2007 DIGITAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM AND EXPO
- DESIGNERS EXPO
March 5th from 1pm – 7pm & March 6th from 10am – 4pm
Eisenberg Hall, Lower Level Hanes Student Commons North Carolina School of the
Arts
- 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