Schedule of Events

Pre-Symposium Event

9:50 a.m., Chapel

Centrum, Knutson Campus Center

Rev. Roland Martinson

 

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15


4:30 p.m.
Reception and Gallery Talk
Cyrus M. Running Gallery

This exhibition by sculptor and Minneapolis College of Art and Design instructor Donald Myhre demonstrates the ways that technology is changing and challenging traditional sculpting methods and the studio environment. The reception begins at 4:30 p.m. and the gallery talk begins at 5 p.m.


7:30 p.m.
Opening Plenary: Neil Howe: "The Millennial Generation Comes of Age"

Memorial Auditorium
Neil Howe, best-selling author and national speaker

Experience renowned authority on generations in America, Neil Howe, as he provides powerful insights into who today's generation is, what motivates them as consumers and workers, and how they will shape our national future. Special music will be provided by The Concordia Choir. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16


8:30-10 a.m.
Plenary: "Digital Captives, Not Natives; Or, Why Facebook Won't Let Me Go"
Memorial Auditorium
Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University

Mark Bauerlein will highlight the digital age, specifically on how it has changed the social lives of teenagers. Before it arrived, social life for kids was restricted to face-to-face and landline contact. Now, it's a screen, earpiece, texting, networking, blogging, tweeting multi-connection. It operates 24/7 and it reaches into the most private spaces - the bedroom, the car, the dinner table. A new social life has emerged, and it isn't always fun, civil or informative. 

10-10:30 a.m.
Break (Please bring your own coffee mug.)

Student posters from social science research projects in the spring 2009 Cell Phone and Cyberspace Credo course will be on display in the Offutt Concourse. See concurrent session listing for more information.

10:30 a.m.-noon
Plenary “Finding the We in Your iBrain”
Memorial Auditorium
Gary Small, director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior 

This session will focus on the current explosion of digital technology that is not only changing the way we live and communication, but is rapidly and profoundly altering our brains. Small will elucidate our current pivotal point in brain evolution and provide the tools we need to take charge of our lives and our brains. Special music will be provided by Nat Dickey on the electric trombone. 

Noon-1:15 p.m.
Lunch on your own

1:15-2:15 p.m.                        
Concurrent Sessions
Various campus locations

2:30-3:45 p.m.
Plenary: “Piracy or Privacy: Culture, Law and Policies of the Internet”
Memorial Auditorium
Tracy Mitrano, director of IT policy and computer policy and law programs for Cornell University's Office of Information Technologies and vice-president of EDUCAUSE

Tracey Mitrano's talk will focus on current trends in privacy issues, rights and responsibilities of Internet users, and how this relates to economic issues and higher education in the 21st century. Special music will be provided by Kate Hamilton on electric viola.

4-5 p.m.                       
Closing Plenary: "Where Do We Go from Here? Technology in the 21st Century"
Memorial Auditorium
Doug Burgum, former senior vice president of Microsoft Corporation and former chairman and CEO of Great Plains Software, Inc.

As entrepreneur and philanthropist, North Dakota native Burgum will share his expertise with regard to technology, economic implications and businesses, specifically considering the role of our region in the process. Just how far can technology take us? He will tie in the three main symposium themes as he challenges us to think about the next step in this ever-changing world. Special music will be provided by Russ Peterson on alto saxophone. 

Join us at Coffee With Cobbers for a post-Symposium discussion during community time at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in The Maize.

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