PRESENTATIONS
Please click on the links below to access the archived presentations from the symposium. To access the text abstracts of the following presentations, please click here.
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Day One - Thursday, February 4, 2010 |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Welcome, Introductory Remarks: |
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Gabrielle Blais, Director General, Canadian Heritage Information Network |
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Rae Hull, Creative Director, Cultural Olympiad’s Digital Edition (CODE) |
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10:00 - 10:45 |
Keynote: National Museums Online Learning Project |
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David Anderson, Director of Learning & Interpretation, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 - 12:15 |
Panel - Connecting Online |
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How do social media allow museums to engage new audiences and expand their online communities? What are the advantages and pitfalls of these approaches? |
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Chris Mathieson, Vancouver Police Museum |
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Sean Rodman, Royal British Columbia Museum |
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Robert Labossière, Canadian Art Museum Directors’ Organization |
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12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch at the Museum of Anthropology |
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13:45 - 15:00 |
Panel Connecting in Education: |
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New media are changing the face of education, and museums are taking advantage of new technological opportunities. How can museums use technology to further encourage the use of digital heritage information in online learning? |
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Maryse Paquin, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières |
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Jerôme Gédéon, Canadian Heritage Information Network |
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Lisa McInstosh, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Wrap-up on panels |
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George Siemens, Athabasca University |
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15:30 - 15:45 |
Break |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Remarks on the Museum of Anthropology Renewal Project |
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Anthony Shelton, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia |
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16:15 |
Behind the scenes tours of Museum of Anthropology |
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18:00 - 20:00 |
Reception |
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Day Two - Friday, February 5, 2010 |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Welcome |
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9:00 - 9:45 |
Keynote: Interactivity in Museums |
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Agnès Alfandari, Head, Multimedia Department, Musée du Louvre, France |
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9:45 - 11:00 |
Panel - Connecting in the Museum |
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How can innovative technologies enhance interpretation? What opportunities can they offer visitors to personalize their visits, interact with the collections and engage each other? |
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Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University |
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Victoria Dickenson, Canadian Museum for Human Rights |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Break |
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11:15 - 12:30 |
Panel - Connecting in the Communities (Research) |
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How are heritage institutions connecting with groups to enable digital distribution of information on dispersed collections? How can technology enable provenance research? |
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Graham Larkin, National Gallery of Canada |
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Susan Rowley, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia |
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Stephen Fai, Carleton University |
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12:30 - 13:45 |
Lunch at the Museum of Anthropology |
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13:45 - 14:45 |
Keynote: “Preservation vs. Perpetration: How to keep art performing” |
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer |
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14:45 - 16:00 |
Panel - Connecting in the Communities (Digital Art) |
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Can digital preservation strengthen the long-term connections between contemporary new media artists and their museum works? |
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Alain Depocas, Daniel Langlois Foundation |
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Sara Diamond, Ontario College of Art and Design |
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Liane Davison, Surrey Art Gallery |
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16:00 - 16:15 |
Concluding Remarks |
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Louise Filiatrault, Associate Director General, |
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Director of Program Development |
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Canadian Heritage Information Network |
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