MCN 2021 VIRTUAL: Full Schedule

12:00pm EDT

Welcome to MCN 2021, Get Inspired!

Join us to kick off MCN 2021 with a brief welcome and an overview of the conference schedule and platforms.

Speakers

Mitchell Sava

VP of Innovation, Learning, and Engagement, Museum of Life and Science

Mitch Sava is the Vice President of Innovation, Learning, and Engagement at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, where he has been since 2016. In this role, he helps drive the development of new services and partnerships - on and offline - for the museum to reach new audiences... Read More →

Yvonne Lee

Head of Integrated Systems, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Yvonne Lee is the Head of Integrated Systems in Digital and Technology at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, where she is currently selecting and implementing the first institution-wide shared DAM platform for images, videos, and documents. Previously she served... Read More →

Eric Longo

MCN

Tuesday October 5, 2021 12:00pm - 12:15pm EDT
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Webinar
Session Format Plenary/Keynote
Session Recorded? Yes

12:30pm EDT

Opening Keynote: heather ahtone: Decolonizing the Museum: what does it mean to serve the community?

Hear from heather ahtone, Senior Curator at the First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma.

Decolonizing the Museum: what does it mean to serve the community?

This keynote will share Dr. ahtone's reflections on how media enacts the First Americans Museum's curatorial methodology working with Respect, Reciprocity, Relationships, and Responsibility. As a new museum, just opened in September 2021, FAM serves the 39 tribal nations in Oklahoma telling a national story of resilience, resistance, and survival.

Speakers

Heather Ahtone

Senior Curator, First Americans Museum

Tuesday October 5, 2021 12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Webinar
Session Format Plenary/Keynote
Session Recorded? Yes

3:00pm EDT

IGNITE

Join your host extraordinaire nikhil trivedi for MCN 2021 IGNITE and be inspired by the following thought-provoking and daring talks from these fab speakers:

Speculative Fiction: A Dispatch from the Year 3021, by Jeremy Munro.
The Museums of 2100, by Emily Crum.
Are Museums a Cult? by Seema Rao.
Can Muse-Tech just move on? by Andrea Montiel de Shuman.
Let It Burn: The Smoke & Mirrors of Social Media “Success”, by Adriel Luis.
Nobody understands my job, and that's a problem, by Kate Meyers Emery, PhD.
I am an educator, I speak for the learners, by Miranda Kerr.
A few things I learned in my 10 years with MCN; and quite a bit more, by Eric Longo.

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Speakers

nikhil trivedi

Director of Engineering, Art Institute of Chicago

I'm the Director of Engineering at a museum in Chicago as well as a facilitator, educator, and community builder. My experience planning and executing complex web projects has also brought me to work with institutions to create concrete plans around the healing and accountability... Read More →

Jeremy Munro

Database Administrator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Jeremy Munro is the Database Administrator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. He is responsible for managing the museum's TMS database and advising on the museum's digital initiatives. Professionally, he's interested in how people communicate on the internet, internet... Read More →

Emily Crum

Program Coordinator, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Emily Crum passionate about ensuring museum spaces are innovative, accessible, and serving the public at large. Emily is most passionate about exposing all audiences to art and culture through facilitating multi-sensory experiences with lasting impact.

Seema Rao

deputy director, Akron Art Museum

With twenty years of museum experience, mostly at the border of education and technology, Seema Rao is aching for museums that are just as good for collections as people. She works in museums in her days and thinks about museums in the evenings.

Andrea Montiel de Shuman

Digital Experience Designer, Independent

Independent Digital Experience Designer & Cultural Advocate

Adriel Luis

APAC Curator, Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Center

Adriel Luis is an artist, curator, and community organizer who believes in the social power of our collective imagination. He curates community-centered art shows, makes art that thrives on collaboration, and shares ideas for cultivating creative, ambitious, loving ways to address... Read More →

Kate Meyers Emery

Manager of Digital Engagement, George Eastman Museum

An anthropologist dedicated to public engagement, education, and outreach both online and in-person to share cultural heritage and history. A researcher and educator with over ten years of experience leveraging digital platforms to engage and educate the public. An enthusiastic leader... Read More →

Miranda Kerr

Digital Learning & Strategy Consultant, Miranda Kerr Consulting LLC

I lead organizations through digital transformation and education projects. I bring over 15 years of experience developing learner-centered programs for diverse audiences, with a strong focus on digital learning. I have expertise in digital frameworks, curriculum design, project management... Read More →

Eric Longo

MCN

Tuesday October 5, 2021 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Webinar
Session Format Ignite
Session Recorded? Yes

4:00pm EDT

Cultural Futures Introduction and Listening Session

Join Salome and Eric to hear about MCN's collaborative project with NEW INC: Case Studies for Cultural Futures, check out some case studies included in the resource, talk about how you can contribute, and share your feedback to guide next steps.

