Conferences and Industry Events

Emergent Media Center students collaborate with professionals across a broad range of industries to share knowledge of emergent technologies and push the boundaries of how those technologies can be vital components to the success of their organizations.

Upcoming Events

Learning 2009 (November 8-11)

Past Events

2008

Montreal International Game Summit - November 2008
Learning 2008 - October 2008
CIMIT Innovation Congress 2008 - October 2008
SEABA Art Hop - September 2008
Digital Now - April 2008
Meeting Professionals International Conference - February 2008

2007

Voices for the Lake - ECHO Center - November 2007
CIMIT Innovation Congress 2007 - November 2007
Learning 2007 - October 2007

Montreal International Game Summit

November 18 -19, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ann DeMarle, Emergent Media Center director, and students Brian George, Heather Conover and Wesley Knee conducted a hands-on workshop session, named "Turning Tides: A Game to Combat Gender Violence," at MIGS which featured the UNFPA Game to End Gender Violence project. The team shared insight and discoveries from the research trip to South Africa, as well as processes being taken in the development of the project's game, which is expected to be released in 2010.

More information on the conference can be found at Sijm.ca/2008, as well as pictures at flickr.com/photos/sijm.

Get the inside look at LienMultimedia's one-on-one with EMC's own, Ann DeMarle and students.

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Learning 2008

October 26-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida

The Emergent Media Center returned with another group of students, Auston Montville, Max Nichols, Chris Rolfs, Dan Peavey, Kate Baxter and Vanessa Blokland, to Elliott Masie's Learning 2008 conference in Orlando, Florida. This year, their mission was to create a serious learning game focused on teleworking in less than three days. The result, a game called Teletrust, serves as a tool to help create and maintain relationships with co-workers. In order for this game to be adaptable and useful to companies across the globe, the team came up with an implementation tool that will allow companies to customize scenarios in the game to relate to their workplace. The students were accompanied by staff and faculty members Ann DeMarle, Ray McCarthy Bergeron and Robin Lane.

To view a video of the team's final presentation of the game with Elliott Masie, go to http://learningwiki.com/Champlain%20College%20final%20video%20game.

For more information on the Learning conferences, visit their website at http://www.learning2008.com/l8-video.htm.

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CIMIT Innovation Congress 2008

October 28-29, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts

Champlain students Wesley Knee, Michael Lahens, Alex Gustafson, Dan Porter, Alison Seffels and Heather Conover explored how public safety and healthcare professionals are using current technologies to improve emergency response systems and disaster preparedness training. Partnered with Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), the students created a display for the conference called "The Power of Virtual Experience." The students were accompanied by faculty and staff members Ann DeMarle, Sarah Jerger and Ken Howell.

Visit the project site at http://www.cimit.org/.

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SEABA Art Hop

September 5-6, 2008, Burlington, Vermont

The South End Arts and Business Association's (SEABA) South End Art Hop engulfs Burlington every year with more than 600 artists displaying their work in over 100 studios and business locations. In 2008, a prime example of connected community took place when Champlain College's Emergent Media Center--in partnership with the Fletcher Free Library and broadband support by Burlington Telecom-showcased an innovative type of fusion: art, programming and learning. Displays included student-crafted interactive games produced with national partners, Google mapping technology customized for our own community, a sound lab and, of course, lots of visual experiences! The experience was housed at SoundToys--a Burlington-based audio plug-ins software company.

For further information on Champlain's demonstrations at the Art Hop, read "Champlain's Digital Art Featured at South End Art Hop" by Steve Mease.

To learn more about SEABA and the annual South End Art Hop, visit SEABA's website at SEABA.com.

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Digital Now

April 24-26, 2008, Orlando, Florida

Digital Now, an association-only conference, focuses on new trends, new technology, and more importantly - how associations can lead their community in a fast-changing environment. Champlain students Lauren Nishikawa and Wesley Knee, accompanied by EMC staff members Ann DeMarle and Sarah Jerger participated in the Fusion e.Comm.unity^TM Resource Center at the Digital Now conference, demonstrating student-created games from the Emergent Media Center. The team showcased games and social media as new learning and communication tools to an audience of over 300 association professionals.

More information on the conference can be found at Fusionproductions.com/digitalnow, as well as pictures at flickr.com/photos/digitalnow.

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Meeting Professionals International Conference

February 2-5, 2008, Houston, Texas

A team of Champlain students were invited to set up a Game Design Lab onsite at the Meeting and Professionals International (MPI) Conference in Houston, Texas. During this conference, which gathers over 2,500 industry professionals, the students were given the challenge of creating two web-based learning games focused on key meetings and events industry concepts.

Partners: Meeting and Professionals International Foundation
Students: Emily Benton, Vanessa Blokland, Wesley Knee, Benjamin LaPointe, Lauren Nishikawa, Chris Rolfs

Visit the project site at http://www.mpiweb.org/cms/mpiweb/pec2008/ peccommon.aspx?id=13996

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Voices for the Lake-ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center

Ongoing project. Summit held November 17, 2007, Champlain College campus

As part of an ongoing collaboration with the ECHO Center, the community-driven Voices for the Lake Brainstorming Forums helped set the course for engaging the public through new Internet technologies. During part of a three-day summit, members of the community from all walks of life gathered on the Champlain College campus to discuss ways to implement emergent media to mobilize citizens to create a healthier Lake Champlain.

Partners: ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Phelan Fretz, ECHO Executive Director Steffen Parker, Voices for the Lake Facilitator
Students: Kristina Baker, Iain Bissett, Yenni Brusco, Mike Fowler, Asa Gillett, Wesley Knee, Lauren Nishikawa, Kerry McElhaney, Chris McCarthy, Kaitlyn Newkirk, Max Nichols, Dan Peavey, Keith Tatarczuk
Faculty: Jeff Rutenbeck

For more information on "Voices for the Lake" go to ECHO's website at http://www.echovermont.org/ourmission/vfl.html.

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CIMIT Innovation Congress 2007

November 13-14, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts

Champlain students explored how public safety and healthcare professionals are using current technologies to improve emergency response systems and disaster preparedness training.

Partners: Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
Students: Wesley Knee, Katherine Baxter, Iain Bissett, Jennifer Brusco, Oscar Diaz, Timothy Hamel, Anthony Libera, Lauren Nishikawa
Faculty: Amanda Crispel

Visit the project site at http://www.cimit.org/

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Learning 2007

October 21-24, 2007, Orlando, Florida

Four of our game development students recently represented Champlain College for a Rapid Learning Game project at the Learning 2007 conference in Orlando, Florida. Their mission: to create a learning game in a matter of days, and present their results to over 2,000 conference attendees!

Partners: Elliott Masie, Learning 2007 & the MASIE Center
Students: Emily Benton, Ben LaPointe, Lauren Nishikawa, Wesley Knee
Faculty: Robin Lane, Joe Manley, Jon Ferguson

Wiki by David Flanagan, KPMG onsite: http://www.learningwiki.com/Champlain%20College%20Learning%20Gamelet%20Challenge