General Program

TimeDAY -2
Saturday
June 14
DAY -1
Sunday
June 15
DAY 1
Monday
June 16
DAY 2
Tuesday
June 17
DAY 3
Wednesday
June 18
DAY 4
Thursday
June 19
DAY 5
Friday
June 20
7:00ALL DAY EVENTS

ALL DAY
IASC Executive Council Meeting. Holdsworth Hall 312A.

ALL DAY EVENTS

ALL DAY
IASC Executive Council Meeting. Holdsworth Hall 312A.

9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop
Sustaining the World’s Commons with a Standard for Self-Governance Skills led by Cecile Green and Seth Frey. Location: Holdsworth Hall room 105.

ALL DAY
PNLL Network meeting. Holdsworth Hall Room 212.


ALL DAY
Philanthropy Commons meeting. Machmer Hall E23H.

7:00 am - 8:15 am

(1) IMPORTANT! Register at the Campus Center BEFORE GOING TO BREAKFAST TO GET YOUR FOOD CARD!

(2) Breakfast at "Worcester Dining Commons"

Our Campus web map is here to help you find your way on campus.
7:00 am - 8:15 am
(1) Breakfast at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online participants
7:00 am - 8:15 am
(1) Breakfast at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online participants
7:00 am - 8:15 am
(1) Breakfast at Worcester Commons
(2) Off-campus excursions busses leave at Stockbridge Hall loop.
(3) NO online social hour.
7:00 am - 8:15 am
(1) Breakfast at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online participants
8:158:15 am - 9:15 am
Opening plenary in Bowker Auditorium, Stockbridge Hall
Zoom link (conference meeting code required)
8:15 am - 9:15 am
Plenary on IASC 2025 (and beyond?) online engagement - Bowker Auditorium, Stockbridge Hall.
Zoom link (conference meeting code required)
8:15 am - 9:15 am
Plenary keynote address by Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson in Bowker Auditorium, Stockbridge Hall.
Zoom link (conference meeting code required)
All Day
Local Excursions Day

Off-campus excursions -- detailed agenda items will be outlined in plenary sessions.

On-campus (free) workshops (see in-conference excursion page):

9-11 am.
Making Maps: An Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with QGIS. Location - Holdsworth Hall room 302.

1-3:00 pm.
Collaborate with Positivity: Improv to Improve Team Communication and Innovation. Location - Integrative Learning Center (ILC) S231 (or room ILCS211 if more room is needed)

3:00-5:00 pm.
Governance for the Commons: An Introduction to Sociocracy. Location - Integrative Learning Center (ILC) N211


8:15 am - 10:00 am
Plenary - Unconference
  
9:309:15 am - 10:00 am
Coffee break and travel to panel locations
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Coffee break and travel to panel locations
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Coffee break and travel to panel locations
10:0010:00 am - 12:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (2 hours)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (2 hours)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (2 hours)
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee break
10:3010:30 am - 12:00 pm
Unconference
11:00
12:0012:00 pm - 1:30 pm
(1) Lunch at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online attendees
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
(1) Lunch at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online attendees
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
(1) Lunch at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online attendees
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
(1) Lunch at Worcester Commons
(2) Zoom social hour with online attendees
13:301:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms 1.5 hours)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms 1.5 hours)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panels - 20 parallel rooms 1.5 hours)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Unconference
14:302:30 pm - 2:45 pm
15 minute break to stretch
14:452:45 pm - 3:30 pm
General IASC Meeting in Campus Center Auditorium
15:003:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Coffee break (locations South College Atrium or ILC Cafe area.) POSTER PRESENTATIONS in ILC coffee break location.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Coffee break (locations South College Atrium or ILC Cafe area.) POSTER PRESENTATIONS in ILC coffee break location.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Coffee break (locations South College Atrium or ILC Cafe area.)
15:303:30 pm - 4:45 (or 5:00 pm if needed)
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (1.5 hours)
3:30 pm - 4:45 (or 5:00 pm if needed)
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (1.5 hours)
3:30 pm - 4:45 (or 5:00 pm if needed)
Panels - 20 parallel rooms (1.5 hours)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee break
 
16:00 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing session - Campus Center Auditorium
17:155:15 pm - 6::00 pm
IASC Regional Meetings: Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
5:15 pm - 6::00 pm
IASC Regional Meetings: China, North America, Oceania, Africa
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
IASC Early Career Network Meeting
   
 
   
18:30 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Conference Reception - Campus Center Auditorium.

(Look for the surprise outside the Campus Center entrance at 6:15 pm)
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Conference Banquet - Campus Center Auditorium
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner on your own.
Public Bus planning system to help you get a bus to downtown

Downtown Amherst:

Emily Dickinson Museum in downtown Amherst - Free Landscape Audio Tour 5-8pm.

Live jazz music at The Drake music venue ($10 entrance fee) - (seating limited)
19:00 
19:30 
20:00
 

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