Program

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Schedule

Wednesday, August 26 - Pre-Conference
3:00 - 5:30 pm Registration
2:30 - 5:00 pm Pre Conference Meeting: National Youth Media Summit official Report-Out
6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening Reception, MIT Museum
Thursday, August 27 - Opening Day
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am Conference Welcome and Opening Plenary
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Open Space Session
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch Break — On Your Own
2:00 - 3:30 pm Panels and Workshops I

Economic, Cultural and Community Recovery: Arts are the Engine
The People Formerly Known as the Audience
Circling the Wagons: Recession-Busting Through Collaboration

Open Space

4:00 - 5:30 pm Panels and Workshops II

Reclaiming the Cultural Commons
Exhibition and Distribution in Technological Public Spaces
Fundraising with Pride and Power

Open Space

5:30 - 7:30 pm State House Reception and NAMAC Awards Ceremony
7:30 pm Birds of a Feather and Informal Dine-Arounds
8:00 - 10:00 pm Digital Diaspora Road Show
8:00 - 11:00 pm Tuttle Boston, Tech Superpowers
Friday, August 28 - Day Two
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am Morning Plenary: Commonwealth: Collaboration and Connectedness
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Panels and Workshops III

A Healthy Digital Ecology: Creating a Community Vision for Federal Internet Funding
Cultivating Audiences and Generating Revenue in the Digital Age
Working Across Generations: Leadership Transitions in Our Organizations
Open Space Session

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch Break — On Your Own
2:00 - 3:30 pm Panels and Workshops IV

Policy Update: Media and Arts in the Obama Era
New Voices Rising: Technology, Art, and Media Crossing Critical Divides
Grant Makers’ Resource Review

Open Space

4:00 - 6:30 pm Tours: Media & Arts Boston
7:00 - 9:00 pm Industry Party Under the Stars

Presented by Women in Film and Video/New England and the Massachusetts Film Office

Saturday, August 29 - Closing Day
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
9:00 - 10:30 am Morning Plenary: Art in Times Like These: Why We Do What We Do
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Panels and Workshops V

Why Aren’t You at the Table? An Advocacy Seminar
The Art of Change
Social Media and Social Networks: From Experiment to Strategy
Open Space Session

1:00 - 3:00 pm
A Media and Arts Town Hall Meeting

Lunch served

3:00 - 3:30 pm Closing Remarks
9:00 pm - 1:00 am Project Mum


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If so, send your updated info to Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz at aggie [at] namac [dot] org!