Acclaimed keynote speakers will provide a focus for conference activities. Howard Besser and Johanna Drucker are academic heavyweights, from University of California at Berkeley and Yale University respectively. Besser is an international authority on digital-imaging. Drucker is a nationally recognized book artist, writer and scholar of the alphabet and language. Rounding out the keynoters is storyteller Len Cabral, who has performed at the National Storytelling Festival, the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival and Discovery Theatre, and the Kennedy Center.
Sessions are open to the public through registration for the entire conference only.
Pre-registration is strongly suggested. Gallery exhibitions and installations will be open to the public free of charge during the conference and continuing throughout October. Ligorano and Reese's presentation and Len Cabral's presentation will be open to the general public. Media Representatives are welcome to cover the Mixed Messages conference. For further information, contact any member of the planning committee .