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BT Exhibit & Immersive Theater Design Seminar 2018

It's a day all about creating visitor experiences for...Science…History…Art…Music…Nature…Architecture…such as…one of our museum clients built a 100m long, 23m diameter glacier ice cave with real ice…inside! How do they use it with visitors?

How do you use domed theaters for art history talks? Kinects are discontinued…what to use now.

How do you know when to use an LED wall? What pixel pitch? Tired of buttons and touchscreens? Want the coolest interactive input method with complete realtime video speedup/slowmo control?

Eight workshops with internationally respected specialists in their fields. These are just the start.

On February 28, 2018, Bowen Technovation will host another of our very unique exhibit and immersive theater design meetings. We are inviting administrators and exhibit designers from museums, science centers, architectural and exhibit design firms, cultural/nature center/state park staff, planetarium managers/technicians, etc.

This event is the first day following the international Imersa conference, also held at COSI in Columbus, Ohio. http://www.imersa.org/summit

Attendance is free.

See the list of valued sponsors at the end of this document.

Lunch and breaks are provided and sponsored by Leyard/Planar, Astrotec, and Bowen Technovation.

The detailed workshop sessions are the most important part of The Seminar. These are conducted by BT staff, personnel from major manufacturers and by exhibit project managers with whom we have worked. In our previous events those who attended reported they received a terrific collection of useful information.

Registration is required at http://bowentechnovation.com/seminars2018/register/

Registration is limited to the first 100 registrants.

The Workshop Classroom A classroom setting will allow BT staff and invited industry specialists to conduct classes focusing on new technologies as they relate to exhibit and presentation systems. A workbook will be handed out. These are intended as professional development workshops, not sales pitches, and will include classes on such topics as (tentatively):

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8:30-9:00 Welcome Session. Schedule Changes. Refreshments sponsored by Bowen Technovat ion and Barco .

9:00-9:40 Workshop W-1 ● "New LED and F la t Panel V ideo Wal l Disp lays" 9:45-10:25 Workshop W-2 ● "Design. . .Great Exh ib i t Idea! . . .Now What?" 10:30-11:10 Workshop W-3 ● " Dig i ta l V ideo and Audio Ideas for Exh ib i ts" 11:15-11:30 Break sponsored by Ast ro- tec. See BT equipment samples. 11:30-12:10 Workshop W-4 ● "RIP Lamps…New Pro jector Technologies" 12:15-1:00

Workshop W-5 ● " In teract ives. . .New Vis i to r Input Methods. . .Real T ime? Real ly?"

1:00 -2 :30 Lunch sponsored by Planar . Look thru BT equipment samples in the Clasroom

2:30-3 :10 Workshop W-6 ● "How to Design a Modern Immers ive Theater or Immers ive Exh ib i t "

3 :15-3:45 Workshop W-7 ● "Can You Repeat the Quest ion"3:50-4:30 Workshop W-8 ● "Master Contro l Systems for Mul t ip le Exhib i ts" 4:30-4:45 End o f Day Notes. Door Pr izes.4:45 -5 :00 Head to domed theater or meet wi th product exper ts .

5:00-6:00 Fantast ic domed theater presentat ion in the 60- foot COSI dome. Presented by Ty Owen.

Welcome Session. Schedule Changes. Refreshments. 8:30-9:00 Sponsored by: Bowen Technovat ion and Barco

"New LED and Flat Panel Video Wall Displays" Workshop W-1 9:00-9:40 LED video wal ls are the hot i tem in 2018. Do you need 4K? What s ize display? LED? LCD? OLED? What new products are around the corner? Sit in on this workshop to f ind out. New technology LED video wal ls wi l l be used in this session.

Panel is ts : Br ian Norr is (Bowen), Steve Manolatos (Panasonic) , Tom Wi lmers (Dig i ta l Project ion)

"Design…Great Exhibit Idea!.. Now What?"

Workshop W-2 9:45-10:25 Everyone has great ideas for exhibits. The chal lenge is in trans lat ing great ideas into great exhibits. Creat ive and organized are ful ly compatible ideas. This sess ion explores how excit ing and engaging exhibits are created us ing an organized methodology inc luding: Planning, Budget ing, Design, Evaluat ion, Fabricat ion and Instal lat ion. Case studies inc lude Knock, Knock Chi ldren's Museum (Baton Rouge),

Panel ists: Jeff Bowen, Penny Sander (Cambridge 7 Associates, Boston)

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"Digital Video and Audio Ideas for Exhibits" Workshop W-3 10:30-11:10 What is "true" networked video and audio over real IP? When do you use it?? How is i t more f lexible and how does i t save $$ over other methods. What is Dante digi ta l audio?

