Symposium on Education in Entertainment and Engineering

Friday, July 25

• Panel Discussion: Incorporating codes and standards in educational practices
• Working Session: Teaching ethics and responsibilities in design practices

Saturday, July 26

• Panel Discussion: Developing and fostering collaborative relationships between academia and industry
• Working Session: Creating project-based classroom experiences with industry partners
• Panel Discussion: The future of innovation in the entertainment industry, with leading industry professionals and academic experts
• Working Session: Job skills, education in the arts, and lifelong learning: Building effective job pipelines and career-ready students

The live entertainment industry presents increasingly complex challenges for technicians—whether in small community theatres or in large theme parks. At the same time, the shape of post-secondary education is changing—with an increasing emphasis on hands-on learning and outcome-based instructional design becoming the norm. At the convergence of these threads is the need to effectively prepare and educate students to enter the rapidly changing world of live entertainment technology.

Typically held in late July, the annual Symposium on Education in Entertainment and Engineering highlights advances, challenges, and trends in curricular design, instructional design, academic research, and cross-disciplinary work related to the intersection of engineering and live entertainment. This symposium is specifically aimed at building bridges between two exceptionally different academic and professional cultures and practices; presentations come from many different backgrounds and academic experiences. Symposium topics explore the interstitial spaces amongst the disciplines of engineering, theatre technology, and education.