Conference Agenda 2015 East Tennessee State University
2015 Conference Schedule
Note: We will fill in details as speakers and presentations are confirmed. Schedule subject to change.
All Sessions are in the Millennium Center unless otherwise designated.
Wednesday, 10/21
10:00 am – 4:30 pm Registration
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch and Opening Keynote: Lindsay Grace
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Student Design Challenge Start-up
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Breakout Sessions
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm iDEAs & Student Showcase Opening Reception
The Venue, Downtown Johnson City
“Taste of Appalachia” Sponsored by Create Appalachia
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Thursday, 10/22
IDEAs & Student Showcase will be open to conference attendees and the public from 10:00 am until 8:00 pm
8:00 am – 4:45 pm Registration
8:00 am – 9:30 am Breakfast: A Conversation with Charles Vess
9:45 am – 4:15 pm Student Design Challenge Work Day
9:45 am – 10:30 am Breakout Sessions
10:45 am – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch and Keynote: Jordu Shell
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm Panel: Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice: What they don’t teach you in school. Moderator: Joel Kline
3:00 pm – 3:30 Mingle Break
3:30 -4:45 pm Breakout Sessions
5:30 – 6:30 pm An Appalachian Music & Media Experience
7:00 pm Hosted Dutch Dinners on the Town
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Friday, 10/22
9:00 am – noon Registration
8:00 am – 9:30 Breakfast and Topics
9:45 am – 10:45 am Keynote Toni Dove
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Trade Show and Vendor Demonstrations
Culp Center Ballroom
11:00 am – 11:45am Student Panels
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch on Your Own
1:15 pm – 3:45 pm Student Presentations
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Design Challenge Pitches
6:30 pm Cocktails & Conference Closing Town Meeting
7:30 pm 2015 iDMAa Awards Gala
6:30 pm – Sat. AM Student LAN Party
Niswonger Digital Media Center
NEW: Something Extra for 2015. Stay for the weekend!
Workshops
Saturday 10/24
8:00 am – 5:00pm One Day Hands-on Workshop:
Professional Techniques in Matte Painting, Tim Matney
Niswonger Digital Media Center
Free for conference attendees
$150 non-conference attendees
Tim Matney, an experienced visual effects artist specializing in digital matte painting will lead you through some methodology, and great tips for creating digital matte paintings. His work has appeared in many feature films, TV shows, national commercials and games. He is currently operating as a remote freelance artist for studios in New York City and Los Angeles.
Saturday, 10/24
8:00 am – 5:00 pm One day Hands-on Workshop:
“Little Bits” Workshop for Educators
Niswonger Digital Media Center
This workshop is great for both K-12 and postsecondary educators. “Little Bits” are easy-to-use electronic building blocks that can help build STEM/STEAM skills by giving students an easy and safe way of experimenting with electronic components without having to solder. These learning tools offer a multitude of hands-on problem solving opportunities for designing and prototyping interactive creations, and are easy to incorporate into the classroom. This will be a fun experience that will get you thinking about new ways to tackle problems from art to science!
$150 Conference attendees. Includes the Little bits Base Kit ($99 value)
$200 Non-conference attendees. Includes the Little bits Base Kit ($99 value)
Saturday and Sunday, 10/24 - 25
2-day Hands-on Workshop:
Creature Workshop for Stage & Cinema
Jordu Schell, Schell Sculpture Studios
A Create Appalachia Interdisciplinary Art & Making Experience
$350 Workshop fee
Discounted fee for conference attendees: $150
Saturday
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast and Introductions
9:15am - 11:30 am Presentation and sculpture demonstration, Jordu Schnell
This presentation is open for no-charge to ETSU Faculty and Students
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch, Team selection and model assignments
1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Work on Creatures Participants are welcome to work overnight on their creations.
7:30 pm -9:30 pm Dinner
Sunday
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am Final assembly of creatures and last looks
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Judging
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Creature Presentation and Awards Luncheon
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Photography
Just for Fun
7:00 am – 4:00 pm Rafting on the Nolichucky River
http://noc.com/plan-your-trip/nolichucky-river
Discounted for conference attendees. Lunch included.
(Price to be determined) Sign up at the conference registration desk
8:00 am – 4:00 pm Guided Photography Hike: Linville Falls, Linville, NC
http://www.romanticasheville.com/linville_falls.htm
$30 Transportation and Lunch included Sign up at the conference registration desk
10:00 am – Noon Bristol Motor Speedway Tour
http://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/home/
Free for conference attendees. Transportation included. Sign up at the conference registration desk
1:00 pm – 2:00 Grey Fossil Site & Museum Tour
http://www.etsu.edu/naturalhistorymuseum/
Free for conference attendees. Transportation included. Sign up at the conference registration desk