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RNA2016

Welcome to the 2016 RNA Annual Conference!

3:00pm EDT

Registration open DoubleTree by Hilton

8:00am EDT

Registration open DoubleTree by Hilton

8:15am EDT

Bus departs DoubleTree for pre-conference programming at the Museum of the Bible and the Newseum Newseum

9:30am EDT

TOUR: Museum of the Bible hard hat tour (pre-conference program) Museum of the Bible

11:00am EDT

PANEL: Around the World in 45 Minutes… (pre-conference program) NewseumBrian Pellot • Tom Gjelten • Yonat Shimron

11:45am EDT

BRIEFING: Religion and Foreign Policy: from the office of Shaun Casey, U.S. State Department (pre-conference program) NewseumRachel Leslie

12:00pm EDT

Lunch at the Newseum (pre-conference program, sponsored by the Newseum) TBA

1:00pm EDT

PRESENTATION: Google News Lab Tools for Reporters (pre-conference program) NewseumBrian Pellot • Sam Stewart

3:00pm EDT

PANEL: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims and the Media (pre-conference program) NewseumEngy Abdelkader • John Esposito • Arsalan Iftikhar • Dalia Mogahed • Ayman Mohyeldin • Roland Schatz

4:45pm EDT

Bus departs Newseum to return to DoubleTree (pre-conference program) TBA

6:00pm EDT

Exhibitor Sneak Peek DoubleTree by Hilton Welcome Reception DoubleTree by Hilton

7:30pm EDT

PANEL: Interfaith Comedy Night DoubleTree by HiltonDina Zingaro • Mo Amer • Jenna Kim Jones • Matty Litwack

8:30am EDT

Registration open DoubleTree by Hilton

8:45am EDT

Power Networking Breakfast Connection Room, 2nd flooor Exhibits open DoubleTree by Hilton

10:00am EDT

Refreshment break in Exhibitor Room (Sponsored by Thrivent Financial) DoubleTree by Hilton

10:30am EDT

Welcome & announcements Pinnacle Grand, 2nd floor

10:45am EDT

PANEL: Race, Religion & #BlackLivesMatter in the Post-Obama Era Pinnacle Grand, 2nd floorAdelle Banks • Kip Banks • Kelly Brown Douglas • Ryan Herring

12:00pm EDT

Refreshment break in Exhibitor Room (Sponsored by Thrivent Financial) Discovery Room, 2nd floor

12:30pm EDT

Lunch & panel: Christians in the Middle East (Sponsored by Knights of Columbus) Connection Room, 2nd flooor

1:30pm EDT

Refreshment break in Exhibitor Room (Sponsored by Thrivent Financial) DoubleTree by Hilton

2:00pm EDT

PANEL: Give Me Religious Liberty or Give Me an Amicus Brief! Pinnacle Grand, 2nd floorTim Townsend • Sarah Barringer Gordon • Marie Griffith • Douglas Laycock

3:15pm EDT

Refreshment break in Exhibitor Room (Sponsored by Thrivent Financial) Discovery Room, 2nd floor

3:45pm EDT

PANEL: How Immigrants are Changing the Church in America Pinnacle Grand, 2nd floorLaurie Goodstein • Wesley Granberg-Michaelson • Jehu J. Hanciles • Gabriel Salguero • Maria Liu Wong

6:00pm EDT

Dinner & discussion: The Moral & Cognitive Capacities of Animals (Sponsored by AAAS) Connection Room, 2nd flooor

7:45am EDT

Breakfast & data release: Religious Liberty Survey (Sponsored by Pew Research Center) DoubleTree by Hilton Registration open DoubleTree by Hilton

9:00am EDT

PANEL: Women and Religion: When Faith and Feminism Collide DoubleTree by HiltonLauren Markoe • Chani Gettler • Kate Kelly • Pam Palmer • Jennifer Zobair

10:15am EDT

Refreshment break DoubleTree by Hilton

10:30am EDT

PANEL: Nuancing the Nones DoubleTree by HiltonKimberly Winston • Daniel Cox • Sarah Jones • Tom Krattenmaker • Scott McConnell

11:45am EDT

Refreshment break DoubleTree by Hilton

12:00pm EDT

Lunch and panel: Beliefs — A Different Face for Evangelicals (Sponsored by Lifeway Research) DoubleTree by Hilton

1:00pm EDT

Refreshment break Discovery Room, 2nd floor

1:15pm EDT

PANEL: Countering Violent Extremism, Five Years In DoubleTree by HiltonDilshad D. Ali • Seamus Hughes • Imam Mohamed Magid • Tony McAleer • Faiza Patel

2:30pm EDT

Refreshment break Discovery Room, 2nd floor

2:45pm EDT

PANEL: Cover the Godbeat Using this One Weird Trick: Digital Tools for Reporting on Religion DoubleTree by HiltonEmily McFarlan Miller • Sarah Pulliam Bailey • Nicola Menzie • Kate Shellnutt

4:15pm EDT

Members Meeting DoubleTree by Hilton

7:00pm EDT

Silent Auction & Awards Banquet (Sponsored by the International Shinto Foundation and The Shack) DoubleTree by Hilton

10:00pm EDT

Banquet After Party DoubleTree by Hilton