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Conference Schedule

This schedule may be subject to change.

Tuesday, October 7th

Pre-Conference Day - Pre-Con. Workshops (Optional)

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Morning Pre-Conference Workshops

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Break

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops

Full Conference Begins

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Opening Session & Keynote

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM DEC Welcome & Cocktail Hour
Posters in the DEC Exhibit Hall

The stage and crowd of the opening keynote from the 2024 conference. Monique Matute-Chavarria is presenting and an ASL interpreter is on the stage.
Christy Kavulic and David Cantrell from the Office of Special Education Programs are onstage with DEC Board Member James Young. A sign language interpreter is interpreting the session.

Wednesday, October 8th

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Morning Coffee

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM General Session

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM Keynote

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Break

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM Hot Topic

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions

Thursday, October 9th

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Coffee in the Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Poster Session

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Concurrent Sessions

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Break

1:00 PM – 3:15 PM Hot Topic

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Concurrent Sessions

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Family Partnership Featured Speaker

A presenter stands at a podium at the 2024 conference. The powerpoint on the screen has information about computational thinking and looping in early childhood.
A poster session at the 2024 conference with presenters and attendees speaking together along the walls of posters

Friday, October 10th

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Coffee in the Exhibit Hall

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions

10:15 AM -11:15 AM Concurrent Sessions

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Break

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Concurrent Sessions

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Sessions

Division for Early Childhood

conference@dec-sped.org

310-428-7209

Division for Early Childhood Mailing and Billing Address 

PO Box 662089

Los Angeles, CA 90066

Oregon Convention Center

777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children logo

© Division for Early Childhood 2024

Division for Early Childhood is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.

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