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SfEP AGM and 21st annual conference
Conference programme

Saturday 4 September
12.30–1.30 Lunch
1.45 Assemble for trip into Glasgow
2.00–3.30 'Highlights of Glasgow' walk
4.00–6.00 Registration (refreshments available from 4.15 pm onwards)
5.00 Annual General Meeting
7.00 Drinks before dinner – including invitation for conference first-timers to meet Council
8.00 Dinner

Sunday 5 September
8.00–9.00 Breakfast
9.00–9.30 Registration
9.30–9.45 Welcome by Sarah Price, SfEP chair, and notices
9.45–11.00 Workshops (running concurrently): first part of session
  • Wild card search and replace** – Kathleen Lyle
  • How, when and what to query on proofs – Gerard Hill
  • Tired of the stressful deadlines? Learn to relax with Tai Chi – Steve Lyall and Penny Williams
  • Practical macros for editors** – Paul Beverley
  • Working in virtual teams – Nora Naughton, MD of Naughton Project Management
  • Editing tables** – Penny Howes
11.00–11.45 Refreshments
11.45–12.45 Workshops (as above): second part of session
12.45–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.00 Whitcombe Lecture: Trevor Dolby, publisher, Preface Publishing
3.00–3.30 Refreshments and exhibition/marketplace
3.30–5.00 Seminars (running concurrently)
  • The copyeditor–typesetter interface – David MacDonald, Press Projects
  • Ethics and plagiarism in publishing – Elizabeth Wager, Sideline
  • Web content audit: a new direction for editors – Alison Turnbull
7.00–8.00 Drinks reception (bar open from 6pm)
8.00 Conference banquet, with after-dinner talk by author and editor Nicholas Clee
10.00 Bar

Monday 6 September
8.00–9.00 Breakfast
8.45–9.15 Day delegate registration (tea/coffee available)
9.15–9.25 Plenary: Notices
9.30–11.30 Workshops (running concurrently)
  • Proofreading online: Is accuracy compromised?* – Anne Waddingham
  • Maximise your web search** – Sonia Cutler
  • Guide to rewriting – Christine Lindop
  • Introducing project management: Add another string to your bow – Margaret Aherne
  • Wordsmithing for business: Quick hit or slow burn?*– Penny Poole
  • Development editing – Jane Ward
11.30–12.00 Refreshments
12.00–1.00 Good practice Q&A panel session, chaired by Christina Thomas (former editor Editing Matters) with panel members Michele Staple (TSO), Joanne Stead (Thieme Publishing), Kathy Westwood (Sage Publications) and Vivien Redman (Little, Brown Book Group)
1.00–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.30 Something for everyone (a variety of 45-minute sessions running concurrently twice, so delegates can attend two)
  • How does a small business win a public sector tender? – Jim Williams, Tender Management Consultancy Ltd
  • Upgrading your membership – Sarah Patey and Wendy Toole
  • Thinking about subcontracting – Helen MacDonald, Prepress Projects
  • Networking effectively – Sara Hulse
  • Editing theses and dissertations – Pat Baxter
  • Let the web work for you! Introducing Oxford Dictionaries Online for editors and proofreaders – Catherine Soanes, Oxford University Press
3.30–4.00 Close: SfEP chair
4.00 Tea and depart

* Laptops optional

**Laptops mandatory

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