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  • Saturday, Oct 7th
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM US EST
    Success in Using STEM Concepts Contextualized for Indigenous-Based Science Centers
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E219A
    Session Leader: Alakai Aglipay – Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
    Presenter: Kaulana Eli – Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Saturday, Oct 7th
    2:45 PM - 3:45 PM US EST
    Activating on Empty: Low Costs? Low Resources? Strategies for Creating High Impact Design Experiences
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E216
    Session Leader: Uri Griner – SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC)
    Presenter: Alex Greenwald – Thinkery
    Presenter: Lynnsey Childress – Discovery Lab
    Presenter: Mindy Porter – Scott Family Amazeum
    Presenter: Tara Henderson – Explora
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Saturday, Oct 7th
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM US EST
    Exhibits' Debates: The UPS and Downs of Hands-on Exhibits
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E212
    Session Leader: Daniel Guyton – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
    Presenter: Anne Fullenkamp – Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Cynthia Brown – Museum EXP
    Presenter: Dana Schloss – New York Hall of Science
    Presenter: Erik Smith – National Children's Museum
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Saturday, Oct 7th
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM US EST
    Constellation: Free and Open-Source Exhibit Software
    Location: E218
    Session Leader: Morgan Rehnberg – Adventure Science Center
    Presenter: Douglas Roberts – Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyLightning Talk
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM US EST
    Is This Made for Me? Learning about Exhibit Design from Youth with Learning Disabilities
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E216
    Session Leader: Sunewan Chunhasuwan Paneto – Museum of Science
    Presenter: Calvin Uzelmeier – Rochester Museum & Science Center
    Presenter: Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann – EdTogether
    Presenter: Samantha Daley – University of Rochester
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM US EST
    Experiencing Space: Personal Interactions with Space Science for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E217
    Session Leader: Elaine Thatcher – Tactile Images
    Presenter: Janet LaBreck – Synergy Consulting Partners
    Presenter: Timothy Rhue – Space Telescope Science Institute
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM US EST
    Creating Relevance: A New Life for Old Exhibits
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E216
    Session Leader: Lucas Fredericks – Sciencenter
    Presenter: Kate Curto – New York Hall of Science
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM US EST
    Visitor Experience with the Science Facilitator
    Location: E218
    Session Leader: Majd Albosaily – Mishkat Interactive Center for Atomic & Renewable Energy
    Presenter: Faris Alahmari – Mishkat Interactive Center for Atomic & Renewable Energy
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyLightning Talk
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM US EST
    Discovery Place Nature's "One Nature" Presents Stories of Nature with and through the Human Perspective
    Location: E218
    Session Leader: Michael Burns – Quatrefoil Associates
    Presenter: Gabor Zsuppan – Discovery Place
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyLightning Talk
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM US EST
    When Worlds Collide: Creating an Interactive Exhibit That Blends Science with History and Culture
    Location: E218
    Session Leader: Darcie Roten – Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyLightning Talk
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Creating Design Challenge Exhibits: Approaches, Tips and Techniques for Exhibit Developers
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Scott Randol – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Development of Natural History Exhibition to Enhance Observation Experience Using Digital Media
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Kisang Kim – Gwacheon National Science Museum
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    The Road Towards Building a Science Museum: An Experimental Site and First Space
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Paola De Ruidias – MuCi: Museo de Ciencias
    Presenter: Dave Peery – MuCi: Museo de Ciencias
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Appreciating Discomfort: Making Room for Conversations about Racism
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Bhavleen Kaur – Ontario Science Centre
    Presenter: Walter Stoddard – Ontario Science Centre
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    How to Shape & Scale STREAM Communities through Transformative Spaces
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Maysaa Abo Alsamh – MiSK Foundation
    Presenter: Roberto Baldizon – MiSK Foundation
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Creating an Immersive Technology Based on Planetarium Content and an Informal Learning Context
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Sathit Lapvutirat – National Science Museum, Thailand
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Developing Programs for Young Adults in a Science Center
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Ayon Yun – Gwacheon National Science Museum
    Presenter: Namjoon Cho – Gwacheon National Science Museum
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Lederman Science Center at Fermilab: Exploring the Universe from Quarks to Quasars
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Ketevan Akhobadze – Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Existing vs. Re-Imagined Exhibits: What Works in Virtual Stem Programming
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Kenneth Monjero – Science Centre Kenya
    Presenter: Heather Farnworth – Ontario Science Centre
    Presenter: Alexandra Jackson – Sciencenter
    Presenter: Vesa Lepisto – Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre
    Presenter: Bobby Cerini – Questacon, Australia's National Science and Technology Centre
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Science Museum Exhibits and the Depiction of Professional Scientists
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Lynn Chesnut – North Carolina State University
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Move It! Assessing the Benefits of Digital Technologies on Science Centre Outcomes
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: John Chappell – Scitech
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Museum Metamorphosis: Connecting the Nature of Delaware to Our Many Local Communities.
