>**apologies for cross postings **
>
>MCN/CIMI Joint Conference Explores Key Applications that Shape Museum
>Visitors' Experience
>
>REAL LIFE: VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES
>NEW CONNECTIONS FOR MUSEUM VISITORS
>October 24-27, 2001
>Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
>
>EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 15TH
>Register online http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2001/index.htm
>
>EXPERTS SPEAK
>MCN and CIMI are pleased to announce the opening and closing plenary speakers.
>
>Genevieve Bell, is a design ethnographer within the Intel Architecture
>Labs at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon. Her group, Peoples and Practices
>Research, is responsible for finding new users and new uses for technology
>using social science research methods. Genevieve has conducted
>ethnographic fieldwork in households across Western Europe, China and the
>United States. She is interested in the intersections of emerging
>technologies and social practice as they occur within domestic and public
>spaces. Prior to joining Intel in August of 1998, Genevieve taught
>anthropology and Native American studies at Stanford University. She has
>conducted fieldwork with indigenous peoples in the US and Australia.
>Genevieve holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University
>and a combined AB/MA from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.
>Lise Anne Couture, is an architect and principle of Asymptote
>Architecture, New York, New York.  Asymptote's work ranges from
>experimental installations and computer generated environments to building
>design and urban planning.  Most recently, Asymptote participated in the
>exhibit, 01.01.01: Art in Technological Times, at the San Francisco Museum
>of Modern Art, and designed a large scale computer generated environment
>for the New York Stock Exchange.  Future projects include the design and
>implementation of the Guggenheim Virtual Museum, a fully interactive
>multi-dimensional digital architecture accessible as both actual building
>and through the Internet.
>
>Second generation hand-held devices...immersive environments....wearable
>technologies...smart architecture...rich multimedia...user-centered design.
>Robin Dowden and Angela Spinazze, Conference Co-chairs
>
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>Robin Dowden
>Director, Integrated Information Resources
>Walker Art Center
>612-375-7541 voice
>612-375-7575 fax
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