Program


Venue: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Future Civic Media, Bartos Atrium, Weisner Building (E-15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Wednesday April 6, 2011: Pre-conference activities (optional)

10 a.m.      Gather in Kendall Hotel lobby: Socializing, organize MIT tour

11 a.m.      Tour of MIT campus  (maximum 10 people); or MIT Museum
(depart from Building 7 Lobby, 77 Massachusetts Avenue)

Noon         Registration opens (Bartos Atrium)

1 p.m.        Gather for café lunch at “Forbes Family Café,”
Stata Center (Building #32) for Computer Information

2 p.m.       Films & briefings  (Bartos Theatre) / “Information Stories”

3 p.m.       Informal networking
Intro to MIT Center for Future Civic Media

Wednesday, April 6, 2011:  Understanding the Context

4  p.m.     Welcome & introductions: Who’s here and what do we need to know to have a productive time together?

5 p.m.     Briefing: David Weinberger on “Knowledge as Transitional”

5:30 – 7:00     Reception & Buffet / Circulating dinner

Mix it up with new ideas

7 – 9 p.m.        A Conversation on

What’s possible for our communities and democracy when journalists and librarians work together?

Conversation Catalysts:

Conversation of the room, cross-pollinating ideas among participants

Thursday, April 7:   Innovate / Explore/design ideas/projects

Venue: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Future Civic Media, Bartos Atrium, Weisner Building (E-15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

What’s possible for our communities and democracy when journalists and librarians work together?

8:00 a.m.     Continental breakfast and networking

8:30                Morning News / Agenda Creation

Setting the stage: Peter Levine, director, CIRCLE, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., on information and civic engagement

9:30                Breakout Sessions 1

10:30              Coffee/tea/discussion break

10:45               Breakout Sessions 2

11:45  – 12:30  Buffet or box lunch / informal session report-backs

12:30               Briefing: Libraries and Public Insight Network

1:00 p.m.       Breakout Sessions 3

2:15 p.m.         Coffee break

2:30 p.m.         Plenary:  What have we learned?

3:00 p.m.         Next steps: Where do librarians & journalists go from here?
Wrap up

5:00 p.m.     Adjourn program at MIT Center for Future Civic Media

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6:00 p.m.     Hors d’oeuvres reception,

Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway

7:00 p.m.     FREE public panel and public discussion:  “Beyond Books”

Moderator:  John Nichols

Panelist: David Lankes, author, Participatory Librarianship

Other panelists, TBD

POST-PANEL break-out discussions:  Common Missions? / Librarians & Journalists

Our agenda is evolving as collaborators and co-sponsors meet and identify key convening questions and critical participants.