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Dave Olson

University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Associate Professor of Arts Management
US

Dr. Olson is an associate professor of arts management at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, an arts conservatory located in Winston-Salem, NC, where he has served as the director the MFA program in performing arts management. In addition, Dr. Olson has more than 20 years of professional senior-level administrative leadership experience, primarily in the non-profit sector.

Thursday, August 8
 

9:45am EDT

Learning Journey: Improvising Anthropology with Margaret Mead as Our Muse American Museum of Natural HistorySevanne Kassarjian

2:00pm EDT

Registration The Wang Center at Stony Brook University

5:30pm EDT

Dinner The Wang Center - Lobby

7:00pm EDT

Conference Opening Event and Welcome Student Activities Center - Auditorium
 
Friday, August 9
 

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Student Activities Center Ballroom A

8:30am EDT

Warm-up, welcome and announcements Student Activities Center - Auditorium

9:00am EDT

Opening Plenary: Sneaking Through Borders and Barriers - Dr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan Student Activities Center - AuditoriumDr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan

10:15am EDT

Presidential Address: AIN President Barbara Tint Student Activities Center - AuditoriumBarbara Tint

10:35am EDT

Break The Wang Center and Student Activities Center

11:00am EDT

Meet Their Needs: Working With Clients, Audiences and Business The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Gary Hirsch

12:00pm EDT

Lunch - RED TICKET The Hilton Garden Inn

1:30pm EDT

Afternoon Plenary Session: Cathy Salit presents Dan Pink Student Activities Center - Auditorium

1:45pm EDT

Afternoon Plenary: Harnessing Humor for Humanitarian Work Student Activities Center - AuditoriumPablo Suarez PhD

2:45pm EDT

North Coast Hip Hop Improv Performance Student Activities Center - Auditorium

3:30pm EDT

Break The Wang Center and Student Activities Center

4:00pm EDT

Improv Tools For Design Thinking The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Bryan Cooperrider

5:15pm EDT

Dinner Student Activities Center Ballroom A

7:00pm EDT

Evening presentation with Alan Alda and Aretha Sills Student Activities Center - AuditoriumAretha Sills • Alan Alda
 
Saturday, August 10
 

7:30am EDT

Breakfast The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

8:30am EDT

Warm-ups and announcements The Wang Center - Theater

9:00am EDT

Using Keynote Speeches to Build Business Success The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Izzy Gesell, CSP

10:30am EDT

Break The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

10:45am EDT

Workshop: It’s All In The Debrief (Not the Games) The Wang Center - Room 201Ed Reggi

11:45am EDT

Growing in Leadership Using Dance/Movement Improvisation The Wang Center - ChapelLinda Ugelow

12:30pm EDT

Lunch - RED TICKET The Hilton Garden Inn

2:00pm EDT

Facilitation Beyond Buzzwords The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomRick Andrews

3:30pm EDT

Break The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

4:00pm EDT

Leadership Viewpoints to Create Dynamic Theatre and Dynamic Organizations The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Paul Black • Nan Crawford

7:00pm EDT

Kornfeld & Andrews Improv Show and Armando featuring conference participants The Wang Center - TheaterLouis Kornfeld • Rick Andrews
 
Sunday, August 11
 

7:00am EDT

Breakfast The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

8:30am EDT

AIN Board presentation The Wang Center - Theater

9:00am EDT

Open Space The Wang Center Theater followed by rooms as announcedGabe Mercado

9:40am EDT

AINx Talks The Wang Center - TheaterJohn Maloney • Yael Schy • Joel Veenstra • Elena and Martin R. Lichtenthaler • Mary DeMichele AINx Talks - Continued The Wang Center - TheaterJennifer Strouf • Amy Carroll • Viki Lazar • Ruth Jenkins • Izzy Gesell • Brian Zikmund-Fisher

1:00pm EDT

Lunch The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

2:00pm EDT

Conference Close The Wang Center - TheaterPaul Z Jackson