draft schedule
“IDEAS for the Future”
The Sixth IDMAA National Conference
Savannah, Georgia
Thursday, November 6, 2008
| 1:00pm | Conference Opening – Jeff Rutenbeck, (Dean, Champaign College) Chair of the Board iDMAa Conference Navigation – Scott Shamp (University of Georgia) and Karla Berry, (University of South Carolina) Conference Co-Chairs |
| 1:15pm | “Interfacing the Future” with Jon Ruppel This award winning interface designer, a graduate of UCLA’s Department of Design/Media Arts, whose work with Acura Motors, Microsoft, Sony and Disney spanned the range from advertising to application development, and whose work for Scion led to recognition by Communication Arts: Interactive Annual as only the “Best of Interactive 2006,” has left his leadership role in Schematic’s Advanced Interaction Group to start a new firm, thus he is truly creating the future as he explores interface design issues with us. |
| 2:00pm | The Innovation Showcase – with Kurt Kratchman and Friends
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| 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:40pm | Academic Papers – 4 simultaneous breakout sessions with interaction (plus an “optional” special topics session) Topics range from Design, Gaming, Pedagogy, Applications in Contexts, online Media Education, Digital Media Agencies, Student Career Opportunities, Digital Art Issues, etc. |
| 5:15pm | Break |
| 5:30pm | IDEA’s Opening – Liquids and Hors d’oeuvres at the River Center (downstairs) (7:00 pm Student Showcase Awards Announced) |
| 7:30pm | The Savannah Trolley Adventure and Optional Networking Dinners (with S.C.A.D. Faculty Hosts and Architectural Historians, Professors Robin Williams and Jeff Eley, et al.) Trolleys will drop you at the opposite end of River Street and Bryan Street (from the hotel and conference site. Your walk back will take you past numerous restaurants some of which are reserved for you and an iDMAa host for dinner with conversations led by IDMAA hosts. |
Friday, November 7
| 8:30am | Keynote Ruben Steiger of Millions of Us - "The Future of Social Experience Design" |
| 9:30am | Break |
| 9:40am | Mobile Media Showcase |
| 9:55am | Mobile Media Futures (Verizon, Nokia, etc. under development) Option: Interactive Agencies Session (under development) |
| 10:50am | Break |
| 11:00am | Breakout Sessions - Academic Papers |
| 12:15pm | Break |
| 12:30pm | Lunch - "The Future with Auto Desk - Alice Palmer"
Luncheon Sponsored by Autodesk. |
| 1:30pm | Keynote - Paul Ledak, IBM, "Dynamic Machinima and the Convergence of Media and Gaming Worlds" |
| 2:35pm | Break |
| 2:45pm | Showcase - Vision, Opportunities and Real Possibilities, Ed Jones, President Constellation Communication Hosts
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| 3:45pm | Break |
| 4:00pm | Breakout Sessions |
| 5:15pm | Break |
| 6:00pm | Reception and Members Meeting at River Club |
| 7:00pm | Awards Dinner - River Club, Introduction by Host Peter Weishar, Welcome by Provost, S.C.A.D. |
Saturday, November 8
| 8:30am | Conference Announcement |
| 8:35am | Patricia Aufderheide, "Future Challenges to Digital Culture" |
| 9:10am | Jinesh Varia, Evangelist from Amazon.com - "The Future of Elastic Land Computing and Web Services, A Game Changing Strategy" |
| 9:45am | Break |
| 9:50am | Breakout Session - Academic Papers |
| 11:00am | The Digital Media Town Hall Meeting - "Shaping our FUTURE"
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| 12:15pm | Conference closing |
| post-confernece - Optional Tours of S.C.A.D. - Hosted with transportation provided | |
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