7:45 a.m. Registration and Portfolio Showcase Drop-Off
8:00 a.m. Welcome
8:15 a.m. Keynote: Rubin Pfeffer, Agent at Rubin Pfeffer Content, LLC
“You and Publishing. Let´s Get Going.”
9:15 a.m. Rubin Pfeffer & Susan Fletcher—”The Agent and Author Relationship”
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Keynote: Charlotte Wenger, Agent at Prospect Agency
“Giving Characters Life and Voice”
11:15 a.m. Keynote: Kelly Bennett, Author
“What is your Picture Book´s Big Picture?”
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Illustrator Break-out with Saho Fujii, Art Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers—“The Picture Book Process”
1:15 p.m. Keynote: Trisha de Guzman, Associate Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers—”Raising Your Stakes”
2:15 p.m. Break
2:35 p.m. “First Look” Faculty Panel
3:35 p.m. Closing Announcements—Silent Auction closes
3:40 p.m. Keynote: Susan Fletcher, Author
“30 Tips/30 Years: What I’ve Learned about Writing Since I Sold my First Book”
4:40 p.m. Book signings
5:00 p.m. Close out
6:00 p.m. Networking Dinner at Carino’s, 620 Harvey Rd., College Station, TX 77840