Var ious types of equipment and insta l lat ion methods are discussed. Case studies include the Northwest Mutual Ident i ty Center and var ious planetar ium projects.

Panel ists: Mark Trotter (Bowen), Shaun Burnette (At lona).

“Break. See BT Equipment Samples around Classroom Walls” 11:15-11:30 Sponsored by AstroTec Manufactur ing. Astro-Tec Manufactur ing, Inc. is recognized around the world as the leader in design and manufacturer of domed and curved perforated project ion screen equipment. Astro-Tec was incorporated in 1963 and now has developed the most advanced seaming technology in the world for perforated aluminum project ion surfaces. Presenter: Dale Lewis, Pres ident

"RIP Lamps…New Projector Technologies" Workshop W-4 11:30-12:10 The project ion industry has revolut ionized in the past few months. Top engineers in this industry wi l l d iscuss how to select projectors as wel l as discussing new lamp-free long- l i fe LED and laser l ight projectors. Case studies include the new Per lan Nature Museum (Iceland)and several immersive theater instal lat ions by Bowen staff .

Panel ists: Br ian Norr is (Bowen), Tom Wilmers (Digita l Project ion)

"Interactives… New Visitor Input Methods…Real Time? Really" Workshop W-5 12:15-1:00 Buttons, motion sensors, touchscreen exhibits, touch video wal ls, touch tables, mult i touch, outdoor.. .How to decide which method to use with? How do you know how to select one over the other? Case study inc ludes v ideo of Orangutans using touchscreens at the Internat ional Orangutan Center and vis i tor interact ives at the Gerald Ford President ia l Museum.

Pane l i s ts : Br ien Barr (Bowen), Steve Manolatos (Panasonic) , Dave Durlach (TechnoFrolics), Neil Silber (Planar)

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Lunch 1:00-2:30

Sponsored by Planar. P lanar 's commitment to high qual i ty, leading-edge display technology is unparal le led. With innovat ions in video wal ls, large format displays, and touch interact iv i ty, P lanar offers terr i f ic v isual izat ion solut ions for a var iety of demanding vert ica l markets around the globe. Planar products are featured in many Bowen instal lat ions that are discussed in today's workshops.

Presenter: Nei l S i lber, Regional Manager, Great Lakes, P lanar Systems

"How to Design a Modern Immersive Theater or Immersive Exhibit" Workshop W-6 2:30-3:10 So, you are thinking of adding a planetar ium/immers ive theater to your place. This workshop detai ls the start-to-f inish process of designing, bidding, insta l l ing and staff ing a domed or curved screen immers ive theater with appl icat ions for immers ive exper iences in astronomy, earth sciences, local history, art h istory archaeology, mythology and storytel l ing. Case studies inc lude the new Univers ity of Michigan Museum of Natural History and Embry-Riddle Aeronaut ics Univers i ty Planetar iums.

Panel ists: Mark Trotter (Bowen), Phi l Groce (HPS,Helping Planetar iums Succeed), Josh Vacca (Smith Group Architects) , Diane Schi ldnecht (Irwin Seat in)

"Can You Repeat the Question?" Workshop W-7 3:15-3:45 During tours and other l ive presentat ions (such as in domes) i t is often diff icult for audience members AND panel ists to hear audience quest ions without shout ing above acoust ics or general v is i tor noise. We wi l l demonstrate new reusable systems that solve this problem with minimal fuss and cost. This features a new product just now hitt ing the street!

Panel ists: Matt Rosenfeld (Bowen), Kasey Kaumens (Listen Technologies)

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"Saving Footsteps… Master Control Systems for Multiple Exhibits" Workshop W-8 3:50-4:30 Al l exhibit systems need to be control led, even i t is just to start playing a video when turned on. Very s imple local ly-based interact ive and automated contro l of exhibit audio-video-l ight ing is explored using very s imple methods and wel l as global museum wide master control systems with docent overr ides and automated dai ly startup/shutdown.

Presenters: Matt Rosenfeld (Bowen), Er ic Cantrel l (Medialon)

The Big Show

5:00-6:00 See how a dome theater can be used not only for spectacular science visualizations, but also can be canvas for high-energy, revenue generating public shows. This features COSI VJ (video-jock) Ty Owen.

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