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Ed Morrison — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:20:18 -0000

Welcome to Defrag Ohio - The Original DEFRAG Conference
Welcome to the future! This is a collaborative workspace linking Ohio Leaders and Learners developing rich media projects and new businesses. The “Defrag Ohio” collaborative space allows us to work together on the web by sharing news, pages, files, tasks and event information.

What is Defrag Ohio?
Defrag Ohio is a dynamic business and education network, based in Cleveland, focusing on next generation opportunities in the creative digital media industry.

Defrag Ohio is engaged in four areas: (1) video games and the application of gaming to education; (2) modeling, animation, robotics, simulation and advanced visualization; (3) the application of emerging on-line collaboration tools -- wikis, weblogs, and social network maps -- to business development in creative digital media; and, (4) marketing applications of digital media.

The Business Development Opportunity
Defrag Ohio is partnering withNear-Timea leading Web 2.0 firm based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, to extend Defrag collaborations on line. Using advanced collaboration technologies, Defrag Ohio will quickly become Ohio's most advanced network of digital media professionals, educators and entrepreneurs. Over 200 professionals have participated in the Defrag Ohio activities since the inaugural conference.

The Near-Time Partnership: Pathway to Sustainability
Defrag and I-Open are partnering with Near-Time to develop on-line collaborations in digital media. Read more. Near-Time delivers the best of class platform for group interaction on the Internet. Near-Time's integrated approach brings teams together over the Web and empowers group discovery. Members of a group can be from any organization, using any system, running any browser. Using Web 2.0 technologies, Near-Time creates the most interactive platform available.

This is your Quality, Connected Place
Use this workspace to stay connected to the people you meet and work with in the Defrag Ohio community. This collaborative website allows anyone to connect and stay connected on the web to work on transformative projects together. Expand your opportunities and stay up to speed on the exciting economic development leadership taking place in Ohio's rich media industry.

The Starting Point: Gatherings
I-Open, in partnership with FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer at the Cleveland Institute of Art, hosted Tuesdays@FUTURE, weekly civic forums. Civic forums are an integral part of the Open Source Economic Development process engaging civic, academic, government and business leaders in focused open conversations to identify new opportunities. Civic forum discussions explore cross disciplinary innovations in creative digital media.

In partnership with civic forum participants and partner regional art and technology organizations, I-Open organized the 2006 Defrag Clevelandconference targeting business development. The April Defrag Lorainconferenced focused on education and games.

Gatherings offer open interactive conversations; innovative research; exchange of practitioner working knowledge; interviews to discover emergent industry innovation; and best practices.

DECEMBER 2006: DEFRAG CLEVELAND

APRIL 2007: DEFRAG LORAIN

Next Defrag Ohio Gatherings

Let us know if you would like to collaborate to host a Defrag gathering. Email us at info@i-open.org

I-Open

The Institute for Open Economic Networks is a non-profit economic development organization based in Ohio with a national reach. I-Open develops new practices for civic engagement and methods to build successful online collaborative communities, supporting sustainable business development. More information about I-Open here.

Categories: Public
Tags: creative digital media

Tips for Viewing Broadcast TV and Video

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:23:17 -0000

Getting Started with Internet TV and Video

We've talked with the technology folks at Mogulus - our Internet television partner - to come up with some recommendations to ease your viewing experience of Internet television and video. Together, we identified some conditions and equipment viewers should have to successfully access Internet television and video online.

Questions not answered here for Internet television may be addressed at the Mogulus Support Center.

First, let's list the basic equipment and Internet access details viewers need to watch Internet television (Mogulus) and video (You Tube):

Connecting to the Internet.If you are using a mobile device, at home or at the office, your Internet access can be a DSL connection, but a Cable modem connection is preferred. If you use a DSL connection, speeds and bandwidth may vary according to the "volume" of traffic on the Internet at any one time of the day. More traffic = less connectivity; less traffic = better connectivity. Libraries and Univeristies and Colleges generally offer better bandwidth access.

Choice of Browser. We spoke with the Mogulus Internet television team and they recommend Mac OSX, prefer Firefox, or Safari. All browsers are easily downloaded for free from the Internet.

Open Source Systems. Any suped up Mac will do!

Preferred Processor speed: 2 GH. If you have purchased your computer within the last two years you should be okay and able to accomodate 1.75 GH.

RAM: Mogulus recommends the minimum of 1G

Speed Test: Test your Internet speed with the free tool: SpeedTest: The Global Broadband Speed Test. You will need an Internet connection measuring not less than 400 kb/s - See Wikipedia: A kilobit per second (kbit/s or kb/s or kbps).

Q: What's the difference between "streaming" internet television - such as Mogulus Internet Television - and "archived" video - such as You Tube?

From Stream Recorder:

Streaming is playing audio/video content in real time through the Internet. This does not eat up any space on your computer's hard drive.

A fast Internet connection is required to view the videos at its clearest because the video quality is dependent on the speed of your connection. If you experience frequent pauses or buffering on your viewing or if you're not satisfied with the quality, consider downloading the clip (if possible).

Downloading is transferring data from a server into your own computer. You need to have sufficient hard drive space to be able to save the content.

Although downloading may take some time, the advantages are that you can watch the content anytime since it's already saved in your computer and you don't need to be connected to the Internet to watch the video. The video will also be of higher quality with no interruptions upon playback.

Q: What's an Internet TV "player"?

A "player' is the term given to describe the web tool that delivers the Internet TV channel content to your web page so you can watch the programs. Players are also referred to as a "widget" - a portable chunk of code that can be embedded in a web page. There are thousands of widgets that perform services for us. An example of one is this date countdown widget.

Q: When my Welcome page finishes loading, I can see a program already in progress. Where is that content coming from?

You are viewing the "Auto Pilot" selection. The Auto Pilot broadcasts content pre-selected by the channel's Manager. It is generally chosen because of timeliness of content or it is a featured interview(s).

Q: What does the "On-Demand" title on the right side of the player mean?

There are three ways of viewing programs on the Internet TV player. The first is to watch a Live Show as it is broadcast. The second is to watch the pre-selected Auto Pilot program that is automatically running on your player as the web page downloads.

The third option, is for you to make your own selection from the "On-Demand" area located on the right side of your player. Use your curser to scroll the right hand vertical side bar up and down to make your selection from the On-Demand column. The On-Demand half of the player contains different Folders of programs, or categories of content that may be of interest to you. Within each Folder may be one or more programs or interviews that fall into that category of topic.

For example, the Folder entitled, "Women's Enterprise Network Live Shows" will contain all of the Live Shows taped and archived to date; other Folders will contain pre-recorded interviews or Internet video search results of interest selected by the Channel manager.

Q: What does "Live Show" mean?

Live Show means that 'Live Show' broadcast you are viewing was broadcast as it was happening on the Channel. Our preferred Internet TV provider, Mogulus, allows us to broadcast any content live and once the program has concluded, save up to five hours of content to our channel for you to look at again later, or look at if you missed the Live Show.

Mogulus has figured out a way to shift the traditional latency of broadcast - or delay - from 20 seconds to one second. This is powerful in that what you experience is 19 seconds closer to you!

Q: How do I participate in the chat?

First of all, the chat function is best experienced off of the Mogulus Channel page, rather than off of a player widget. You can get to the Mogulus Channel page directly by clicking the Mogulus name at the upper right corner of the player. Your Channel will open in a new window.

Click on the chat tab to make the chat appear if it doesn't already. Once you have done that, choose a nickname for yourself. We prefer first names on chat for the sake of conversation. Your name will appear appear next to what you say in the course of conversation above and will be how others will identify you. Type your text in the space bar located at the lower right area. You can change the style, font and color of your text by clicking on the related icons on the left. Once you are finished with your comment, simply click return and your comment will be published. If your comment is longer than the space allows for, click what fits, publish, and continue with your comment, clicking return again, once you have completed your idea.

Once you're done, press enter or click on the 'say' button.

Q: Are there some simple guides I should keep in mind when participating in chat?

Yes, definitely.

It's a good idea to remember you are participating in a conversation with others you may or may not know. Be hospitable, and act as a guest. Identify yourself and where you are from. Offer your Blog or web site address so you can continue the conversations following the Show.
Use this conversation as an opportunity to learn from others and to build your networks to other like minded individuals from anywhere.
Ask intelligent questions. Help to hone in on important points of information being presented. Offer supportive links you have simultaneously researched as the conversation is in process.
Speak intelligently, share your knowledge, and keep in mind you are contributing what you know to help elevate the level of conversation, so that everyone can learn together in a civilized and inclusive manner.
Be appreciative in your comments; everyone has a valid viewpoint and idea.
Simply don't engage in conversation you consider negative, off topic (unless of course you wish to explore a new point), or demeaning to the conversation.
Your pro-active leadership in the conversation will encourage others to reciprocate contributing at the same level of quality; heightening the learning and helping to build new, positive online connections.

The following information is provided courtesy of the Mogulus Support Center:

Q: How do I change the volume?

To lower or increase the volume, click on the plus or minus tab on the right bottom hand of the player.

To put your player on mute, click on the volume icon

Q: How do I watch a channel in full screen?

Select the channel you want to watch.

It will appear in the middle of the screen. When you go over the middle screen with your cursor, you get two options presented. 'Visit channel page' and 'zoom in'. Click on 'visit channel page' and then click on the full screen tab.

To exit the full screen display, press escape or press the 'normal screen' tab.

Q: How do I find info about the channel I'm watching?

Every channel has a channelpage. To access it, type the name of the channel with this syntax www.mogulus.com/channelname in your internet browser tab. Or find it using the search engine on the Mogulus homepage. You can then click on 'visit channelpage' on the channel when it appears in the middle of the screen.

Finding full name, profile, links and twitter,...

You will find all the information related to the channel under the player on the channelpage.

The full name is the complete name of the channel, such as given by its owner.

The profile can contain a text or widgets.

The links will bring you to the channels' homepage or other related sites.

Twitter is an up to date widget the producer uses to let you know what he is currently up to.

Finding number of viewers, the amount of minutes it has been viewed, the category, the date it was launched,...

You will find all the information related to the channel using the search engine on the right of the player on the Mogulus homepage. Type the name of the channel and click on the information icon

You will access all the detailed information about the channel.

More information pertaining to viewers and producers is available on the Mogulus Support Center.