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: David Searles – Jacobs Wyper Architects
    Presenter: Stephen Petri – Reich&Petch
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    The Big Impact of Big John the Triceratops: Measuring Family Engagement in Exhibit Design
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Pameladell Hillestad – Glazer Children's Museum
    Presenter: Nina Dreiling – Glazer Children's Museum
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Effective Strategies for Designing and Touring Traveling Exhibits around Climate Change and Water Topics
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Anne Gold – University of Colorado Boulder
    Presenter: Becca Hatheway – National Center for Atmospheric Research/UCAR
    Presenter: Brooks Mitchell – Space Science Institute
    Presenter: Claire Lauer – Arizona State University - Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning
    Presenter: Brigitta Rongstad – CIRES Communications
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Belonging in Science and Natural History Centers: Current Findings, Implications, and New Directions
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Lauren Applebaum – Museum of Science and Industry
    Presenter: E Ronning – Science Museum of Minnesota
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Expedition VRctica: Story-Based Virtual Reality Experiences to Engage Rural Communities in Polar Science
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Monae Verbeke – Institute for Learning Innovation
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Creating pARTnerships through Data: A Comparison of Visitor Experience Metrics in Science and Art Museums
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Ryan Auster – Museum of Science
    Presenter: Lauren Holley – Space Center Houston
    Presenter: Alexandra Olivares – The Mint Museum
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    STEM in the Burque: Community-Co-Created Exhibition to Help Teens Find Their Future
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Amon Haruta – Explora
    Presenter: Shane Montoya – Explora
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Sunday, Oct 8th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US EST
    Making Space: Reinforcing Belonging in Science and Nature through Reflective and Immersive Design
    Location: Hall C
    Session Leader: Emily O'Hara – Detroit Zoological Society
    Presenter: Amy Greene – Detroit Zoological Society
    Exhibits, Experiences, and TechnologyPoster
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM US EST
    Data Science Is Changing Our World: How Can Museums Help the Public Keep Up?
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E217
    Session Leader: Andee Rubin – TERC
    Presenter: Erica Barrueto – The Tech Interactive
    Presenter: Rebecca Kipling – Museum of Science
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM US EST
    Immersive Experiences: What Can We Learn from This Emerging Trend
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E219A
    Session Leader: Sandy Baumgartner – Saskatchewan Science Centre
    Presenter: Pamela Todd – TELUS Spark
    Presenter: Tammy Barrett – Giant Screen Cinema Association
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM US EST
    Community Partnerships: Bringing New Voices into Science Exhibit Planning
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E216
    Session Leader: Douglas Flandro – CambridgeSeven
    Presenter: Calvin Uzelmeier – Rochester Museum & Science Center
    Presenter: Jamie Jacobs
    Presenter: Lance Cutrer – Museum and Discovery and Science
    Presenter: Aruna Ragbir – MODS
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM US EST
    The Race to Keep Up
    Location: NASCAR, NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Session Leader: Kevin Schlesier – NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Presenter: Jennifer Spitzer – NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Presenter: Siera Erazo – NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Presenter: Eliza Russell – NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Presenter: Wendy Belk – NASCAR Hall of Fame
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
  • Monday, Oct 9th
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM US EST
    Invasion of the Psychology Majors! Bringing the Science of You to Science Centers
    Location: Charlotte Convention Center, E217
    Session Leader: Michael Goldstein – Cornell University
    Presenter: Khena Swallow – Cornell University
    Presenter: Michelle Kortenaar – Sciencenter
    Presenter: Patricia Ward – Museum of Science and Industry
    Presenter: Tom Rockwell – Exploratorium
    Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology