Friday's Keynote Speaker : Gwyneth Jones http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com
 
Gwyneth A. Jones, aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a Tweeter, a public speaker, a citizen of social media, and a resident of Second Life.  Gwyneth is the teacher librarian at Murray Hill Middle School in Laurel, Maryland, a member of the ISTE Board of Directors, a Library Journal 2011 Mover & Shaker, Gale/SLJ New Leader, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian blog.  The Daring Librarian is a digitally shifted ed tech teaching ninja with a passion for re-mix mash-up production, transliteracy, cutting edge librarianship, graphic design, & being a change agent within in her learning communities both geographically and within the æthernets.  Fearlessly daring to take chances, fight the filters, and ignoring the negative naysayers, all for our most important customers – our students.  Admittedly, she’s also a goofball & a geek.

Friday's Luncheon Speaker : Jennifer Pharr Davis http://www.blueridgehikingco.com/index.html
 
Jennifer Pharr  Davis, a native of Henderson County, NC, is the author of the book, Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail.  The book chronicles her adventures, experiences and challenges during her first Appalachian Trial thru hike just out of college in 2005.   In 2008, she became the women's speed record holder by completing the entire length of the 2175-mile Appalachian Trail in just 57 days, 8 hours and 35 minutes.  This summer Jennifer has plans to break the overall speed record on the Appalachian Trail.

* cost of Friday's luncheon included with pre-registration only
  (deadline 9/30/11)

Toast & Tales Breakfast on Saturday : Allan Wolf
http://www.allanwolf.com

TEN THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ALLAN WOLF
10)  Allan is a past National Sonnet Slam Champion.
  9)  Allan can recite hundreds of poems from memory.
  8)  Allan did not like school.
  7)  Allan has a pet chicken named Atilla the Hen.
  6)  Allan has two goldfish named Lewis and Clark.
  5)  Allan plays drums with a band called The Dead Poets.
  4)  Allan never watches television. (He doesn’t even own one!)
  3)  To relax Allan plays guitar or juggles.
  2)  Allan dreams of one day living in a house with a secret room.
  1) Allan can ride a skateboard standing on his hands.

Author Luncheon on Saturday : Frances O'Roark Dowell

Frances O'Roark Dowell is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Dovey Coe which won the Edgar Award, Where I'd Like to Be, the bestselling The Secret Language of Girls, and its sequel The Kind of Friends We Used to Be, Chicken Boy, Shooting the Moon which was awarded the Christopher Medal, the Phineas L. MacGuire series, and most recently Falling In as well as the teen novel Ten Miles Past Normal.  She lives with her husband and two sons in Durham, North Carolina.

Future Conference Dates:
October 4-6, 2012
October 3-5, 2013