Categories: Brainpower
Tags: help internet tv video

Welcome

Betsey Merkel — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:50:06 -0000

Please be patient and wait for the player to load to the page. Scroll down for the Broadcast TV Index.

Tips for Viewing Broadcast TV and Video

Broadcast TV Index

What's Playing on Auto Pilot

Bruce Perens The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source, Defrag 2007 Pt 1 & 2 Live Show Wed May 21 2008 12:39:15 AM

On-Demand Folders

Folder: Defrag Ohio Defrag Gatherings

Defrag Ohio Conference 2006, Opening Session, Ed Morrison, I-Open.org, FUTURE@the Cleveland Institute of Art, Live Show Sun May 18 2008 02:41:23 PM

Folder: Brainpower

Bruce Perens The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source, Defrag 2007 Pt 1 & 2 Live Show Wed May 21 2008 12:39:15 AM

Folder: Online Gaming and Virtual Environments

Envision Center Purdue University Presentation Defrag Ohio 2007 Live Show Sat May 17 2008 11:56:05 PM

Phillip Mallory Jones Defrag 2007 Live Show Tue May 20 2008 11:20:41 PM

Game Design Ted Jordan Steve Simmons Defrag Ohio 2006 FUTURE Live Show Sun May 18 2008 10:08:11 PM

Folder: Talent

Surugu Goto

Folder: Social Software Technology

Matthew Bernius MashUps Defrag Ohio 2007 Live Show Sun May 18 2008 10:23:21 AM

Folder: Modeling, animation, robotics, simulation, visualization

Jason Van Gumster Red Hat Part 1 Defrag 2007

Jason Van Gumster Red Hat Part 2 Defrag 2007

Surugu Goto

Folder: Innovation Networks

Valdis Krebs Social Network Analysis 1997-2007 Part 1 Defrag Conference 2007 Live Show Sun May 18 2008 11:45:40 AM

Valdis Krebs Social Network Analysis 1997-2007 Part 2 Defrag Conference 2007 Live Show Sun May 18 2008 01:14:43 PM

Defrag 2007 Entrepreneurship Education Panel Pt 1 Live Show Tue May 20 2008 08:54:24 PM

Defrag 2007 Entrepreneurship Education Panel Pt 2 Live Show Tue May 20 2008 09:57:16 PM

Defrag 2007 Entrepreneurship Education Panel Pt 3 Live Show Tue May 20 2008 10:16:46 PM

Folder: Business Development

Business Development Panel Discussion Defrag Ohio 2006 FUTURE@the Cleveland Institute of Art Live Show Sun May 18 2008 08:52:46 PM

Folder: Education

Gaming in Education Defrag 2006 Morning Live Show Sun May 18 2008 07:52:20 PM

Bruce Perens Defrag 2007 Live Show Wed May 21 2008 10:17:33 AM

Categories: Brainpower Branding Stories Innovation Networks Public Quality, Connected Place
Tags: advanced visualization animation art artists branding business development collaborative leadership creative digital media creative industries entpreneurship entrepreneurship games marketing meet the bloggers performance simulation social network mapping visualization

Participate

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:16:34 -0000

Welcome to Defrag Ohio, an online collaborative community.

We are using the Near-Time platform to build our knowledge, share news, upload documents, and stay connected between our face-to-face programs and meetings. By working together online, we can accelerate our efforts to build new enterprise opportunities.

Here's how you can participate today:

TABS

Welcome - listen and learn from shared stories by members of the Defrag Ohio network. Each story describes lessons learned and shares insights from civic leaders and their perspectives on building enterprise opportunities today .

Your next step: make an appointment for your first interview to share what you are passionate most about. E-mail

News - this is a weblog tool and a place for you to post articles you think are of interest to civic leaders in business, family, government, education, academics, and all walks of life.

Your next step: create a "New Article," directing readers to the most recent article you read, and be sure to include your perspective.

Home - this section contains all document pages for the web space. It has two ways of presenting information: one, the default view, presents information in categories of information - as the pages have been categorized as they are posted - and second, as a Home page that outlines the value proposition of the online community.

Your next step: create a new page to capture something you have learned and would like to share with others - an item of knowledge that would be helpful to others to remember.

Forums - provide a place for us to continue our face-to-face conversations, or start new conversations online to engage a wider participation, share ideas, and learn from diverse perspectives. Forums can focus on exploring solutions to questions, or gather knowledge around specific topics of interest.

Your next step: Post a question to the Forum page that you would like to understand more about, or feel you could benefit from a larger suggestion pool.

Calendar - the calendar helps us to stay on track with programs, sessions, and workshops that may be of interest. Once you are a Member of the Defrag Ohio network space, you can post events, programs, and gatherings you think would be of interest to the community.

Your next step: Look at this month's calendar of programs. Post an event of interest.

Library - the Library is a place for us to upload documents, reports, and papers of interest. Items can be uploaded and downloaded to your desktop. The Library also allows for editing documents in the library on your desktop, and then re-uploading the edited version back into the Library. This is handy when partners or teams work virtually on documents.

Your next step: Upload a PDF report to the Library.

Members - this lists everyone who is a Member of the Defrag Ohio network online community. The Member list on the side bar and quickly tells you who is a Member of the space and their most recent date of activity. Your individual Member pagehttp://womens-enterprise-network.near-time.net/user/show carefully documents your activity on the site and presents the information in an easy to read style. You can also get a message to other Members individually or as a group.

Your next step: Upload your picture and biographical information to your Member page.

Broadcast - This Tab will link you directly to the Mogulus internet television channel for the Defrag Ohio network. The channel will broadcast Live Shows, archive stories and act as a repository for knowledge. This page is provided by Mogulus.com, a technology company based in New York City. This is the same internet television channel as what is posted on the Welcome page here.

Your next step: Explore the internet television "player" by randomly clicking on different areas of the page to learn how the tool works and to experience this sophisticated interactive knowledge tool.

SIDEBAR

When you create your space, talk through what your intent is, what you hope to accomplish, and what value your combined activities bring to community and regional economic development. Sum this up in a sentance or two under "About." You can change "About" to "Welcome," "Mission" to other directions about the space that you want co-creators to know.

Be sure to leverage the Sidebar in every way. Often, we forget to scroll down a web page, and tend to rely on the dimensions of the page before us. Near-Time enables multiple tools, categories and tags for searching visually and in folders, revolving updates, bookmarks of note, and widgets to tweek the customization of information details.

About the Near-Time platform: This sophisticated integrated set of Web 2.0 tools will amplify our efforts to build new enterprise opportunities for all members. The online platform is supported by The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), a not-for-profit organization based in Northeast Ohio with a national reach. I-Open deploys new practices and tools for Open Source Economic Development, a method for building networked communities and regions to accelerate enterprise development.

Categories: Uncategorized

Class: Entrepreneurship Curriculum for 21st Century Business Schools

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:18:14 -0000

Presented as Case: 0031, Defrag Lorain, Lorain County Community College, April 12, 2007

Entrepreneruship Curriculum for 21st Century Business Schools

Title: First Steps in Entrepreneurship Curriculum Design for Business Schools in the 21st Century

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education/Strategic Doing

Description: Panel discussion to advance knowledge of practices and new models for training and curriculum in entrepreneurship for 21st Century business schools.

Speakers: Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College, Education and the University Partnership; Edward M. Caner, Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs, College of Arts & Sciences, Case Western Reserve University; James Gaudino, Dean, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University; Scot Rourke, President, OneCommunity; Beverly Peterson, CAAO; Andre Bryan, Patricia Fallon, Professor of Art, Ursuline College. Facilitator: Jack Ricchiuto, Designing Life

Time: 52:08

Courtesy of: NEOhio.org and New Image Media

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: business entrepreneurship

Defrag Lorain

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:17:19 -0000

ABOUT THE DEFRAG LORAIN CONFERENCE

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The Defrag Ohio Lorain conference is jointly organized and supported by the Lorain County Community College (LCCC), the Division of Math and Science, the LCCC Foundation, and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open). We wish to thank the college departments providing technical, marketing and conference support, with a special thanks to Mike Challender, Terrence Green, Mike Gesing, Debbie Janscura, Ted Jordan, Len Steinbach, Barbara Oney, Rick Pollack, Steve Sefchik, Steve Simmons, and Bob Sopko and the staff of the JohnA.Spitzer Conference and the Stocker Arts Center.

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The conference offers an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to address our innovation imperative in rich media, with a focus on education and workforce development. At the conference we will learn about new research, models and projects envisioning alternate futures. Unlike any other time in the history of civilization, we are required to work collaboratively as leaders and in teams to identify gateway solutions capable of the scale and interactivity needed to address critical world challenges, such as climate change, renewable energies and urban re-densification.

During the course of the conference opportunities in five topic areas and three cross-cutting themes as they pertain to education and workforce development were considered. Our next steps were to identify new projects and business development in the process of Strategic Doing. We were joined by economic development professionals and social software practitioners guiding us in these next steps.

Soon the Defrag Lorain Declaration will be posted on this wiki site. is being prepared as a discussion draft for acceptance by participants to bring attention to the important issues discussed at the April conference. The Declaration serves as a self-commitment by contributors to actively support and implement new behaviors and practices to accelerate open innovation in Ohio, and to call upon our colleagues to do the same. Send your comments and suggestions to info@i-open.org.

Welcome to a diverse leadership community of industry, academic and mixed media performers sharing what we do know and testing what we don't know. Join us for an afternoon or all three days and expect to clarify your insights and refresh your perspective! Our appreciation is extended to Lorain County Community College for its generous support and strong spirit of collaboration.

The underlying perspective for Defrag Lorain is state wide as well as international. The outcome of every quarterly conference is to model collaborative leadership, strengthen social networks and identify new business opportunities through the process of Strategic Doing, by connecting with our colleges and universities and building on-line collaborative communities.

Conference Welcome

The complete program for the Defrag Lorain Conference in April 2007 may be found here defrag-brochure-2007-04.pdf (1.8 MB)
The a description of the conference presentations sorted by case number are here

Categories: Public
Tags: creative digital media education games

Defrag Lorain: conference welcome April 12, 2007

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:12:10 -0000

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I’m honored to welcome you to Defrag q1.07. I wish to thank Dan Carl of the Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative, David Moss, Director of FUTURE: the Center for Design and Technology Transfer at the Cleveland Instititute of Art, I-Open, and everyone who contributed to making the first Defrag conference in December a big success. The creativity, passion and enthusiasm that everyone displayed for the future of rich media in Ohio was inspirational!

