We highly recommend you consult the “Know before you go”  guide by AAA, with important information to find your way in Montreal. According to this guide, there will be wi-fi available in the public areas of the Convention Center/Palais de Congres. Some recommendations to receive the most up-to-date information from AAA and CAE:

• Follow AAA on Twitter, and use the official conference hashtag #AAA2011, if you post any tweets related to the meeting.
• Follow CAE on Twitter, and use our section hashtag #CAE2011, for any tweets related to events, announcements or presentations by the Council on Anthropology & Education.
• Smartphone and iPad users: there is a AAA Annual Meeting app. Learn more here.

Neriko Doerr, CAE Second-Year Member at Large, has put together a list of all the CAE events during the meeting. You can download the CAE 2011 Program Guide (PDF) here. You can also view all CAE events at the AAA online system here.

For a quick glance at our wonderful program, see the list below including CAE invited sessions and special events.

WEDNESDAY, November 16th, 2011

CAE WORKS-IN-PROGRESS SESSION
04:00 PM- 06:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 518C
Organizer: Katherine Bruna

CAE NEW MEMBERS AND PRESIDENTIAL FELLOWS RECEPTION
07:30 PM – 08:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 518C
Organizers: Katherine Schultz, Peter W Demerath, and Greg Tanaka
Chair: Bryan Brayboy

THURSDAY, November 17, 2011

CAE NEW SCHOLARS POSTER SESSION
08:00 AM- 09:45 AM
Montreal Convention Center Rue Poster- Purple
Organizer: Neriko M Doerr
Participants: Erik A Aasland | Jennifer A Brinkerhoff | Elizabeth Donovan | Carla A McNelly | Kathleen King Thorius, Brendan D. Maxcy, Erin Macey, and Adrienne Cox | Michelle Power Wechsler | Sally Wesley Bonet | Kristine Rodriguez and Melanie Hibbert |

CAE OPEN FORUM: 2011 EARLY CAREER PRESIDENTIAL FELLOWS SHARE THEIR WORK
12:15PM – 01:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 514B
Organizers: Bryan M Brayboy and Katherine Schultz

CAE OPEN FORUM: ANTHROPOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE US AND UK
12:15PM – 01:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 513A
Organizers: Teresa L McCarty and Brian V Street

INVITED SESSION: Anthropologies of Education Across Language Barriers: Making and Removing Differences
01:45 PM- 03:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 513B
Organizer/Chair: Kathryn M Anderson-Levitt
Participants: Kathryn M Anderson-Levitt | Elsie Rockwell | Francesca Gobbo | Sally Dean Anderson | Bayero Diallo | Agnes van Zanten | Rebecca Campbell | Patrick Boumard and Rose-Marie Bouvet |

CAE BOARD MEETING (OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS)
02:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 515A
Organizer: Katherine Schultz

FRIDAY, November 18, 2011

INVITED SESSION: Dell Hymes and the New Language Policy Studies: Legacies and Reimaginings of Linguistic (In)Equality in Education

10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 510C
Organizer: Teresa L McCarty and James Collins
Chair: Rodney Hopson
Participants: Teresa L McCarty | James Collins | Rodney Hopson | Nancy Hornberger |
Discussans: Shirley B Heath and Ana C Zentella

CAE OPEN FORUM: LEGACIES OF EDUCATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY—CAE PRESIDENTIAL FELLOWS AND MENTORS LOOK FORWARD
12:15 PM – 01:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 511D
Organizers: K Tsianina Lomawaima and Teresa L McCarty
Presenters: Nancy H Hornberger | Lauren R Zentz | Beth R Leonard | Donna Deyhle | Lesley Bartlett | Shabana Mir | Thea R Abu El-Haj | Amanda Lashaw | Angela Booker | Eric J Johnson | Shirley B Heath | Katherine Schultz | Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher | Peter W Demerath | Anne M Rios-Rojas | Douglas Foley | Kysa Nygreen |

INVITED SESSION: Collusion: Theorizing Academics, the University and the State
04:00 PM- 05:45 PM
Montreal Convention Center 525B
Organizer/Chair: Alexander Posecznick
Participants: E J Ford | Gudrun A Willett and Mary T Huber | Cris Shore | David E Long | Susan A Wright | Barbara Madeloni | Margaret D LeCompte |

CAE BUSINESS MEETING
06:15 PM – 08:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 510A
Organizer: Katherine Schultz
Speaker: David Austin (co-founder of the Alfie Roberts Institute)

SATURDAY, November 19, 2011

CAE MISSION COMMITTEE OPEN MEETING
10:00 AM- 12:00PM
Hyatt Symphonie 2B (Hyatt Regency Montréal)
Organizers: Margaret LeCompte and Yuko Okubo

INVITED SESSION: Toward an Ethnography of (Un)Accountability: Race, High-Stakes Testing and the Anthropology of Public Policy
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 525B
Organizer: Kysa Nygreen
Chair: Amanda W Johnson
Participants: Amanda W Johnson | Jill P Koyama | Christopher Lawrence | Ragnhild Utheim | Kysa Nygreen |
Discussants: Teresa L McCarty and Edmund T Hamann

CAE/AERA DIVISION G COLLABORATIVE SESSION
12:15 PM- 01:30 PM
Montreal Convention Center 524A
Organizer: Katherine Schultz
Presenter: Frederick Erickson

CAE ALL-COMMITTEE MEETING/ NEW MEMBER WELCOME SESSION
03:30 PM – 05:30 PM
Hyatt Symphonie 1 (Hyatt Regency Montréal)
Organizer: Neriko M Doerr

CAE PRESIDENTIAL TALK
06:15 PM – 08:00 PM
Montreal Convention Center 510A
Organizer: Katherine Schultz
Speaker: Bryan Brayboy (Past President)

THE OFF-SITE CAE RECEPTION
08:15 PM- 10:00 PM
Les 3 Brasseurs (In Montreal’s first bank, 1817; 105 St. Paul Est., Old Montreal)
*Please feel free to bring your friends who may be interested in joining the CAE!

Technology and Interviewing Techniques in Linguistic and Educational Anthropology
Thursday, November 17, 2011   |   12:15-13:30
Montreal Convention Center 510A
Experienced researchers in Anthropology of Education and Linguistic Anthropology share their fieldwork experiences, in light of rapidly changing technological tools and resources available for research and interviewing techniques. Students are invited to bring their questions and concerns about fieldwork to the table in a casual and constructive atmosphere.

Graduate Student Workshops: How to Publish in Anthropology & Education Quarterly | Early Career Networking
Saturday, November 19, 2011     |     12:15 – 13:30 hrs
Montreal Convention Center 510A
Scholars come together in this combined event to discuss their experiences in professional networking and the publishing process. This first part of the session will cover such topics as the submission and review process, what editors look for, revisions often requested, and what to do if a paper gets rejected. The second half will focus on scholars’ experiences with professional networking as they have moved through the ropes from PhD student to professorship.

CAE Graduate Student Social Hour
Thursday, November 17   |   18:00-19:30 hrs
At Brutopia, 1219 Crescent,  between Ste. Catherine and Rene Levesque
Come meet your CAE peers from afar as we all gather at Brutopia! This social event is open to all CAE graduate students and provides an opportunity to simply network among your peers in an open and casual environment.