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· ciLive! at DMACC is celebrating its 12th Anniversary in 2021.
· The theme of ciLive! 12 is “Amplified,” and the event will feature 10 inspiring speaker presentations over two days.
· All ciLive! events will be broadcast LIVE and free of charge via e360tv, YouTube and Facebook Live.
Get ready to amplify your creative thinking and be inspired! DMACC is pleased to announce the event schedule for the 12th Annual Celebrate! Innovation (ciLive! 12) Speaker Series, which is coming up on March 10-11 and will be held virtually for the first time since the event began in 2010. The year’s ciLive! theme is “Amplified,” and will focus on the exciting and different ways we can all amplify innovation through creative thinking and collaboration.
Each year, ciLive! at DMACC brings some of the brightest minds and creative thinkers to Central Iowa, and gives both students and community members the unique opportunity to hear from and interact with these innovators about their experiences. The event, which is traditionally held at the DMACC West Campus in West Des Moines, remains free to the public thanks to the generosity of sponsors. All of this year’s speaker presentations will be livestreamed, at no cost to viewers, via e360tv, YouTube and Facebook Live.
“We’re excited to welcome this year’s lineup of inspiring ciLive! speakers, who represent many different backgrounds and areas of innovation,” said ciLive! founder and DMACC West Campus Provost Dr. Anthony Paustian. “ciLive! at DMACC has grown every year, and while this year’s events will look a bit different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re pleased to innovate by partnering with e360tv for the first time to offer a free live broadcast, which will help reach even more people in Iowa, across the country and around the world.”
To watch this year’s ciLive! 12 presentations via e360tv, download the free e360tv app on your mobile device or through your television using your Roku, Amazon Fire, AppleTV or Android TV device.
Paustian said the lineup for ciLive! 12 arguably features the most diverse group of speakers in the event’s history (watch a special preview here).
The ciLive! 12 schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, March 10:
· 9:30 a.m., keynote speaker: Gabor George Burt, an internationally recognized expert in innovation, creativity and strategy development, and author of the book “Slingshot: Re-Imagine Your Business, Re-Imagine Your Life.”
· 10:30 a.m., keynote speaker: Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist, analog astronaut, space artist, speaker and solar system ambassador.
· 11:30 a.m., keynote speaker: Kyle Hill, a science educator and communicator who previously hosted “MythBusters: The Search” on the Science Channel and created the popular online science show “Because Science.”
· 1 p.m., keynote speaker: Kai Kight, a classical violinist turned innovative composer who uses music as a metaphor to inspire individuals and organizations across the world to compose paths of imagination and fulfillment.
· 2 p.m., keynote speaker: Dr. David Gallo, a premier oceanographer and explorer who was one of the first scientists to use robots and submarines to explore the deep sea floor, and who most recently co-led an expedition to create the first detailed and comprehensive map of the RMS Titanic. This will be Gallo’s third appearance at ciLive!
Thursday, March 11:
· 9:30 a.m., keynote speaker: Dr. Mireya Mayor, a world-renowned primatologist, explorer and Emmy Award-nominated wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic Channel who has often been referred to as the “female Indiana Jones.”
· 10:30 a.m., keynote speaker: The Ghost Brothers, Atlanta’s premier ghost-hunting team founded by best friends Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey; the trio currently hosts “Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests” on the Travel Channel.
· 11:30 a.m., special event: Honoring Al Worden, the late Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot was a popular presenter at past ciLive! events, including a 2019 ciLive! panel discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (watch the panel discussion again). Worden passed away in March 2020 at age 88.
· 12:30 p.m., keynote speaker: Nikki van Schyndel, one of North America’s top wilderness survivalists, as well as a best-selling author and star of the self-filming, survival show “Alone” on the History Channel.
· 1:30 p.m., concert: The Nielsen Trust, a band featuring famed guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, Cheap Trick, and members of his family, including sons Daxx Nielsen, who plays drums for Cheap Trick, and Miles Nielsen, who has his own successful project, Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts. Miles’ wife, Kelly Steward, is also a singer and songwriter with the band.
Visit www.ci.live to learn more and to view the ciLive! 12 schedule online.
(contributed press release, DMACC)