You are probably thinking “What’s with the chemistry lab picture?” The answer is that I am a chemist and teacher by trade, not a rich media expert. The seismic displacement that is about to occur in education is similar to the revolution that is taking place in the production and consumption of energy in this country. Many scientists are rightly concerned about the effect that unbridled fossil-fuel oxidation is having on our planet. In addition, there is much hand-wringing about the alarming reports of dwindling oil reserves. When discussing these developments with my chemistry classes, I like to tell my students that this has opened up enormous opportunity for them. If you think the computer and internet boom was something, just imagine the opportunity that will unfold when the entire energy enterprise is replaced.

In a similar fashion, many of us are rightly concerned about the process of education in this country. An alarm bell was sounded with the publication of “A Nation at Risk”, alerting us to facts of which many of us were well aware. Something is terribly wrong with the process of education in this country. Hand-wringing abounds. Once again, with the identification of fault lines in education, there is an opportunity to bring creative, intelligent and much overdue change to the essentially 19th century process of education. The Henry Fords and Andrew Carnegies of the 21st century are sitting in our classrooms! WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

Why not try and communicate with them in their language? Those of us with children in school are quick to recognize video game time as an effective carrot for homework motivation. If money is employed as a motivational tool, it is frequently used to buy a video game!!! The fact that individual learners have different styles has long been recognized by educators. The one size fits all role of the authoritative lecturer as the fundamental mode of delivery has been rightly criticized. Learner centered, interactive approaches to education are much more effective. Serious, immersive, interactive computer games can readily provide a superior educational experience.

The huge success of the Entertainment Games sector has provided resources that have led to ever more powerful game engines that are, thankfully, comprehensible to mere mortals. The technological tools needed to reach students are accessible and available. And much more than this, if we can focus some of the human resources mentioned in the first paragraph, together with those of us in education that see these developments as opportunity to communicate with our students more effectively, there is a bright future ahead for education in our region! That is what’s so exciting about Defrag q1.07. We can bring the essentially eclectic bunch together to bring about the creative and exciting changes to education that will mean so much to our children’s and their children’s lives. The times, they have achanged!

Dr. Terrance P. Green

Conference Chair & Host

Chemistry Department

Lorain County Community College

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: creative digital media education games

Defrag Lorain: Opening Remarks

Dennis Coughlin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:59:54 -0000

Dr. Terry Green, chairman of Defrag Lorain, welcomes Defrag to Lorain County Community College , and talks about his own experience with rich media.

This capture was provided by Mike Gesing, NEOhio.Org

I-Open and Defrag welcome comments about this video which may be made below after joining this site for free or signing in.

Categories: Uncategorized

Defrag Cleveland

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:49:48 -0000

The Defrag Cleveland Conference developed dynamic business and education networks and collaborations leading to new business and education opportunities. The conference agenda included open conversations, presentations and industry exhibits.

The Defrag conferences grew out of Tuesdays@FUTURE civic forums at FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer at the Cleveland Institute of Art. The Defrag Cleveland conference accelerated networking opportunities, identified creative resources, regional hotspots, and funding opportunities in the Ohio leaders and learners network in digital media.

From the archived Defrag Cleveland summary page:

In a networked world things change fast. Our ability to take ideas to action quickly matters.

Participate Saturday, December 9th and connect to a full day of concurrent forums, presentations and workshops to "link and leverage" resources in the Ohio creative digital media industries.

We'll learn from Ohio leaders building innovations and collaborations in digital media, simulation and videogame development projects.

Participate in one hour interactive conversations with Ohio academic, business and government leaders to raise industry awareness of State resources and capabilities in rich media. We will identify next steps to strengthen Ohio as a global leader in the creative industries.

We'll take a close look at strategic outcomes, determine metrics we need to measure our succe4ss, describe the milestones along the way, and identify SMART (simple - measurable - aggressive - relevant - time sensitive) goals.

Topics include: education and curriculum development, serious gaming applications in entertainment and education, arts in digital media, a game design workshop for youth, facilities design for creative businesses and business development.

Date: December 9, 2006
Time: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Place: FUTURE: The Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art's Joseph McCullough Center, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland OH 44106
Parking: The Cleveland Institute of Art has arranged to have the gate to the rear parking lot at the Joseph McCullough Center open. Entrance to the lot is from E. 117th St., reachable from either Euclid Ave., just past the JMC Bldg., or Mayfield Rd. just west of the railroad overpass. In lieu of this, attendees can park in the metered lot on the west side of the JMC Bldg. or on the street.

Meet The Bloggers, George Nemeth; Gloria Ferris; Tim Ferris, are recording interviews, dialogues, and conversations relating thoughts, best practices, and stories to be posted at Meet The Bloggers.

We're Wireless! Bring your laptops.

Conference Backgrounder Materials

Defrag Cleveland brochure

Defrag conversation guidelines

Defrag Registration list

To register or for more information by email at info@i-open.org or by calling Betsey Merkel at 216-246-2447

These are quarterly forums. Our next forum date is Saturday, April 14, 2007 hosted at Lorain County Community College.

Presented in collaboration with: FUTURE: Center for Design & Technology Transfer@The Cleveland Institute of Art, The Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), I-Open, Ingenuity, Civic Innovation Lab, COSE Arts Network, and Meet The Bloggers.

Go ahead! Take the survey: Connecting the Ohio Creative Digital Media Network.Tell us what you would like to learn more about. Your answers will help us stay on target.

Our Schedule (Entire program hosted at FUTURE Center for Design & Technology Transfer@CIA)

10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.

Welcome: David Moss, Director, FUTURE: Center for Design and Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art

Introduction & Overview: Daniel Carl, Director, Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative

Our Innovation Opportunity: Ohio as a Global Leader in the Creative Industries

11:00 A.M. to Noon

Concurrent Open Conversations

* Building Creative Businesses: Matt Neff, Flipline Studios Flipline; David Grampa, New initiative developer; Morgan Adams, Adams Immersive Immersive; Moderator: Rick Pollack, Manager, IT and Operations, Nine Sigma .
http://www.ninesigma.net/

* Career Pathways: Terrance Green, Ph.D, Lorain County Community College LCCC ; Douglas Reichard, Senior Project Engineer, Software Architecture team, Co-founder of Giant Revolving Brain, Rockwell Technology & LCCC; Geof Pelaia, Dir., Digital Media; Virginia Marti College of Art & Design Virginia Marti ; Thomas M. Nosek, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Ted Jordan, Jordan Team Technology Camps Funutation

* Connected Facilities for Creative Businesses: Frank Mills, Urban Paradoxes, Urban Parado ; Hunter Morrison, Director, Center for Urban and Regional Studies,Youngstown State University; Kenneth Fleming, Acadia Holdings & the Tyler Elevator Building restoration; Jean Anderson, Mayor, City of Vermilion, Ohio Mayor.

Noon to 1:30 P.M.
Lunch on your own. Directory to be provided.

2:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.

* Kasumi, Filmaker: Art & Technology Performance, video and VJ
artist, animator, electronic musician, theatrical designer, sound designer, writer and producer, . View the VJ demo

2:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M

Concurrent Open Conversations

* Videogame Design Workshop for Young Pros: Ted Jordan, Jordan Team Technology Camps ; Steve Simmons, Director, Audio Director, EDR Media, LLC, Beachwood Studios Production Center

* Digital Signage & Narrowcasting Solutions: Barbara Siss Oney, Director, Digital Airport Initiative LLC ; David Moss, Director, FUTURE: Center for Design & Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art

* Best Practices: Linking and Leveraging Regional Assets in Southern Ohio: Tom Stead,
Shawnee State University Shawnee; Karen E. Riggs, Ohio University Professor, School of telecommunications, Director Riggs; Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, Scripps College of Communication Grid Lab

3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

* Next Steps in Building the Networks: Ed Morrison, I-Open

4:30 P.M.

* Conference Close & Networking

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FOOD and BEVERAGE TABLE: In the morning we will have fresh, best-in-Cleveland Bialy's Bagels and hot Phoenix Midtown Blend coffee for sale . In the afternoon, E City students will host the sale of fresh bakery goods benefiting the E City Cleveland School

Interactive Displays and Information:

* Althur Electronics
* KasumiVideoJockey
* Muscle Physiology, Tower of Learning
* T.I.M.E. (Technologu and Integrated Media Environment) at CIA
* Flipline
* Adams Immersive: playable preview of 3D game for release in 2007
* The Digital Airport Initiative
* Greater Cleveland Partnership: Arts Network & NEOBiz resources for artists
* And more!

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Thanks to these organizations and individuals who leveraged their networks to get the word out about Defrag:

* Brewed Fresh Daily
* Meet The Bloggers
* Michael DeAloia, City of Cleveland
* Thomas Mulready, Cool Cleveland
* FUTURE, Cleveland Institute of Art
* I-Open
* Cleveland 2.0
* Strategic Technology Alliance (STA)
* Case Daily
* Digital Airport Initiative
* Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative
* Adams Immersive
* COSE Arts Network
* The ITAAO eNews is a service of the Information Technology Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, Inc. (ITAAO), a member organization of Ohio’s IT Alliance, an Edison Center program. Recipients of ITAAO eNews are permitted to forward this information with proper crediting of ITAAO, as publisher. ITAAO is a regional service and economic development organization supporting the growth and expansion of the information technology industry of the great Ohio Valley of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. ITAAO websites include , , , , . To subscribe email itaao@itaao.net

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Defrag Lorain: declaration

Betsey Merkel — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:37:19 -0000

D E C L A R A T I O N

During the closing of the Defrag Ohio Lorain 2007 conference April 12, 13 and 14, 2007, we will present the first draft of the Defrag Ohio 2007 Declaration with contributions from conference attendees. This Declaration, once drafted and prepared by the participants of the conference, aims to underscore the important issues which have been discussed.

The Declaration reminds us all of our present opportunity to model collaborative leadership, value social networks and participate in Strategic Doing with our colleagues and partners.

The Declaration "serves as a self-commitment" of all participants regarding the innovation imperative related to developing rich media application opportunities in education, skills training and workforce development to build prosperity for all Ohioans.

We invite all Defrag Ohio Lorain 2007 participants to send comments to info@i-open.org no later than April 1, 2007.

