About the conference
Denver conference participants attend a seminar by the Washington Post's Bill Walsh in 2008.
The ACES National Conference -- this year's is April 15-17, 2010, in Philadelphia -- features the fundamentals of the craft and a primer for what's to come. Each year, copy desk executives, professionals, students and academics come together for three days of workshops, panel discussions and more. Learn about the origins of the conference.
The annual event, which is in its 14th year, is a volunteer-run, nonprofit conference.
Who attends
Cheryl Levenbrown and Missy Prebula of The New York Times.
Each year, more than 300 professionals and students attend the conference: copy editors for newspapers, magazines, Web sites, trade publications, book publishers, nonprofit agencies and corporations, as well as students, journalism professors, consultants and freelancers. See a list of companies and organizations represented at the past two conferences.
Registration costs
We've kept prices unchanged for a third year. This is our way of thanking our members for supporting the society during a difficult economy; it aims to give as many copy editors the opportunity to attend. Registration is as low as $175 for members for three days of training and networking. Students pay even less! And you can attend for one or two days as well.
Participants receive entrance to each day's sessions based on the length of their attendance, as well as a nametag and the 2010 conference bag, which will be filled with great take-home gifts, a notepad, pencils, a conference program and guides to Philadelphia's Center City area. Three-day registrants will also receive a ticket for Friday's banquet. Handouts will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at sessions that provide them.
