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Day - Wednesday, Sep 14

Early Registration Opens

[RSVP] Building the Undefeated: An Insider’s Look At the First Six Months of ESPN’s New Vertical [Sponsored]

Day 1 - Thursday, Sep 15

Quiet Room for Nursing Moms [sign-up requested]

Registration + Help Desk

You’re #1! First-Timer Breakfast and Orientation

Welcome and Opening Remarks

OPENING KEYNOTE: Fireside Chat with Facebook’s Fidji Simo

Coffee + Tea Bar

Midway Open

Bringing Ethical and Social Newsgathering to Your Newsroom

Early-Career Tips From our MJ Bear Fellows

The Revenue Roundup: 6 Idea$ to Monetize Your Newsroom

Socializing a Visual-Less Medium: The Future of Social Audio

It’s Not Mobile First. Think Content First.

Tools v. Snowflakes

Hype or Here: When Should I Use 360/VR in My Storytelling?

Welcome to the Snapocalypse: Navigating, Surviving ... and Thriving? ... With Distributed Content

NBC News/MSNBC: Avoiding Stereotypes in Reporting and How Transparency is Your Ally When it Happens [Sponsored]

BREAK: Midway Programming, Networking + Lunch (on your own)

Facebook: Emerging Visual Storytelling on Instagram and 360 [Sponsored]

Coffee + Tea Bar

Baiting Your Hook: The Delicate Art of Pitching Your Freelance Article

Product-ify Your Newsroom: Innovate with Product Thinking

VR Technical Session: Spatialized Audio Design

Designing Journalism for a Digital Conversation

Storytelling from the Smartphone Lock Screen

F* It, We'll Do It Live: Workshopping The Hows & Whys Of Live Stream Part I

What We Really Mean When We Talk About Empathy and Analytics

Panama Papers, or How To Coordinate a Secret in the Digital Age

Fresco News: The Power of Community: UGC and the Millennial Newsroom [Sponsored]

Rethinking 'Diversity': How to Cover Race & Inclusion

The Legal Panel

Getting into the Weed: Launching a Successful Niche Digital Media Product

Do Audience Better: Lessons from 150 Newsrooms and a Year of Writing Code for The Coral Project

Planning Chat for Scale by Predicting a Two-Way Conversation

Broadcast, Web Video and the Attention Economy

Story, Platform and Design: Digital Journalism Insights + VIP Meetup

F* It, We'll Do It Live: Workshopping The Hows & Whys Of Live Stream Part II

Brightspot: First to Publish: Learn How Industry Leaders Stay Agile in a Rapidly Changing News World [Sponsored]

Opening Night Reception

Day 2 - Friday, Sep 16

Quiet Room for Nursing Moms [sign-up requested]

[RSVP] Morning Yoga on the Terrace

Diversity Mentorship Breakfast

Calling All Students at ONA16!

Registration + Help Desk

Coffee + Tea Bar

Table Talks: Audience Engagement + Analytics

Table Talks: Mobile Tools + Design

Table Talks: Educators + Students

Table Talks: Business + Revenue

Table Talks: Career Building

Table Talks: Audio, Photo + Video

Table Talks: Newsgathering Tools + Techniques

Table Talks: Developer Tools + Tech

Midway Open

Google: Dialing Up on Mobile to Reach Readers and Push Performance [Sponsored]

Knight Foundation: Inside the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab and MIT’s Electome [Sponsored]

BREAK: Midway Programming, Networking + Lunch (on your own)

Facebook: Live Video for News [Sponsored]

Leaving Your Recruitment Comfort Zone

Fitting in the News: Creating Personalized Interactives

Change Up Your 2016 Election Coverage. Create a Computational Campaign.

Designing More Emotionally Intelligent Digital Experiences

Editorial Partnerships for Business and Investigative Awesomeness

Local Newscasts: Adapt or Die?

The Break-It-And-Make-It Workshop!

VR Technical Workshop: Introduction to Unity

It’s Raining Bots

Coffee + Tea Bar

Engaging Audiences with Live “High Def” Journalism

The Election Will Not Be Televised: The 2016 Presidential Reality Show on Social

Quick Guide to Your Basic 360 / VR Toolkit

Wibbitz: Video for Everyone: Give Your Entire Newsroom the Power of Automated Video [Sponsored]

KEYNOTE: Do We Need a Bechdel Test for News? How Inclusiveness and Credibility Can Expand Coverage

[RSVP Required] International Reception

[RSVP Required] Educators' Reception