The production of the Museums & Mobile IV is a collaboration between Pocket-Proof and LearningTimes. The Executive Producers of the conference are Loïc Tallon and Jonathan Finkelstein.
Loïc Tallon is Director of Pocket-Proof, an independent design consultancy specializing in the planning, design and development of mobile experiences for cultural institutions. Always mobile, he has delivered projects for institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (USA), Whitney Museum of American Art (USA), Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton (France), National Museum of Qatar (Qatar), Louvre Abu Dhabi (UAE), National Museum of Wales (UK) & National Museum of Scotland (UK). Loic is also the research lead on the foremost research survey in this field, tracking trends in museum mobile across 500+ international cultural institutions, and co-produces the bi-annual Museums Mobile Online conferences, which are followed by a community of 1,800+ museum professionals. In 2008 he co-edited Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media (Alta Mira Press, US).
Jonathan Finkelstein is the founder and executive producer of LearningTimes, where he produces and moderates an array of online professional development programs. He can be heard often as the host of webinars, conference and podcasts produced in close association with organizations like the American Association of Museums (AAM), Association for State and Local History (AASLH), Center for the Future of Museums (CFM), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Jonathan authored the chapter on live online outreach in the The Digital Museum: A Think Guide, published by AAM Press. His book, Learning in Real Time (Wiley/Jossey-Bass), translates over a dozen years of experience facilitating real-time online learning into a practical resource guide for anyone doing outreach online. He has produced tens of thousands of hours of live webcasts, online conferences and 3D virtual world events, including vast numbers of programs for museum professionals. The son of two New York City public school teachers, Jonathan is a Certified Synchronous Training Professional (CSTP) and received his AB degree with honors from Harvard University.
LearningTimes is a global leader in creating innovative, interactive online learning programs. LearningTimes produces live online conferences, webcasts, podcasts, and educational programs for more than 400 organizations and associations in the technology, publishing, museum, library, K-20 education, government, training and non-profit sectors. LearningTimes is headquartered in New York with offices in San Francisco, London, Calgary and Philadelphia. For more information, visit www.learningtimes.com.
