TxHATS Network Meeting
Wednesday March 30, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The Texas Humanities Art Technology and Science (TxHATS) working group meeting includes PechaKucha-style “pitches” from attendees, technology demos, special-interest small working groups, and a panel/roundtable discussion on initiating and sustaining successful academic-industry-community partnerships at the intersection of art, science, humanities and technology! After the meeting, join us at 5:30P for an Art + Science Evening Rendezvous at the UNT Union!
LOCATION: xREZ Art + Science Lab
Hickory Hall Rm. 152
University of North Texas
1417 W. Hickory St.
Denton, Tx 76201
PARKING – CLICK for MAP: UNT Lots 9, 10, and 11.
Parking at UNT requires a valid parking pass.
Registered meeting attendees will receive a parking pass via e-mail.
PRINT the pass and bring it with you in order to park.
Register early! Space is limited!
Initiating and Sustaining Successful
INDUSTRY + ACADEMIA + COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
ROUNDTABLE
We are excited to feature a roundtable on industry + academia + community partnerships at the Spring 2016 TxHATS meeting! Our distinguished panel of experts has combined expertise spanning arts organization management, government and corporate relations, economic development, tourism, entrepreneurship, video and collaboration systems, technology integration, and academic-corporate partnerships. They will share their experience and lead a lively conversation with attendees.
Katherine Wagner
CEO Business Council for the Arts
http://ntbca.org
Founded in 1988 by Mr. Raymond D. Nasher, the Business Council for the Arts collaborates with business and government decision makers to foster effective arts management, volunteer leadership and broader arts investments spanning cultural tourism initiatives to project matchmaking. The BCA creates strong business/arts partnerships that build world-class communities where people want to live, work and grow.
Katherine Wagner provides leadership for Business Council for the Arts, a nonprofit agency that advocates for business support of the arts and cultural sector in North Texas. Previous to this position, Wagner served for over 10 years as Executive Director of Dallas Visual Art Center (now “the Contemporary”), significantly increasing membership, programming and outreach as well as and working with The Meadows Foundation, Inc. on the design and building of a new state-of-the-art facility which was completed in 2000.
Jose M. Quintana
President & Chairman of the Board
AdventGX
http://adventgx.agxdev.com
Founded in 2004 as a spin-out from Texas A&M University, Advent GX is a tourism and economic development solutions provider with practices in economic analysis, technology & entrepreneurship, tourism development, and marketing & creative services.
Jose M. Quintana is a lifelong entrepreneur. He started several successful companies and has consulted to leading corporations including Nokia, Sprint, Qualcomm, Frito-Lay, Schering-Plough, Disney, Lockheed, Sun Microsystems, Verizon and Novartis International. He is an active board member of Global Knowledge Group, PowerKids, The Texas Lyceum Association, Westcar Consulting Group, and The Research Valley Technology Alliance (RVTA) and serves as Advisory Council Member at the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).
Joan Quintana
Managing Partner
AdventGX
http://adventgx.agxdev.com
Founded in 2004 as a spin-out from Texas A&M University, Advent GX is a tourism and economic development solutions provider with practices in economic analysis, technology & entrepreneurship, tourism development, and marketing & creative services.
Joan Quintana specializes in providing marketing, communications and strategy development to small and medium sized communities and businesses seeking to grow and contribute to a strong economy. As Director of Economic Innovation for the Texas Engineering Extension Service, Joan shapes the economic development and market intelligence services programs for communities and businesses throughout the State of Texas.
Craig Orris Taylor
Senior Account Executive
Sales & Marketing
Whitlock
http://www.whitlock.com
Founding Partner
Global Presence Alliance:? http://www.global-presence.org
Whitlock is a video collaboration company that provides strategy, management, technologies and support to the world’s largest and most innovative businesses.
Craig Orris Taylor is a leading national audiovisual systems integration account executive with deep expertise in complex design-build projects for audiovisual and videoconferencing systems integration, mission-critical command and control facilities, and high impact spaces such as museums, executive briefing centers, broadcast facilities and legislative chambers. He is a Founding Partner of the Global Presence Alliance.
