All registered attendees get access to the following events:

SUNDAY, March 28

Registration – 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

PSPF OPEN REVIEW – 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Over 75 attendees will present their work at the Hyatt Regency. The Connect 2010 Faculty, all registered attendees and the collecting public are invited for this event.

Welcome Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Lowepro (Attendees and Participants only) at Korakia Pensione – 5:30 – 8:00 pm.

MONDAY, March 29

Visit Canon, Leica, Blurb, Tenba, X-Rite, Samy’s and Fujifilms in their Sponsor Suites at Korakia as well as in the Sponsor Headquarters area of the HYATT Regency, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Seminar: CANON DIGITAL SLR: An Advanced Look at Canon Digital SLR Systems. 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Seminar: UNDERSTANDING COLOR SPACES, PROFILES & CALIBRATION with X-Rite & Digital Color Expert Eric Magnusson. 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Refreshments at Palm Springs Art Museum Sculpture Garden 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM: (open to the public) – THE BUSINESS OF FINE ART – Palm Springs Art Museum, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Moderated by Jeff Dunas: Three important gallery directors and two museum directors will discuss how the business works and how it relates to the photographers in the audience.

SPECIAL INVITATION: Daniell Cornell, Curator of Photography at the Palm Springs Art Museum invites you to join LINDA CONNOR in a private tour of her exhibition, Odyssey: The Photographs of Linda Connor, in the main galleries of the museum from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Click Here for Details

EVENING PRESENTATION: Palm Springs Art Museum Annenberg Theater.
Slide Show Contest Finalists Screening – 9:00 pm – 9:15 pm

Evening Projections: The Photography of Special Invitees: POPULAR SCIENCE staff photographer JOHN CARNETT / Tribute to JULIUS SHULMAN / JOEL MEYEROWITZ. 9:15 pm – 11:00 pm

FESTIVAL PARTY with Wine Tasting 11:00 pm – 1:00am

Visit Canon, Leica, Blurb, Tenba, X-Rite, Samy’s and Fujifilms in their Sponsor Suites at Korakia as well as in the Sponsor Headquarters area of the HYATT Regency, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Seminar: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH A LEICA RANGEFINDER. 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Seminar: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM: From Shoot to Finish 10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Seminar: CREATING PIXEL PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHS WITH ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Seminar: ADOBE PREMIERE: THE BASICS 2:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Refreshments at Palm Springs Art Museum Sculpture Garden 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM: (Open to the Public) – THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTOR’S CONFERENCE – Palm Springs Art Museum, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Five prominent collectors will discuss their collecting strategies in order to demystify the motivations and methodology of collecting photography. This will open the eyes of many in the audience.

EVENING PRESENTATION: Palm Springs Art Museum Annenberg Theater.
Slide Show Contest Finalists Screening – 9:00 pm – 9:15 pm

Evening Projections: DOUGLAS KIRKLAND /JOCK STURGES / FRANK OCKENFELS III 9:15 pm – 11:00 pm

WEDNESDAY, March 31

Visit Canon, Leica, Blurb, Tenba, X-Rite, Samy’s and Fujifilms in their Sponsor Suites at Korakia as well as in the Sponsor Headquarters area of the HYATT Regency, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Seminar: Blurb Presents: The PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK: Editing, Sequencing, Designing, Producing and Marketing Your Work In Print. 8:30 am – 11:00 am.
Seminar: STORYTELLING WITH THE CANON 5-D MARK II & 7-D with Vincent LaForet. 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm.
Seminar: PHOTOGRAPHY & THE WRITTEN WORD with Colin Finlay. 2:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Refreshments at Palm Springs Art Museum Sculpture Garden 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM: (Open to the public) ADVOCACY & THE ARTS: An Important Conversation About the Power of Photography to Affect Social Change with Special Guest KENRO IZU, CHRIS RAINIER, CONNIE SAMARAS and othersPalm Springs Art Museum, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Always a popular Symposium- listen to important photographers who have contributed on an amazing level to social change through their advocacy. Learn about financing personal projects via promoting your work to NGOs (non-governmental agencies) and other grant-making organizations. Find out how you can make a difference.

EVENING PRESENTATION: Palm Springs Art Museum Annenberg Theater.
Slide Show Contest Finalists Screening – 9:00 pm – 9:15 pmm

Evening Projections: ED KASHI / JACK DYKINGA / KENRO IZU, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

THURSDAY, April 1

Visit Canon, Leica, Blurb, Tenba, X-Rite, Samy’s and Fujifilms in their Sponsor Suites at Korakia as well as in the Sponsor Headquarters area of the HYATT Regency, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Seminar: Apple Presents: THE COMPLETE APERTURE PRIMER with Martin Gisborne. 10:45 am – 12:30 pm.

Refreshments at Palm Springs Art Museum Sculpture Garden 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SYMPOSIUM: (Open to the Public) - THE PDN EMERGING 30: Strategies for the New Emerging Photographer Palm Springs Art Museum, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Our very popular Symposium moderated by Photo District News Editor Holly Hughes. Listen to four of the PDN Emerging 30 special issue chosen photographers discuss their work and how their careers got launched. An important and influential photo editor or art buyer will join the panel to describe how emerging photographers can come to prominence.

EVENING PRESENTATION: Palm Springs Art Museum Annenberg Theater.
Slide Show Contest Finalists Screening + Winner Announced – 9:00 pm – 9:15 pm

Evening Projections:HERMAN LEONARD / ETHAN RUSSELL 9:15 pm – 11:00 pm
Herman Leonard, the greatest living chronicler and elder-statesman of the Jazz world is invited to share his astonishing work followed by the legendary Ethan Russell – the only photographer in the world to have made album covers for the Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who.

FESTIVAL PARTY (Sponsored by A & I Lab) & Wine Tasting with fine wines from famous Paso Robles winery L’AVENTURE – 11:00 pm – 1:00am

FRIDAY, April 2

Visit Canon, Leica, Blurb, Tenba, X-Rite, Samy’s and Fujifilms in their Sponsor Suites at Korakia as well as in the Sponsor Headquarters area of the HYATT Regency, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Seminar: THE COMPLETE APERTURE PRIMER with Martin Gisborne. 8:30 am – 10:15 am.
Seminar: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM: From Shoot to Finish 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Seminar: CREATING PIXEL PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHS WITH ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 12:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Seminar: STORYTELLING WITH THE NEW CANON 5-D MARK II with Vincent LaForet. 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm.

The Daily Registration Fee is $75 for each day that you attend the festival.

Note: There is no Symposium nor Evening Presentation on Friday. Attendance to the Seminars on Friday require no daily registration, however you must have been registered for one of the four festival days (Monday – Thursday).

For evening events, please dress accordingly as temperatures can drop dramatically in the desert after sundown.
Note: The Evening Projection Schedule is Subject to Change