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It’s nearly September and since 2008 that’s meant that – at least in my world – it’s time to get ready for ALT’s Annual Conference. It’s an exciting time of busy preparations, 101 things to remember and, importantly, shoes to line up to pack for the week ahead (those of you who know about #shoetweets will understand).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As ALT’s chief executive my role in the conference run up is all about strategy, income generation, academic review procedures… in short, there are A LOT of spreadsheets involved and reports to write. It’s rewarding work and very important to ALT as a membership organisation. But there comes a time, and that’s today, when my thoughts turn more to what attending the conference would be like if I were a delegate… which sessions I would like to go to, whom I’d like to see speak or catch up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here is my personal #altc preview, if I was attending as a delegate, either virtually or in Edinburgh: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some ways I attend the conference virtually every year, because so much time is devoted to the conversation on the #altc hashtag. I really enjoyed reading what’s in store on social media and online this year in this post<\/a> by Lorna Campbell. I particularly liked this bit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ALT Conference has always had a really lively and engaging social media presence, which draws in participants from all over the world. I\u2019m delighted to help facilitate this as part of ALT\u2019s social media team, along with partners in crime Rich Goodman (@bulgenen<\/a>), from the University of Loughborough, and photographer Chris Bull (@chrisbull1980<\/a>).  My role is to livetweet the conference keynotes from ALT\u2019s official twitter account @A_L_T<\/a>, while Rich will be tweeting Chris\u2019 photographs, which really capture the buzz and energy of the conference.  You can see Chris\u2019 pictures from last year\u2019s ALT Conference on ALT\u2019s flickr<\/a> channel, and in keeping with ALT\u2019s strategic commitment to openness, they\u2019re all Creative Commons licensed. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That sent me down a rabbit hole of looking at photos from previous years and reminded me how much sessions like the Assembly Meeting, the Annual General Meeting and the CMALT Ceremony as well as the Learning Technologist of the Year Awards help make the conference the wonderful experience it often is. So these sessions are definitely in my calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n