[WS13] Mobile Dome Special Interest Session

4:40 PM - 6:00 PM JST(7:40 AM - 9:00 AM UTC)

[WS13-01] Mobile Dome Special Interest Session

*Susan Button¹, Marco Avalos², Lionel Ruiz ³, Loris Ramponi⁴, Mariko Takahashi⁵, Takahiro Ito⁶, Mayuko Watanabe⁷ (1. Quarks to Clusters (USA), 2. Planetario Aventura (Costa Rica), 3. Planetarium of Marseille (France), 4. Serafino Zani Astronomical Observatory (Italy), 5. Star Weaving Village (Japan), 6. Galaxcity (Japan), 7. Chino City Yatsugatake Museum (Japan))

Keywords:

Mobiledome

1. 10 minutes for workshop introduction and discussion of resources available for Mobile Planetariums - Susan
2. 15 minutes for a report on interviews from Italian and French mobile planetarium directors - Lionel and Loris (pre recorded video letter)
3. 15 minutes for a discussion/demonstration about fire retardant fabric for mobile domes - Lionel (Marco appear in pre recorded video leter)
4. 15 minutes for Galaxcity Planetarium - Takahiro Ito
5. 15 minutes for Chino planetarium - Mayuko Watanabe

"During this workshop we will get together to review best practices and issues specifically relevant to portable planetariums. Come join us to discuss a broad range of topics: equipment, software programs, live and recorded content, as well as strategies for maintaining audience engagement and successful business strategies."

We will ask other Portable Planetarium Committee members and possibly others to prepare comments ahead of time.

90 minutes
No limit to number of participants