Coffee Chats are back for this year's ACES virtual conference. Coffee Chats will be 30-minute small group discussions of eight people including a Table Host. They will be held within the conference app, Whova, via their Round Table option. Coffee chats are scheduled between educational sessions each day of the conference.
This is an excellent opportunity to connect with editors within your specialty and share new perspectives to further your professional development.
Each table group of eight will focus on the topic they signed up for during the registration process and share, connect and learn from one another. Coffee chats are included with registration and require sign-up at the time of registration. Seating is limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registrants may choose one coffee chat discussion topic as attendance per topic is limited. This will maximize the opportunity for conference attendees to participate. Coffee Chat registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. ACES reserves the right to close Coffee Chat registration once capacity is reached in a particular topic.
ACES is looking for conference attendees to volunteer to be a coffee chat Table Host for the specific topic they sign up for. Table Hosts will receive a training prior to conference. Hosts will be responsible for welcoming everyone and stimulating discussion, if necessary, with questions supplied in advance by ACES. There is no special technical skill or software requirement. Every table of eight will need a Table Host. The registration form will have more details.
Coffee Chats will be hosted and run as live events and will not be recorded or available for future reference.
These roundtable discussion groups are for editors working in academia to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
DEI
Marketing
Workflows & Project Management
These roundtable discussion groups are for editors working in the government community to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
DEI
Marketing
Workflows & Project Management
These roundtable discussion groups are for editors working in the corporate community to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
DEI
Marketing
Workflows & Project Management
These roundtable discussion groups are for editors working in print and/or digital to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
DEI
Marketing
Workflows & Project Management
These roundtable discussion groups are for proofreaders to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
Best Practices
Language + Usage
Workflows & Project Management
These roundtable discussion groups are for editors working in technical and/or medical fields to share ideas on the 3 discussion topics listed.
DEI
Marketing
Workflows & Project Management
These discussion groups are for freelancers interested in learning more about the 3 below topics within the context of the freelancing community.
Book Editors
Business Setup and Tips
Growing Your Business
Coffee chats are included with registration and require sign-up at the time of registration. Coffee chats may not be added to registration once a registration is complete.
Registrants may choose one coffee chat as attendance per chat is limited. This will help maximize the opportunity amongst all conference attendees. Coffee chat registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. ACES reserves the right to close coffee chat breakouts once capacity is reached.
No, in order to allow maximum participation in Coffee Chat Sessions, we are limiting registration to one coffee chat per attendee.
Coffee Chats will be hosted and run as live events and will not be recorded or available for future reference.
Each Coffee Chat topic (Ex: Corporate has three topics to choose from: DEI, Marketing and Workflows & Project Management) will have up to 8 participants per table. Each table will have a Table Host to guide the conversation. Participants will remain in their table group for the duration of the 30-minute Coffee Chat.
