Association for the History of Medicine; Kathy Finley, Organization of American Historians 4:30 PM Coach departs from the Westin Bayshore to the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 6:30 PM Coach departs from the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre to the Hyatt Regency for dinner and evening entertainment; attendees may also walk (5 blocks, 10 minute walk) 6:45-8:45 PM Cocktail Reception and Dinner - Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, 34th Floor 8:45-9:00 PM Walk from Hyatt Regency to Bill Reid Gallery (2 blocks, 5 minute walk) 9:00-9:45 PM Dessert Reception - Bill Reid Gallery Post reception entertainment options - Elephant & Castle and Cactus Club 9:45 PM Coach departs from the Bill Reid Gallery to the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 10:00-11:30 PM Hospitality Suite - Indigo Restaurant, South Tower Lobby Saturday, November 6 8:30-9:30 AM Breakfast - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Azure Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower 9:45 AM Coach departs for morning activity 10:15 AM-12:00 noon Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia group photo and tour 12:00 noon Coach departs for afternoon sessions 12:30-1:45 PM Luncheon - Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University

1:45-3:00 PM Planning for Post-Print Journals Moderator: Jack Fitzmier, American Academy of Religion Panel: Michael Spinella, JSTOR Via video conference: Mary Ellen Davis, Association of College and Research Libraries; Kathleen Keane, Johns Hopkins University Press; Niko Pfund and Alison Denby, Oxford University Press 3:00-3:15 PM Coffee Break 3:15-4:00 PM Membership Benefits Moderator: John Siegfried, American Economic Association Panel: Sally Hillsman, American Sociological Association; Andy Vaughn, American Schools of Oriental Research 4:00-4:30 PM News You Can Use – Wrap-up Session Moderator: Rosemary Feal, Modern Language Association 4:30 PM Coach departs from the Morris J Wosk Centre to the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel; attendees may also walk (10 blocks, 10-15 minute walk) 6:30 PM Coach departs for dinner and evening entertainment; attendees may also walk (4 blocks, 5 minute walk) 7:00-9:30 PM Cocktail Reception and Dinner - Fairmont , Boardroom 9:30 PM Coach departs for the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel 10:00-11:30 PM Hospitality Suite - Indigo Restaurant, South Tower Lobby

Sunday, November 7 Airport departures throughout the day

6:30-10:00 AM Breakfast - Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, Café One, North Tower Lobby 10:00 AM Coach departs from South Tower Lobby for optional morning activity

10:00 AM-1:00 PM City Tour – , Chinatown, Stanley Park, and