Keynote speakers

Nichelle Stephens

Nichelle Stephens is a blogger, cupcake enthusiast, editor, event organizer and social media strategist who is the co-founding editor of Cupcakes Take The Cake, the most popular blog about cupcakes. Her appearance at SMACS is made possible in part by Dollop Gourmet Cupcake Creation

Clay Shirky

Clay Shirky is the author of six books including Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations and analyzes the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. His appearance at SMACS is made possible by the generous support of RIT’s Lab for Social Computing

Agenda

8:00 - 9:00	Continental breakfast/Networking
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome & Opening Remarks (RIT President Bill Destler)
9:15 - 9:50	Opening Keynote: Pam Moore
10:00 - 12:30	Morning sessions (all three tracks)
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:15	Keynote: Clay Shirky
2:15 - 4:30	Afternoon session (all three tracks)
4:30 - 5:15	Closing Keynote: Maggie Fox
5:15	Post-Event Networking (Ritz SportsZone, downstairs SAU)