Conference Schedule

PDFs of session handouts and powerpoint slides submitted by the presenters are linked to the sessions listed by day/time on the schedule below. If you are looking for someone or a specific topic, use the Search box at the top/right of this page.
Also--You can find videos of the Plenaries on the Conference Videos page.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
8 am–4 pm	Dual Language/Immersion Education Researcher Convocation
Morning	Pre-Conference School Visits Highland Park Middle School & Highland Park HS (Spanish, 6-12) Park Spanish Immersion (K-5) XinXing Academy (Mandarin, K-6) Adams Spanish Immersion Magnet (K-5) L’Etoile du Nord (French, K-5) Anishinabe Academy High 5 (Ojibwe/Dakota preschool)
Thursday, October 18, 2012
8 am–6 pm	Registration
9–11:30 am	Pre-Conference Workshops
1:30–4 pm	Pre-Conference Workshops
5 pm Minnesota Ballroom	Welcome and Opening Remarks Plenary: A Vygotskian Sociocultural Perspective on Immersion Education Merrill Swain
6:30 pm	Reception and Cash Bar
Friday, October 19, 2012
8:30 am Great River Ballroom	Plenary: No Program Is an Island: Policy Contexts for Immersion Education Donna Christian
10 am	Symposia Morning Sessions
11:15 am	Morning Sessions
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Symposia Afternoon Sessions
3:00 pm	Afternoon Sessions
4:30 pm Great River Ballroom	Plenary: How Fluent Should One Really Be: Controlling Against the ‘Contamination’ of the Language Tīmoti Kāretu
5:30 pm	Networking and Cash Bar
Saturday, October 20, 2012
8:30 am Great River Ballroom	Plenary: Linguistic and Cultural Pluralism as a Guide for Daily Decision-Making Ester de Jong
10 am	Symposia Morning Sessions
11:15 am	Morning Sessions
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm	Symposia Afternoon Sessions
3:00 pm	Afternoon Sessions
4:30 pm Great River Ballroom	Plenary: Integrated Learning Across the Immersion Curriculum Roy Lyster
6:30 pm	Dinner and Dance