Thomas Derryberry, Ph.D., PE
Assistant Dean for Corporate Relations
UNT College of Engineering
https://engineering.unt.edu
https://engineering.unt.edu/content/dr-tom-derryberry
The UNT College of Engineering offers 11 bachelor’s, 6 master’s and 4 doctoral degree programs encompassing the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Technology.
Thomas Derryberry’s mission is to expand the College of Engineering’s engagement with industry, and connecting its dedicated faculty and outstanding graduates with our current and many future corporate partners. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and was a part of Texas Instruments’ Advanced Signal Processing Group, Nokia Research Center’s (NRC) Radio Communications Laboratory, and BlackBerry’s (formerly Research in Motion) Wireless Technology Development Division prior to joining UNT.
THANK YOU, to our March 2016 Advisory Committee Members:
Janeil Engelstad, Founder, Make Art With Purpose (MAP)
Ira Greenberg, Director, Center of Creative Computation, SMU
Autumn Hill, Paula and Jim Crown Director of Learning at DCA
Carol LaFayette, TAMU Institute for Applied Creativity, SEAD Network
Roger Malina, Director, UTD Dallas ArtSciLab, publisher MIT Leonardo journal
Craig Taylor, Senior Account Executive, Whitlock
Katherine Wagner, CEO, North Texas Business Council for the Arts
Zach Wallmark, Assistant Professor of Music History SMU
Sally Weber, Holograph Artist, Austin, Texas
Ruth West, Director, xREZ Art + Science Lab, University of North Texas
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The TxHATS (Humanities, Art, Technology & Science) is a network of networks geared toward providing opportunities for Texans working in interdisciplinary fields to plan the future of existing hybrid collaborations and projects as well as launch new, innovative ideas and relationships. The TxHATS network is open to all interested individuals whether community, industry, professional, or academic.
Updates
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Big Issues in Art + Science
On Mar. 30, 2016 the TxHATS (Humanities, Art, Technology, Science) network gathered in Denton, Tx to initiate conversations across disciplines and exchange new ideas. After a series of presentations of North Texas art + science projects, TxHATS members coalesced around free-forming discussion groups to whiteboard ideas and put solutions on the table. The TxHATS working groups produced key insights into the art-science community and allowed them to tackle big questions. The discussion begins with the basics – a... -
Art + Science, On The Agenda
“So here’s how crazy things have gotten here at the National Academy of Sciences: We want to test this idea…that there is value in an integrated educational experience in science, humanities, and art.” –Tom Rudin According to Rendezvous moderator JD Talasek, Art + Science is on the agenda. Talasek traveled to North Texas Mar. 30, 2016 to moderate the Art + Science Evening Rendezvous at UNT which brought students, artists, authors, designers, scientists, industry leaders, and... -
Industry + Academia + Community Partnerships
What are they keys to successfully initiating and sustaining industry, academia, and community partnerships? At the TxHATS Network Meeting held Mar. 30, 2016 a round table discussion dissected this question. The panel consisted of Katherine Wagner, CEO for the Business Council for the Arts, Craig Orris Taylor, Senior Account Executive at Whitlock and Founding Partner Global Presence Alliance, Thomas Derryberry Assistant Dean and Corporate Relations at UNT’s College of Engineering, Jose M. Quintana, President... -
Mingle and Meet the TxHATS in North Texas
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TxHATS Network Meets North Texas Art + Science
In celebration of its second anniversary at UNT, xREZ Art + Science Lab hosted the spring meeting of the TxHATS Network Mar. 30, 2016, followed by an Art + Science Evening Rendezvous to engage the community and talk about the combination of art and science. The TxHATS (Humanities, Art, Technology, Science) is a network of networks providing opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration among Texans working in hybrid fields. Originally begun as a listserv... -
The National Academies Cultural Programs Director is Coming to UNT
Dallas native JD Talasek, the director of Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, is coming to UNT to participate in a public dialogue event as well as the TxHATS experts meeting to be held March 30, 2016 at xREZ Art + Science Lab. The TxHATS (Humanities, Art, Technology & Science) is a network of networks geared toward providing opportunities for Texans working in interdisciplinary fields to plan the future of...