Conference Schedule
Unless otherwise noted all sessions/events take place at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland.
[T] indicates sessions offered with simultaneous translationMonday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday, May 10
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Registration
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Half-day workshop
Explora at Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada - SOLD OUT
Location: Signal Hill, Transportation not provided
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pre-conference Study Tour
Marketing a Remote Site
Location: Bell Island. Transportation provided. Please meet in hotel lobby at 12:30pm
(Please note: If you are attending this Study Tour you cannot attend the optional evening event at Signal Hill)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Optional evening event
Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada, Tattoo Training Facility
Location: Signal Hill
Tuesday, May 11
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
Registration
Full-day workshops
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Telling the Story from the Inside Out: Interpretive Planning for the Cupid’s Interpretation Centre
Location: Cupid’s Interpretation Centre. Transportation provided. Please meet in lobby at 8:30 am.
Intangible Cultural Heritage 101
Location: Garrison
Half-day workshops
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
All the News that's Fit to … Link - SOLD OUT
Location: Memorial University. Transportation provided. Please meet in lobby by 8:15 am.
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Build Your Own Project Manager! A look at project management in Canadian museums - SOLD OUT
Location: Avalon/Battery
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Official conference opening!
Fellows lecture: Marie-Françoise Guédon, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
Special guest: Newfoundland comedian Andy Jones
Location: Salon A/B
Supported by: 
7:00 pm
Kitchen party: Come to The Rooms for a scoff and a scuff! - SOLD OUT
Location: The Rooms. Transportation not provided. "Livyers" will guide those wanting to walk the level 15 minutes to The Rooms. Meet in the lobby.
Wednesday, May 12
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Breakfast with Tradeshow exhibitors
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Plenary session: ICH panel discussion
Moderator: David Walden, Canadian commission for UNESCO
Speakers: Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Institution;
Richard MacKinnon, Cape Breton University;
Gerald Pocius, Memorial University of Newfoundland;
Laurier Turgeon, Laval University
Supported by:
10:15 am - 11:45 am
Educational sessions
ICH and Exhibit Development
Location: Salon A/B
Getting a Handle on the Intangible
Location: Columbus
Objects on Shelves and Clutter that Won't Stand Still
Location: Garrison/Signal
What's in the Box? Putting People, Places and Practices into a Museum Kit
Location: Avalon/Battery
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Lunch with Tradeshow exhibitors
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Plenary session: Re-discovering the Human Spirit [T]
Speaker: Wade Davis
Location: Salon A/B
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Networking break with Tradeshow exhibitors
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
Supported by: 
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Concurrent sessions
Museums and Ethics [T] - CANCELLED
Location: N/A
Digitizing Successfully On the Cheap [T]
Location: Salon A/B
Aayaanscha: Bridging and Continuity – Cree Cultural Heritage at the Chisasibi Cultural Centre
Location: Garrison/Signal
The Development of Stories: Building Success by Reaching Out
Location: Avalon/Battery
The Art & Science of People, Place, and Meaning
Location: Columbus
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Annual general meetings
1. ICOM Canada
Location: Confederation Boardroom
2. Museums Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
Location: Columbus
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Traveling Exhibition Marketplace
Location: Courtyard
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception with Tradeshow exhibitors
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
Supported by: 
7:00 pm
2010 CMA Awards dinner - SOLD OUT
Location: Salon A/B
Thursday, May 13
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast with Tradeshow Exhibitors
8:45 am - 9:45 am
ICOM Session
Plenary session:
Is There a Future for Museums?
Location: Salon A/B
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Networking break with exhibitors
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
Kindly supported by 
10:15 am - 11:45 am
Concurrent sessions
Doers, Dreamers and Drivers: Technology and the Future of Museums [T]
Location: Columbus
Change, Community and Collaborations
Location: Garrison/Signal
Transmission of ICH: Boatbuilding
Location: Avalon/Battery
Engaging Aboriginal Communities
Location: Plymouth
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Ministerial lunch [T]
Location: Salon A/B
Kindly supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
CMA AGM [T]
Location: Salon A/B
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Plenary session: Museums in the Real World - Carol Sprachman Memorial Lecture [T]
Location: Salon A/B
Speaker: Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail national affairs columnist
Kindly supported by 
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Networking break
Location: Salon C/D & Prefunction
Kindly supported by:
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Educational sessions
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives"
Location: Garrison/Signal
Intangible Evidence: Interdisciplinary Culture of Creativity & Change
Location:
Avalon/Battery
Cultivating Collections Responsibly: A Strategy for Effective Weeding, Pruning and Growth
Location:
Columbus
Museums & the Recession [T]
Location: Salon A/B
Art Banks: Depositories of Canadian Treasures
Location: Plymouth
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Conference wrap-up [T]
Location: Courtyard
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
CMA 2011 Reception
Location: Courtyard
7:00 pm
Closing banquet: Get Down and Rock at the Johnson GEO CENTRE
Friday, May 14
Post-conference Study Tours
9:00 am - noon
Extreme Makeover: The Rooms Edition
Location: A short walk from the Sheraton to The Rooms
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Diverse Approaches to Interpretation of Natural History and Science for School Children and the General Public
Location: The Johnson GEO CENTRE
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sustainability and the Community Economic Impact of Museums
Location: The Colony of Avalon
Two-day Study Tour
Departs 8:00 am on Friday, May 14 and returns to the Sheraton at approximately 6:30 pm on Saturday, May 15.
Museums and Rural Renewal: How the Bonavista Peninsula is Using Cultural Tourism to Create Sustainable Communities
Location: Bonavista Peninsula
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Evening event:
Edward Burtynsky: Oil
Location: The Rooms