2011 Conference
“Design, Innovation, and Story, An Odyssey of Confluence”
(The River Club Conference Center is one block toward the river from Four Points by Sheraton, the conference headquarters hotel. All sessions are located in the River Club or the Hotel.)
Thursday October 13, 2011
10:30 am
Conference registration, River Club Foyer
12:00 pm
Light buffet sandwich luncheon, River Club Upstairs
12:15 pm
Conference opening – C. Blair, Chair of Board; D. Ferguson, President; R. Steele, Sr. Executive Director and Conference Coordinator – River Club Upstairs
12:30 pm
Kate Kemker, Southeast Education Development Executive, Apple, Inc.
Introduction by Kurt Kratchman – River Club Upstairs
1:15 pm
Q and A Session
1:30 pm
Mini break
1:45 pm
Dual Sessions – Innovation and Design
Session A– River Club, Upstairs
“Innovation Drives Design – The Wearables Panel,” Chair, Suzi Webster, Emily Carr University “revisioning the interface,” Hannah Perner – Wilson MIT, “Handcrafting textile electronics”, Di Mainstone, artist and inventor, London, “Fashioning the future.”
Session B– River Club, Downstairs
“Innovation Drives Mobility Panel,” Chair, Scott Shamp, Univ of Georgia with friends, Yvonne Jouffrault, Tour Buddy and Kevin Plonovsky, Vert Mobile
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Papers and Special Topics
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
Innovation, The Transmedia Panel – One story, many media “Interactive Arts and Media” Tom Dowd; “Television” Michael Fry and Michael Niederman; “Film and Video” Joe Seiff
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
Innovation in Games, “A Flexible Model for Creating and Teaching Game Design Documentation for Story-Driven Video Games” Cheryl Cornett; “Examining the Effects of Narrative on Learning and Cognition in Video Games” Veronica Vega, Robb Lindgren and Rudy McDaniel, Media and Learning Lab, University of Central Florida
Session C- Bonaventure A, Four Points by Sheraton
Innovation in Form and Approach: “Hybridity in New Essay Forms” Renee Hansen; “Full Body in Play: Manipulation and Distance” Ozge Samanci; “Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ as Synthetic, Technological Digital Time”’ Kris Belden-Adams
Session D- Bonaventure B, Four Points by Sheraton
Innovation in Concept, “Media Organic: Field Experiments Interactive Motion (VDO) Mapping with Ceramic Art” Atithep Chaetnalao; “Transmedia Documentary – Empowered Subject and Active Audiences” Jonathan Olshefski
4:45 pm
Break
5:30 pm
“iDEAS” Art Opening with wine and lite bites – River Club, Upstairs with Student Art Showcase Downstairs
8:00 pm
Hosted “Join Us for Dutch Dinners” with Board and Advisory Board hosts at locations throughout Savannah which are an easy walk from the River Center (maps, price ranges and co-hosts names to be provided at iDEAS opening.)
Friday, October 14, 2011
8:20 am
Conference housekeeping announcements – River Club, Upstairs
8:30 am
“Innovation, From the Digital Dessert to the Digital Ocean” – Dr. John Behrens, Director, CISCO Networking Academy, with Mark Chen, Introduction by Karen Mangia, Advisory Board Member – River Club, Upstairs
9:30 am
Dual Sessions – Innovation and Design in Learning and Listening
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
“Innovative Programs…the Challenge of Design” panel featuring iDMAa National Innovative Program Award winners – Scott Shamp Director New Media Institute, University of Georgia; James Oliverio, Director Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida; Peter Weishar, Dean School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts, S.C.A.D.; and Dave Beck, former Director Digital Arts and Sciences Program, Clarkson University. Panel Chair– R. Steele, Distinguished Professor, Ball State University
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
“Innovation in Sound and Music” Panel Jason Romney, University of North Carolina, Bill Manaris, College of Charleston, Brian Evans, University of Alabama, Joe Pino, Carnegie Mellon University, Panel Chair – Jennifer Burg, Wake Forrest University
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am
Papers and Special Topics
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
Design in Teaching Panel – Teaching Mobile Design John Barber, Will Luers, Brett Oppegaard, Michael Rabby and Dene Grigar
