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5:00pm CDT

Conference Registration and Badge Pick-Up

Tuesday October 22, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT

All registered conference attendees are invited to pick up their badges and other conference materials at Abe and Jake's Landing during the Ignite reception. Doors for Ignite open at 5 p.m. and talks begin promptly at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday October 22, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Abe and Jake's Landing 8 E 6th St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Social

5:00pm CDT

Ignite Reception

Tuesday October 22, 2024 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT

Abe and Jake's Landing

Our signature welcome event, Ignite, showcases a series of rapid-fire talks from creative thinkers in the museum field. Expect lots of energy with fresh, inspiring, and timely ideas from familiar faces and emerging voices in the field and beyond. Talks follow the “Ignite” format, in which presenters have five minutes and 20 slides (which advance automatically every 15 seconds) to enlighten, entertain, and inspire. Hear from several brave and visionary speakers sharing their experiences in a wide variety of disciplines:

Amy Jiao
Jamie Lawyer
Jessica Warchall
Brett Renfer
Marina Gross-Hoy
Jasmine Patel
joe hobson

This reception is included in the registration cost; no separate ticket is required.

Speakers

Amy Jiao

Creative Technologist, Surface Impression

Creative problem solver at a digital agency serving the cultural and non-profit sectors. Sometimes an accredited medical and scientific illustrator and designer.

Joe Hobson

President / Founder, Navigation North

Founder/President of Navigation North, a small tech company focused on museums and education, and developer of Museable a new digital collections platform for small & medium cultural organizations.

Jessica Warchall

Director of Communications, Terra Foundation for American Art

Jamie Lawyer

Chief Experience Officer, Rubin Museum of Art

Audience advocate, coffee fiend (you can always find me at the coffee breaks!), and lover of creating alignment, integration, process, and driving forward complex projects and visions. Top of mind: What does it mean to be a museum without walls? How can you translate physical spaces... Read More →

Marina Gross-Hoy

Museum Studies PhD Candidate │ Writer, Université du Québec à Montréal

Marina Gross-Hoy (she/her/elle) is a writer and Museum Studies PhD candidate at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is currently finalizing her dissertation on cross-sectoral collaborations between museum teams and tech companies when developing digital interpretation projects... Read More →

Brett Renfer

Senior Project Manager, Emerging Technologies, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brett is an experience designer and maker focusing on ways new technologies can shape and respond to visitor engagement with and within museums. As Senior Project Manager, Emerging Technologies in the Audience Engagement Group at The Met, Brett leads audience-centered pilots, prototypes... Read More →

Jasmine Patel

Vice President, Design, Forum One

With a deep background in the arts and a passion for work that impacts the world, Jasmine brings in-house and agency experience to her role. Most recently the Director of Digital Experience at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, she has developed creative strategies for global consumer... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2024 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Abe and Jake's Landing 8 E 6th St, Lawrence, KS 66044

Social