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The Demo Room is the nerve center for computer-assisted reporting during the conference — from signing up for hands-on computer classes to hearing about CAR techniques to seeing how IRE and NICAR can help make story ideas come to life.

Every day, IRE staffers presented sessions on the growing array of services provided to members, and Database Library staffers were on hand to answer questions and demonstrate the databases included in the expanding collection of IRE and NICAR.

THURSDAY (optional day)
10:20 -11:30 a.m.	Budget tools: How to make your data searchable and available to others in the newsroom - David A. Milliron, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m.	CrimeStat: Mapping crime and more - Holly Hacker, The Dallas Morning News
2:30-3:40 p.m.	Data in the sky: Environmental reporting using satellite imagery - Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
3:50-5 p.m.	CAR tools for the beats: interactive databases - Jeff Claassen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
5:10-6:20 p.m.	What IRE and NICAR can do for you - IRE and NICAR Staff
FRIDAY
10:10-11:10 a.m.	Putting together the multimedia investigation - Gina Edwards, Naples Daily News
11:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m.	Making the most of using the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder - Kelly Guckian, San Antonio Express-News
1:40-2:40 p.m.	Turning "dirty" text and PDFs into spreadsheets with Monarch - Paula Lavigne, The Dallas Morning News
2:50-3:50 p.m.	Getting ready for scraping: Firefox extensions to help dissect a Web page - John Perry, The Center for Public Integrity
4-5:10 p.m.	What IRE and NICAR can do for you - IRE and NICAR Staff
SATURDAY
9-10 a.m.	What IRE and NICAR can do for you - IRE and NICAR Staff
10:10-11:10 a.m.	An intranet tool to generate FOIA letters on the fly - David Milliron, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
3:40-4:40 p.m.	Investigation in Asia: Environment, politics and future probes - Myung-Seop Kim, Korean Broadcasting System - Moon-Ho Choi, Korean Broadcasting System - Min-Kyu Lee, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
4:50 p.m.	Social network analysis: Tracking charity connections - Ronald Campbell, The Orange County Register