Defrag Ohio Lorain 2007 Declaration (TBA)

Suggested:

Annex 1: Standards in Education

Annex 2: Skills Training

Annex 3: Workforce Development

Annex 4: Standards in Gaming

Annex 4: Standards in Ethics

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Defrag conferences: video list

Betsey Merkel — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:22:08 -0000

Last updated May 26, 2007

Defrag Cleveland December 2006 tapes:

Introduction

Business Development

Game Design

Defrag Lorain conference April 12 - 14, 2007 class sessions. Captures are provided by Mike Gesing, NEOhio.org and Steve Petit, New Image Media, Inc.

1) Case: 0022 Thur 04-12 1:00PM - 3:00PM Envision Center - STEVE

2) Case: 0023 Thur 04-12 1:00PM - 3:00PM Map of Future Forces in Education - posted by Mike

Case 23-Forces in Education

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Email Link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid933247285

3) Case: 0026 Fri 04-13 9:00AM - 10:00AM Philip Mallory Jones - posted by Mike

Case 26: Phillip Mallory Jones

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Video link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid824504839

4) Case: 0028 Keynote Thur 04-12 Keith Krach - posted by Mike

Case 28: Defrag Keynote

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Video link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823433099

5) Case: 0029 Thur 04-12 9:00AM - 11:00AM Near-Time - MIKE?

6) Case: 0031 Thur 04-12 1:00PM - 3:00PM Entrepreneurship Panel - posted by Mike

Case 31: Entrepreneurship Panel

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Video Link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823503818

7) Case: 0032 Fri 04-13 9:00AM - 10:00AM Civic Journalism - posted by Mike

Case 32-Civic Journalism

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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid933767324

8) Case: 0033 Fri 04-13 9:00AM - 10:00AM Wii Bowling - posted by Mike

Case 33: Wii Demonstration

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Video link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823324905

9) Case: 0034 Fri 04-13 9:00AM - 11:00AM Bruce Perens - STEVE HAS THIS TAPE

10) Case: 0037 Fri 04-13 3:00PM - 4:00PM Mash-Up - STEVE HAS THIS TAPE

11) Case: 0039 Fri 04-13 10:00AM - Noon Advancing Education, Research and Economic Development in Renewable Energy - Posted by Mike

Case 39-Green Energy Ohio

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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid932595480

12) Case: 0040 Fri 04-13 Noon - 2:00PM Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development - posted by Mike

Case 40: Open Source Discussion

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Video link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid824272797

13) Case: 0042 Fri 04-13 2:00PM - 3:00PM Red Hat - STEVE HAS THIS TAPE

14) Case: 0047 Fri 04-13 2:00PM - 4:00PM 20 Years of Network Analysis - STEVE HAS THIS TAPE

15) Case: 0048 Fri 04-13 3:00PM - 6:00PM Online Collaborative Communities - MIKE?

16) Case: 0054 Sat 04-14-07 Karen Riggs BrainAge - posted by Mike

Case 54: Brain Age

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Video Link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823453686

17) Case: 0059 Fri 04-13 5:00 PM - 6:00PM Strategic Doing - posted by Mike

Defrag-Closing Remarks

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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid933778850

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid823433099

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Guides: inventory list

Betsey Merkel — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:54:34 -0000

How to use this site

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Defrag Lorain: exhibitor list

Betsey Merkel — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:18:45 -0000

No. 1: Adams Immersive (Fri Apr 13)

No. 2: Lorain Growth Corporation

No. 3: Cleveland Motion Controls (Thurs Apr 12, Fri Apr 13)

No. 4: Giant Revolving Brain (Thurs Apr 12, Fri Apr 13)

No. 5: Hand Turkey Studios (Thurs Apr 12, Friday Apr 13, Sat Apr 14)

No. 6: Funtuation Tech Camps (Thurs Apr 12, Fri Apr 13, Sat April 14)

No. 7: A shared, drop-in space hosted by the Northeast Ohio social computing community providing information about NEO models and reporting from the Defrag conference.

No. 8: NOTACON (Thurs Apr 12, Fri Apr 13)

No. 9: Entrepreneurship Innovation Institute, LCCC

No. 10: (Thurs April 12, Fri Apr 13 in Stocker)

No. 11: CGI Studios, (Thurs Apr 12, Fri Apr 13)

No. 12: PBWiki(Fri April 13, Sat April 14) will offer flyers, a raffle for 3 PBwiki T-shirts , and a raffle for 3 free premium wikis ($250 retail each).

No. 13: TThe Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), (Thur Apr 12, Fri Apr 13, Sat Apr 14)

No. 14: SourceLabs, Inc., will be exhibiting white papers and Open Source Support offerings (Fri Apr 13)

No. 15: Defrag Ohio Conference (Thurs April 12, Fri April 13, Sat April 14)(Stocker & Spitzer)

No. 16: Green Energy Ohio & Great Lakes Science Center, (Fri Apr 13)

No. 17: Computer Games and Sim Design, Lorain County Community College: INT COMPUTER GAMES AND SIMULATIONS This is a basic course for students interested in designing, programming and developing computer games and simulations. Topics include basic game/simulation design, programming and development as well as the role of the game/simulation designer, programmer and developer. Thurs April 12, Fri April 13, Sat April 14

No. 18: All-tronics Technical Systems(Sat April 14) (Fri April 13)

No. 19: Southern Lorain County Historical Society (Fri April 13)

No. 20: Key Entrepreneur Development Center, Corporate College (Thurs April 12)

No. 21: (CAAO) (Thur April 12, Fri April 13, Sat April 14)

No. 22: IQity (Fri April 13)

No. 23: Recognition Robotics

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Defrag Cleveland: presentations

Dennis Coughlin — Sun, 13 May 2007 22:28:30 -0000

Defrag Ohio Cleveland Conference

December 9, 2007

FUTURE Center, The Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Introductions

Welcome: David Moss, Director, FUTURE, Center for Design and Technology Transfer@The Cleveland Institute of Art

Introduction and Overview: Daniel Carl, Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative

Our Innovation Opportunity: Ohio as a Global Leader in the Creative Industries, Ed Morrison, Purdue Center for Regional Development and The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)

11:00 A.M. to Noon Concurrent Open Conversations

Building Creative Businesses: Matt Neff, Flipline Studios; David Grampa, new initiative developer; Morgan Adams, Adams Immersive; Moderator: Rick Pollack, Nine Sigma LLC
Career Pathways: Terrance Green, PhD, Lorain County Community College; Geof Pelaia, BFA, Digital Media, Virginia Marti College of Art & Design; Thomas M. Nosek, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Ted Jordan, Jordan Team Technology Camps
Connected Facilities for Creative Businesses: Hunter Morrison, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Youngstown State University; Jean Anderson, Mayor, City of Vermilion

Noon to 1:30 P.M. Lunch on your own

2:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. Kasumi, Art & Technology Performance. Film maker, video and VJ artist, animator, electronic musician, theatrical designer, sound designer, writer and producer. View the VJ demo here.

2:30 to 3:30 P.M. Concurrent Open Conversations

Videogame Design Workshop for Young Pros: Ted Jordan, Jordan Team Technology Camps; Steve Simmons, EDR Media LLC, Beachwood Studios Production Center
Digital Signage & Narrowcasting Solutions: Barbara Siss Oney, Digital Airport Initiative LLC; David Moss, FUTURE: Center for Design & Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art
Best Practices: Linking and Leveraging Regional Assets in Southern Ohio: Tom Stead, MFA, Shawnee State University; Riggs, PhD, School of Telecommunications, Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University; Moderator: Ed Morrison, I-Open

3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Next Steps in Building the Networks: Ed Morrison, I-Open

4:30 P.M. Networking and Ongoing Business

Defrag Cleveland

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Defrag Ohio: conference strategy

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:33:40 -0000

The underlying perspective for Defrag Ohio Lorain is state wide as well as international. The outcome of every quarterly conference is to model collaborative leadership, strengthen social networks and identify new business opportunities through the process of Strategic Doing, by connecting with our colleges and universities and building on-line collaborative communities.

Presentations and discussions for Defrag Ohio can assume a variety of formats:

Keynote lectures by prominent researchers and professionals which complements the thematic plenary sessions

Plenary sessions on subjects such as curriculum standards in education and workforce development

Thematic sessions with paper or product presentations and discussions

Open Conversations focus on one starting topic and move in the direction of opportunities the participants wish to explore

Panel debates which discuss the issues raised within the plenary sessions

Invited sessions arranged and convened by or for a number of regional organizations

Highlights (a distinguished personality from politics, culture or science summarizing the findings and impressions of the day from his or her particular perspective)

Exhibitions for agencies institutions and companies wishing to present their activities and products

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Minutes: inventory list

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:29:26 -0000

Defrag Minutes are "snapshots" of entrepreneurs doing cool stuff in digital media.

OneCleveland Tour/11:59

Case Western Reserve University

Office of Academic Computing

CWRU-Health Gaming

Tom Nosek

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627896390

Civic Journalism in Lakewood, Ohio

Ken Warren & Jim O’Bryan

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627896403

Digital Airport Initiative

Barbara Oney

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627028678

Educational Gaming

Rick Pollack

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid626962076

Independent Filmmaker

Johnny Wu

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627896421

LCCC-Defrag Chairman

Terry Green

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid626962077

LCCC-Provost Message

John Crooks

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627267151

LCCC-Distance Education

Mike Substelney

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid627267152

Visit NEOHIO.org Contact Mike Gesing to learn more at email: mike@neohio.org.

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Tags: creative digital media distance learning education games mixed media performance narrowcasting social software technology

Defrag Lorain: industry sector chart

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:23:30 -0000

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Tags: creative industry economic development sectors

Defrag Lorain: presentations

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:22:14 -0000

Case: 0019 Conference Opening Ceremony & Keynote Lectures

Description: Welcome to the Defrag conference with Keynote lectures by Northeast Ohio leaders in education, videogame development, technology, urban design and planning. Exhibition Opening. Box lunches are available for purchase.

