Last Chance to Register for ABC Children’s Institute

Registration for the 2015 ABC Children’s Institute (Ci3) is expected to reach maximum capacity within the next couple of days. Booksellers who would like to attend should register now.

The event, to be held Sunday, April 19, to Tuesday, April 21, at California’s Hilton Pasadena, is open to all bookseller members of the American Booksellers Association, with a maximum of five registrants per member business. The institute’s nonrefundable conference fee is $79 per person.

Ci3’s program includes three plenary sessions, a featured talk, 10 breakout sessions, five roundtable discussions, a reps’ speed dating lunch, an Author Reception, a Scholastic Meet & Treat After Party, a tour of Vroman’s Bookstore, and more.

ABA has also arranged a central meeting place and luggage storage for Ci3 registrants who are planning to attend the two-day Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday, April 19, just prior to the institute. The space — Board Room 201 on the second floor of the Radisson Hotel on the festival site, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles — will be available to Ci3 participants on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For up-to-the-minute information about the complete Ci3 program and to register, visit BookWeb.org/ci2015; questions should be addressed to ABC Group Manager Matthew Zoni.