Hello everyone, We?ve gotten a lot of great ideas for conference themes, sessions, and new and expanded program areas for the Atlanta conference, Nov 16-19, 2011. I?d like to get your feedback on the suggestions below and other ideas by Feb 12, so we can announce the conference theme and call for proposals in specific program areas in the week of Feb 14. You can respond to this email in the list serve, or add your thoughts to the conference ?Ideas? page: http://www.mcn.edu/ideas-mcn-2011
The closing date for proposals is April 15. There will be an un-conference as part of the MCN 2011 conference, organized in partnership with ThatCamp, to ensure that there is an opportunity for every topic to get discussed, even if it is not part of the formal program. More details to come on: http://mcn2011.thatcamp.org/ You can already submit proposals online: http://www.mcn.edu/node/add/session-proposal And see what others have proposed: http://www.mcn.edu/proposal-review-2011 You will need to log in to the MCN website in order to be able to add proposals and ideas to the site: http://www.mcn.edu/ Conference theme ideas so far: * Getting it done * a theme that more directly highlights projects that are truly mission driven, or purpose driven; projects that have include an artwork specific research component that delivers a visible, quantitative, and additive product * Agile Museums * if we go with the agile theme, I'd like to see us actually make/build some things collaboratively * beyond open source, but BY the community * engaging with mission and institutions' cultural ethos and policy frameworks to recruit support for technology projects * mission driven tech projects, key stakeholders and buy-in * combine agility, mission, process, culture - getting it done beyond what practitioners directly control & thinking more broadly in the context of the entire organization * themes that speak to museum professionals from curatorial, leadership, or any area of expertise that doesn't typically attend MCN Proposed new & expanded program areas: * Usability testing, evaluation and audience research * Lab to evaluate digital products brought by conference attendees * Conservation session series * Development workshop & session: translating tech into critical support * Libraries and Archives session series * DAMs * Data Visualization * Video production: for web & mobile & passim * AR * Standards (what kind of standards?) * Games session series * Mobile & mLearning session series * Horizon Report: putting the ideas into action. * ?How to Take MCN Home to your Institution", with suggestions about how to communicate the highlights of the conference, how to speak to administration about it, and methods for creating dialogue and/or action plans that are guided by MCN conference content. * MCN History Lesson * Connecting the Online & On-site Experience/Audiences * Collaboration among institutions sharing digital data Papers/sessions proposed so far: 1. Creating interactive learning facilities <http://mcn.edu/creating-interactive-learning-facilities> 2. Value of Sharing Data Within an Arts and Cultural Organization <http://mcn.edu/value-sharing-data-within-arts-and-cultural-organization> 3. Making Collections Accessible People with a Disability <http://mcn.edu/making-collections-accessible-people-disability> 4. Trickle up, Trickle down: Collaborations with special interest groups <http://mcn.edu/trickle-trickle-down-collaborations-special-interest-groups> 5. What museums can learn from libraries and archives <http://mcn.edu/what-museums-can-learn-libraries-and-archives> We?ll also be asking for volunteers to help with organizing the Conference and the Program shortly. If there?s something in particular you?d like to contribute to MCN, let us know! Many thanks for all your help and support, Nancy Proctor, MCN Program Chair Want to hear more about mobile? * Smithsonian staff can sign up for the SI Mobile mailing list here: https://collab.si.edu/sites/OUSFA-OCIO/WNMS/wiki/Lists/SI%20Mobile%20Mailing%20List/overview.aspx * For global mobile news join the mailing list here: http://wiki.museummobile.info/ * Follow the museum mobile community on Twitter: #mtogo #SImobile -- Nancy Proctor, PhD Head of Mobile Strategy & Initiatives Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) http://si.edu proctorn at si.edu @nancyproctor t: +1-202-633-8439 c: +1-301-642-6257
