1) Using an extensive collection of lasts, Al discusses the history of the last from Ancient times to the present. Dan discusses the utilitarian functions of the last.

2) Sharon discusses her craft of using a molded foil technique for creating a pattern for constructing custom simple stitch-down shoes.

 Using the tools of his trade, Dick takes foot impressions and completes a pair of orthotics for one of the cordwainers. Includes a discussion of foot disorders and tricks of the trade.

1) Paul reproduced  a mid-19th Century Slave’s Shoes  Big Ben, a slave, was a huge man with extremely large feet. Paul tells Ben's story and examines one of Ben’s large shoes from a museum, then sets about creating a last for the shoe.

2) The STS Sock Method for making lasts. Using a fellow Cordwainer’s foot as a model, Glen demonstrates his techniques for creating a custom plaster last by taking a mold of the foot.

1) Rick demonstrates a program that he developed and shares for making computer assisted shoe patterns.

2.  Frank Jones dicusses his evolution from working in shoe factories to teaching the shoemaking trade.

1) Dick is the owner/bootmaker of Thornapple River Boots, Ladysmith, Wis. In this demonstration he builds a last by casting the foot of one of the cordwainers.

2) Lisa is the owner/bootmaker of Sorrell Custom Boots, Guthrie, OK. In this demonstration, she details techniques for selecting and fitting custom lasts for her customers.

3)  Marcell is a master shoemaker in Hungary. In this PPT presentation, he discusses his techniques for shaping and finishing heels, soles, and the complete shoe.

4) Lynn is a custom bootmaker in Ontario and has been having difficulty finding satisfactory leather for her trade so she began tanning her own hides. In this practical demonstration, she actually tans the hide of a raccoon that she found as road kill near the sight of the hcc's annual meeting, using the animal's brains as the tanning material.

1) Edward, is a former Curator of Costumes and Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and founding director of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. In this presentation he analyzes the footwear worn by the subjects in the 17th century paintings in the Rijksmuseum's collection in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2) Michael, a bootmaker in Sebastopol, California, received a commission from the Ford Theater and the National Park Service to recreate the boots that Lincoln was wearing when he was assasinated. In this presentation, he details the commission, from actually handling Lincoln's boots through his completion of the recreation.

3) Kathleen, Senior Critic, Apparel Design, RISD, has a  colleague who attended the preceding year's AGM and brought ideas that she had learned back to the school. Kathleen discusses the impact that has had on the school's curriculum and especially to Italian shoe design.

4)  Carina, master shoemaker in Sweden and Official Shoemaker to the Swedish Royal Family, discusses techniques that she uses to create orthotic shoes that are both attractive and orthotically correct.