AGENDA:

All events at ImprovLab unless otherwise indicated

8:45 to 9:00 AM (EDT): Arrival
Doors Open

9:00 to 9:15 AM (EDT): Opening Remarks (from the founding director of IICSI) 
Ajay Heble (University of Guelph) 

9:15 to 9:25 AM (EDT): Performance  
Dong-Won Kim (Wonkwang Digital University) 

9:30 to 10:15 AM (EDT): Performance
(Not Just) Talking Heads

10:15 to 10:30 AM (EDT): Coffee Break  
ARC Lobby

10:30 AM to Noon (EDT): “Improvising Futures” 
Review of midterm report  
MCK 103

Noon to 1:00 PM (EDT): Lunch  
ARC Lobby / MCK 103

1:00 to 2:20 PM (EDT): Networking Session 
Conversations around and about research streams 
Facilitated by jashen edwards (University of Guelph) and Taylor Graham (University of Guelph) 

2:20 to 2:30 PM (EDT): Coffee Break  
ARC Lobby

2:30 to 3:15 PM (EDT): Roundtable 1 Improvisation, Knowledges, and Truths 
With Elizabeth Jackson (Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph), Justine Richardson (The Arboretum, University of Guelph), Marva Wisdom (ArtsEverywhere), and Aimé Dontigny (Canada Council for the Arts) 
Moderated by Ellen Waterman (Carleton University) 

3:20 to 4:05 PM (EDT): Roundtable 2 Improvisation, Justice, and Silence 
With Sherrie Tucker (University of Kansas), Joel Bakan (University of British Columbia), Sara Ramshaw (University of Victoria), and Charity Marsh (University of Regina) 
Moderated by Benjamin Mayer Foulkes (Director of 17, Instituto de Estudios Críticos) 

4:10 to 4:25 PM (EDT): Performance  
MT Space (with jashen edwards and Reza Yazdanpanah) 

4:30 to 4:45 PM (EDT): Rapporteur  
George Lipsitz (University of California Santa Barbara) 

4:45 to 4:50 PM (EDT): Performance  
John-Carlos Perea (University of Washington) and Jessica Bissett Perea (University of Washington) 

4:50 to 5:00 PM (EDT): Closing Remarks (from the director of IICSI) 
Eric Fillion (University of Guelph)  

6:30 PM—: Dinner (Diana Downtown) 


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