Digital Arts Symposium 2007

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE - MARCH 6, 2007
8am-9am -- Symposium Continental Breakfast -- Performance Place Lobby
8am-1pm -- Student Design Expo -- Performance Place Lobby
9am -- Symposium Opens -- Welcome and Introductions -- Performance Place Thrust
Margaret Mertz, Executive Director, Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts
Elaine Pruitt, Interim Chief Academic Officer, North Carolina School of the Arts
Carol Strohecker, Director, Center for Design Innovation
9:20am -- Opening Speaker -- Dr. Kevin Brooks, Motorola
Presentation Title: A Storyteller in the Technical Court – Telling stories for Research and Design -- Performance Place Thrust
10am -- Move to Breakout Session I
10:15am -- Breakout Session I Begins- 4 simultaneous sessions - Alternate time to visit the Student Design Expo - Alternate time to visit the Expo

1. Jennifer Gentry –Principal, Gentry Visualization - Medical and Scientific Illustration: “Medical illustrators draw what cannot be seen, watch what has never been done and tell thousands about it without saying a word."* From operating room to classroom to examination room to courtroom Jennifer Gentry will offer a view into the process of designing illustrations for medicine and science. *www.ami.org
2. Falcon – President, Nyght Falcon Photography – Photographic Design
3. David Smith, NCSA Design and Production – Sound Design
4. Panel Discussion – Advice on beginning a design career
10:45am -- Break - Move to Breakout Session II
11am -- Breakout Session II - 4 simultaneous sessions - Alternate time to visit the Student Design Expo - Alternate time to visit the Expo

1. Panel Discussion – Diversity in Design
2. Carol Strohecker, Ph.D. – Director, Center for Design Innovation – The Center for Design Innovation: What It Is and How You Can Get Involved.
3. Ron Jones – Behavioral Web Design: Developing a web site that is cool and creative, or has the latest technology tools is not enough in this day and age. Getting into the mind of the visitor and designing your site in such a way to anticipate your visitors needs has to be part of the equation. We will explore best practices for designing around visitor persona's and how to "persuade" them strategically to go through your site and compel them to act.
4. Larry and Susan Rosen, Upper South Studio - Scenographic Motifs; designing for the hospitality and gaming industries: Two Hawaiian Case Studies. Design that evokes stories, memories, and associations that connect with guests on an emotional level.
11:30am -- Break - Move to Performance Place Thrust
11:45am -- Closing Speaker – Adam Burke, Pixar Animation Studios
Presentation Title: Designing Cars -- Performance Place Thrust
12:30pm -- Symposium closing remarks -- Performance Place Thrust
12:45pm -- Symposium Adjourns - Move to the Expo and Lunch -- Eisenberg Social Hall