#NDF23 Day one – morning reflections

So I’m here! First F2F Interntaional conference since 2019 and it’s been a blast already seeing old friends and meeting new people. Due to the demise of Twitter, and conference Twitter more specifically, I’m trying something new: Making notes using the “Keep” app on my phone, saving that as a Google doc copying and pasting here and summary highlights to LinkedIn. Phew!

Here’s my quick notes from this morning’s (awesome!) sessions.

Hon Simon Kofe, Tuvalu as a digital nation

• Future now program to plan for worst case scenario as climate deteriorates
• Nations are behaving like individuals, not communities
• Solutions to many of our problems can be found within these principles
• Resolving climate crisis needs a change of mindset from individual to the collective
• “Without immediate, global climate action, all of Tuvalu will only exist [online]”
• How can we best use technology to improve the lives of people and preserve Tuvalu culture?

I think these values are applicable across so many contexts

Hon Marama Davidson

• ‘If we look at what we’re doing to the world as harming our mother we’d be a very different world’
• Climate change is at the bottom of everything – poverty, inequality, violence, etc

Jane Alexander, Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)

• Breaking new ground in mixed reality
• Immersion does not necessarily mean digital
• Thought of their Holo Lens experience as like a rollercoaster (in the logistics)
• Keys – worked with partners that have skills CMA didn’t, inclusive design, UX/UI was important as was prototyping
• Onboarding visitors into the experience was really important
• The Holo lens was chosen to have a ‘we experience’ and encourage conversation

Puawai Cairns, Ruminating on change and speculations for the future

• Things are getting a bit gloomy
• Believe in the power of museums and a hub for stories
• Bring brave is the breath you take before implementing change
• Change is hard
• Succession planning is like getting strong soil with nutrients and elements for growth
• Value and measure your impact
• What works best for Maori (and the vulnerable) has benefits for all
• Creating for audiences as a system like a market garden
• Aim to move away from an exhibition-led programming to a holistic one looking at all channels

Loving the idea of programming as a system, like a market garden