Monday, October 22

6:00 PM                                  Dinner and bar-hopping in the town of Newport

Tuesday, October 23

9:00 – 9:30 AM                       Coffee and conversation

9:30 – 10:00 AM                     Welcome

10:00 – 11:30 AM                   Tour of the hotel

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM            Local Arrangements Committee meeting

12:30 – 2:00 PM                     Lunch, followed by breakout sessions

2:00 – 3:30 PM                       Afternoon presentations: American popular music in the post-modern age

•          Sandy Brooks (Eastern Connecticut State University)
  • A Brief History of Surf Music
•          Emily Ferrigno (Wesleyan University)
  • Not the Usual Suspects: Researching Electronic Dance Music
•          Lee Bryars (Berklee College of Music)
  • Contemporary Popular Music Genres: The Postmodern Dilemma

3:30 PM                                  Reception, with invitations extended to representatives of Newport businesses