You can also nominate a project you'd like to see documented in the resource with this form.

Speakers

Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli

Digital Strategist, MCN

Eric Longo

MCN

Thursday October 28, 2021 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Meeting
Session Format Freestyle/other
Session Recorded? Yes

12:15pm EST

Big Ideas Keynote: Porchia Moore

What is digital in the context of today’s civil rights movement, and the growing backlash against it? What big ideas are needed to advance equity within our digital work? Join nikhil and Porchia for a candid conversation on all this and more.

Speakers

nikhil trivedi

Director of Engineering, Art Institute of Chicago

Porchia Moore

Tuesday November 9, 2021 12:15pm - 1:00pm EST
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Webinar
Session Format Plenary/Keynote
Session Recorded? Yes

12:00pm EST

Global Recap Panel

Join Ross Parry and Lauren Vargas in conversation with the track leads as they will attempt to synthesize the key takeaways, trends and insights from MCN 2021.

Speakers

Lindsey Green

Director, Frankly, Green + Webb

Barry Joseph

Principal, Barry Joseph Consulting

Barry Joseph is a successful and innovative digital strategist with over 15 years in the museum space, 20 in education and in game design, and 25 in emerging media. Co-founder of Games for Change, Emoti-con, and Hive NYC. He knows a thing or two about seltzer. And Girl Scout Cookies... Read More →

Lauren Vargas

Independent Researcher and Consultant, Your Digital Tattoo

https://yourdigitaltattoo.com/

Melanie Garcia Sympson

Curatorial Associate, The Block Museum of Art

Marty Spellerberg

Digital Consultant, Spellerberg Associates

Research, design and development for artists, museums, cultural institutions. Director of Spellerberg Projects, an art space in Lockhart TX.

Victoria Stasiuk

President, Victoria Stasiuk and Associates

Victoria Stasiuk, Owner of VS Associates, Arts and Culture Consulting sees the importance of building resilience in the cultural sector through digital strategies and online experiences. In our current times, it is crucial to maintain access and equity to culture as an essential food... Read More →

Lyn Hsieh

Department Manager, Education, The Museum of Modern Art

Ross Parry

Professor of Museum Technology, University of Leicester

I am Deputy Head of School and Professor of Museum Technology in the School of Museum Studies, at the University of Leicester (UK), and interim Director of the Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies. I am a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Board member... Read More →

Wednesday November 10, 2021 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
Channel 1

Plenary/Keynote

Chatham House Rules No
Platform Zoom Meeting
Session Format Plenary/Keynote
Session Recorded? Yes

2:45pm EST

Closing Keynote: Cyd Harrell

The Civic Digital Sphere

There are many lessons for digital practitioners from the pandemic, and even more questions. Cyd will bring together stories from safety net services, courts, and vaccine rollouts to ask how practitioners across the public sector can work together to lay the groundwork for a more resilient & rich digital public sphere in the future.

Moderators

Max Evjen

Academic Specialist, Michigan State University

Max Evjen works at Michigan State University (MSU) as Digital Humanities Coordinator in the Digital Humanities Program and is core faculty in the Arts, Cultural Management, & Museum Studies Program. Affiliate Faculty in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning... Read More →

Speakers

Cyd Harrell

Civic Design Consultant & Author, independent

I'm a UX researcher & civic technologist, excited to talk about digital everything!

Wednesday November 10, 2021 2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Channel 1

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Session Format Plenary/Keynote
Session Recorded? Yes

3:15pm EST

Closing Send Off

Stay to hear Yvonne Lee, MCN incoming President for 2021, Seema Rao, incoming VP/President-Elect, and Eric Longo conclude MCN 2021 and share some exciting announcements.

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