Speakers: Professor Terrance Green, Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Conference Host; Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College LCCC, University Partnership, LCCC; Robert Sopko, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA) CASE; Hunter Morrison, Director, Center for Design and Urban Planning, Youngstown State University

Case: 0020

Title: Meet The Bloggers Interviews

Topic/X-Cutting theme: Social Software Technology/Strategic Doing

Description:Meet the Bloggers advances citizen journalism in Ohio with interviews of entrepreneurs and leaders working in the creative digital media industry in Ohio. Interviews are posted on Meet The Bloggers

Speakers: George Nemeth, Gloria Ferris, Tim Ferris

Case: 0021

Title: FALCON: Design and Operation of Industrial Motion Systems

Topic/X-Cutting theme: Education

Description: Increasing productivity of design and operation of industrial motion systems with FALCON. (Flexible Automation Logic Controller with Open Networks). FALCON is a complete PC Based Controls Package (IEC 61131-3) that integrates Process Control, Motion Controls, HMI and Open Communications into one easy to use platform.

Speaker: Lucian Fogoros, Senior Product Manager, Cleveland Motion Controls E-mail: Lfogoros@cmccontrols.com Ph: 216-832-9547

Case: 0022

Title: Overview of the Envision Center Technology Base & Discussion of Current Projects

Topic/X-Cutting theme: Education/Collaborative Leadership

Description: The mission of Envision Center for Data Perceptualization is to serve, support, and collaborate with faculty, students, and industry to be a leader in scientific visualization, and human computer interaction, through learning, discovery, and engagement.

Speaker:Steve Dunlop, Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, Purdue University

Case: 0023

Title: Map of Future Forces Affecting Education

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education, Workforce Development/Social Networks

Description:Invited presentation on the KnowledgeWorks Foundation Map of Future Forces Effecting Education.

Pre-read: KnowledgeWorks Foundation Map

Speaker: David Moore, Vice-President, Collaborative Communications Group E-mail: moore@publicengagement.com, Phone: 202-986-4959

Case: 0024 RESCHEDULED TO DEFRAG YOUNGSTOWN JULY 2007

Case: 0025

Title: Cognitive Haunting in Collaborative On-line Communities

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education/

Description: “Cognitive haunting” process – a process unique to passionate activity, shared with other kinds of human experience of a profound nature, marked by inspiration, creativity, and heightened engagement. Cognitive Haunting is stimulated from the residue of subject specific experiences that perk in the individual throughout the day. It is the salient idea that resonates within the individual, sparking new insight, that the individual is compelled to share with a broader audience. It is the product of an internalized intimate process and active learning.

Speaker: Katherine Milton, Dir., The Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University

Case: 0026

Title: IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE: Migration and Transformation of Concept and Form

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education, Modeling & Simulation

Description: IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE Notes on Development and Process: IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE is a multi-modal fusion of visual art, literature, and immersive digital media, manifesting as a gallery installation, on-line environment in Second Life, and bound print portfolio. It is an evocation of African-American personal/familial/communal narratives and allegories, in words and distinctive interpretive visual compositions. It is a hymn of nuanced harmonies and discords; a blending of voices sweet and rough. It is a trans-generational memoir, illuminating paths we walk, stories we’ve been told, and the dream-places we haunt. It is a continuation of my four decades of art-making and research, and my creative collaborations with poet/novelist Dorothy Mallory Jones, my mother (LISSEN HERE!, book 2004, and The Trouble I’ve Seen, broadcast video 1976). IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE is a dialogue between traditional and contemporary creative and cultural practice. It is composed of poetic and narrative text, digital paintings, photo-collage, animations, soundscapes, and immersive virtual environments. Themes and threads of the work are derived from personal and family memoirs, and African-American/Diaspora oral traditions. The 2D, 3D and animation compositions are my original work, and archive of photo, film, video and graphic imagery, dating to the late 19th century, and spanning the planet. IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE will speak to diverse audiences, through the breadth and depth of its content, and the three modes of presentation. Each presentation mode (installation, web, book) of IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE transposes and interprets the source material into distinctive form, exploiting the particular capabilities and character of the mode. Each is a stand-alone experience, yet complimentary to the other modes. IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE is a process of migration and transformation of concepts and designs through technologies, and temporal terrains. B&B SL: An Immersive Memior Developing IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE in Second Life (B&B SL) began mid Jan 07. It marks the paradigm shift in vision. It begins the migration of source material and core expressive intentions, and transformations of concepts and ideas, as I investigate designing in/for this dynamic immersive environment.

Speaker: Philip Mallory Jones, Resident Artist, Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University

Case: 0027

Title: Northeast Ohio Videogame demonstration

Topic/X-cutting theme: Games, and Education

Description: Demonstration of videogame models developed by Northeast Ohio Videogame Developers Meet-Up Group members.

Speakers: NEO Videogame Initiative members

Case: 0028

Title: Keynote

Topic/X-cutting theme: Entrepreneurship and Business Development

Description: Overview of value of innovation and entrepreneurship in a global market. Krach co-founded Ariba (ARBA on NASDAQ) in 1996. Under his leadership as CEO, Ariba pioneered B2B and grew to be the dominant global player in the business-to-business e-commerce industry. As CEO, Krach took Ariba public, achieving a market capitalization of $34 billion and becoming one of the fastest growing software companies in history. In 2000, Krach was named Ernst & Young's National Entrepreneur of the Year and honored at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with the Technology Pioneer Award.

Speaker: Keith Krach, CEO, 3 POINTS LLC

Case: 0029

Title: Workshop: Building E-Projects with Near-Time

Topic/X-cutting theme: Social Software Technologies, Digital Media Communications/Collaborative Leadership, Social Networks

Description: Sales Director Joel Bush, has over 10 years of experience in the information technology industry on the technology side and on the publishing / content side. Prior to joining Near-Time, Joel was founder and President of Leverage Factory a trade book and content syndication company. Previously, Joel has been involved with several successful technology start-ups in North Carolina including Extensibility, eTix.com, Bandwidth.com, iO Systems, and Ventana Communications Group.

Speaker: Joel Bush, Near-Time E-mail: joel@near-time.com Ph: (919) 259-3731

Case: 0030

Title: Repurposing and Monetizing Existing Content

Topic/X-cutting theme: Digital Communications/Strategic Doing

Description: Repurposing and Monetizing Existing Content – Many organizations are sitting on untapped value in old video footage, R&D content and other valuable information. These untapped assets can be transformed and even monetized through a “content conversion” process that enables their use as “New Media”. Existing content can be converted to realize educational, promotional, or informational value and generate direct or indirect revenue. We’ll discuss the process and show actual examples. In a world where YouTube is a billion dollar asset, it’s time organizations get out their old media and jump in.

Speakers: David Walker, Stephen Brand, Ph.D., Mindgrab Media LLC, E-mail: david.walker@mindgrabmedia.com Ph: 330-706-4045

Case: 0031

Title: First Steps in Entrepreneurship Curriculum Design for Business Schools in the 21st Century

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education/Strategic Doing

Description: Panel discussion to advance knowledge of practices and new models for training and curriculum in entrepreneurship for 21st Century business schools.

Case: 0032

Title: Social media and citizen journalism: research, culture and trends - MashUps, You Tube and My Space

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education, Social Software Technologies, Digital Media Communications/Collaborative Leadership, Social Networks

Description: Panel Participation - Social Media and Citizen Journalism Trends:

I will be discussing trends in how various communities and institutions are creating, and perceiving, value online. This will include how YouTube v.Bloggers perceive their relationship to Google and YouTube, thoughts about why local newspapers are making more $ from online video advertisements than other media outlets, and recent frictions between Citizen Journalists and so called “professionals” at the recent WeMedia conference.

Pre-Read:The Lakewood Observer's Hyper-local Dojo: Self Defense and the Ecology of Civic Engagement

Speakers: Matthew Bernius, Visiting Professor, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, http://www.waking-dream.com, E-mail: mbernius@gmail.com Ph: 585-797-8037; Ken Warren, Exec. Dir., Lakewood Public Library; Jim O'Bryan, Editor, Lakewood Observer; George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers; Janko, I Will Shout Youngstown

Case: 0033

Title: Nintendo Wii Bowling & Introduction and Overview of the Videogame Industry

Topic/X-cutting theme: Videogames, and Education

Description: If you have not experienced Real time the Nintendto Wii Bowling videogame, be sure to attend this introductory session which will also provide an overview of the videogame industry.

Speakers: Scott Baker (Wii Bowling), Rick Pollack, Dan Carl

Case: 0034

Topic: The Emerging Economics of Open Source Software

Topic/X-cutting theme: Social Software Technologies, Social Networks

Description: Open Source developers have, perhaps without conscious intent, created a new and surprisingly successful economic paradigm for the production of software. Examining that paradigm can answer a number of important questions. It's not immediately obvious how Open Source works economically. Probably the worst consequence of this lack of understanding is that many people don't understand how Open Source could be economically sustainable, and some may even feel that its potential negative effect upon the proprietary software industry is an overall economic detriment. Fortunately, if you look more deeply into the economic function of software in general, it's easy to establish that Open Source is both sustainable and of tremendous benefit to the overall economy. Open Source can be explained entirely within the context of conventional open-market economics. Indeed, it turns out that it has much stronger ties to the phenomenon of capitalism than you may have appreciated. Join us for a dynamic presentation.

Pre-read: The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source

Speaker: Bruce Bruce Perens, Vice President E-mail: bruce@sourcelabs.com

Athena Diamantis, Director of Sales E-mail: Athena@sourcelabs.com Ph: 440.716.9890

(local contact)

Case: 0035

Title: Visualizations of Ancient Ohio Civilizations with an Overview of CERHAS, Current & Future Projects

Topic/X-cutting theme: Modeling & Simulation, Education, Digital Media Communications/Collaborative Leadership

Description: The Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites is an interdisciplinary research laboratory within the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati. The mission of CERHAS is to unite research, education and public awareness through innovative and accessible high-quality multi-media presentations, and to connect the importance of our heritage to our modern conditions in meaningful ways. Join us for a fantastic visual re-discovery of Ohio cultural heritage.

Speaker: John E. Hancock, Co-Founder of CERHAS and Director, EarthWorks and The Dirt on Midea, Professor of Architectural History, Associate Dean of Research, University of Cincinnati. A registered architect since 1979, he regularly teaches courses in architectural history and theory, and is the author of many national and international publications and presentations on topics in ancient architectural history and interpretation, including a six-lecture series on Greece and the Greek Temple at the New Europe College, a Getty-funded post-doctoral humanities institute in Bucharest, Romania, in 2003. Notable awards from the Ohio Board of Regents, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, and the New York Art Directors Club. CERHAS, The University of Cincinnati

Case: 0036

Title: Defrag Shorts

Case: 0037

Title: MashUps, YouTube & MySpace: Writing Media and Social Identity

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education, Social Software Technologies, Digital Media Communications/Collaborative Leadership, Social Networks

Description: This presentation approaches the Mash-Up phenomenon from a literary, media making perspective. The session will examine cycles of consumption, mediation, and remediation and some thoughts about how this gives way to both new economic models of production and distribution, as well as how MashUps can be seen as ways of displaying identity and group knowledge.

