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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)