Winners of CAR Conference drawing announced

Thank you to the dozens of members who submitted more than 40 panel ideas for the 2012 CAR Conference in St. Louis. IRE’s staff, and the local organizing committee for the conference, is reviewing submissions and beginning to piece together the schedule for the four-day conference Feb. 23-26, 2012.

Continue to check IRE.org for updates about the conference including expected speakers, schedule and other events.

A random drawing from all submissions was held, with three prizes awarded. Although the drawing is over, we’d still like to see your ideas. Please keep submitting them.

Here are this year’s winners:

• 1st prize: Free conference registration and 1 free night in the conference hotel — Angela Carter, New Haven Register
• 2nd prize: Free conference registration — James Wilkerson, The Washington Post
• 3rd prize: $50 of free merchandise from the IRE store — Serdar Tumgoren, The Washington Post