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Livestream/Virtual Option

There’s nothing like the full, in-person JASNA AGM experience and “the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation." But for those who can’t travel to Cleveland, we are also offering a livestream/virtual AGM option. You can participate in the core conference online in real time, wherever you are in the world, as long as you have a high-speed internet connection (see technical requirements, below). All livestreamed presentations will also be recorded and available to virtual attendees to watch for 60 days following the AGM.

Livestream and Recorded Content

Beginning with the official Opening of the AGM, we will stream all five Plenary Lectures and five breakout talks, as well as the Friday night special sessions and selected other conference elements. You can share in the energy of the conference as it happens and participate by submitting questions for the speakers during Q&A sessions.

The following sessions will be streamed live, as well as recorded for later access*:

• AGM Opening
• Carol Medine Moss Keynote Lecture, “Was Austen Political?,” by Amanda Vickery
• North American Scholar Lecture, “‘The capital pen of a sister author’: Reading Frances Burney with Jane Austen,” by Peter Sabor
• Additional Plenary Lectures:
• “‘I should infinitely prefer a book’: Some Thoughts on Reading Austen for Others,” by Patricia Matthew
• “Jane Austen and the Jurassic,” by Thomas Keymer
• “‘So potent and so stimulative’: Jane Austen's Reading,” by Susan Allen Ford
• Breakout Sessions:
• “‘With ships and sailors she felt herself at home’: How Austen’s Siblings—Francis, Charles, Fanny, and Henry—Stoked Her Naval Knowledge and Fired Her Creative Imagination,” by Sheila Johnson Kindred and Hugh Kindred
• “Jane Austen and Lord Byron: Literature, Politics, and Culture,” by Christine Kenyon-Jones
• “‘To Meet in a Charitable Scheme’: The Sentimental Novel and Unsentimental Charity,” by Lona Manning
• “‘She placed her bonnet on his head & ran away’: Stealing Sources and Avoiding Consequences in Jane Austen’s Fiction,” by Sarah Emsley
• “The Curiosities of Jane Austen,” by Paul Savidge
• Special Sessions: “Jane Austen’s Wardrobe: What the Writer Wore,” by Hilary Davidson
• “Made it? Model it! Extravaganza: Fashion Show & Bingo,” by Lisa Brown
• Two informal mini-chats with selected AGM speakers, just for livestreamers
• Promotions for Future AGMs, and AGM Closing

In addition, you can watch recordings of the following presentations, although they will not be streamed live*:

• 2024 New Voices Breakout Speakers’ Presentation: “Doctor Syntax and the Mass Market: What the Regency's Forgotten Bestseller Shows Us About Austen's Original Readers,” by Ben Wiebracht and Students
• “‘That little insignificant fellow, Tom Thumb’: Henry Fielding’s Early Burlesque and the Origins of Jane Austen’s Style,” by Lesley Peterson
• “Guidebooks, Itineraries, and Ways of Seeing: Scripting Tourism in Northanger Abbey,” by Caitlin Kelly
• “Jane Austen, Book Owner,” by Deborah Barnum
• “Cover/Uncovered: Textiles and the Regency Era through the Lens of the Shawl,” by Kate Jorgensen

* Inclusions are subject to change based on availability or technical considerations.

All of these sessions are described on the 2024 AGM Plenary Speakers, Breakout Sessions, and Special Sessions webpages. Additional special features may be added later.

Interactive Elements

Thanks to technology, you will also be able to connect and socialize with other JASNA members during the conference. With the Livestream/Virtual Option, you may:

• Submit questions for plenary, breakout, and special session speakers during the livestreamed Q&A sessions
• Submit questions during special livestream-only mini-chats with selected speakers

During breaks, you can use the chatbox to converse with other livestreamers and the livestream host. Joining in on the AGM livestream experience is the next best thing to being there!

Eligibility and Fees

Just like the in-person AGM, the livestream/virtual option is open to JASNA members only. Connections are not shareable, but you may have family members or others physically present watch the AGM on your screen with you.

JASNA Member Fee: $175
JASNA Student Member Fee: $125

You may pay by credit card or U.S. check.

“Attendee Plus” Add-On for In-Person AGM Attendees

If you are a registered Attendee at the AGM in-person in Cleveland, you are eligible to purchase access to all the recordings listed above (i.e., recordings of streamed sessions plus recorded-only sessions) for $55 in addition to your Attendee registration fee. The $55 add-on is applicable only to registrants for the in-person AGM, and is not transferable. The add-on will appear as an option on the online registration form during regular AGM registration, which opens on June 19.

Important Dates

Because the technology and professional services required to produce a high-quality livestream event are expensive, JASNA must guarantee a minimum number of participants by July 31 to go ahead with the livestream/virtual option. This and other important dates are shown below.

Cancellation and Refund Policy for Livestream/Virtual Registrants

Registration for the livestream/virtual AGM option will open on June 26, 2024, at 12 noon EDT.

If you register as a Livestream/Virtual AGM participant and your availability on AGM weekend changes, you may:

1. Retain your registration and watch the recordings at your convenience until December 23, 2024;
2. Cancel by July 31 and receive a refund of your registration minus a $15 cancellation fee; or
3. Cancel after August 1, with no refund.

If you decide to travel to Cleveland, you may convert your livestream/virtual registration to an in-person registration at any time, as long as space is available. Your livestream/virtual payment will be applied toward the in-person fee, with you paying the difference. Upon conversion, cancellation and refund policies for the in-person AGM will apply.

For information on canceling the Attendee Plus add-on or converting from in-person to Livestream/Virtual registration, please see the Registration webpage.

Registration, whether for the in-person conference or the Livestream/Virtual option, is not transferable, in whole or in part.

Technical Details

Instructions for connecting to the livestream platform will be sent to you before the start of the AGM. Some technical requirements include:

• Each registrant must have a unique email address.
• Registration login is portable, but will only work on one device at a time.
• Couples wanting to have separate logins must register separately, using different email addresses.
• Members of the same household watching together on the same computer may do so on one registration. Registrant accounts cannot be otherwise shared or transferred. JASNA reserves the right to take other actions to prevent unauthorized use of AGM content.
• Recording or distributing any part of the AGM is prohibited.
• Browser Requirements: Chrome and Chromium-based browsers are recommended for optimal performance, but any modern browser should work. (Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is not recommended.) Streaming on phones is not recommended.
• Internet Requirements: We will be streaming high-definition video, so having a good Internet connection is important for a good viewing experience. An Internet download speed of at least 10mbps is recommended. You can go to https://fast.com/ to check yours. Also, keep in mind that if other members of your household are playing online games or streaming movies while you’re watching the AGM, performance may be affected.