Here is the anticipated schedule for the 2008 SACEM Annual Conference February 15-17 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference will be held at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center on the Ohio State University campus.   SACEM Annual Gathering Feb. 14, Thursday – Valentines Day  2008 New Director’s Orientation begins sometime in the morning 12:00 noon to 12:00 noon typically   concluding with lunch on Friday

Feb. 15, Friday 

  9:00    Registration opens

12:00    Opening Lunch for new directors and those who have arrived

  1:30    opening presentation – Mary Hess

  3:00    afternoon coffee and snack break

  3:30    Workshops:

• Moodle and Blackboard - On-line Learning: Getting to Learning Platforms
         Greg Kauffman, Exe. Director,  The Fisher’s Net

• Ministry in the New World Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for Lifelong Learning Providers – Chris Hammon, Administrator of Online Learning Center,  Wayne E. Oates Institute

• Sabbath and Sabbath Keeping in the Digital Age  – Dick Bruesehoff, Director of Life Long Learning, ELCA

  5:00    Blackwell sessions conclude; break & transportation to Trinity Lutheran

At Trinity Lutheran Seminary

  6:00    Opening Vesper Worship at Chapel, Trinity Lutheran Seminary

  6:30    Reception

  7:15    Banquet and SACEM Vision program – Concludes  by  9:00 pm

            Transportation will be arranged from Blackwell to Trinity and Return

Feb. 16, Saturday 

  7:00    Breakfast bar opens

  8:30  Renewal, Strength, Whimsy and Grace: The Effects of Clergy Peer Learning

Panel Presentation --Janet Maykus, Principal of the College of Pastoral Leaders, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; D. Bruce Roberts,  Professor of Congregational Education and Leadership,  Emeritus; former Director, the Indiana Clergy Peer Group Study Program, Christian Theological Seminary,  Indianapolis; Larry Dill,  Executive Director, Institute for Clergy Excellence; Tim Dolan, Director, Institute for Clergy and Lay Leadership Development, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA.

10:00    Morning break

10:30    Workshops

• Virtual Pedagogy – Teaching and Learning in the On-line Environment – Jodi Hanson, Director of  on-line Learning,  Fisher’s Net - Select

• Transforming Worship for Conferences, Retreats and Continuing Education Events -- Elise Eslinger Director of the Institute for Applied Theology, United Seminary, Dayton

• Interfaith Resources for Continuing Education –   Muslim/Sikh/Buddhist Panel Presentation

• Ministry in the New World Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for Lifelong Learning Providers – Chris Hammon, Administrator of Online Learning Center,  Wayne E. Oates Institute

12:00    Workshops conclude – Lunch  

  1:30    Second Presentation – Mary Hess

  3:00    Afternoon Break

  3:30    SACEM business meeting

  5:00    Day concludes

            Reception and Fellowship in a variety of places

            Night on the town for dinner on your own

            Short North – Downtown – German Village

            Information will be provided

Sunday, Feb. 17

  7:00    Breakfast bar opens

  8:30    Challenges/Opportunities for Continuing Education -Concluding Plenary Panel

10:00     Morning break

10:15    Closing eucharistic Worship

11:15    SACEM Annual Conference Adjourn