Tuesday, June 20, 2023

We are proud to say that we have three day-long pre-conference workshops offered. These are optional. All require pre-registration due to pre-ordered meals and very limited space. Two have a fee to pay for included meals and snacks. One is a vendor workshop, is free and includes meals. Walk-ins are not allowed due to the very limited space.

Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors!

Minimum attendance: 0; Maximum attendance: 60; $50 fee, requires pre-registration

Workshop Coordinator – Karrie Berglund

Description
The Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS) is an annual, multi-day event centered on anything and everything to do with live, interactive planetarium programs. It doesn’t matter whether you teach in a portable or fixed dome, with a digital system or a starball; if you do live, interactive programs (or want to start), LIPS is for you! Mini-LIPS is meant to give you a taste of what happens at a full LIPS.

Past LIPS sessions have focused on connecting with your audience; enhancing performance skills; classroom management techniques; sample activities; etc. All LIPS attendees participate in all sessions together, creating a unique sense of cohesion and community. The Mini-LIPS has an attendance cap of 60 people.

If you’d like to provide an activity to share, please contact Karrie Berglund – karrie@digitaliseducation.com

Details
There is a $50 fee for the Mini-LIPS. This includes the workshop, plated lunch, snacks and coffee/tea beverages.

Sandwich choices:

• Warm Mediterranean Mixto on Baguette: balsamic grilled vegetables, feta, hummus spread
• Warm Smokey Beef on Ciabatta: roast beef, roasted garlic mayo, smoked gouda, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, dill pickle
• Warm California Turkey on Focaccia: oven roasted turkey, arugula, garden tomatoes, guacamole, goat cheese

All plated sandwiches include: kettle potato chips, iced tea, freshly brewed regular & decaffeinated coffee, and Teavana premium tea service

Minimum attendance: 5; Maximum attendance: 20; $25 fee, requires pre-registration

Workshop Presenters – Micah Acinapura, Ylva Selling and the OpenSpace team

Micah Acinapura works as a Software Integration Engineer for OpenSpace at the American Museum of Natural History. Micah supports the growing community of OpenSpace users through technical support and continuous software development. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Earlham College and previously worked for more than a decade building interactive digital experiences in the advertising and gaming industries.

Ylva Selling works as a Research Engineer for OpenSpace at New York University. Ylva develops new software functionality based on user needs. She holds an MS in Computer Science and Engineering from Linköping University in Linköping, Sweden.

Description
Transport your visitors through the Cosmos with OpenSpace. Follow the footsteps of the Apollo astronauts. Ride along with JWST. Reach the limits of the observable Universe. It’s all possible and freely available with the NASA-funded open-source software called OpenSpace. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to install the software on your laptop, use menus and external devices to navigate, design compelling stories for your unique audiences and set programming goals. During the second half of the workshop, you will use what you’ve learned to create and present in OpenSpace in collaboration with other participants.

Funded as part of NASA Science Mission Directorates Science Activation Collective (SciAct), a growing number of informal science institutions are using OpenSpace to present complex data visualizations in clear, dynamic and engaging ways. This workshop is intended to inform new and current users about the software’s latest functionality and provide tips and tricks for using the software to create a wide variety of educational programming.

Details

• Laptop requirements include at minimum:
  • • i5 processor
    • Nvidia 1060 GTX GPU (or comparable)
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 4 GB VRAM

For optimal use, we recommend 16 GB RAM and 6 GB VRAM or more. Should you be unable to reach these requirements, please contact us at openspace@amnh.org prior to registering.

Attendee fees include continental breakfast, plated lunch and snack bag. Expenses are mostly covered by the presenters!

Light Breakfast: Freshly baked cinnamon buns, muffins, croissants, sweet cream butter, jams & fruit preserves, Bagels, Individual light fruit and greek yogurts, Coffee, Tea

Sandwich choices:

• Warm Mediterranean Mixto on Baguette: balsamic grilled vegetables, feta, hummus spread
• Warm Smokey Beef on Ciabatta: roast beef, roasted garlic mayo, smoked gouda, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, dill pickle
• Warm California Turkey on Focaccia: oven roasted turkey, arugula, garden tomatoes, guacamole, goat cheese

All plated sandwiches include: kettle potato chips, iced tea, freshly brewed regular & decaffeinated coffee, and Teavana premium tea service

Minimum attendance: 0; Maximum attendance: 150; FREE, but requires pre-registration

Workshop Coordinator – Joanne Young – Managing Director, Audio Visual Imagineering, Inc.

Description
Bringing Science, Art and Music together, Laser Camp introduces children of all backgrounds and demographics to lasers and laser show production. No other media can deliver such intense, colorful and dynamic images, produced so quickly and with relative ease.

Details
For this workshop, we will provide the use of camp course materials, teacher instructions, laser show production software, the laser system, laser safety training, and the equipment for the laser camp activities. The software will continue to be useable on your computer for two weeks. If you don’t have a computer to bring, you can partner with someone else attending!

• You will need to provide a computer for using Pangolin QuickShow software. Minimum requirements:
  • • PC Notebook or Desktop with quad core processor such as Intel i5, 2.5GHz or better (sorry, not Macs)
    • 4Gb of RAM or more
    • Intel graphics card HD 4000 or better
    • Windows 7 (32 or 64) Bit or higher
    • 5 Gb free disk space
    • One available USB port for the FB3/dongle

Expenses are fully covered by the presenters! Breakfast, Lunch and snacks are provided.
Deluxe Continental Breakfast: Sliced seasonal fruit, whole fruit & berries; assorted greek yogurts; freshly baked muffins, croissants & sweet pastries; chilled orange, apple and cranberry juices, Seattle’s best coffee, decaffeinated coffee & selection of Teavana teas

The Sullivan Buffet Lunch: grilled hamburgers; choice of: grilled hot dogs or italian sausage; sliced american, cheddar, and swiss cheeses; pickles, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and condiments, burger and hot dog buns; cole slaw & potato salad; seasonal fruit salad, assortment of cookies & brownies; freshly brewed regular & decaffeinated coffee and Teavana premium tea service