Speaker:Matthew Bernius, Visiting Professor, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, http://www.waking-dream.com, E-mail: mbernius@gmail.com Ph: 585-797-8037

Case: 0038

Title:CGI Photography: Photographic Images From CAD Files

Topic/X-cutting theme: Digital Media Communications

Description: Learn about advances in rendering photographic images from CAD files, producing outstanding digital images of industry products.

Speaker: Michael Roth, Marty Horvath TRG Studios E-mail: mroth@trgstudios.com Ph: 216-781-8644. Michael has spent his career at marketing for companies such as Lund Industries and Mr. Gasket Performance Group. He also spent several years as an account executive at a local advertising agency. After being a client of TRG Studios for 8 years, Mike joined TRG Studios to help in operations and to help grow the CGI Photography services department.

Case: 0039

Topic: Advancing Education, Research and Economic Development in Renewable Energy, a session co-presented by Green Energy Ohio & Great Lakes Science Center

Topic/X-cutting theme:Education, Workforce Development/Collaborative Leadership, Social Networks, Strategic Doing

Description: This session will review current economic development in Ohio renewables, and discuss the education and research model activities being developed at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC).

Speakers: William Spratley, Exec. Dir. Green Energy Ohio(GEO) and Chair, SOLAR 2007, July 7-12, 2007 National Organizing Committee, and Blake Andres, Vice President, Great Lakes Science Center; E-mail: Athan@GreenEnergyOhio.org, Ph: 216-526-5545

Case: 0040

Title: Plenary Lecture: Preamble: \"Culture and Creativity at the Nexus of Innovation,\" Philip Malloy Jones. Interlude: aldis Krebs, \"The Music of Networks\", Orgnet.com; Jazz Session: \"Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development, An Interactive Conversation\", Bruce Perens, Sourcelabs, Inc., Seattle, WA; Ed Morrison, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open); Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com; Philip Mallory Jones, Aesthetic Technology Lab, Ohio University; George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers, Chief Blogging Officer, BrewedFreshDaily.com, CIO, CoolCleveland.com CTO, MeetTheBloggers.net;

Topic/X-cutting theme: All

Description: A three stage programmed luncheon with speakers addressing the connectivity and innovation opportunities at the intersections of art, technology, social computing, visualization and simulation, to the social, cultural and behavioral aspects of open source engagement, to the economic development imperative of sustainable innovation, in an open conversation.

Preamble: \"Culture and Creativity at the Nexus of Innovation,\" . Interlude: aldis Krebs, \"The Music of Networks\", Orgnet.com; Jazz Session: \"Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development, An Interactive Conversation\"

Speakers: Philip Mallory Jones, Aesthetic Technology Lab, Ohio University; Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com; Bruce Perens, VP, Sourcelabs, Inc., Seattle, WA; Ed Morrison, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open); George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers, Chief Blogging Officer, BrewedFreshDaily.com, CIO, CoolCleveland.com CTO, MeetTheBloggers.net;

Case: 0041

Title: Wiki Know-How: A Demonstration and workshop of usability of wiki websites

Topic/X-cutting theme:Education & Social Software Technology

Description: Workshop about the value of wikis websites, how to build wikis and the usability of the wiki platform for education and business. Join the session to learn more about this new company located in California with roots in Ohio!

Speakers: Rebecca and Clif Sipe, [http://www.pbwiki.com| PBWiki.com

Case: 0042

Title: Red Hat High: Open Source Software Use for Secondary Education

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education

Description: Red Hat High: Using Open Source Software in a Technology Camp

In the summer of 2006, 52 rising 8th and 9th-grade students attended a week-long residential technology camp at North Carolina State University. Named for the program's initiator, Red Hat High's mission was to expose students to technology and software that they otherwise might not be aware of. Using open source software, students were introduced to audio creation, video creation, 3D modeling & animation, and web design.

Speaker: Jason van Gumster, Hand Turkey Studios & partner Red Hat, Inc., co-founder and 'Production Monkey' of the Richmond, Virginia-based animation, illustration, and print design company, Hand Turkey Studios. He participated in the 2006 Red Hat High program as an instructor for the 3D Modeling & Animation track using the open source 3D suite, Blender, and is on the advisory board for the 2007 camp. He works professionally as an animator and print designer for his company and serves as an instructor for Blender workshops and training DVDs.

An avid advocate of open source software, Jason uses open source tools for the majority of his creative work and is active in the Free Software community, particularly the Blender community. He has given demonstrations at Linux Users Group meetings and SIGGRAPH conferences, and he currently serves as the Gallery Maintainer for Blender.org and writer for the primary Blender news portal, Blender Nation. Born in 1978, Jason holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.F.A in Kinetic Imaging from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Case: 0043

Title: Innovations in Digital Communications

Topic/X-cutting theme:

Description:Innovative technology in flexible displays, electronics, and photovoltaics at the forefront of innovative research and development at Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute

Speaker: Dr. John L. West, FLEXMatters, LCD Institute, Kent State University

Case: 0044

Title: Practices in Social Software Technology: An Open Conversation with Leaders in Northeast Ohio Social Computing

Topic/X-cutting theme: Social Software Technologies/Collaborative Leadership, Strategic Doing

Description: Web 2.0 is not about technology innovation but rather the usability of technology to emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. In this session, leading Northeast Ohio social network developers will explore evolutions of applications enhancing online collaboration and sharing in a focused context of building a regional events calendar, from the grass roots-up, so all people may contribute content and access complete, filterable listings in the manners most usable to them. We will feature a presentation of the latest Drupal calendar module that enables sharing of event data among various platforms and sites.

Convening Network: Norm Roulet <norm@realneo.us></norm@realneo.us>Marc Lefkowitz <marc@ecocitycleveland.org></marc@ecocitycleveland.org>, Susan Miller <millerbowen@adelphia.net></millerbowen@adelphia.net>,

mbernius@gmail.com, Martha Eakin <m.eakin@sbcglobal.net></m.eakin@sbcglobal.net>, Sudhir Raghupathy <skraghupathy@yahoo.com></skraghupathy@yahoo.com>, Jeff Buster <j.buster@sbcglobal.net></j.buster@sbcglobal.net>, bat@adva.com, derek@realneo.us, Bill MacDermott <billmacd@clevelandsolar-wind.com></billmacd@clevelandsolar-wind.com>, Tim Ferris

Case: 0045

Title: Creating Serious Health Education Games for Students of All Ages

Topic/X-cutting theme: Games, and Education/Collaborative Leadership

Description: Discuss the concept of “serious games for education” and describe the “Tower of Learning” that we are creating to teach medical students Clinical Cancer Genetics and the “Garden of Wellness” that we are creating to help disabled women practice health promotion and disease prevention. County Fair: An Intergenerational Game for Appalachians, Karen Riggs, Ohio University, Game Research and Immersive Design Lab tells the story of a graduate seminar led by professors at the GRID Lab and the Appalachian Rural Health Institute. Five hard-core gamers wrote a white paper to precede a design document for a game called County Fair, to be distributed on a CD-ROM as part of a community health package for diabetics and their families in rural Appalachia. County Fair will be a role-playing Sim for players throughout an extended family to learn how to prevent and manage diabetes via engagement in an entertaining game.

Contributors: Thomas Nosek, Ph.D., CWRU; Gregg Wrenn, Brain software, CWRU Karen Riggs, Ohio University

Case: 0046

Title: Development of the Ion Field EduGame

Topic/Cross-cutting Theme: Education/Games/Collaborative Leadership

Description: a review of the design and construction of the Ion Field EduGame teaching math and science concepts.

Speakers: Terrance Green Ph.D., Douglas Reichard, Michael Irby II, Robby Friedman, Lou Diggi, Giant Revolving Brain

Case: 0047

Title: Research: 20 Years of Social Network Analysis

Topic/Cross-cutting Theme: Social Software Technology/Social Networks

Description: Review of social network mapping analysis over the past twenty years.

Presentation: Social Network Analysis 1987 - 2007 PPT

http://www.slideshare.net/DERIGalway/valdis-krebs-social-network-analysis-19872007/

Speaker: Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com

Case: 0048

Topic: Building On-line Collaborative Communities

Topic/X-Cutting Theme: Education, Games, Modeling & Simulation

Speakers: Barbara Oney, Digital Airport Initiative; James Levin, Ingenuity; Karen Riggs, GRID; Katherine Milton, @Lab, OU; Case Western Reserve University; Rick Pollack, Knowledge Information Technology Inc; Dale Cook, Kent State University; Philip Mallory Jones, Ohio University; Facilitator: Len Steinbach, Cultural Technology Strategies, Moderator

Case: 0049

Topic: Computer Forensics

Topic/X-Cutting Theme: Modeling & Simulation, Programming, Engineering

Description: An overview of a new technique of computer forensics with a high success recovery rate.

Speaker: Lawrence Atkinson, Hikmat Chedid, Lorain County Community College

Case: 0050

Topic: Virtual Worlds Gaming & Simulation Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University

Description: Overview of courses, research and experiential learning opportunities in an interdisciplinary group of advanced undergraduate students in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), art, music and English. The new lab forms the basis for experiential work in existing game related courses such as artificial intelligence, graphics, simulation and for the development of new gaming/simulation courses in the department. Significant cross-disciplinary immersive learning opportunities are also available wit the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Case Music Department, and the Case School of Medicine.

Speaker: Marc Buchner, Assoc. Prof. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Dir. Virtual Worlds Lab

Case: 0051

Title: Serious Games for Juvenile Detention Facilities

Topic/X-Cutting Theme: Education, Games

Description: An exploration and overview of industry and business development opportunities for EduGames to teach skills training and workforce development for juvenile detention populations.

