Schedule At A Glance

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The below schedule is subject to change.

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions, events and gatherings are located at Emerson College, Boston, MA

Thursday, March 20, 2025

5:00 pm

"Welcome to Boston, Meet & Greet":
Buy a drink and a bite, support a local business and connect with other Symposium attendees.
  

Friday, March 21, 2025

 8:30 am

Registration / Morning Coffee
9-11:30 am Welcome, Framing, Goal Setting & Establishing Communities of Practice

12:00-1 pm

 Lunch

1-2:15 pm

Concurrent Session 1

2:30-3:45 pm

Concurrent Session 2

4-5:15 pm

Concurrent Session 3

5:15-6 pm

Dinner

6:30-8 pm

Opening Keynote Panel

Moderator: 

  • Michael Bobbitt, Executive Director of Massachusetts Cultural Council

Panelists: 

  • Giselle Byrd, Executive Director of The Theater Offensive
  • Ronee Penoi, Interim Executive Director Office of the Arts at Emerson College and ArtsEmerson and Director of Artistic Programming at ArtsEmerson 
  • Alison Yueming Qu 曲悦鸣, Co-Founder and Executive Director of CHUANG Stage. 
 

Saturday, March 22, 2025 

8:30 am

Registration / Morning Coffee

9:15-10:30 am

Concurrent Session 3

10:45 am-12 pm

Concurrent Session 4

12-1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30-2:30 pm

Communities of Practice Meetings

2:45-4 pm

Concurrent Session 5

4-7 pm

 Workshop at Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA

(registration required, limited capacity)

8 pm

 Urban Bush Women’s 40th Anniversary: This is Risk at the Institute of Contemporary Art
(limited discounted tickets will be available)
 

Sunday, March 23, 2025

9:30 am

Registration / Morning Coffee

10:15-11:30 am

Concurrent Session 6

11:45 am-12:45 pm

Communities of Practice Meetings

1-2 pm

Closure: Communities of Practice Sharings and Commitments