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SPEAKERS and SPEECHES

Liz JoynerExecutive Director, The Village SquareTallahassee, Florida

Evidence shows we’re living in a society that’s increasingly polarized along partisan lines, partly because our geographical communities are being replaced by ideological communities where we seek out people who think just like we do. More often we’re choosing the relative comfort of agreement over the challenge of engaging in a struggle of ideas, a fundamental American concept which our founders believed would protect the citizens of their fledgling democracy. The solution is both nearly impossible and completely simple.

Mixing it up at The Village Square

New advances in ubiquitous computing technologies have revolutionized the ability of museums and other cultural heritage organizations to interact with their visitors. Anytime, anywhere access to digital information resources offers new avenues for building stronger relationships and provides unprecedented opportunities for learning and exploration, in the museum and online. These changes have profoundly affected how individuals interact with digital and physical museum resources, and museum professionals have responded to these developments by shifting from a focus on the role of the visitor in the life of the museum, to the role of the museum in the life of the visitor. This talk explores how mobile computing and augmented reality technologies are changing the way we interact with 21st century museums in our everyday lives, and examines what the future holds for museums and their visitors.

Augmented Reality, Mobile Computing, and Your Life in the Museum of the Future

Associate Professor, School of Library and Information StudiesCollege of Communication, Florida State University

Dr. Paul Marty

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SPEAKERS and SPEECHES

According to current observations, the universe may contain at least a hundred billion galaxies grouped in vast shell-like structures that surround immense expanses of space. In this talk, Dr. Prosper follows a line of reasoning that leads to an astonishing conclusion: that these immense cosmic structures are the echos of ripples in space and time that occurred 14 billion years ago.

Echos of the Past

Dr. Harrison ProsperKirby W. Kemper Professor of Physics Distinguished Research ProfessorDepartment of Physics, Florida State University

Dr. Sally KariothProfessor of NursingCollege of Nursing, Florida State University

Calling on her 40 years of experience as a grief therapist she will utilize personal anecdotes to remind the listeners to find the exquisite moments in each day. Dr. Karioth will show us how to distinguish between minor and major events. She will encourage us, as an alternative to compassion fatigue, to internalize compassion energy that allows us to not be overwhelmed by observing others suffering but to be energized by helping alleviate that suffering. Dr. Karioth will remind all of us that our work is to help the helpless, to care when we can’t cure and to be grateful not only for the lives we touch but the lives that touch us.

Compassion Energy as a Way to Find Joy in What You Do

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