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Thursday, April 6

8:00-5:00

Conference check-in and information - Shriver Multipurpose Lobby

8:30

Vendor Exhibits Opens

IDEAS Exhibition Opens

8:30- 11:30

Tutorials

57 KING

Introduction to Avid Xpress Pro led by Owen Welch, Avid [details]

KAMM (KING)

After Effects in Education led by John S. Banks [details]

 200 HIESTAND

Processing.org led by Ira Greenberg [details]

12:00- 1:30

Buffet Lunch and Opening Session

Buffet Lunch Begins Promptly at 12:00pm

Welcome/ Conference Overview

Keynote Speaker- Maria Gracia Di Pasquale, Director Fusion Program, Procter & Gamble

Virtualization - The Sixth Sense

Maria Gracia Di Pasquale holds an MBA from the Universidad Simon Bolivar (Caracas,Venezuela) and a BS in Systems Engineering from the Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas, Venezuela). She joined Procter & Gamble (P&G) in early 1989 and has had a variety of business and leadership experiences across many P&G business areas including: Customer Service & Sales Systems, Operations and Data Center Management, Supply Chain Systems Management, SAP Centers of Expertise, Accounting & Financial Systems, and IT Strategy Leadership for the Global Snacks & Beverages business unit. She is currently Global Business Services Director for P&G's Fusion Program - a breakthrough innovation program that leverages Virtual Reality Technologies to drive initiatives to market faster and at lower costs. Outside of her career at P&G, Maria Gracia is recently a new mom and is now enjoying the benefits of many additional P&G Baby Care products. In her spare time she participates in non-profit organizations that support orphanages and children in general.

2:00- 3:15

Session 1 (Concurrent Presentations)

Academic Code Presentations & Discussions

M. Melissa Gross/Andy Kirschner, "Interdisciplinary Learning: Motion Capture Course for the Arts and Sciences"
Philip Parisi, "Digital Media Curriculum Converted from Liberal Arts to Practitioner Based"

Game Code Presentations & Discussions

Glenda Gunter/Robert Kenny/Erik Vick "A Case for Formal Design Paradigm for Serious Games"
Rudy McDaniel, "Video Games as Learning Tools for Project Management"

Cultural & Academic Code Presentations & Discussions

Fred Stutzman, "The Evaluation of Identity-Sharing Behavior in Social Network Communities"
Jason Romney, "Teaching Technology to Artists Using Creative Problems"

Panel Discussion

Digital Media Program Issues: Promotion and Tenure/Accrediation

Presentation and discussion of problems and solutions surrounding issues of promotion and tenure in non-traditional areas, like digital media programs, by people who have successfully dealt with this at decision levels. The emphasis will be on positive presentation of faculty strengths in demonstrating excellence in digital media teaching and research/creative work. Examples of success in this area will be discussed, as well as particular solutions for interdisciplinary programs.

Gallery Talk

TBA

3:15

Break

All are invited to stretch, mingle, and enjoy a beverage during this half-hour break while speakers prepare for the next session.

3:45-5:00

Session 2 (Concurrent Presentations)

Academic Code Presentations & Discussions

Jason Tselentis/Roymieco Carter, "Criticism: Graphic Design Education"
K. Lynne Koval-Bauer, "How I Taught for 15 Weeks in Silence"

Cultural Code Presentations & Discussions

Jamie O'Neil, "The Remix Aesthetic: Why Originality Is Not What It Used To Be "
Carlos Castellanos, "Towards New Bodies and New Biologies: Life as Code, Body as Protocol"

Semiotic Code Presentations & Discussions

Lori Ingle, "The Continuum of Audience Interactivity from Narrative Dramatic Cinema to Computed Interactive Narrative Drama "
Jeff Wirth/Kenneth Ingraham/Michael Moshell "Digital Media and Environmental Interactive Performance"

Art Code Presentations & Discussions

Siew Kong Wong, Todd Ingalls, & Stjepan Rajko, "A Novel Choreographic Process Using Quaternion Based Angle Representation"
Mar Elepano "Revealing The Extraordinary Within the At-Risk Youth of LA - A Study of Supplementary Art Programs in Los Angeles Continuation High Schools"

Gallery Talk

TBA

5:30-7:00

IDEAS Opening Reception (Food and Drink)

7:30-?

Dinner Tables (Small Themed Discussions)

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.