Speakers: Thomas J. Rehnert, Portage-Geauga County Juvenile Detention Facility, Law professionals

Case: 0052

Topic: Connecting Families, Kids and Students Thorugh Digital Media

Topics/X-Cutting Themes: Games, Education, Modeling & Simulation/Collaborative Leadership

Description and Speakers: Sat 9:00 - 10:00 AM 3D Modeling with Blender, Jason van Gumster, Hand Turkey Studios; 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Sound Design for Interactive Gaming, Steve Simmons, EDR Media; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Computer Game Creation Session, Ted Jordan, Funutation LLC

Case: 0053 (See Case: 0041)

Topic: Wiki Know-How: A Demonstration and workshop of usability of wiki websites in education, business and other pursuits

Rebecca and Clif Sipes, PBWiki.com

Case: 0054

Topic:BrainAge: Breakthrough Intergenerational Learning Game

Topic/X-Cutting Theme: Education, Games

Description: The game development industry has had a difficult time reaching over-40 adults and, in fact, has long ignored them. Now enters BrainAge, a game for all ages released by Nintendo for its DS hand held device. What can developers learn from this outrageously popular game, and how can this knowledge be applied to make applications more attractive for older and mixed-generation audiences? An expert on aging, games, and technology delivers prescriptives for industry. Karen Riggs, director of the Game Research and Immersive Design Lab at OHIO University, is an avid BrainAger in her spare time.

Speaker: Karen Riggs, Ohio University, Dir., Game Research and Immersive Design Lab (GRID)

Case: 0055

Case: 0056

Case: 0058

Case: 0059

Case: 0061

Case: 0062

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: creative digital media knowledge

Defrag Ohio: leadership

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:20:55 -0000

OHIO LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Cannot find Member: Susan Altshuler

Mike Challendar, Lorain Growth Corporation

Cannot find Member: Dennis Coughlin

Cannot find Member: Mike Gesing, NEOhio.org

Cannot find Member: Betsey Merkel, I-Open

Cannot find Member: Ed Morrison, I-Open

Hunter Morrison, Director, The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Youngstown State University

David Moss, Director, FUTURE: Center for Design & Technology Transfer @ The Cleveland Institute of Art

Tom Nosek, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cannot find Member: Barbara Oney, Digital Airport Initiative

Rick Pollack, Knowledge Information Technology, Inc.

Karen Riggs, Professor, Director, Game Research and Immersive Design Lab (GRID), Ohio University

Bob Sopko, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), Case Western Reserve University

Tom Stead, Shawnee State University

Defrag Ohio conference hosts are appointed to the Ohio Leadership Committee for a period of one year, renewable every year for up to three years.

Defrag Lorain Leadership

Conference Chair

Cannot find Member: Terry Green, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Lorain County Community College, Lorain, OH

Honorary Chairs

Tom Nosek, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Tracy Green, Executive Director, LCCC Foundation

Co-Chairs

Susan Altshuler, Finance Administrator, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Mike Gesing, NEOhio.org
Betsey Merkel, Network Development, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open)
Barbara Oney, Digital Airport Initiative
Rick Pollack, Knowledge Information Technology, Inc.

Categories: Uncategorized

Class: Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:20:32 -0000

Presented as Case: 0040, Defrag Lorain, Lorain County Community College, April 13, 2007

Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development

Titles:

Preamble: "Culture and Creativity at the Nexus of Innovation," Philip Malloy Jones.
Interlude: Valdis Krebs, "The Music of Networks",
"Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development, An Interactive Conversation", Bruce Perens, Vice President SourceLabs, Developer Relations & Policy, Author of The Open Source Definition and Co-Founder of The Open Source Initiative, Founder of Linux Standard Base & Co-Founder of Software In The Public Interest; Ed Morrison, I-Open; Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com; with George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers, Chief Blogging Officer, BrewedFreshDaily.com, CIO, CoolCleveland.com CTO, MeetTheBloggers.net;

Time: 1:07

Courtesy of: NEOhio.org and New Image Media and Lorain County Community College

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: open source open source economic development

Defrag Lorain: sessions

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:19:41 -0000

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007, 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
SPITZER CONFERENCE CENTER

11:00 A.M. to Noon REGISTRATION

Noon to 1:00 P.M. CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY

- Professor Terrence Green, Lorain County Community College (LCCC) Conference Host
- Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College speaks on the value of education and about the University Partnership at LCCC- Robert Sopko, Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), Case Western Reserve University
- Exhibition Opening
- John Slanina, I Will Shout Youngstown for Hunter Morrison, Director for the Center for Design and Urban Planning, Youngstown State University
- Len Steinbach, CulturalTechnologyStrategies, Conference instructions

1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. CONCURRENT INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS AND EXHIBITS
- Entrepreneuship Curriculum for Business Schools in the 21st Century: Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College; Edward M. Caner, Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs, College of Arts & Sciences, Case Western Reserve University; James Gaudino, Dean, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University and Scot Rourke, President, OneCommunity
- Overview of Envision Center Technology Base and Discussion of Current Projects, Steve Dunlop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Presentation on the KnowledgeWorks Foundation Map of Future Forces Affecting Education, David Moore, Collaborative Communications Group, Washington, D.C.

3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. CONCURRENT INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS AND EXHIBITS
- FALCON: Design and Operation of Industrial Motion Systems, Lucian Forgoros, Cleveland Motion Controls
- Rescheduled to Defrag Ohio Y'Town in July 2007: Cultural Innovation Zones for the 21st Century, Hunter Morrison, Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Youngstown State University

4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Northeast Ohio Video game demonstration

5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Keith Krach, 3 Strategies LLC

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007 7:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

SPITZER CONFERENCE CENTER/STOCKER ARTS

7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. REGISTRATION
Registration will be in the front lobby of the Spitzer Conference Center. At registration you will receive your name badge, Conference Booklet and other materials. You may also sign up for leisure activities here.

8:30 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. DAILY WELCOME
- Dr. John Crooks, Associate Provost, University Partnership at Lorain County Community College, Vision 2015 & The Innovation Corridor
- Terrence Green Ph.D., LCCC
- Ed Morrison, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), "Ohio's Business Development Opportunity in Creative Digital Media"
- Len Steinbach, Conference instructions

9:00 A.M. to Noon
- Meet The Bloggers: Ongoing conversations with leaders in the creative digital media industry
- Defrag Shorts: Mixed Media Exhibitions in Digital Communications

9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. CONCURRENT INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS AND EXHIBITS
- Workshop: Building Collaborative On-Line Communities with Near-Time/Joel Bush, Sales Director, Near-Time
- The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source, Bruce Perens, SourceLabs, Inc.
- Visualizations of Ancient Ohio Civilizations with an Overview of CERHAS, Current and Future Projects, John E. Hancock, Professor of Architecture, CERHAS, University of Cincinnati

9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.
- Re-purposing And Monetizing Existing Content, David Walker, Stephen Brand, Ph.D., Mindgrab Media LLC
- In the Sweet By and Bye: Migration and Transformation of Concept and Form, Philip Mallory Jones, Resident Artist, Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University
- Social media and citizen journalism: research, culture and trends - Mashups, You Tube and My Space, Matthew Bernius, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ken Warren, Exec. Dir. Lakewood Public Library; Jim O'Bryan, Editor, Lakewood Public Library; George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers; Shout Youngstown, Janko

10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
- CGI Photograpy; Photographic Images from CAD Files, Michael Roth, Marty Horvath, TRG Studios
- Cognitive Haunting in Online Collaborative Communities, Katherine Milton, Ph.D., Director, The Aesthetic Technology Lab, Ohio University

10:00 A.M. to Noon
- Advancing Education, Research and Economic Development in Renewable Energy: Bill Spratley, Exec. Dir. Green Energy Ohio (GEO) and Chair, SOLAR 2007, July 7-12, 2007 National Organizing Committee, will be discussing economic development around Ohio in renewables, with Blake Andres, Vice President, Great Lakes Science Center, will be discussing education and research activities at the GLSC

Games and Education Track:
9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
9:00 A.M. - 9:15 A.M. Nintendo Wii Bowling demo: Scott Baker, Cleveland Video Game Developers Meetup Group

9:15 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. Introduction and overview of the video game Industry: Dan Carl - Demonstration of World of Warcraft (Level 70), Rick Pollack - The importance of the video game industry to NEO

10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Development of the Ion Field ~EduGame, Giant Revolving Brain, Terrance Green Ph.D., Douglas Reichard, Michael Irby II, Robby Friedman, Lou Diggi

11:00 - Noon
Virtual Worlds lab at Case Western Reserve University, Marc Buchner

Noon to 2:00 P.M.
Preamble: "Culture and Creativity at the Nexus of Innovation," Philip Malloy Jones, Guest Artist, Aesthetic Technology Lab, Ohio University

Interlude: "The Music of Networks", Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com

Jam Session:
"Open Source Meets Open Source Economic Development, An Interactive Conversation", Bruce Perens, Vice President of Developer Relations & Policy, Sourcelabs, Inc., Author of The Open Source Definition and Co-Founder of The Open Source Initiative, Founder of Linux Standard Base & Co-Founder of Software In The Public Interest; Ed Morrison, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-OPEN); Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com with George Nemeth, CIO, Meet The Bloggers

1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Serious Games for Juvenile Detention Facilities, Roundtable

2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
- Red Hat High: Open Source Software Use for Secondary Education, Hand Turkey Studios & Red Hat, Inc., Jason van Gumster
- FLEXMatters, Flexible displays & electronics, Dr. John L. West, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
- Serious Gaming for Health Education: Tower of Learning & County Fair: An Intergenerational Game for Appalachians; Thomas M. Nosek, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Karen Riggs, Director, Game Research and Immersive Design Lab (GRID), Ohio University, Gregg Wrenn, Serious games for teaching Neuroscience, CWRU

2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. CONCURRENT INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS AND EXHIBITS
- Wiki Know-How: A Demonstration and Workshop of Usability of Wiki Websites in Education, Business and Other Pursuits, Rebecca and Clif Sipe, PBWiki.com
- Practices in Social Software Technology: An Open Conversation with Marc Leftkowitz, Green City Blue Lake; REALNEO; George Nemeth, Meet The Bloggers, Brewed Fresh Daily; Matthew Bernius, Rochester Institute of Technology; Janko, I Shout Youngstown; Ken Warren, Lakewood Public Library and Jim O'Bryan, Lakewood Observer
- 20 Years of Social Network Analysis, Valdis Krebs, Orgnet.com

3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Mashups, You Tube, & My Space: Writing Media and Social Identity
This presentation approaches the Mash-Up phenomenon from a literary, media making perspective. The session will examine cycles of consumption, mediation, and remediation and some thoughts about how this gives way to both new economic models of production and distribution, as well as how Mash Ups can be seen as ways of displaying identity and group knowledge.

