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Conference Notebook GLPA 2019 Digital Notebook Table of Contents Cover Important Information Code of conduct Welcome letter Schedule & maps Schedule Maps Speakers Invited speakers Abstracts Workshops Papers/posters GLPA Award/Banquet information Photo information page Menus Delegate Pages Sponsors Representative Pages Local Attractions Area Attractions Restaurant Guide Acknowledgments Conference Hosts Host institution information Sponsor information Click on the bold headings to jump to a section GLPA CODE OF CONDUCT [The following statement has been approved by the Executive Committee.] The community of participants at GLPA meetings and in the planetarium and astronomy education field is made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences. It is through these differences that our community experiences success and continued growth. We expect everyone in our community to follow these guidelines when interacting with others both inside and outside of our community. Our goal is to maintain a positive, inclusive, successful, and growing community. As members of the community, • We pledge to treat all people with respect and provide a harassment and bullying-free environment, regardless of sex, sexual orientation and/or gender identity, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, ethnicity, and religion. In particular, sexual language and imagery, sexist, racist, or otherwise exclusionary jokes are not appropriate. We will treat those outside our community with the same respect as people within our community. • We pledge that all discussions between members of the community should be done with respect, and we pledge to take proactive measure to ensure that all participants are heard and feel confident that they can freely express their opinions. • We pledge to help the entire community follow the code of conduct and to act accordingly when we note violations. This code of conduct applies to all community situations, including conferences, associated social events, on social media, and one-on-one interactions. Concerns or complaints regarding this Code of Conduct should be expressed privately to one of the GLPA presidents (Past President, President, President-Elect). This information will be shared with the other presidents and dealt with in a timely manner. This statement has been adapted from the Astropy Community Code of Conduct as further adapted by the Kepler K2 Science Conference, licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ October 23, 2019 Hello GLPA Members and Sponsors! Welcome to the 2019 annual conference of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association. If you are a new member I offer a special welcome to you. Whether you are new or a veteran, I hope you find this meeting to be a rewarding experience. Our hosts and the Conference Planning Committee have worked hard to prepare this amazing professional development opportunity for networking, sharing ideas, learning about recent discoveries in astronomy, previewing the latest products, content, and solutions offered by our sponsors, and so much more. Please join me in supporting our hosts in any way we can, and in showing our appreciation for their many months of work. Please also join me in thanking our sponsors for all that they do to support planetariums and our community. GLPA is proudly dedicated to helping planetarians grow in their knowledge and skills — intellectually, affectively, and socially. We are also proud to hold each other accountable to a high standard of behavior as stated in our code of ethics. GLPA has a longstanding tradition of excellence, but we strive to improve as an organization every year. If you see ways that we can improve, or if you have ways that you would like to contribute your skills and help out, please consider talking to one of the members of the Executive Committee. Please also remember to fill out the conference survey! It doesn’t matter if you are from a big dome, small dome, analogue, digital, or domeless. Everyone has something to add — every race, gender, size, ability, sexual orientation, generation, marital status, social class, political orientation… Everyone. Thanks for being here. Sincerely, Geoff Holt GLPA President Great Lakes Planetarium Association — glpa.org Dedicated to supporting astronomy and space science education through planetaria. 23 October 2019 Dear GLPA Delegate, Welcome to the 2019 Great Lakes Planetarium Association Annual Conference at the Ritter Planetarium of the University of Toledo and at the Park Inn Hotel by Radisson. This is our second time hosting this conference, the first being forty-two years ago in 1977 when we co- hosted with Rogers High School and Bob Gardner. A lot has changed since then, but you can still see our venerable A3P Prime on display in the lobby. Wednesday’s activities will be held at the Park Inn beginning with registration, new member meeting, a reception, and our first sponsor showcase. The crew from Ash will be running the Hospitality Suite every night in the hotel. Be sure to stop by and catch up with old friends or make new ones. Thursday we will travel to the Ritter Planetarium and the Student Union. Friday we will be back at the Park Inn and we will finish the conference at the University of Toledo on Saturday. We have an exciting lineup of guest speakers