CALL FOR ENTRIES
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE
UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS GROUP (UMG) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
DIGITAL DIMENSIONS
12-13 June 2014
Wickham Theatre, University of Bristol, Bristol
University Museums Group (UMG) is looking to showcase innovative digital projects produced through collaborations between museums and universities at its annual conference, Digital Dimensions (http://universitymuseumsgroup.org/events/featured/)
Have you been involved in a digital project in which university and museum professionals have worked together to:
(1) find a museum application for a digital technology used in a different discipline or that is the result of blue sky research; (2) user test a new digital technology in a museum environment; and/or (3) use university research methods to evaluates the efficacy of a new technology and/or to understand the impact of digital technology on museum practice?
If so, we would like to hear from you!
The Digital Technology Showcase, where selected projects will be presented, will kick off the conference (Thursday, 12 June). Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work with conference speakers and attendees, which will include representatives from NESTA, AHRC, Google Culture Institute, ACE and members of the academic and museums community across the UK.
If you would like your project considered for the Digital Technology Showcase, please prepare a 1-page description of your project including:
(1) the technology involved; (2) the use of the technology in a museum context; (3) the university and museum collaborators involved; and (4) how your project demonstrates the benefits of university and museum collaborations. Please also provide images or link to a video showing how your project works in action. Any university or museum, including local authority, independent or university-based museums, is eligible to apply as long as the project has a substantial component of university/museum collaboration.
Send these materials to Tonya Nelson, Head of UCL Museums and Collections, at tonya.nelson@ucl.ac.uk by 5 May 2014. Selected participants will be informed by 12 May 2014. At least one member of your project team should be available to attend the Digital Showcase on 12 June 2014.
Conference Overview
The theme of this year’s University Museum Group (UMG) conference will be Digital Dimensions, including sessions on Current Cutting Edge Developments, Digital and Impact and the Post Digital World. It will ask questions such as ‘What are the most innovative digital projects happening in museums at the moment? How are university museums using digital activity as part of their public engagement work and how can this impact be measured? What does this all mean for us now that digital is part of everything we do, and how does this change the way we work?
The conference will kick off on Thursday afternoon with a showcase of, innovative digital museum projects. This will be followed by the UMG AGM in the Wickham Theatre and a drinks reception at the University’s Royal Fort House. Please note that numbers for the reception are limited so please book early to guarantee a place.
The main programme will take place on Friday (in the Wickham Theatre) with speakers including Tandi Williams (Research Manager, NESTA), Paul Smith (Director, Oxford University Museum of Natural History), Gail Lambourne (Strategy and Development Manager -Cultures and Heritage, AHRC) and Ross Parry, University of Leicester
The delegate rate of £58 covers the both days of the conference, the reception on Thursday evening and refreshments plus lunch on Friday. We are expecting this to be a popular conference and places are limited, so please book early. Bookings are available via the University of Bristol Shop (http://shop.bris.ac.uk/ ) and will close on 30th May 2014.
Download full details and the provisional conference programme here. DIGITAL DIMENSIONS provisional programme (pdf)