Pre-Symposium (Thursday, November 16, 2017)
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Public exhibitions at The Field Museum will be free for symposium participants. Please identify yourself to security guards at any entrance and let them know that you are part of the IMLS Symposium.
- 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM – Tours of collections areas will be held at The Field Museum. Each tour will visit three different collections areas. Note: There is a cap of ten spots per each tour. Please meet inside the east entrance 15 minutes before the official start time of the tours. Sign up for a tour!
- Tour 1: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Anthropology Object Conservation, Botany, Geology
- Tour 2: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM – Geology, Library Rare Book Room, Anthropology
- 2:30 to 4:00 – Pre-Symposium Registration
- 6:00 PM – Pre-Symposium Meet and Greet – Weather Mark Tavern, 1503 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
- Rides will be available back to the hotel for a limited time at the end of the event.
Symposium Day 1 (Friday, November 17, 2017)
All events, except where otherwise noted, are held in the Founder's Room on the Main Floor of the Field Museum.
- 8:00 - 8:15 AM - Helen will be available to pick up participants at the hotel for those who would like a ride
- 8:30 AM - Light Breakfast & Registration
- 9:00 AM - Opening Remarks
- 9:30 AM - Round Table Session: Nancy Odegaard, April Hawkins, and Albert "Sonny" McHalsie
- 10:30 AM - Break
- 10:45 AM - Working Group Sessions
- 12:15 PM - Brief Summary of Morning Sessions
- 12:45 PM - Lunch (provided)
- 2:00 PM - Working Group Sessions
- 3:45 PM - Break
- 4:15 PM - Brief Summary of Afternoon Sessions
- 4:45 PM - Break
- 5:00 PM - Keynote Presentation: Dr. LeManuel Lee Bitsóí (Stony Brook University)
- 6:15 PM - Reception (Sue Ling Gin Garden, 2nd floor)
Symposium Day 2 (Saturday, November 18, 2017)
All events are held in the Founder's Room on the Main Floor of the Field Museum.
- 8:00-8:15 AM - Helen will be available to pick up participants at the hotel for those who would like a ride
- 8:30 AM - Private Conversation for Indigenous Participants with Breakfast
- A notice/sign up sheet for the meeting has been made available via email for indigenous attendees to indicate their preference to participate in this discussion. Please call (312) 665-7317 or email hrobbins@fieldmuseum.org if you have any questions about this session.
- 8:45 AM - Helen will be available to pick up participants at the hotel for those who would like a ride
- 9:00 AM - Light Breakfast
- 9:30 AM - Presentation: Sheila Greer and Lawrence Joe
- 10:30 AM - Break
- 10:45 AM - Working Group Sessions
- 12:15 PM - Brief Overview of Morning Sessions
- 12:45 PM - Lunch (provided)
- 2:00 PM - Summary of IMLS project to date
- 2:30 PM - Full Group Discussion
- 3:15 PM - Break
- 3:30 PM - Full Group Discussion
- 4:00 PM - Next Steps
- 4:45 PM - Closing Remarks