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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Real Life: Virtual Experiences
New Connections for Museum Visitors
CIMI-MCN 2001
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
October 24-27, 2001
http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2001/
For the year 2001, the Museum Computer Network’s annual meeting will be a
special event. MCN is partnering with the CIMI Institute - the leading
provider of training in digital museum applications - to host a three-day
exploration of how new technologies can and will be used to affect
visitors’ experiences in the museum environment.
Focused Events that Give Participants Something to Take Home
The goal of this conference is to create environments - through
workshops, plenary sessions and roundtables - where participants can
engage each other and learn methodologies they can take home to their own
museum. It’s a chance to learn what is possible and how it can be done.
The event will be organized around several tracks that will focus
intensively one of the aspects of applying technology to enhance
visitors’ experiences.
How Many Ways Can you Wire a Museum?
It’s no surprise that the museum in 2001 will be a much more wired (or
wireless!) place. Museums today are investigating a variety of
applications of technology that will affect the experience museum-goers
have when they visit our spaces, such as:
- hand-held devices that visitors use while touring an exhibition
- in-gallery kiosks
- smart architecture
- rich, non-gimmicky multimedia
- web-based resources designed to enhance pre- or post-visitor
experiences
CIMI-MCN 2001 will examine site-based computing - both as it exists
today and is imagined in the future - and the technological possibilities
for enhancing and extending the experience of a museum visitor.
You are invited to participate in CIMI-MCN 2001 by submitting a proposal
for a presentation or workshop that fits into one of the tracks listed
below. Proposals will be reviewed by a program committee to ensure a
tightly focused, high quality conference program. The call for
participation closes on April 30, 2001, and the preliminary
program will be announced on June 15, 2001. Selected conference
proceedings will be published in the winter issue of
Spectra. Presenters who want to be included in the
Spectra conference proceedings must have full papers to MCN by
August 15, 2001.
Conference Themes for CIMI-MCN 2001 include:
- Technology Affecting the Visitor’s Experience
- Business Strategies
- Infrastructure and Technical Questions
- Social Implications
- Evaluation
Visit the MCN web site to learn more
http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2001/
Angela
Spinazze
Programs Manager
CIMI Consortium
http://www.cimi.org
350 West Erie Street, Suite 250
Chicago, Illinois 60610 USA
voice: +1.312.944.6820
fax: +1.312.944.6821
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