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FOLLOWING IS THE 2008 SUMMIT POSTER, MATERIALS AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

PROGRAM (SCHEDULE OF EVENTS)

Sponsored by The Grid Institute, Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College, and Federation of American Scientists (FAS) with The Kauffman Foundation

 

2008 BOSTON DIGITAL MEDIA SUMMIT

DATE: January 12th and 13th
LOCATION: Boston College
PROGRAM: Schedule of Events

2008 SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Harvard Immersive Education Day
2) Pre-Summit Announcement
3) Post-Summit Summary


SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, AND BREAK-OUT LEADERS (partial list):

Aaron E. Walsh
Director, Grid Institute and Immersive Education Initiative
Faculty, Boston College

H. Nicholas Nagel
co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative
Senior Fellow, Grid Institute
Faculty, Boston College

Timothy J. Magner
Director, U.S. Department of Education
Advisor, Immersive Education Initiative

Larry Johnson
CEO, New Media Consortium

Jeff Orkin
Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab
co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative

John Carfora
Director of Sponsored Research, Amherst College
co-Chair, Immersive Education Initiative

Daniel Laughlin
Research Scientist, NASA Learning Technologies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Ben Decker
Founder, Harvard University Interactive Media Group

Ian Lamont
Senior Editor, New Media, Computerworld

Henry Kelly
President, Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

Merrilea Mayo
Director, Future of Learning Initiatives, Kauffman Foundation

Nolan Bowie
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Senior Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center for the Internet and Society
Advisor, Immersive Education Initiative

Gene Koo
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School

Jeff Kleiser
CEO, Synthespians Hollywood Studio
Fellow, Grid Institute

Kevin Roebuck
Worldwide Market Development Manager for e-Learning, Sun Microsystems

Julian Lombardi
Assistant VP of Academic Services and Technology Support, Duke University
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Croquet Consortium

Mark P. McCahill
Architect, Computing Systems, OIT, Duke University
Architect, Open Croquet

Hilary Mason
Assistant Prof. New Media and Computer Science, Johnson & Wales University


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FOLLOWING IS THE 2006 SUMMIT POSTER AND NEWS RELEASE:


NEWS RELEASE
2006-07:  Boston Siggraph Summit to Launch Media Grid Technology Working Groups
VENUE, DATE/TIME, AND DIRECTIONS
Date and Time: July 30th, 2006 from 9am to 3pm EST
Location: City Hall, Boston MA (Curley Room and Iannella Chamber, 5th floor)
Directions: http://www.cityofboston.gov/contact/directions.asp
CONTACT
Aaron E. Walsh, Director
Phone: (617) 777-0452

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