SparkCon Planning

Heather Hesketh, Teresa Spangler and Aly met together to discuss options for ideaSPARK. A main focus of the meeting was on how to use ideaSPARK as a way to show off the great local talent that is largely unknown to other locals. With such great professionals in the area, it would be great to have ideaSPARK continue to highlight those gems among us. 

We want the workshops to be energetic and also attended by people with shared specific interests. As a result, we considered having local chapters of IDSA (Industrial Designers), TRIUPA (Web designers), and other professional organizations.

One idea is to have the following format:
15 minute presentation of someone from their field
15 minute presentation of someone outside -but analogous- to the field (architect with web designers?)
1 hour “structured play” and workshop session on how to combine the ideas of both of these people  
Afterwards head to local restaurants, bars etc to get some fun networking in. 

These “professional sessions” would be open to the public but hopefully well attended by the professional societies themselves so that real meaty issues can be addressed with good detail. These would be well suited to Friday Sep 19 - possibly at the Urban Design Center, who has donated their space. Other options exist at the Longview Center, Marbles Museum, and two large rooms at Tir na Nog.

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