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1 p.m. - 5 p.m. -- ONO Board Meeting in Board Rooms East & West, 1st floor (lunch not provided)

5 p.m. - 6 p.m. -- Optional Gathering at NPR

All ombudsmen and their guests are encouraged to meet in the board rooms at NPR to tour the recording studios and observe a taping of the flagship show “All Things Considered” before going to dinner

7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. -- ONO-sponsored dinner at Busboys & Poets Restaurant, 1025 5th Street N.W. (5th and K St. N.W.)

ONO members and spouses are welcome to join us at the restaurant for dinner in a private loft reserved exclusively for conference attendees. Cash bar.

9:30 a.m. -- Registration and sign-in at the lobby auditorium

Option to purchase tickets for Wednesday's trip to the Newseum

Coffee and breakfast pastries will be provided.

10 a.m. -11 a.m. -- News Ombudsmanship: A Worldwide Survey
A visual presentation on the findings of a joint survey into the global impact of news ombudsmanship
Featuring: Jan van Groesen, Media-ombudsmen, The Netherlands, and Huub Evers, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. -- Emerging Ombudsmanship
Moderator: Ian Mayes (The Guardian)
Featuring: Miklos Haraszti, Representative of the Freedom of Media, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Caucasus, Central Asia)
Panel: Tarmu Tammerk (Estonia), Yavuz Baydar (Turkey), Sally Begbie (Australia) and Jacob Mollerup (Denmark)

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. -- Light lunch sponsored by The Washington Post
Welcoming remarks by Marcus Brauchli, Executive Editor

2 p.m. - 4 p.m. -- Shoptalk: How We Do Our Jobs
Ombudsmen tackle examples of problems presented by members and offer their solutions, followed by breakout sessions on print, Web and broadcasting.

Moderator: Clark Hoyt (The New York Times)

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. -- ONO-Sponsored Reception at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Knight Conference Center, 8th floor (Use 6th Street entrance)

Events are open to ombudsmen, guests and invited media professionals.

7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. -- Panel discussion: Why Have an Ombudsman?
Moderator: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ryerson University (Canada)
Panel: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director, Annenberg Public Policy Center; Kevin Klose, dean, University of Maryland Journalism School; Mark Whitaker, Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News; and Katharine Weymouth, CEO, The Washington Post)

Please join us at NPR's headquarters for the second day of meetings in Board Rooms East and West, 1st floor

9 a.m. -- Welcoming remarks by Vivian Schiller, president and CEO, National Public Radio

9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. -- The Ombudsman and the Blogosphere
Moderator: Alicia Shepard (Ombudsman, NPR)
Featuring: a 10 minute presentation by Siobhain Butterworth (The Guardian) on the blogosphere
Main Speakers: Le Anne Schreiber (Ombudsman, ESPN) and Jack Shafer (Press Critic, Slate)

11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. -- Coffee break

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. -- State of Journalism and the Look Ahead
Speaker: Tom Rosenstiel, Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. -- NPR-Sponsored Light Lunch

2 p.m. - 4 p.m. -- ONO Annual General Meeting, Business Agenda

5 p.m. - 11 p.m. -- ONO-Sponsored Dinner Boat Cruise
All ombudsmen and guests are welcome aboard the Nina's Dandy cruise ship, located at "Zero" Prince Street on the waterfront in Alexandria, Virginia

Free transportation will be provided to and from the pier. The shuttle bus departs Henley Hotel (026 Massachusetts Ave.) promptly at 5 p.m. and will return to the hotel at approximately 11 p.m. For those guests who have their own transportation, please arrive at the dock by 6 p.m. for boarding.

9:30 a.m. -- Gather for our last day of ONO’s sessions
Coffee and bagels will be provided.

Don't forget to claim any pre-purchased tickets for entry to the Newseum this afternoon.

10 a.m. - Noon -- Shoptalk: How Do We Survive?
Discussion led by ONO President Stephen Pritchard on the future role, membership and composition of ONO in a changing and uncertain media environment

Noon -- ONO Conference Adjournment
(lunch not provided)

Closing remarks by Stephen Pritchard

Afternoon activity
Option for Newseum Tour