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2012 Big Ideas Fest Program



Sunday, December 2
2:00pm
[Ballroom Foyer]		 Registration Opens
 
4:00pm-5:00pm
[Miramar]		 Opening Session
Opportunities for Change
 
5:00pm-6:30pm
[Ballroom Foyer]		 Opening Reception
Sponsored by the Qatar Foundation International
Live music 
 
6:30pm-8:30pm
[Ballroom]		 Dinner
 
  • Lisa Petrides, President, ISKME
    Welcome
  • Annie Mais, Director of Education, Roadtrip Nation
    Why is There is a Big Green RV on the Roof of the Parking Lot?

Keynote

8:30pm-11:00pm
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
  • 8:45-9:15pm: Building Communities around OER
 
Monday, December 3
7:30am-9:00am
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
  • 8:15-8:45am: Inclusive Learning Design
 
8:00am-9:00am
[Miramar]		 Breakfast
 
8:00am-9:00am
[RV on the roof]		 Be interviewed by Roadtrip Nation students
 
9:00am-9:45am
[Ballroom]		 Rapid Fire #1: Identify Opportunity
Emcee: Anya Kamenetz, Senior Writer, Fast Company Magazine; Author, DIY U
 
  • Kimberly Bryant, Founder, Black Girls Code 
    "Cracking the Code" - Technology and Girls of Color
  • Nirvan Mullick, Creative Director, Imagination Foundation
    Transforming a Moment into a Movement: From Caine's Arcade to the Imagination Foundation
  • Stephen Ritz, Founder, Green Bronx Machine
    A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx
9:45am-10:00am
[Ballroom]		 Welcome to Action Collabs
 
10:00am-10:30am Break
 
10:30-12:30pm
[9 lab locations]		 Action Collab Session #1: Identify Opportunity
 
12:30-1:30pm
[Ballroom]
Lunch
   
1:30pm-2:15pm
[Ballroom]		 Rapid Fire #2: Design
Emcee: Anya Kamenetz, Senior Writer, Fast Company Magazine; Author, DIY U
 
  • Shuman Ghosemajumder, Co-Founder & Chairman, TeachAIDS
    Designing for Global Impact: The Art and Science of HIV Education
  • Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, President, Say Yes to Education, Inc.
    Brokering a City-Wide Commitment to Post-Secondary Completion
  • Khalid Smith, Education Leader, Startup Weekend 
    Occupy EdTech: A Design Challenge
2:15pm-2:30pm Break
 
2:30pm-4:00pm
[9 lab locations]		 Action Collab Session #2: Design
 
4:00pm-6:30pm
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
 
4:30pm-5:30pm
[El Granada]		 Big Ideas in Beta Shareout: How We Did It, and Why You Should Too!
 
4:30pm-6:30pm
[RV on the roof]		 Be interviewed by Roadtrip Nation students
 
6:30pm-7:30pm
[Ballroom]		 Dinner
 
7:30pm-8:30pm
[Ballroom]		 EepyBird: Fritz Grobe & Stephen Voltz 
Taking Creative Ideas All the Way to Unforgettable
 
8:45pm-9:30pm
[Lobby Fireplace]		 Tweet-Up
 
8:30pm-11:00pm
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
 
Tuesday, December 4
7:30am-9:00am
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
 
8:00am-9:00am
[Miramar]		 Breakfast
 
8:00am-9:00am
[RV on the roof]		 Be interviewed by Roadtrip Nation students
 
9:00am-9:45am
[Ballroom]		 Rapid Fire #3: Prototype
Emcee: Anya Kamenetz, Senior Writer, Fast Company Magazine; Author, DIY U
 
  • William Brown, Director, Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop As We Test Models, We Test Ourselves
  • Kiff Gallagher, Founder & CEO, MusicianCorps
    MusicianCorps: Making a Civic Music Movement
  • Beth Harris & Steven Zucker, Deans of Art and History, Khan Academy; Founders, Smarthistory
    At the Nexus of Art History and Education Reform
9:45am-10:15am Break
 
10:15am-12:30pm
[9 lab locations]		 Action Collab Session #3: Prototype
 
12:30pm-1:30pm
[Ballroom]		 Lunch
 
1:45pm-2:30pm
[9 lab locations]		 Rapid Fire #4: Scale and Spread
Emcee: Anya Kamenetz, Senior Writer, Fast Company Magazine; Author, DIY U
 
  • Matt Harding, Creator, Where the Hell is Matt, LLC
    Where the Hell is Matt?: Creating Community Through Bad Dance
  • Joan Blades, Co-Founder LivingRoomconversations.org, MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org
    Movement Building From MoveOn.org To LivingRoomConversations.org
  • Naif Al-Mutawa, CEO, THE 99
    Comics at the Crossroads of Culture and Collaboration

2:30pm-3:30pm
[Outdoors]

 Group Photograph
 
3:30pm-5:15pm
[9 lab locations]		 Action Collab Session #4: Scale and Spread
 
5:30pm-6:30pm
[RV on the roof]		 Be interviewed by the Road Trip Nation students. 
 
5:30pm-6:30pm
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
 
6:30pm-8:00pm
[Ballroom]		 Dinner
 
7:30pm-10:00pm
[Library + Conservatory]		 Dessert party  
Live music 
 
7:30pm-11:00pm [Pacifica] Media Lounge open
 
Wednesday, December 5
7:30am-9:00am
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge open
 
8:00am-9:00am
[Miramar]		 Breakfast
 
9:00am-9:15am
[Ballroom]		 Roadtrip Nation Video
 
9:15am-10:15am
[Ballroom]		 Action Collab Showcase
 
10:15am-11:15am
[Ballroom]		 Keynote
 
  • George Lakoff, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Congitive Science and Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley
    Creative Intelligence: What the Brain Tells Us About The Importance of Teaching the Arts and Humanities
11:15am-11:20am Break: Stand Up and Stretch
 
11:20am-11:30am
[Ballroom]		 Big Ideas Fest Innovation in Action Award
 
11:30am-12:00pm
[Ballroom]
  Beta-13 Selection 
 
12:00pm-1:00pm
[Ballroom]		 Lunch and Networking
   
12:00pm-1:30pm
[Pacifica]		 Media Lounge Open