scheduled. Dr. Shannon Schmoll takes over the annual “Astronomy Update”. Dr. Jessica Garcia is back for another year to talk about inclusion and diversity in education. Dr. Robert Dempsey from NASA will talk about everything that goes into a successful space mission. Dr. Karen Bjorkman will talk to us about the evolution of astronomical equipment and how it has revolutionized observational astronomy for both professionals and amateurs. Finally, GLPA’s own Gary Tomlinson will deliver the annual Armand Spitz Lecture. We have over twenty sponsors who will be making presentations throughout the conference. We’ll also have papers and poster papers and a full slate of workshops and discussion groups. Saturday we will be presenting a program called, “Child of the Universe” originally written and produced by Jack Horkheimer in 1972. Some have claimed this to be the first truly modern multi-media planetarium program. This version, produced by James Albury, is a fulldome program using the original sound track and faithfully reproducing the original graphics in fulldome. I hope you enjoy the conference. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay more enjoyable or informative, please ask any of us on the host-team or anyone on the GLPA Executive Committee. Sincerely, Alexander T. Mak Associate Planetarium Director Ritter Planetarium Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Time Event Location 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM GLPA Executive Committee Meeting Governor’s Room 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sponsor Hall Setup Sponsors Areas, Grand Ballroom 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM GLIPSA Eagle Point Room 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM Check in Hotel Atrium, 2nd floor 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM New Member Orientation Waynesfield Room 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Welcome Reception: Orleans Room Welcoming Remarks Alex Mak, Associate Director of Ritter Planetarium and President's Welcome & Announcements Sponsored in part by GOTO 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Sponsor Showcase Orleans Room NISE Network GOTO Zeiss ChromaCove Ash Spitz AUI MOS Sky Skan 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Hospitality Suite Eagle Point Room Last Call 10:30 PM Sponsored in part by Ash Enterprises GLPA 2019 Conference Schedule 1 of 10 Thursday, October 24, 2019 Time Event Location 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Orleans Room Sponsored in part by Seiler Instruments & Sky Scan 7:15 AM – 7:30 AM Paper Moderating Meeting Presque Isle Room 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Announcements Orleans Room 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Check-in Hotel Atrium, 2nd floor 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Bus to UToledo Campus GLPA 2019 Conference Schedule 2 of 10 Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:15 AM – 12:15 PM Concurrent Sponsor Showcase Group #1 8:15 AM – 10:15 AM Sponsor Showcase Planetarium Milwaukee Public Museum Spitz Laser Fantasy Seiler Instruments Digital Projection AVI Zeiss Ash 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Break Outside Student Union Sponsored in part by Adler Planetarium Auditorium 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM Sponsor Showcase Student Union Auditorium Adler Planetarium Evans & Sutherland Digitalis Education Solutions Clark Planetarium Bowen Technovation Group #2 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM Sponsor Showcase Student Union Auditorium Adler Planetarium Evans & Sutherland Digitalis Education Solutions Clark Planetarium Bowen Technovation 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Break Outside Student Union Sponsored in part by Adler Planetarium Auditorium 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM Sponsor Showcase Planetarium Milwaukee Public Museum Spitz Laser Fantasy Seiler Instruments Digital Projection AVI Zeiss Ash 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch & State Meetings Student Union Auditorium Sponsored in part by Audio Visual Imagineering & Digital Projection 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM UT President Gaber Address Student Union Auditorium GLPA 2019 Conference Schedule 3 of 10 Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Paper Session Session 1a Student Union 2582 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM "Appealing to Younger Audiences at Your Planetarium" - G. Phillips & E. Huncik 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM "Read Under the Stars" - P. Epstein 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM "Beyond the Mobile Science Theater with INTENSE 2.0: Engaging the Students of Berlin with Begabungförderung” - A. Green 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM "Solar System Explorers - A show series to keep them coming back!" - S. Schultz Session 1b Student Union 2584 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM "Risk It!" - S. Button 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM "Extra, Simple, Significant Revenue Streams" - C. Janssen 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM “Implementing the open source astronomy software OpenSpace for planetarium and floor programs” - D.
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