Fiamp 2008 Cybermuseology: A Contemporary Practice by Museums Program and Guest Speakers (as of October 7 th, 2008) (All presentations will be offered with simultaneous translation (French and English) Thursday, October 16 th, 2008 Time Activity / Topic Guest Speakers Exhibition Hall Multimedia Area Fiamp 2008 Competition Projects 9:30 a.m. Introduction Plenary Welcoming Address Marie-Françoise Delval Chair and Commissioner-General of Fiamp 2008 AVICOM - The international committee of ICOM Responsible for Audiovisual, Image, Sound and New Technologies Gabrielle Blais Director General Canadian Heritage Information Network Department of Canadian Heritage Eric Langlois Director and Professor, Cybermuseology Program Commissioner for Interuniversity Relations, AVICOM Alain Massé President and CEO Secretary, AVICOM 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Transformation in Cultural and Scientific Communication: Creating New Museum Audiences with Social Media Angelina Russo, Ph. D. Associate Professor Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia 1
Thursday, October 16 th, 2008 (cont.) Time Activity / Topic Guest Speaker 10:15 a.m. - Break 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Dissemination: Mobile Technologies in 2008 At the Crossroads of Discovery and Innovation: Mobile Devices and GPS Explora, Parks Canada s Handheld Location-Based Technology Pilot Project Jean-Baptiste Minchelli Director of Technology Tamara Tarasoff National Product Specialist New Media and Exhibition Parks Canada 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Education: Engaging Interest Engaging the User: From Kindergarden to Ph.D. Immersive Multimedia to Popularize Science The Virtual Timeline Ashish Bhagrath Web Manager National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Michel Groulx Manager, Research and Content Montreal Science Centre, Montreal, Quebec Steve Quirion Educational Consultant Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l Île de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Networking Lunch Dissemination: Web 2.0 and Cybermuseology Novice 2.0: Participation Tools and Models smarthistorty: Art. History. Conversation. Alain Depocas Director, Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montreal, Quebec Beth Harris, Ph.D. and Steven Zucker, Ph.D. Founding partners smarthistory.org, New York (NY), USA 2
Thursday, October 16 th, 2008 (cont.) Time Activity / Topic Guest Speaker 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Cybermuseology as a Discipline Eric Langlois Director and Professor, Cybermuseology Program Nada Guzin Lukic. Ph.D. Professor, Cybermuseology Program 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Upstream from Cybermuseology: From the Opening of a Museum Network to a Window on the Internet Break The Museum Reprogrammed: How Computing Became the Metonym (Rather than the Antonym) of the Modern Museum Collection: Universal Databases and Copyright Yves Bergeron, Ph. D. Director, Graduate Studies in Museology Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Ross Parry, Ph. D. Program Director for Digital Heritage University of Leicester, United Kingdom Rina Elster Pantalony Esquire & Copyright lawyer Department of Justice Canada and Legal Services, Department of Canadian Heritage 4:45 p.m. - Marketplace of ideas Mini-presentations by Fiamp 2008 participants 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception Friday, October 17 th, 2008 Exhibition Hall 1:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Multimedia Area Presentation of Fiamp 2008 Competition Projects 9:45 a.m. Beyond the Two-Minute Stop: Soundtracks, Soundbites, and the Future of Mobile Interpretation for Museums Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 3
Friday, October 17 th, 2008 (cont.) 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Leadership: Turning Intention into Action 3D Digitization at the Royal Ontario Museum Searching our Past! Parks Canada s 3D Visits Technology at the Service of Heritage Museums The Experiments of the Virtual Museum of Canada s Laboratory MANIPULATE WITHOUT TOUCHING! A 3D station, at the McCord Museum Brian Porter Senior Director, New Media Resources Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario Vincent Renaud Research Analyst, New Media Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec Jérôme Gédéon Project Manager Canadian Heritage Information Network Department of Canadian Heritage, Gatineau, Quebec Marie-Claude Larouche, Ph. D. Head, Multimedia Programs McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Break Education: Transfer and Evaluation From Museum to Cybermuseum: The Evolution of a Relationship and Visions The Integration of Canadian Virtual Museum Learning Objects in the Field of Teaching Title to be confirmed Claude Camirand Director of Technology Services Musée de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec Maryse Paquin Teacher Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec Anik Landry, Ph.D. Faculty of Education Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec 12:00 p.m. - Networking Lunch 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Closing of Exhibition Hall 4
Friday, October 17 th, 2008 (cont.) 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Collection: E-access to Dispersed Aboriginal Collections GRASAC Knowledge Sharing Software: Using E-Access to Re- Unite Indigenous Heritage with Indigenous and Western Knowledge The Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) University of Pennsylvania Museum Partners with Canadian Innu Website E-access to Innu Collections: International Collaboration 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Summary and Closing Remarks Interactive conference evaluations Dr. Ruth B. Phillips, Ph. D. Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Susan Rowley Assistant Professor Curator of Public Archaeology Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia Member of the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) Marilyn Norcini University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA Wendy A. Thomas Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Department of Canadian Heritage, Gatineau (Quebec) Ross Parry, Ph. D. Program Director for Digital Heritage University of Leicester, United Kingdom Alain Massé President and CEO Distribution of Fiamp 2008 Awards Marie-Françoise Delval Chair and Commissioner-General of Fiamp 2008 AVICOM - The international committee of ICOM Responsible for Audiovisual, Image, Sound and New Technologies 5