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Schedule by Day: Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Friday, April 7

8:30-5:00

Conference Check-in - Shriver Multi-Purpose Lobby

7:30-9:00

Breakfast

Continental breakfast drop-in starting at 7:30

9:00-10:15

Workshop Session 3 (Concurrent Presentations)

Featured Speaker & Discussion

Walter Edward Jones:  President, Constellation Communication Corp., Atlanta.
Kirsten Smith: Technology Officer and Labs Manager, Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS), Ball State University. [more on presentation]

Commercial Code Presentations & Discussions

Yanling Wang/Ericka Hedgecock/Oscar Fernandez, "Mobile Media and Digital Wayfinding: Strategies for Implementation"
Jim Coyle," The Effects of Interactive Images and Goal Seeking Behavior on Telepresence and Site Ease of Use"

Cultural Code Presentations & Discussions

Greg Turner-Rahman, "The Parallel Practice: Open Source Flexibility and the Lure of the Virtual" &
Chris Landau, "Neural Codes: Understanding Complexity"

Panel

More Effective and Efficient Use of Resources Through Affordable Collaborative Production Environments.

The changing landscape of communications combined with the explosive demand for media instruction is straining schools' resources. Maintaining a high-quality curriculum that reflects current best practices with limited staff and capital budgets requires available resources be used effectively and efficiently. This session looks at the use of affordable collaborative production environments to minimize capital equipment and administrative support and service costs while increasing accessibility and flexibility and developing the collaborative skills necessary to succeed in industry.

Phil Hoffman - Manager, Media Facilities and General Manager Z-TV, University of Akron
Dennis Keeling - Post Production Manager, Film & Video, Columbia
College, Chicago
Michael Niederman - Chair, Television Department, Columbia College, Chicago
Moderator: Alan Jacobs, Business Development Manager, Avid
Technology, Inc.

Gallery Talk

Tom Hapgood
Mat Rappaport
LiQin Tan
Moderator: Michael Moshell

10:15

Break

10:45-12:00

Workshop Session 4 (Concurrent Presentations)

Featured Speakers & Discussion

Josh Bodnar: Lead Editor / Associate Creative Director, Digital Kitchen, Seattle [more on presentation]

Academic Code Presentations & Discussions

Sandra Camomile, "Applying a Mathematical Approach to Learning" &
Soo Hostetler, "Integrating Typography and Motion in Visual Communication"

Image & Game Code Presentations & Discussions

Chris Lantz, "Making the Transition to Digital or Hybrid Photography" &
Robert Kenny/Glenda Gunter, "Digital Narrative as a Curriculum Framework"

Art and Time Codes Presentations & Discussions

Steve DiPaola, "Evolving Portrait Painter Programs" &
Robert Derr, "Mapping of Space with Digital Media"

Gallery Talk

Laura Rusnak
Jill Wissmiller
Brigid Maher and Leena Jayaswal
Moderator: Karla Berry

12:00-1:30

Lunch

The lunch buffet opens at noon.

2:00-3:15

Workshop Session 5 (Concurrent Presentations)

Featured Speaker & Discussion

Casey Reas: Software Artist, Designer, Co-creator of the Processing Programming Language and Environment; Assistant Professor Department of Design | Media Arts, UCLA [more on presentation]

Presentation

Bob Papper/Mark Popovich "Middletown Media Studies II: Observing Consumers and Their Interactions with Media"

Academic Code Presentations & Discussions

Marcel O'Gorman/Nick Rombs, "Digital/Critical — or the Digital Death of Critical Studies" &
Jeff Rutenbeck, "Bit by Bit: Hypercomplexity and Digital Media Studies"

Semiotic Code Presentations & Discussions

Kevin Hollo, "Monster Slang: The Metonymic Functions of Textual Archivation"
Heidi McKee, "Sound Matters: Approaches for the Analysis and Design of Sound in Multimodal Web Texts"

Panel

“Decoding Copyright Law: What Every Digital Media Student and Professor Should Know” Todd Bailey/Stephen Gillen/moderated by Ashley Packard

How do you avoid copyright infringement when creating a digital work? When does fair use apply? Once you've created a digital work, how do you protect it? What rights to your work can universities claim? If you don't know the answers to these questions, come find out.

Participants include: Todd Baily, J.D., an instructor at Miami University and attorney with White Getgey & Mayer in Cincinnati, who specializes in intellectual property litigation and trademark misappropriation
Stephen Gillen, J.D., an attorney at Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, in Cincinnati, who specializes in computer law, copyrights, trademarks and technology transfer.
Ashley Packard, Ph.D., an associate professor of communication at University of Houston - Clear Lake, who specializes in media law and ethics.

3:45-5:00

Membership Reception (Wine and Cheese)

6:00-8:30

Banquet / Awards Ceremony

Format for all Discussion Sessions: Papers are presented for 20 minutes each, there there will be a moderated discussion for the next 35 minutes. Each session will have an appointed discussion leader in addition to the presenters.

Evening Campus Events: Kidsfest, Glee Club Concert in Hall, 8 pm, MU Theatre in Gates Abegglen, 8 pm