Day Two - Thursday, 8th December 2016

Programme accurate as of 29 November 2016

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Day Two - Thursday, 8th December 2016
Time	Programme
0815	Registration
Panel 3: The Digital and New Frontiers in Research and Education This panel examines how digital tools are revolutionizing research methodologies in archaeology, art, art history and material culture studies as well as education.
0900	Digitisation of the National Collection: Challenges and Opportunities Mr Sean Lee Director, Heritage Conservation Centre
0920	Tangible Digital Heritage Dr Stylianos Dritsas Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
0940	Cultural Collections and Object Based Learning at the University of Melbourne Ms Fiona Moore Coordinator, Object Based Learning and Collections Management for Arts West, Faculty of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
1000	Curating Bits Rather Than Atoms - A Discussion of ArtScience Museum's New Permanent, Yet Changing Exhibition, Future World: Where Art Meets Science Ms Honor Harger Executive Director, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
1020	Question and Answer Session Moderated by Prof Jane M Jacobs Director, Division of Social Science & Professor of Urban Studies, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
1040	Tea Break
1100	Viewing of Exhibition Booths and Galleries
1200	Lunch Break
Panel 4: The Digital Divide or Digital Disruption This panel will address the digital divide in terms of those that have access to these technologies and between those who don’t – such as older generations and economically, culturally or socially disadvantaged communities that do not have easy access to technology. It will also look at how the digital divide also affects artists, film makers, etc who may or may not have the right digital skills to innovate in their respective fields and how they can be helped to bridge the gap.
1330	Empowering Possibilities with Digital Inclusion Ms Jenny Wong Assistant Director, Digital Inclusion, Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA)
1350	The Future of Us: When Storytelling Bridged the Digital Divide Mr Gene Tan Creative Director, The Future of Us Exhibition
1410	PPTs, PDFs, and Proprietary Formats: On the Problematic Forms of the Digital Ms Debbie Ding Visual Artist and Technologist
1430	Media Education in Heritage; A Reflection on a Decade of Educating Young Professionals at the Reinwardt Academy Ms Simone Stoltz Lecturer, Information and Media, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Netherlands
1450	Question and Answer Session Moderated by Mr Lucian Teo Member of NHB's Digital Resource Panel
1520	Tea Break
Panel 5: Concluding Thoughts: The Future of the Cultural Institutions and the Cultural Worker in the Digital Age This Roundtable session moderated by Mr. Warren Fernandez will look at how digital technologies will change the way we work in culture, from modifying or making professions (such as the institutional curator, lighting designer or conservator) redundant, to changing what we expect of our experiences from culture, to the redefining of organisations such as museums. Will museums be replaced by virtual museums? Will other forms of culture such as theatre be equally impacted? What will the future of the object, the people who collect it, care for it, conserve it and promote it be? Will there be audiences still for concerts, theatre recitals or will audiences be happy with watching it on line? Will performing artistes need to learn their craft form Masters personally, or can they learn this online? These and many more questions will be asked and debated during this concluding panel.
1540	Panel Discussion Moderated by Mr Warren Fernandez Editor-in-Chief, English/Malay/Tamil Media Group, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Editor, The Straits Times & Member of the National Heritage Board, Singapore Panellists: Mr Michael Naimark Media Artist and Researcher Professor Sarah Kenderdine Director, Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (EPICentre) and Laboratory for Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (iGLAM), University of New South Wales, Special Projects, Museum Victoria & President, Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) Ms Debbie Ding Visual Artist and Technologist Ms Yvonne Tham Assistant Chief Executive Officer, The Esplanade Company Ltd Mr Yeo Kirk Siang Director, Heritage Research and Assessment, National Heritage Board
1715	Closing Remarks
1730	End of Conference

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