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Sunday, April 18, 2021
7:00 - 8:00pm Maritime MERRY-time! (BYOB Happy Hour)Monday, April 19, 2021
12:00-12:20pm Welcome & Announcements – Marifrances Trivelli, CAMM President
Moderator: Marifrances Trivelli
12:20-12:50pm Engage All Ages: Ten Strategies for Creating Engaging ProgrammingSarah Dunbar, Assistant Education Manager, USS Constitution Museum
Emily Bryant, Education Manager, USS Constitution Museum
12:50-12:55pm Five-minute break
Moderator: Sam Heed, CAMM Vice President
12:55-1:25pm Creating a Sustainable SUBculture in Uncertain TimesCatherine Green, CEO, Wisconsin Maritime Museum
1:25-1:30pm Five-minute break
1:30-2:00pm Elevate Virtual Programming with EdTech Tips, Tricks, and ToolsJill Ferris, Director of Education, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2:00-2:05pm Five-minute break
2:05-3:10pm Collections and Curatorial Approaches during the PandemicMichael Harrison, Obed Macy Research Chair, Nantucket Historical
Martina Caruso, Director of Collections, South Street Seaport Museum
Christopher Timm, Chief Curator, Maine Maritime Museum
Christina Connett Brophy, PhD, Senior Director of Museum Galleries and Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs, Mystic Seaport Museum
3:10-3:15pm Five-minute break
3:15-4:15pm Networking Event
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Moderator: Laura Orr, CAMM Board Member
12:00-12:50pm The Puffin Flies Again: Sharing Stories of Success While Surviving the PandemicSam Heed, Director of Education, Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
Anne Grimes Rand, CEO, USS Constitution Museum
12:50-12:55pm Five-minute break
12:55-1:25pm STEAMing Into The Future: Meeting the Challenge of Virtual EducationAstrid Drew, Archivist, Steamship Historical Society
Aimee Bachari, Education Coordinator, Steamship Historical Society
1:25-1:30pm Five-minute break
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
Moderator: Susan Sirota, CAMM Board Member
1:30-2:00pm Uncharted Waters: Museum Education in a Global PandemicNate Sandel, Education Director, Columbia River Maritime Museum
Kelly Mckenzie, Educator, Columbia River Maritime Museum
Julia Tiezenberg, Educator, Columbia River Maritime Museum
2:00-2:05pm Five-minute break
2:05-2:35pm Necessity is the Mother of AdaptationCarrie Sowden, Archaeological and Research Director, National Museum of the Great Lakes
Kate Fineske, Senior Director of Institutional Development, National Museum of the Great Lakes
2:35-2:40pm Five-minute break
2:40-3:10pm Maritime on the MoveLis Perry, Education Director, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Holly Lohuis, Marine Biologist, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
3:10-3:15pm Five-minute break
3:15-3:45pm Maintaining Educational Connections with Virtual Field TripsShane Lee, Educator, Wisconsin Maritime Museum
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
Moderator: Paul Johnston, CAMM Secretary
1:30-2:00pm Big Exhibits in Small Spaces: Experiences and Strategies in a Claustrophobic Museum WorldRhys Kuzdas, Curator & Exhibits Manager, Door County Maritime Museum
2:00-2:05pm Five-minute break
2:05-2:35pm Maritime Washington National Historic Area: Charting a Course with Virtual Outreach and CollaborationAlexandra Gradwohl, Project Manager, Maritime Washington National Historic Area
2:35-2:40pm Five-minute break
2:40-3:10pm Against the Tide: The Astonishing Life of Hansford BaytonBarbara Brecher, Steamboat Era Museum
3:10-3:15pm Five-minute break
3:15-3:45pm Including Crew, Children, and Women’s Voices in Merchant Marine InterpretationCipperly Good, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum
3:45-3:50pm Five-minute break
CONFERENCE WIDE SESSION
Organizational 5-minute updates
Moderator: Paul Fontenoy, CAMM Administrator
3:50-3:55pm Todd Croteau, National Park Service
3:55-4:00pm Peter Hames, SUNY Maritime College
4:00-4:05pm Carol Olsen, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum
4:05-4:10pm Lyles Forbes, Mariners Museum
4:10-4:15pm Nomi Dayan, The Whaling Museum and Education Center
4:15-4:20pm Matthew Schulte, Steamship Historical Society
4:20-4:25pm Cathy Green, Wisconsin Maritime Museum
4:25-4:30pm Bruce Jones, Columbia River Maritime Museum
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
12:00-12:40pm CAMM Annual Meeting
12:40-12:45pm Five-minute break
Moderator: Pete Lesher, CAMM Treasurer
12:45-1:05pm Can we get back to Sea Level Rise?Chris Gasiorek, VP Watercraft Preservation and Programs, Mystic Seaport Museum
1:05-1:10pm Five-minute break
1:10-1:55pm Remote Internships: A Roundtable Discussion of OpportunitiesMartina Caruso, Director of Collections, South Street Seaport Museum
Amelia Holmes, Director of Collections and Research Services, Nantucket Historical Association
Kirsten Kvam, Registrar, NPS San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
1:55-2:00pm Five-minute break
2:00-2:30pm Virtual Chantey Sings – Connecting Audiences and Your MuseumLaura Norwitz, South Street Seaport Museum
2:30-2:35pm Five-minute break
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
Moderator: Laura Orr, CAMM Board Member
2:35-3:05pm Easy Access: 30 Budget-Friendly Accessibility Ideas in 30 MinutesAbigail Diaz, Director of Education & Programs, Wisconsin Maritime Museum
3:05-3:10pm Five-minute break
3:10-3:40pm Social Media as EducationLibby Jones and Ryan Szimanski, Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Pim van Wijngaarden, MuseumShips
Jack Russell, U.S. Naval Institute
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
Moderator: Jeff Bowdoin, CAMM Board Member
2:35-3:05pm What is an Associate Board and Why Your Organization Needs One?Janell Hanf, Ocean Institute
Dan Goldbacher, Ocean Institute
3:05-3:10pm Five-minute break
3:10-3:40pm Shaken not Stirred: Riding the Waves of 2020Katy Menne, Curator of Education, North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
Lori Sanderlin, Museum Manager, North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
3:40-3:45pm Five-minute break
CONFERENCE-WIDE
3:45pm Closing Remarks
Marifrances Trivelli and Sam Heed, CAMM President and Vice President
3:55-5:00pm Closing Social