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
“Teaching Alternative Media Practices as Creative, Engaged and Critical Art Forms” Jen Proctor; “The Four Elements: An Interdisciplinary, Multi-course Project in Digital Media” Stephen Carl
Session C- Bonaventure A, Four Points by Sheraton
“Live Actors, Virtual Spaces and Dramatic Learning” Michael Moshell, Past President, iDMAa; “Artistic Activism & New Media” Kevin Valentine; “Lessons Learned from Collegiate Video Game Development Competition ” Chris Johnson
Session D- Bonaventure B, Four Points by Sheraton
“Teaching Digital Media, A Hybrid Approach” Angela Diamos; “Plays well with others: Evolving Design Education Through Multidisciplining Collaboration” Peg Faimon, Miami University
Session E- Oglethorpe Boardroom, Four Points by Sheraton
“The Future of the Book” Michelle Citron and Paul Cantanese
12:15 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Lunch, River Club, Upstairs Hosted/sponsored by Library Video, speaker Tim Beekman, President Safari Montage, “Developing the Next Generation,” Introduction – R. Steele
1:30 pm
Break
1:40 pm
“The Story of Interactive Advertising,” Bob Greenberg, CEO and founder R/GA
Introduction by Peter Weishar, River Club, Upstairs
2:35 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Dual Sessions – International Innovation
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
Max Ciccotosto, Founder and CEO Wishpot, Inc. and VenpopHQ
Introduction Kurt Kratchman
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
K. Harihan, Director, LV Presad Film and TV Academy, Chennai, India “Digitally Impacted, from an Asian Point of View” Introduction by Ray Steele
4:05 pm
Break
4:15 pm
Papers and Special Topics: Story and Innovation
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
“Pushing the Limit of Digital Media Education, New Interfaces in the Classroom, Tracking Multiple Objects” Alex Czarowicz, Organic Motion. Introduction by Ray Steele
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
“The New Media Caucus Panel – Art and Narrative Sessions introduced by Paul Cantanese, President NMC; “The Urban Research Toolkit: Collaborative Mapping for a Mobile World” Jane Pirone and Jess Irish; “Your Divided Attention: Ambient Media Art and Our Right to Blindness” Brett Phares; “Making and Analyzing Games: Not as Art, but as Literature” Lindsay Grace
Session C- Bonaventure A, Four Points by Sheraton
“Net Locality: Exploring New Ways of Storytelling and Learning with Mobile Devices at a National Historic Site” Brett Oppegaard, “Thoughts Toward Situation – Centered Mobile Apps Usability” John Barber, “Matter and Void: Digital Narrative Endings” Jennifer Smith
Session D- Bonaventure B, Four Points by Sheraton
“Digital Manufacturing – some practical considerations” Richard Elaver, “Using Narrative to Increase Engagement in Online Learning” Robb Lindgren, Rudy McDaniel and Jon Friskics
Session E- Oglethorpe Boardroom, Four Points by Sheraton
Innovation and Design in Education “Designing the New U” Peg Faimon and Glenn Platt, Miami University
5:30 pm
Break
6:15 pm
Wine Encounters, River Club, Downstairs
7:00 pm
Awards Dinner – J. Oliverio, Awards Committee Chair Host with Ray Steele, P. Weishar and D. Ferguson
9:15 pm
Adjourn to Savannah
Saturday, October 15, 2011
8:20 am
Coffee and Conference Housekeeping – R. Steele, River Club, Upstairs
8:30 am
“The Future of Our Field Panel” and The Annual iDMAa Town Hall Meeting, Special Panelist Guests – Joseph Olin, USC, and former Pres, Academy of Interactive Arts and Science, Michael Hosenfeld, NYU, Peter Weishar, and Chris Blair, and James Oliverio Panel and session co-hosts R. Steele with Dave Ferguson
9:35 am
Break
9:45 am
Dual Sessions
Session A- River Club, Upstairs
Accidental Innovation – The Black Box Tale Kurt Kratchman, Founder and President, Black Box
Session B- River Club, Downstairs
Developing Mobile Apps – Jonathan Blake Huer, Director of Emerging Technologies, Ball State University, Introduction – Dave Ferguson
10:55 am
Break
11:05 am
River Club, Upstairs
“Visualizing the Future” Reuben Steiger, Sr. Vice President, IPG Media Lab, River Center Upstairs Introduction by Kurt Kratchman
12:00 pm
River Club, Upstairs
Looking to the 10th Anniversary
12:15 pm
Adjourn
1:15 pm
S.C.A.D. Tours (optional) River Club Lobby
(Schedule subject to change)