2:00 p.m.  Conference Registration

4:00 p.m. Newcomer Orientation 

6:00 p.m. Opening Reception at the Arizona Historical Museum, sponsored by Delos Records, followed by a performance by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Constantine Orbelian, from 7:30-8:15.

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, sponsored by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Guest Speaker Marilyn Horne.

8:30 a.m. Conference Opening Remarks by AMPPR President, Dave Bunker.

Keynote Speaker Murray Horwitz, Vice President Cultural Affairs, NPR:

10:00 a.m. Morning Break, sponsored by WCLV.

10:00 a.m.  Marketplace Open Through Noon on Saturday

10:30 a.m.  Marilyn Pittman, “Toward a Better Airstaff: Critiques and Techniques.” Training the trainers: how to find a common language for talking about on-air work, how to include airchecking in the station's work structure, and how to cope with the psychological and ego issues of airchecking. 

12:15 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by Harmonia Mundi, performance by the Eroica Quartet.

1:30 p.m. Demographic/Psychographic Differences in Classical, Jazz, and News Listeners. Joyce Schreiber, Station Development Services, NPR.

3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break. Meet Ellen Kushner, sponsored by PRI’s “Sound & Spirit.”

3:30 p.m. PRI’s “Sound & Spirit” host Ellen Kushner explores the meaning of “Sacred Spaces” in life and music in a live version of her series, with special guest Native American flute-player R. Carlos Nakai. A Q&A with Kushner, producer Helen Barrington, and executive producer Jon Solins follows.

5:00 p.m. “Music and Memories,” a tribute to Robert J. Lurtsema, sponsored by AMPPR,  WGBH, and Living Music, with guest artist Paul Winter.

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, sponsored by Living Music, performance by vocalist and    percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan.

8:30 a.m. Shelbra Brinkman, “Strategies for Managing Change,” explored through examples of program changes at public radio stations—part of the Public Radio Professional Training Consortium series of sessions on change at all 2001 public radio conferences. 

10:00 a.m. Morning Break, sponsored by WFMT. 

10:30 a.m. “Aircheck Aspirin,” evaluation of airchecks from tapes sent in advance. Ted Weiner, WDAV; Fred Child, “Performance Today”; and Julie Amacher, Classical 24.

12:15 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by Angel Records, performance by guitarist Christopher Parkening.

1:30 p.m. “Live!”—using live or in-studio performances for broadcasts. Steve Hahn, KUAT; Scott Schillin, “From the Top,” and Ben Roe, NPR.

3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break, sponsored by AW Promotions and Postcards Management, performance by Steinway artist Chiu-Tze Lin.

3:30 p.m. "Getting Ahead: Making the Most Out of Your Public Radio Career." Tom Livingston, Livingston & Associates; Ken Mills, Ken Mills Agency; Jack Allen, Minnesota Public Radio.

5:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception, sponsored by Public Radio International, Classical 24, “From The Top,” MPR, PRI Classical, and Telarc, performance by pianist Lang Lang.

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, sponsored by Sony Classical.

8:30 a.m. “Tomorrow’s Radio Today,” internet radio projects with representatives of Sirius Satellite Radio and 3Com’s “Kerbango.”

10:00 a.m. Morning Break, sponsored by Silva Screen Records Label & Times Square Records, performance by Karuna and Sanjeev.

10:30 a.m. “Getting from Beck to Bach on the Information Superhighway”—how record companies, distributors, and the internet are converging. Randy Barnard, CBC Records; Joe Micallef, Allegro Corp.; Phil Lubman, Radio Moi–-musicmusicmusic.

12:15 p.m. Lunch, sponsored by ECM Records/Universal Classics, performance by violinist John Holloway and chamber organist Aloysia Assenbaum.

1:30 p.m. “Oh, the Joys of Production!?” Susan Hammond, producer, “Classical Kids.”

2:45 p.m. Free time.

6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception, sponsored by CBC Records and CBC Radio 2, performance by violinist James Ehnes.

7:00 p.m. Closing Banquet, sponsored by Summit Records. “Showcase of Artists”: clarinetist Robert Spring, tubist Patrick Sheridan, and the Capitol Quartet.