Patty and I are heading to Salt Lake City Monday to participate in the annual RootsTech conference. For those of you who can’t make it, RootsTech is free live streaming 17 of the sessions. The following information is from RootsTech:
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (January 26, 2017)–Mark your calendars! RootsTech, the massive family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 8-11, 2017, announced its free live online streaming schedule for 17 of its popular sessions including Jonathan and Drew Scott of HGTV’s Property Brothers, Star Trek’s Levar Burton, The Cake Boss, Buddy Valastro, and the Genetic Genealogist, CeCe Moore, Liz Wiseman, and Steve Rockwood.. The live broadcasts online give those unable to attend in-person worldwide a sampling of the show’s marquee content. Interested viewers will be able to watch the select broadcasts live at RootsTech.org.
“RootsTech 2017 offers over 200 sessions for those fortunate to attend in-person,” said Chad Schumacher, RootsTech marketing manager. “However, the select sessions we will live stream for free will expand the show’s reach significantly, giving many, many more the opportunity to participate remotely online in this world class conference.” In 2016, over 150,000 viewers watched the conference sessions streamed live online. Even more are expected in 2017.
The streamed sessions will include the popular general sessions and a sampling of technology and family history presentations appealing to varied interests.
RootsTech Streaming Schedule
Watch at RootsTech.org. No registration is required to view the live streams. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST). The stream will automatically refresh at the beginning of each session (otherwise use the Refresh button on your browser).
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Innovator Summit General Session
Steve Rockwood (CEO, FamilySearch)
Liz Wiseman (Author, Multipliers)
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Industry Trends and Outlook
Craig Bott and Guest Panel
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Innovation – Best Practices and Applications
Cydni Tetro
Thursday, February 9, 2017
8:30a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
RootsTech General Session
Steve Rockwood
Jonathan and Drew Scott (HGTV’s Property Brothers)
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Getting Started in Genealogy
Kelli Bergheimer
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
DNA: The Glue that Holds Families Together
Diahan Southard
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
DNA Matching on MyHeritage
Dana Drutman
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Jewish Genealogy: Where to Look and What’s Available
Lara Diamond
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Family History is Anything but Boring
Crystal Farish and Rhonna Farrer
Friday, February 10, 2017
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
RootsTech General Session
Levar Burton (Star Trek, RootsTech, Reading Rainbow)
Special Guest Panel
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
RootsTech Innovator Showdown Finals
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Mother’s, Daughters, Wives: Tracing Female Lines
Judy Russell (The Legal Genealogist)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Censational Census Strategies
Mary Kircher Roddy
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Big 4: Comparing Ancestry, Findmypast, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage
Sunny Morton
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records
Jen Baldwin
Saturday, February 11, 2017
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
RootsTech General Session
Cece Moore (The Genetic Genealogist)
Buddy Valastro (The Cake Boss)
11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Journaling Principles that Work
Steve Reed
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Don’t Just Be a Searcher, Be a Researcher
Crista Cowan
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Creating Google Alerts for your Genealogy
Katherine R. Wilson
