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Conference Program (.pdf)

CONFERENCE DEADLINES	DATE
Abstracts Due	September 10
iDEAs Submissions	September 15
Confirm Presentation	September 15
Student Showcase Submissions	October 1
Early Bird Registration Ends	October 18
Hotel Deadline	October 18
Conference Begins	November 8
Final Papers Due	November 11

Wednesday, November 7 - Pre-Conference Program
Digital Content Summit
Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
All Sessions are located in the Bogle Chairman’s Room
Pre-Conference Event Registration Form

9:00	Content, Content, Content – Program Opening Ray Steele, Ph.D., Executive Director, iDMAa and Distinguished Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences
9:15	Why Content, Why Now? John Abel, Ph.D., Partner, Lightbulb Communications
9:30	Digital 101 A Real User Tells Why – Steve Frank, Vice President, Education and Exhibit, The Constitution Center
10:00	Break
10:15	Shiver Me Timbers! Content Piracy in the Digital World Greg DePriest, V.P. Technology Policy, NBC Universal, Washington, DC
11:05	Hands off my Content! Who owns it and how to protect your rights Del Smith, JD, Ph.D., Jones Day Law Firm, Washington, DC
12:15	Luncheon – The Delegates Restaurant Luncheon speaker University of Georgia, Scott Shamp, Director, The New Media Institute
1:30	Content 102 – Real World Digital Content Experiences Shared Tim Beekman, President, Safari Video Networks Kurt Kratchman, Chief Strategy Officer, Schematic Walter Delph, Director, FIOS TV’s IPTV Content Strategy, Verizon
2:40	Break
3:00	Experience Digital Content at Work The Constitution Center’s Main Event and Digital Media Content Applications
3:45	Making Digital Media Pay – Marketing and Economic Possibilities Ed Jones, President, Constellation Communications, Atlanta
4:45	Where to From Here - Closing Ray Steele and John Abel

Thursday, November 8 - Day One

8:30-11:30	IDMAA Board Meeting	Adams Room
11-12:30	Conference Registration	Outside Betsy Ross Room
12:30	Conference Opening	Betsy Ross Room
12:45	"One" Peter Rivera, AOL	Betsy Ross Room
1:45-2:50	“Two” Positive Power of Mobile Media - Penn Room Art in a Virtual World: A River of Second Life - Betsy Ross I S. Camomile and virtual guests
3:00	Break
3:15	“Three” Design as a Tool for Social Activism - Betsy Ross I Rosas, Baseman, Hoyt, Rowe Innovative Forms/Games - Penn Room S. Hatton, M. Moshell, D. Schneiger, M. Shannon Digital Media in the Mid-Atlantic - Betsy Ross II Jeff Ritchie moderator, Erick Lauber, Peyton Rowe, Shawn Kildea, Eric Ruggiero, J. Thurston, Hans- Erick Wennberg, Selila Honig, Heather Tillberg, J. Greenland, T. Shilea
4:30	One View of the Field The Drexel Team Gallery Opening Invitations/walking maps provided	Betsy Ross Room
5:20	Adjourn to F.U.E.L.	The Art Gallery
5:30-9	F.U.E.L. Gallery Reception Opening of iDEAs and the first IDMAA Student Exhibition (By invitation for reception)
7:30	Painted Bride opening A Special Gallery Event for IDMAA
8:00	David Bithell Performance

Friday, November 9 - Day Two

8:30	Opening - Housekeeping	Betsy Ross
8:35	“One” Place & Time: An Expanded View of Digital Media - Betsy Ross Dale Heriestadt of Schematic
9:45	“Two” The Industry Talks Back - Penn Room K. Kratchman, Dale Heriestadt and Dave Ferguson Digital Journalism:What's It Doing/Where's It Going? - Betsy Ross I John Beatty, LaSalle moderator, Lauren Eshkenazi, Senior Web Producer, balitmoresun.com Web producer, philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News) Huntly Collins, Communication Department, La Salle University, Deborah Gump, Print/Online Director, Committee of Concerned Journalists (concernedjournalists.org)
10:45	Break
11:00	“Three” Chasing the Technology Dragon - Betsy Ross I Michael Niederman, Gail Rubini, Rafael Fajardo, Sharon Ross, Etta Worthington Crossing a Virtual Boundary: Print Journalism on the Web - Betsy Ross II John Beatty, LaSalle moderator, Lauren Eshkenazi, Senior Web Producer, balitmoresun.com Web producer, philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News) Huntly Collins, Communication Department, La Salle University, Deborah Gump, Print/Online Director, Committee of Concerned Journalists (concernedjournalists.org) Digital Art and Music: The Happy Accident - Penn Room S. McDonald, mod., J. Batzner, B. Evans, L. Johnson, J. Lukens, D. Bithnell, Robinson
12:15	Lunch with AutoDesk	Hancock Sherman Room
12:45	Teaching Design in Film, Games, and Visualization – The Road Ahead Evan Wailoo, Strategic Account Manager, Autodesk
1:30	Break
1:45	“Two” The State of Our Field Survey Report: Slippery Slope - Betsy Ross I Ray Steele, Kelly Antoine, Anisha Chandrasekaran, Sunaina Premkumar, Vibashreya Srivatsan and Innovative Forms: Trans-forming the Traditional University Glenn Platt, Peg Faimon Design Innovation for a Competitive Advantage - Penn Room Alan Jacobs, Senior Manager, University Programs, Autodesk
3:00	Break
3:15	“Three” Design & Digital Media - Betsy Ross I Sang-Duck Seo, Sooyun Im Media Works, New Media Art - Betsy Ross II Carolyn Kan, Bill Davis, Kirsten Johnson, Brigid Maher, E. Robinson Apple Computer: Podcasting - Penn Room Mike Wolk
4:30	Break
5:00	Load busses for La Salle Salle in Front of Holiday Inn
5:45	Art Museum Visit
6:15	Ballroom Patio – Reception and members’ meeting
6:45	Welcome by Provost, La Salle University
7:30	Digital Futures from a Minnesota Lake Scott Olson, Vice President and Provost, Minnesota State University
7:50	Awards Program
9:00	Busses return to Holiday Inn

Saturday, November 10 (International) - Day Three

8:30	"One" Our Digital World….from Copenhagen to Chennai Digital Art, Hypercomplexity and Creative Knowledge Lars Qvortrup The Digital Challenge for Media Artists K. Hariharan	Betsy Ross Room
9:45	Break
10:00	“Three” Challenges in Curriculum: Science - Betsy Ross II Rose Marshak, Jennifer Burg, Anson Call, Peg McCoey, R. Kirsch Challenges in Curriculum: Art - Betsy Ross I Honig, Tillberg-Webb, Tobia, Rowe, Wronecki, Lee Creative Practice - Penn Room Caplan, Muise, Fitzgerald, Cambra, Potter
11:15	"One" Finding our Future…The New Leaders View Finale, a Socratic Panel J. Rutenbeck, Dean Champlain College, P. Weishar, Dean Savannah College of Art & Design, Julie Harrison, Director Art & Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, K. Berry, Past President UFVA, University of South Carolina, et al	Betsy Ross Room
12:20	Conference Wrap Up Conrad Gleber	Betsy Ross
12:30	Adjourn (Tickets to Constitution Center Provided.)