3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
- Second Life: Ohio Culture and Modern Civilization: Barbara Oney, RED {an orchestra}; James Levin, Ingenuity, the Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology; Karen Riggs, GRID, Ohio University; Katherine Milton, Director and Philip Mallory Jones, Guest Artist, Center for Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University; Mace Mentch Ph.D., Mngr. & Sue Schick, Learning Technologies, Department of Academic Computing and Instructional Technology, Case Western Reserve University; Dale Cook, Ph.D., Professor for Learning Technology and Director, Research Center for Education Technology College and Graduate School of Education, Kent State University participating

4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
- Defrag Shorts: Mixed Media Exhibitions in Digital Communications
- Meet The Bloggers: Ongoing conversations with leaders in the creative digital media industry

5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. PLENARY: "Building Ohio's Creative Digital Media Industry: Collaborative Leadership, Social Networks & Strategic Doing", Ed Morrison, I-OPEN

6:00 P.M. DAILY HIGHLIGHT

Leave for dinner, Great Lakes Brewing Co. and other restaurants. Sign up at registration table.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
SPITZER CONFERENCE CENTER/STOCKER ARTS

8:30 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION
Registration will be in the front lobby of the Spitzer Conference Center. At registration you will receive your name badge, Conference Booklet and other materials.

9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. DAILY WELCOME: Ed Morrison, I-Open; Cross Disciplinary Innovations/Karen Riggs, Katherine Milton, Philip Mallory Jones

9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
- Connecting Families, Kids and Students Through Digital Media: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM/ 3D Modeling with Blender, Jason van Gumster, Hand Turkey Studios; 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Audio Into Gaming, Steve Simmons, EDR Media; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Computer Game Creation Session, Ted Jordan, Funutation LLC

10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. CONCURRENT INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS, SESSIONS AND EXHIBITS
- Wiki Know-How: A Demonstration and Workshop of Usability of Wiki Websites in Education, Business and Other Pursuits, Rebecca and Clif Sipe, PBWiki.com

- Innovation at the Intersections of Art and Technology, James Levin, Co-founder and Executive Director, Ingenuity, the Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology

10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
- BrainAge: Intergenerational Learning, Karen Riggs, Director, Game Research and Immersive Design Lab (GRID), Ohio University
- How to Succeed in Making a Movie Within the Digital Age, Johnny Wu, Media Design Imaging (10:00 A.M. to Noon)

11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
- The Temple of Zeus: Five Educational Games Created for the Children's Museum of Manhattan, Zender + Associates, CERHAS/University of Cincinnati (11:00 A.M. - Noon)

12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M.
- Defrag Shorts: Mixed Media Exhibitions in Digital Communications

12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. WORKING LUNCH'
"Strategic Doing and Defrag: Next Steps for Ohio's Digital Media Industry", Ed Morrison, I-Open, et al.

1:00 P.M. to 1:15 P.M. DAILY HIGHTLIGHT AND CONFERENCE CLOSE
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Conference Topics
A. Video games, and Education
B. Social Software Technologies
C. Entrepreneurship & Business Development Networks
D. Modeling, Robotics, Simulation, Visualization
E. Marketing & Branding

Cross-cutting Themes
A. Collaborative Leadership
B. Social Networks
C. Strategic Doing

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: business development education entrepreneurship games mixed media performance modeling open source economic development robotics simulation social software technology visualization

Class: Keith Krach, 3Points, Inc.

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:14:21 -0000

Presented as Case: 0028, Defrag Lorain, Lorain County Community College, April 12, 2007

Keith Krach

Speaker: Keith Krach is currently the CEO of 3Points, Inc., an investment holding company based in Los Gatos, CA. Krach co-founded Ariba (ARBA on NASDAQ) in 1996, serving as CEO for the first 5 years of Ariba’s history and Chairman of the Board for 7 years. Under his leadership as CEO, Ariba not only pioneered B2B, but also grew rapidly to become the dominant global player in the ever-evolving business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce industry. During his tenure as CEO, Krach took Ariba public, ultimately achieving a market capitalization of $34 billion and becoming one of the fastest growing software companies in history. In honor of his accomplishments in e-business, Ernst & Young named Krach the 2000 National Entrepreneur of the Year, the same year in which he was honored at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with the Technology Pioneer Award.

After earning his B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University in 1979 as a General Motors Scholar and an MBA from Harvard University in 1981 as a GM Fellow, Krach worked at GM’s Cadillac Division, New York Treasurer’s Office, and GM’s Technical Center before being named as GM’s youngest-ever vice president at the age of 26, going on to spearhead GM’s first-ever Japanese joint venture, GMF Robotics.

After 10 years with GM, Krach headed out to Silicon Valley to join the founding team of Rasna Corporation as the Chief Operating Officer. Krach helped lead Rasna to be recognized as #3 on the Inc. 100 list of Fastest-Growing Companies. Rasna was sold in 1995 to Parametric Technologies (PMTC on NASDAQ) for $500 million. Krach then became the first entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital where he assembled the team to form Ariba in 1996.

Krach has lectured at Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley and IMD in Switzerland. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of XOJet and Collabnet. Krach is committed to numerous philanthropic endeavors, including co-founding the Children’s Autistic Network, serving on the Board of Governors for Opportunity International, the largest issuer of micro loans in the world, and being named as the International President for the Sigma Chi Fraternity, with chapters at 220 universities in North America and over 250,000 members.

Courtesy of: NEOhio.org and New Image Media and Lorain County Community College

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: business development

Class: IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE: Philip Mallory Jones

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:00:38 -0000

Presented as Case: 0026, Defrag Lorain, Lorain County Community College, April 2007

Title: IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE Listen.

Topic/X-cutting theme: Education, Modeling & Simulation

IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE is a dialogue between traditional and contemporary creative and cultural practice. It is composed of poetic and narrative text, digital paintings, photo-collage, animations, soundscapes, and immersive virtual environments. Themes and threads of the work are derived from personal and family memoirs, and African-American/Diaspora oral traditions. The 2D, 3D and animation compositions are my original work, and archive of photo, film, video and graphic imagery, dating to the late 19th century, and spanning the planet.

IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE will speak to diverse audiences, through the breadth and depth of its content, and the three modes of presentation. Each presentation mode (installation, web, book) of IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE transposes and interprets the source material into distinctive form, exploiting the particular capabilities and character of the mode. Each is a stand-alone experience, yet complimentary to the other modes.

IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE is a process of migration and transformation of concepts and designs through technologies, and temporal terrains. B&B SL: An Immersive Memior Developing IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE in Second Life (B&B SL) began mid Jan 07. It marks the paradigm shift in vision. It begins the migration of source material and core expressive intentions, and transformations of concepts and ideas, as I investigate designing in/for this dynamic immersive environment.

Speaker: Philip Mallory Jones, Resident Artist, Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University

Time: 38:59

Courtesy of: NEOhio.org and New Image Media

More about: Philip Mallory Jones

Philip Mallory Jones has worked with video, film, photography, music, sculpture, and writing for artistic, commercial, and scholarly endeavors since 1969, and has incorporated digital media since 1990. His work has been broadcast and presented in North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Africa, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. He was co-founder and Director of Ithaca Video Projects (1971-84), one of the pioneering media arts centers, and Director/Curator of the Annual Ithaca Video Festival (1975-84), the first juried touring collection of video art. In 1989, he curated and premiered ICONO NEGRO: The Black Aesthetic In Video Art, at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Between 1991-2000, Mr. Jones was Artist-In-Residence at the Institute For Studies In The Arts, at Arizona State University. He was the Batza Distinguished Scholar in Art and Art History, at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 2002-03. Mr. Jones is currently the Resident Artist at The Aesthetic Technologies Lab, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University. He is also Resident Artist at the Center for African-American Archival Preservation, and Creative Director for Alchemy Media and Marketing, Inc., in Atlanta, GA.

His work has been supported by the American Film Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Smithsonian Institution, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship Program, the National Black Programming Consortium, the Television Laboratory at WNET/13, the Independent Television Service, Cornell University, Columbia College at Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the American Center in Paris, Arizona State University, The Arizona Commission for the Arts, Colgate University, Ohio University, and others.

Mr. Jones' art portfolio includes IN THE SWEET BYE & BYE (2007), a virtual installation in Second Life, and LISSEN HERE! (2004) a book of poetry and photo-collage, plus 3D immersive environments, film animations, video, interactive digital disc-based works, multi-media installations, and performances. His work is held in private and institutional collections, and exhibited internationally. Mr. Jones has also written fiction and essays, and created sculptures in polyester resin.

Mr. Jones' academic credentials include the MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University (‘71), and the BA from Beloit College (’69). He was Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University (‘91-’00), and Assistant Professor on the Film/TV/Radio faculties of the State University of New York at Fredonia (‘90), Howard University (‘87-’89), and Ithaca College (‘84-’87).

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Class: Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, Purdue University

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:52:17 -0000

Presented as Case: 0022, Defrag Lorain, Elyria, Ohio April 2007

Title: Overview of the Envision Center Technology Base & Discussion of Current Projects

Topic/X-Cutting theme: Education/Collaborative Leadership

Speaker: Steve Dunlop, Envision Center, Purdue University

Courtesy of: NEOhio.org and New Image Media

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Class: BrainAge, Karen Riggs, Ohio University

Betsey Merkel — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:47:10 -0000

Presented as Case: 0054, Defrag Lorain, Lorain County Community College, April 14, 2007

Title: ''BrainAge: Breakthrough Intergenerational Learning Game'' - Intergenerational Learning session

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Topic: Games, and education; X-Cutting Theme: Strategic Doing

Description: The game development industry has had a difficult time reaching over-40 adults and, in fact, has long ignored them. Now enters BrainAge, a game for all ages released by Nintendo for its DS handheld device. What can developers learn from this outrageously popular game, and how can this knowledge be applied to make applications more attractive for older and mixed-generation audiences? An expert on aging, games, and technology delivers prescriptives for industry. Karen Riggs, Director of the Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab at Ohio University, is an avid BrainAger in her spare time.

Presenter: Karen Riggs, Director, Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, Ohio University

Time: 27:16

Courtesy of:NEOhio.org and New Image Media

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