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Program

CHIN’s Digital Heritage Symposium

Making the Connection: Museums, Visitors and New Technologies

February 4 – 5, 2010

Vancouver, British Columbia

Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia

Day One - Thursday, February 4, 2010

Time Description
9:00 - 10:00

Welcome, Introductory Remarks

Gabrielle Blais, Director General, Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)

Rae Hull, Creative Director, Cultural Olympiad's Digital Edition (CODE)

10:00 - 10:45

Connecting Cultural Content and Online Experience: Developments in the UK

Keynote: David Anderson, Director of Learning & Interpretation Victoria & Albert Museum, England

10:45- 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:15

Panel

Connecting Online

Social media

Chris Mathieson, Vancouver Police Museum

Sean Rodman, Royal British Columbia Museum

Robert Labossière, Canadian Art Museum Directors' Organization

12:15- 13:45

Lunch at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia

13:45 - 15:00

Panel

Connecting in Education

Online learning, educational technology

Maryse Paquin, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Jerôme Gédéon, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Lisa McInstosh, HR MacMillan Space Centre

15:00 - 15:30

Wrap-up on panels
George Siemens, Athabasca University

15:30 - 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:15

Anthony Shelton, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia

Remarks on the Museum of Anthropology Renewal Project

16:15

Behind the scenes tours of Museum of Anthropology

18:00 - 20:00

Reception

Day Two - Friday, February 5, 2010

Time Description
8:45 - 9:00

Welcome

9:00- 9:45

Interactivity in Museums

Keynote: Agnès Alfandari, Head, Multimedia Department, Musée du Louvre, France

9:45 - 11:00

Panel

Connecting in the Museum

Interactivity, mobile technologies

Victoria Dickenson, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Ron Wakkary, Simon Fraser University

11:00 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:30

Panel

Connecting in the Communities

Provenance, Online collection research
Graham Larkin, National Gallery of Canada
Susan Rowley, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Stephen Fai, Carleton University

12:30 - 13:45

Lunch at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia

13:45 - 14:45

Digital Art and Preservation

Keynote: "Preservation vs. Perpetration:How to keep art performing"
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

14:45 - 16:00

Panel

Connecting in the Communities

Digital Art and Preservation
Alain Depocas, Daniel Langlois Foundation
Sara Diamond, Ontario College of Art and Design
Liane Davison, Surrey Art Gallery

16:00 - 16:15

Concluding Remarks

Louise Filiatrault, Associate Director General,
Director of Program Development

Canadian Heritage Information Network