Convention Alley Guest Speakers

[Phyllis]

The Convention Alley Planning Committee is pleased to announce Steve
Vander Ark and Dr. Judith Robertson as guest speakers for the 2004
Convention Alley conference.

Steve Vander Ark will provide the keynote address at Saturday's
birthday banquet, as well as serve as Master of Ceremonies throughout
the event. Steve is the creator and editor of the Harry Potter
Lexicon website, a comprehensive reference tool on the Potterverse
extensively used by both fans and scholars. Steve is from Grand
Rapids, Michigan (U.S.A.), where he works as a K-8 library media
specialist. He is also a freelance writer and columnist, as well as
the resident director for the Caledonia Community Players.

Dr. Judith Robertson will speak at the Sunday luncheon. Dr.
Robertson is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa
(Ontario, Canada), and was recently awarded the Faculty of Education
Prize for Excellence in Teaching. She has published a best-selling
book entitled "Teaching About Genocide and Intolerance," and has
written over twenty articles and chapters that have appeared in peer-
refereed sites in children's literature, English education,
curriculum theory and teacher education.

Convention Alley will be held at the University of Ottawa from July
30 – August 1, 2004. In addition to presentations by guest speakers,
the conference will feature programming sessions presented by fans
from both the academic and the non-academic worlds, directed
discussion groups and informal opportunities for participants to get
to know one another and to enjoy the city of Ottawa. A highlight of
the convention will be a dinner for all participants to celebrate
Harry's birthday on July 31st.

For more information or to register, please visit:
http://www.conventionalley.org/ .

~Phyllis Morris
for the 2004 Convention Alley Planning Committee