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Invitational Digital Arts Partnership Conference:

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Growing California’s Media Economy

  (Note: Presenters in parenthesis are yet to be confirmed)

Thursday, MARCH 10

8:00 am – 9:00 am

            Hotel Check-in

            Pre-conference Registration/Continental Breakfast

            Exhibition Table Set ups

9:00 am – 10:00 am (Plenary #1)

            Preparing for a Legislative Visit (click to view detail)

            Moderators: Martha Diaz, Education Legislative Consultant & Paul Minicucci, Arts Consultant

10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Hotel bus transportation to Capital)

            Visits to meet with California Legislators (Small Groups) (click to view detail)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Plenary #2)

            Kick Off Luncheon Welcome and Conference Overview: William Bronston , MD, Coordinator, Digital Arts Studio Partnership Act; and Gary Martin, Chairman, Television and Media Dept. Cosumnes River College Keynote Speaker : Kathleen Milnes, President & CEO Entertainment Economy Institute; The Reality of the Value and the Workforce of the Entertainment Industry

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (5 concurrent sessions)

            Affinity Group Workshops #I (click to view details)

• Youth Power: Discovering One Another – Anchors: John Minkler, Fresno County Office of Education; Kim Ford, Santa Barbara Alliance for Creative Commerce, Youth Program Coordinator

• Teacher Power: Media Arts Course Integrity, Focus & Scope– Moderator: Denise Jennings, Youth Media/Oakland; Panel: Wade Wolff, Colfax HS/Colfax;  Shawn Sullivan, Sheldon HS/ Sacramento; Cathee Cohen, Cleveland HS/LA;   Ken Ikeda, Youth Sounds/Oakland

• Curriculum/Articulation: The Big Picture of Curriculum Standards, Realities, and Utilization .– Moderator: Moderator: John Avakian, Statewide Director Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative, Community College Chancellors Office ; Panel: Don Doyle, Consultant Arts Education, Calif. Dept. of Ed;  Joanne Bartok, Director Media Arts Festival, Chancellors Office, Calif. State University; 

• Industry: Entertainment Industry Realities - The Study Report – Anchor: Kathleen Milnes, Pres. & CEO Entertainment Economy Institute            

• Best Practices in Partnership: Awareness - Lessons Learned, Quality, Design, Resource Development – Anchor:  KathleenTyner, Assoc. Professor Radio TV Film Department, Univ. of Texas, Austin

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm  (5 concurrent sessions)

            Affinity Group Workshops #2 (click to view details)

• Youth Power: Building a Youth Regional & State Organization? Who will do this? – Resources: Denise Jennings, Director,Youth Media, Oakland ; James Kaas, Executive Director, Youth Speaks, San Francisco

• Teacher Power: Program Content & Confidence: the Field –Anchor: Kathleen Tyner, Assoc Professor, Radio TV Film Dept. Univ. of Texas, Austin; (Chris Guenter, Professor, Chico State Univ.)

• Curriculum: Model Programs– Moderator: Rob Jaffe, Director, Ca State Summer School for the Arts; Panel: Evelyn Seubert, Cleveland HS/LA; Mike Edmonds, National Director, Education Initiatives, Discreet Autodesk; Ron Pope, Chico HS/Chico;

• Industry: Digital Media Enterprise Zones and Other Economic Incentives– Moderator: Doug Brown, Principal Consultant, Senate Committee on Economic Development ; Panel: Roxanne Gould, V.P. American Electronics Association; Darrell Steinberg, former CA Assemblyman ; Warren Quann, Legislative Consultant, Office of Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally

• Best Practices in Partnership: Benchmarking Quality and Producing a Competitive Workforce– Moderator: Panel:  Anchor: Christine Taylor, Director of Marketing, Sonnet Technologies Inc ; Patrick Gregston, Secretary, Alliance for Creative Commerce,
Santa Barbara

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm   (5 concurrent sessions)

            Affinity Group Workshops #3 (click to view details)

• Youth Power: Action Project Plans – Resource: John Minkler, Fresno County Office of Ed.;

• Teacher  Power: Professional Teachers Organization Now! – Moderator: TBA; Panel: Gary Martin, Chair, Dept Television and Media, Cosumnes River College

James Chandler, Ca Arts Educators Association - CAEA; Vern Bisho. Center High School/Sacramento

• Curriculum/Articulation: Post Secondary Articulation to Match Teaching Inside and Outside the Box, Grades 8 – 16…  When The Traditional Instructional Day is Not Enough –  Moderator: Kris Alexander, Exec. Director, Ca Arts Project; Panel: Jim Gleason, Cleveland HS/LA; 

