Friday, October 8 - 9:30 to 10:15am As former President and CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum, William Thorsell led the museum's Renaissance ROM project from 2000 to its final completion in 2010. This major project saw the construction or renovation of more than 350,000 squarefeet of gallery space, education facilities, and public amenities, and included renovation of several significant heritage...

“To see a world in a grain of sand...Hold infinity in the palm of your hand” Thursday, October 7 - 9:00 to 10:00am These lines from a poem by William Blake, written over 200 years ago were mystical in their time but today seem prescient. Digital media from the web to gaming and from digital asset management to data mining are transforming our institutions and our society. The challenge, indeed...

Come Go With Me: Visitors as Agents of Change Friday, October 8 - 3:45 to 5:00pm Nina Simon is an independent exhibit designer who has been described as a “museum visionary” by Smithsonian Magazine. She is the principal of Museum 2.0, a design firm that works with cultural institutions worldwide on innovative projects that invite visitors to engage as collaborators and active participants. Nina...