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Wednesday
, September 18
7:00pm PDT
Late Night Networking: RNA Social Hour
The International Bar // Westgate
Thursday
, September 19
8:30am PDT
Hospitality Room 8:30 am–6 pm
Executive Boardroom // Convention Area 2nd Floor
Registration 8:30 am–6:30 pm
Ballroom Hallway // Westgate Covention Area
9:30am PDT
Continental breakfast begins, sponsored by American Jewish Committee
Ballroom A
9:45am PDT
Welcome & Announcements
Ballroom A
Peter Smith
10:00am PDT
Sponsored panel & continental breakfast from the American Jewish Committee: Anti-Semitism in Politics, Pews and Overseas
Ballroom A
Manya Brachear Pashman • Rabbi Andrew Baker • Rabbi Noam Marans • Julie Rayman
11:05am PDT
PANEL: Welcoming the Stranger: How Sacred Texts Inform Emerging Immigration Views
Ballroom A
Dave Schechter • Nahla Kayali • Mark Tooley • Mark Hetfield
12:00pm PDT
Exhibits open 12-6:30
Ballroom B
12:05pm PDT
Networking with exhibitors
Ballroom B
12:45pm PDT
Lunch
Ballroom B
1:45pm PDT
Networking with exhibitors
Ballroom B
2:00pm PDT
PANEL: Religion, Socialism & Economic Justice
Ballroom A
Stephanie Russell-Kraft • Rev. Andrew Wilkes • Betty Hung • Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
3:05pm PDT
PANEL: Saving Souls in Sin City: The Secret Life of Ministry in the Party City
Ballroom A
Adelle Banks • J B Myers • Imam Fateen Seifullah • Rabbi Sanford Akselrad • Annie Lobert
4:05pm PDT
Break
Convention area // Westgate Resort
4:15pm PDT
Sponsored panel from Freedom From Religion Foundation: Christian Nationalism in the Age of Trump
Ballroom A
Amit Pal • Andrew L. Seidel • Jack Jenkins • Katherine Stewart
5:15pm PDT
Welcome Reception, sponsored by "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
Ballroom B
Tom Junod
6:30pm PDT
Late Night Networking: Exploring the Westgate
On your own // Westgate
Friday
, September 20
8:00am PDT
Breakfast: Exhibitor presentations followed by Opinion Journalism Panel
Ballroom B
Exhibits open 8 am–5:30 pm
Ballroom B
Registration 8 am–6:30 pm
Ballroom Hallway // Westgate Covention Area
8:30am PDT
PANEL: Opinion Journalism On the God Beat
Ballroom B
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons • Cathleen Falsani • Jana Riess • Jacob Lupfer • Simran Jeet Singh
9:45am PDT
Announcements
Ballroom A
Peter Smith • Bob Smietana
10:00am PDT
PROGRAM: Millennials & Spirituality — Measuring Millennial Spirituality
Ballroom A
Emma Green • Paul Raushenbush • Veronica Selzler • Alan Cooperman
11:00am PDT
Hospitality Room 11 am–5:30 pm
Executive Boardroom // Convention Area 2nd Floor
11:05am PDT
PROGRAM: Millennials & Spirituality — Four Millennials Who Are Redefining Faith
Ballroom A
Jack Gordon • Mahdia Lynn • Pastor Joey Furjanic • Kyra Limberakis • Rosemary Card
12:05pm PDT
Networking break with exhibitors
Ballroom B
12:45pm PDT
LUNCH & PROGRAM: Millennials & Spirituality — Covering Millennial Spirituality
Ballroom B
Emily McFarlan Miller • Andrew Henry
1:45pm PDT
Break
Convention area // Westgate Resort
2:00pm PDT
PANEL: Sanctuaries or Soft Targets? How Houses of Worship Are Grappling with the Threat of Attacks
Ballroom A
Deepa Bharath • Pardeep Singh Kaleka • Rev. Mark Whitlock • Capt. Sasha Larkin
3:05pm PDT
PANEL: High church? Marijuana, Mushrooms and Drug-Related Religious Activism
Ballroom A
Kelsey Dallas • Natalie Gillespie • Marty Stephens • Peter Droege • Emmett Reistroffer
4:05pm PDT
Networking break with exhibitors
Ballroom B
4:30pm PDT
Sponsored panel by the Ansari Institute: Extreme Coverage: Reporting on Religion, Peace, and Conflict
Ballroom A
Rukmini Callimachi • Scott Appleby
5:30pm PDT
Dinner, sponsored by World Vision: Shifting Our Approach to Poverty
Ballroom B
Edgar Sandoval
7:00pm PDT
Late Night Networking: Hit the Strip
On your own // Las Vegas Strip
Saturday
, September 21
8:00am PDT
Exhibits 8 am–12:30 pm
Ballroom B
Hospitality Room 8 am–4 pm
Executive Boardroom // Convention Area 2nd Floor
Registration 8 am–5 pm
Ballroom Hallway // Westgate Covention Area
8:30am PDT
Breakfast, sponsored by the University of Notre Dame: Sexual Harassment and Catholic Seminary Culture: The First Sociological Survey of Current Seminarians
Ballroom B
John Cavadini • Thomas Gaunt, S.J.
9:30am PDT
Networking with exhibitors
Ballroom B
10:00am PDT
PANEL: The Whistleblowers
Ballroom A
Dina Zingaro • Manny Vega • Siobhan O'Connor • Lyvonne Proverbs • Trudy Metzger
11:05am PDT
BREAKOUT PANEL: Challenging Secularism: Hindu Fundamentalism in India and the Diaspora
Ballroom C
Deepa Bharath • Sonia Paul • Kalpana Jain • Amit Pal
BREAKOUT PANEL: Finding the Right Images for the Faith Beat
Ballroom A
Liz Kineke • Andrew Rush • Audrey Galex • David Gladstone
12:05pm PDT
Last-chance exhibitor networking
Ballroom B
12:40pm PDT
Lunch, sponsored by TBN: The Future of Faith in Media, presented by TBN’s “State of Faith”
Ballroom B
Eric Metaxas • Holly Meyer • Jonathan Decker • Nate Daniels • Roxanne Stone
1:40pm PDT
Break
Convention area // Westgate Resort
1:50pm PDT
PANEL: Abortion, Religion & the Courts
Ballroom A
Danae King • Rabbi Hara Person • Father Frank Pavone • Elaina Ramsey
2:50pm PDT
Break
Convention area // Westgate Resort
3:00pm PDT
BREAKOUT PANEL: Faith in the Age of Social Media: How Religion Journalists Can Best Use Social Media in Reporting
Ballroom C
Liam Adams • Sophia Smith Galer • Chrissy Stroop • Aysha Khan
BREAKOUT PANEL: How to Cover Horrific Events
Ballroom A
Holly Meyer • Jennifer Berry Hawes • Jamie Aten • Yonat Shimron • Peter Smith
4:10pm PDT
Member Meeting
Ballroom C
6:30pm PDT
2019 RNA Annual Awards Banquet (Doors open at 6 pm)
Ballroom A
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