• Industry: Science vs. Aesthetics- Workforce Schizophrenia? - Moderator: TBA; Anchor: Mike Edmonds, National Director, Education Initiatives, Discreet Autodesk; Elizabeth Greenberg,Coordinator Community Outreach, Pixar University

• Best Practices in Partnership: All Digital Media Festival Building and Benefits – Moderator: W. Bronston, MD, CEO, Tower of Youth; Panel: John Avakian, Statewide Director Multimedia & Entertainment Initiative, Community College Chancellors Office

6:15 pm – 7:30 pm (Plenary #3)

            Dinner : Shaping the Future of “Youth California ” Speaker: Honorable Mervyn Dymally, Chair, Assembly Budget Sub Committee (Author of AB 1582 and ACR# _____)

8:00 pm - 10:30 pm (Hotel bus transportation)

IMAX Theatre – “The Youth Media Voice” - Invitational Showcase for Lawmakers, Policy, Education, and Industry Leaders

 

Friday, MARCH 11

8:00 am – 10:00 am Continental Breakfast  (Plenary #4)

• Program, Organization, Power Analysis & Dialogue – Anchor: Paul Minicucci, Arts Consultant

• 2005 Media Arts Legislative Plan and Action Strategy Plenary – Anchor: Kathleen Milnes, Pres. & CEO Entertainment Economy Institute; Martha Diaz, Education Legislative Consultant

10:15 am – 12:00 pm  (5 concurrent sessions)

            Affinity Group Workshops # 4 (click to view details)

• Youth Power: Action Task Forces – Resources: Denise Jennings, Director, Youth Media, Oakland ; Kim Ford, Youth Coordinator, Santa Barbara Alliance for Creative Commerce

• Teacher Power: Digital Media as Service Learning – Anchors: John Minkler, Fresno County Office of Education; Maggie Cerminaro, Director, Ojai Film Festival

• Curriculum/Articulation: Advanced Placement, Curriculum Approval and Transferability – Moderator: Don Doyle, Consultant, Arts Education, CA Dept of Education

    Panel: Joanne Bartok, Chancellors Office CA State University; Jeannie Hargrove, Coordinator for High School Articulation, Student Academic Services Department, University of CA Office of the President

• Industry: Corporate Philanthropy, Investment Strategies, and Payoffs – Moderator: Kathleen Milnes, Pres. & CEO Entertainment Economy Institute;Panel: Megan Stewart, Global K12 Sales Manager, Macromedia; Carlene Ellis, Intel (ret);

• Best Practices in Partnership: Developing & Sustaining Media Arts – Research & Evaluation – Anchors: Kathleen Tyner, Assoc Professor, Radio TV Film, Univ. of Texas, Austin; Lisa Tripp, Assist. Dir. Center for Multimedia Literacy, USC Annenberg Center

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm  (Plenary # 5)

           ADOBE SYSTEMS Luncheon (Speaker TBA)

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm  (5-10 concurrent sessions)

Mixed Group Open Space Sessions (click to view details)  Anchors: Wayne Cook, California Arts Council; Paul Minicucci, Arts Consultant

 

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm (5 concurrent sessions)

Regional Partnership Assemblies & Leadership Roles (click to view details)

•Sacramento/Sierra •Fresno/Central Valley •Los Angeles •Bay Area •Santa Barbara

6:00 pm (Plenary #6)

           Dinner (Speakers TBA)

 

Saturday, MARCH 12

8:30 am – 9:00 am (Plenary #7)

            Industry Continental Breakfast:  Overview of Task

9:00 am – 10:15 am (3 concurrent sessions)

            Combined Affinity Group Round Robin Sessions #I (click to view details)

            • Youth & Teachers – (Co-Moderator: TBA)

            • Industry & Curriculum – (Co-Moderators TBA)

            • Regional Leaders & Best Practices (Co-Moderators: TBA)

10:30 am – 11:30 am (3 concurrent sessions)

Combined Affinity Group Round Robin Sessions #2 (click to view details)

            • Youth & Best Practices – (Co-Moderators: TBA)

            • Teachers & Curriculum – (Co-Moderators: TBA)

            • Industry & CA DASP Policy Board (Co-Moderators: TBA)

11:45 am – 1:00 pm (5 concurrent sessions)

            Affinity Groups, Next Steps and Future Plans (click to view details)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Plenary # 6)

Lunch: Final Model & Agreements Session (Speaker TBA )

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

            CA DASP Policy Board and Regional Council Leadership Meeting (Agenda TBA)

William Bronston , MD Convenor; Paul Minicucci, Provisional Chair


 

 

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