The 2008 Annual LMDA Conference was held in San Diego, June 26-29, 2008. Great speakers, great attendance and great weather made for a great conference. Many thanks to the volunteers who contributed so much time, energy and dedication to ensuring our time in San Diego was so productive, and so much fun.

For your reference, the 2008 Conference Brochure and complete schedule of activities are attached.

-- Brian Quirt

THANK YOU to:

The 2008 LMDA Conference has been generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. This contribution has been essential to the range and quality of the speakers we have been able to invite. Our thanks to the NEA.

Thank you to our conference hosts for the generous contribution of their venues to our events this week:

La Jolla Playhouse – Shirley Fishman and Gabe Greene

San Diego State University – The Department of English and Comparative Literature (Bill Nericcio), the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts (Dean Joyce Gattas & John Baxter), the Center for Latin American Studies, and the School of Theatre, Television, and Film (Randy Reinholz)

University of California San Diego – Department of Theatre and Dance (Naomi Iizuka, Charlie Oates, Laura Manning)

Special thanks to our conference organizers:
Conference Chair: D.J. Hopkins
Conference Coordinators: Laura Brueckner, Carlenne Lacosta
Conference Committee: Peter Cirino, Gabe Greene, Scott Horstein, Naomi Iizuka, and Shelley Orr

And to our Spotlight Sponsor: Abrams Artists Agency

And to our sponsors: UC Mexus

And to our Volunteers for contributing so much time
and energy: Lauren Beck, Hannah Daniel, Jason Fitzgerald,
Jacqueline Goldfinger, Kelli Jean Groskopf, Lauren Lewis,
Katy Liesenfelt, Jenna Long, Kris Kerr, Crystal Mercado,
Deirdre O'Rourke, Tony Perez, Dan Rubin