SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Thursday, April 11 8:30am – 4:55pm NACDL Postconviction Training – The Davison (separate registration is required)
9:00am – 4:00pm International Attendees meeting – Peachtree Room
3:00pm – 5:00pm New Exoneree Event – Location TBD 4:00pm-6:00pm Welcome Gathering for Women Exonerees – Piedmont 1 (for women exonerees only)
4:00pm – 7:00pm Innocence Network Conference registration is open on the Peachtree Terrace
6:00pm – 8:30pm Exoneree Reception and Dinner – Peachtree Ballroom (for exonerees and family members/support persons only)
Friday, April 12 6:45am – 7:45am Sunrise Yoga for Freedom -- Open to all conference attendees (mats/towels will be provided) – Piedmont 4 7:45am- 5:00pm Innocence Network Conference registration is open on the Peachtree Terrace
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast – August Ballroom and Augusta Room
9:15am – 10:45am
Opening Plenary – Peachtree Ballroom Welcome and presentation of Innocence Network Awards
Central Park 5 Panel Discussion 10:45am- 5:30pm Exoneree Lounge is open in Peachtree A
Augusta Room Peachtree Room Savannah A Savannah B Savannah C Piedmont 1 Piedmont 2 Piedmont 3 Piedmont 4
11:15am –
12:30pm
Let's Work Together: Freeing
the Wrongfully Convicted through
Strategic Partnerships
Immigration and Wrongful
Conviction
In Pursuit of Just, Real Science:
Deconstructing and Confronting
Forensic Science in Our Casework
The Moth Storytelling Workshop:
Introductory Session
Starting from the Beginning:
Strategies for Evaluating and
Working Up Your Case
Innocence Scholarship
Fundraising Best Practices Round
Table
What Now?: A Journey Toward
Healing After Exoneration
Improving Intake Accessibility
12:45pm – 1:45pm Lunch – Attendees are invited to sit in topical affinity groups – Augusta Ballroom and Augusta Room
2:00pm – 3:00pm Keynote Presentation by Shaun King – Peachtree Ballroom
Augusta Room Peachtree Rm Savannah A Savannah B Savannah C Augusta EF Augusta GH Piedmont 1 Piedmont 2 Piedmont 4
3:30pm – 4:45pm
The Impossibility of Innocence:
Race as Estimator Variable in Wrongful
Convictions
Psychological Resilience:
Managing Stress for Innocence Organization
Staffers
From Harm to Healing: Art Project for
Exonerees and Exoneree Family
Members
Reforming and Challenging
Flawed Forensics in an Unfriendly Political Climate
Advanced Litigaton
Strategies in Mass Exoneration
Confessions to the Impossible
Crime: Strategies for Litigating Arson Cases
The Successive Federal Habeas Petition: Laying the Groundwork
in State Court and Litigating in
Federal Court
Financial Management- Finding Your Purpose (for
exonerees only)
The Moth Storytelling Workshop
Yoga for Freedom (for
exonerees/family members only)
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Reception and Dinner – Georgia Aquarium Oceans Ballroom (247 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW) Introduction of Exonerees
Saturday, April 13 8:30am-4:00pm Innocence Network Conference registration is open on the Peachtree Terrace 8:30am-11:00am Network Directors’ Breakfast Meeting – Peachtree Room (Network directors only) 8:30am – 9:30am Breakfast – Augusta Ballroom 8:30am- 3:00pm Exoneree Lounge is open in Peachtree A
Augusta Room Peachtree Room Savannah A Savannah B Savannah C Piedmont 1 Piedmont 2 Piedmont 3 Piedmont 4
9:45am – 11:00am
Hidden Racial Bias in a Polarized
World: Discussing Race and Innocence
with Jurors
Network Directors’ Meeting (Network
directors only)
Advanced Forensic Science Ligitation
Re-Trying an Innocence Case:
Strategies for Success
Forensic Science Reform:
Understanding the Structural and
Cultural Undercurrents
More than Words: An Exploration of
Emotional Experience through
Photography (for exonerees/family
members only)
Incentives Baked into the Criminal Justice System &
Wrongful Conviction
Boo'd Up: Building Relationships after
Wrongful Incarceration (for exonerees only)
The Moth Storytelling Workshop
11:15am– 12:45pm The Moth Storytelling Performance – Peachtree Ballroom
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch – Attendees are invited to sit in topical affinity groups – Augusta Ballroom and Augusta Room
Augusta Room Peachtree Room Savannah A Savannah B Savannah C Piedmont 1 Piedmont 2 Piedmont 3
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Exonerated Mothers Convicted of
Murdering Their Children Speak Out -
Hear Our Voices
Race Discrimination and Innocence
Forensic Strategies from Forensic
Scientists
Honoring the Legacy of Sam Gross:
Research, Advocacy and Leadership that Have Changed the
Field
Practical Media Training
Case Study in Intake Development and
Improvement: Perspectives from
Florida
Presenting Innocence Issues to Youth
The Innocents: Social Justice Advocacy Through Artistic
Performance
4:15pm – 4:45pm Pre-Rally Program and Walk to Centennial Olympic Park – Gather in the Augusta Ballroom
5:00pm – 6:15pm Rally for Justice – Southern Companies Amphitheater, Centennial Olympic Park
6:30pm- 9:30pm
Conference Closing Celebration – College Football Hall of Fame (separate ticket required)